A wordpress page that doesn’t have an RSS feed but points me to a list of blog post written on another forum and a link to a Quora blog doesn’t give the impression of a highly reputable venue.
We’ll be putting a blog on our website soon.
Given that you already have a strategy of writing high value posts have you thought about asking a place like Business Insider or Forbes whether they would pay you to write posts on a blog on their platform?
We’ve been looking into platforms that would be interested in publishing articles. We hadn’t considered Business Insider or Forbes. Why do you mention them specifically?
In the effective altruistic community there are people thinking about spending money where it has the highest impact, what’s your exact case, that they should give you that money instead of giving it to malaria prevention?
We’re not necessarily seeking funding from effective altruist types: we are concerned about the possibility of diverting EA funding, and would prefer to secure funding from other sources. We can engage in detailed discussion with people who are interested in the possibility of donating to Cognito Mentoring and want to hear our thoughts on its relative relative cost-effectiveness. I don’t necessarily think that donating to Cognito Mentoring is more cost-effective than donating to other EA organizations. All else being equal, there’s an a priori reason for donating to a smaller organization than a larger organization (diminishing marginal returns), but I would want to talk with other EA organizations about their room for more funding before giving too much weight to this point.
We’ve been looking into platforms that would be interested in publishing articles. We hadn’t considered Business Insider or Forbes. Why do you mention them specifically?
They seem to me like the kind of venues that are the best match. I would think that the kind of stuff you write has a better stuff at those venues than at Buzzfeed.
I would also consider it be to easier to become a payed blogger for the kind of content you want to write at those venues than at the New York Times.
Thanks for the feedback.
We’ll be putting a blog on our website soon.
We’ve been looking into platforms that would be interested in publishing articles. We hadn’t considered Business Insider or Forbes. Why do you mention them specifically?
We’re not necessarily seeking funding from effective altruist types: we are concerned about the possibility of diverting EA funding, and would prefer to secure funding from other sources. We can engage in detailed discussion with people who are interested in the possibility of donating to Cognito Mentoring and want to hear our thoughts on its relative relative cost-effectiveness. I don’t necessarily think that donating to Cognito Mentoring is more cost-effective than donating to other EA organizations. All else being equal, there’s an a priori reason for donating to a smaller organization than a larger organization (diminishing marginal returns), but I would want to talk with other EA organizations about their room for more funding before giving too much weight to this point.
If you are adding a blog, make sure you reliably and consistently update it. Otherwise this may look worse than not having a blog at all.
They seem to me like the kind of venues that are the best match. I would think that the kind of stuff you write has a better stuff at those venues than at Buzzfeed.
I would also consider it be to easier to become a payed blogger for the kind of content you want to write at those venues than at the New York Times.