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$20,000 for 8 months work isn't very much. It's not very clear how much time he spent per week but it sounds quite significant.
I could definitely use U$ 20.000, it's more than a year and a half of my (post-taxes) salary here in Uruguay.
(And yes, I should look into consulting, etc. HN is a great way to nag me to move forward and it's good advice).
A couple things I was curious about after reading this: wouldn't a blog that's just been handed to a new owner end up losing followers once the readership realizes the old author's bailed? Also I'd love to hear any tidbits you'd care to share on monetization strategies for bloggers.
People will come for the old content and consume the new content, possibly to a decreasing level, but still. Also if you're simply buying the blog to point some links to another site for garnering Google linkjuice or to own the first SERP or whatever then you probably don't care it's the current link structure (on- and off-site) that's working for you.
That sounds like paying for a link to me. Does it count as paid links to them? I always wondered about this kind of thing - I would never keep visiting an authored website if something like this happened to it, and I don't know anyone who would, so I've never understood what the buyer gets in this situation.
$20,000 for 8 months work isn't very much. It's not very clear how much time he spent per week but it sounds quite significant.
Make not-so-much money by providing generic content on a subject until X level of popularity is reached, at which point you transition the audience into a not-astounding paycheck and the web property into a commodity valued solely in visits.
And the world moves on, nothing bettered, and very little changed, beyond a tiny shifting of money ownership.
> "Write a blog you believe in" This sounds like the "How to Get Rich Quick" book that instructs its readers to write and promote a "How to Get Rich Quick" book. Where exactly is the common ground between writing something you believe in and writing and developing a blog with the explicit goal of an optimal quick cash exit?
Maybe putting some more time into it will yield rewards that don't appear to be sub-minimum wage?
$20,000 for 8 months work isn't very much. It's not very clear how much time he spent per week but it sounds quite significant.
$20,000 for 8 months work isn't very much. It's not very clear how much time he spent per week but it sounds quite significant.
I always qualify "isn't very much"... for the U.S. I could definitely use U$ 20.000, it's more than a year and a half of my (post-taxes) salary here in Uruguay. (And yes, I should look into consulting, etc. HN is a great way to nag me to move forward and it's good advice).
$20,000 for 8 months work isn't very much. It's not very clear how much time he spent per week but it sounds quite significant.
> "Write a blog you believe in" This sounds like the "How to Get Rich Quick" book that instructs its readers to write and promote a "How to Get Rich Quick" book. Where exactly is the common ground between writing something you believe in and writing and developing a blog with the explicit goal of an optimal quick cash exit?
I was a bit turned off as well. After all your going to spend EIGHT WHOLE MONTHS on this. EIGHT! Think of it...two entire seasons will pass! Maybe putting some more time into it will yield rewards that don't appear to be sub-minimum wage?