Yesterday I received an email from Sarah Perez one of the head honchos of a new blogger network called Grand Effect asking me if I would be interested in joining. Needless to say I was a little caught off guard by the offer as I didn’t think that this blog had reached a point where other folks would be interested in hiring me or asking me to join any networks. As well I wasn’t to sure exactly what Grand Effect was or how it would be a good thing for a blogger to be a member of.

As I did some checking I found that besides Sarah several other bloggers who I respect and like were also members of the network. The fact that folks like M.G. Siegler (ParisLemon), Corvida (SheGeeks) and Frederic (The Last Podcast) felt the network was worth being a part of went a long way to alleviating some of the questions that I might have.

Now Grand Effect isn’t a typical blogger network. Rather what the founders of the network are doing is forming a small group of bloggers in the technology field (I’m told no more than 10) to act as a single unit for advertisers to deal with. I’m not sure of all the details of how this will work as I am still getting set up with them; but given my feelings about bloggers and advertising any idea that can make it easier for smaller independent bloggers to access quality advertising is a good thing in my book.

Additionally being a member of Grand Effect won’t affect me being able to write for anyone else should they ever want a cranky old fart writing for them. This is because Grand Effect isn’t a blog in itself; although from what I understand they may add original content to the site at some point. What the site does do though is provide an aggregated list; with a small snippet of the post, of new posts on member sites.

If you are interested in having a look at the Grand Effect or any of the member sites here’s a list for you to peruse - you can also click through to them from the link bar at the top of the page

Grand Effects
Sarah in Tampa
Xfep
gHacks
SheGeeks
ParisLemon
The Last Podcast
Webby’s World
Mark Evans Tech

Finally a big thanks to Sarah for thinking of me and extending an invitation to join this small band of bloggers of the tech blogosphere.

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