Comments on: Make Money Online Blogs Are Done. Finished. Over.

By: WhyDoWork

WhyDoWork — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:20:44 +0000

actually i think the noobs are all flocking to twitter now…but I have seen a ton of blogs collapse in the MMO space. We even bought a few that folded last year

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MMO Bubble Bursting? There Is No Bubble! | John Cow dot Com — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:57:35 +0000

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By: WhyDoWork

WhyDoWork — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:28:29 +0000

@ Andy:

I agree with your mentality. Blog as a core business can be a difficult model to pull off, but blog as a means to some greater end makes things much easier when it comes time to drive focus from your blog to other aspects of your business.

By: Andy Beard

Andy Beard — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:24:21 +0000

My final greater purpose hasn’t been fully revealed but ultimately the blog is a mean to an end rather than a pure revenue generator.

It will be interesting how things evolve. It is easier to grow subscribers targeting specific segments, and those segments typically are easier to monetize.

I look on having future partners as readers as being a greater benefit than aiming for a wider audience.

Leverage is highly important, and whilst I could also gain leverage by having 30,000 raving fans, they might not be the core audience I am looking to attract.

By: Trent Brownrigg

Trent Brownrigg — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 20:34:58 +0000

Very good insights Joe! And I guess great minds really do think alike. Just yesterday I wrote a guest post on this same topic over at http://www.canimakebigmoneyonline.com – but it hasn’t been published yet. I agree with pretty much everything you said.

By: WhyDoWork

WhyDoWork — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:38:14 +0000

@ Joe:
Moo-man makes a valid point about using real numbers, but I think Joe’s overall message is still very valid.

@ John Cow:
Small fish are working through the mid sized fish and Cow, your blog wouldn’t exist without a big fish so I’d say you’re still a part of the hierarchy.

great insights

By: Joe

Joe — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:10:49 +0000

@COW:

Sorry to use your site as an example. I only wanted to highlight a mid tier blogger advertising on a top tier bloggers site, and a newbie blogger advertising on a mid tier bloggers site.

I definately did not use factual numbers or advertisers, when in retrospect I should have.

In either case I stand behind my premise that a large portion of the traffic and advertising in this ‘make money online blogging’ niche is supported by people wanting to be ‘make money online bloggers’. To the extent that this is true is really something I can only guess on.

Thanks for stopping by!

By: John Cow

John Cow — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:58:58 +0000

An entertaining article, unfortunately you seem to be missing a few things here.
Most of our advertisers are not the newbies you take as an example, but established companies that want volume in traffic and subscribers.

Besides that all, we never advertised on John Chow’s blog and we don’t charge $300 for anything. If you want to make a proper example, try using real data and not some made up stuff.

And what we don’t understand is how everyone seems to be slagging the new owner of onemansgoal.com. The least you could do is give him a few months to ‘prove’ himself of being a capable blogger, whatever that may be.

Last but not least, we’re not selling, trying to bail out or anything remotely like that. We simply do not have time to maintain the blog and had to make a decision many others would have made too.