The Pro-Bloggers Association, just recently founded by a number of well-known bloggers, aims to promote the “blogging industry” and help bloggers better market their services.

In this audio interview, Paul Chaney, the PBA president, discusses why the Association started generating heat almost the minute it was born, the monetization and commercialization of blogs, and whether making money with your blog by using affiliate links is “bad”.

It seems that “the transparency police” are constantly on the look-out for people who want to make a buck with their blog …

“What is the Professional Bloggers Association? What are its goals? And most especially, how can they help (and plan to help) professional bloggers? How can you sign-up today?

Who are professional bloggers anyway?

What makes for an A-list blogger, and how can one become one of the top bloggers on the internet?

What are the exact steps for getting readership and increasing your blog traffic? How to increase your RSS readership?

Is there a witch-hunt on for bloggers who promote things with their blogs? Are the “transparency police” really here?”

Get the audio interview here.