How I Sold a Blog for $20,000 in 8 Months
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How I Sold a Blog for $20,000 in 8 Months
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Re: How I Sold a Blog for $20,000 in 8 Months
#2$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.
Re: How I Sold a Blog for $20,000 in 8 Months
#3$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.
he used 10 hours/week as an example, and that would put it in the neighborhood of $60/hr
Re: How I Sold a Blog for $20,000 in 8 Months
#4A 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.
Re: How I Sold a Blog for $20,000 in 8 Months
#5A 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.
depends. a lot of niche blogs don't make their money on regular readers, but on the adsense revenue on organic searches and people looking around for info they want. a lot of the techniques he talks about is similar to the process people use to make that type of adsense/referral.
Re: How I Sold a Blog for $20,000 in 8 Months
#6A 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.
Re: How I Sold a Blog for $20,000 in 8 Months
#7A 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.
depends. a lot of niche blogs don't make their money on regular readers, but on the adsense revenue on organic searches and people looking around for info they want. a lot of the techniques he talks about is similar to the process people use to make that type of adsense/referral.
> but on the adsense revenue on organic searches and people looking around for info they want
"Detailed revenue breakdown of a gadget blog ($61k in dec 2007)"
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=216960
http://selfmademinds.com/200801/income-breakdown-for-decembe...
Re: How I Sold a Blog for $20,000 in 8 Months
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
depends. a lot of niche blogs don't make their money on regular readers, but on the adsense revenue on organic searches and people looking around for info they want. a lot of the techniques he talks about is similar to the process people use to make that type of adsense/referral.
> but on the adsense revenue on organic searches and people looking around for info they want "Detailed revenue breakdown of a gadget blog ($61k in dec 2007)" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=216960 http://selfmademinds.com/200801/income-breakdown-for-decembe...
i get a 404.
Re: How I Sold a Blog for $20,000 in 8 Months
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
> but on the adsense revenue on organic searches and people looking around for info they want "Detailed revenue breakdown of a gadget blog ($61k in dec 2007)" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=216960 http://selfmademinds.com/200801/income-breakdown-for-decembe...
i get a 404.
Re: How I Sold a Blog for $20,000 in 8 Months
#10> "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?