I've been neglecting one of my blogs recently (The Web 2.0 Blog) and I really can't give it the attention it deserves. It's been popular in the past (i.e. when I had time to dedicate to it), easily staying in the Alexa top 100k but has never really been profitable, mainly because I've never taken the time to look into monetising it. There's a decent Page Rank (4) and it ranks high for terms like Web 2.0 Blog. Probably the best part is that you get loads of tip offs from startups with early access beta invites and I've even had a request for interview from the BBC! (I turned it down, I have the look for radio but I still have the email in case a buyer decides it's a deal breaker) So obviously people see it as authoritative.

So, what should I do? I'm really considering letting it go, and I have a bunch of related domains (0-review, 0-links etc.). dnscoop values www.0-blog.com at 16k but that doesn't include the blog (Alexa rank, page rank, content, back links etc.) because it won't estimate on web2.0-blog.com, plus that's dnscoop, which doesn't live in the real world.

So, you guys are the undisputed experts, what should I do? If I sell it, will I get a decent return? And where should I sell it? And for how much (all in, including domains, content, themes etc.)

Thanks.

You can sell it here at the Earners Forum Marketplace for one....Site Point or Digital Point are two other resources.

Should you sell? If you don't want to invest in it, then why not. A dead blog isn't going to grow in value MOST likely, so sell now before there has been a very long period of inactivity.

If you don't have the time then you should get rid of it before it sits too long !

i dont remember is this post from this forum but there are a lot of good things about blog stuff


This method takes about three months to fully build up. (Lets say about 100 days to be on the safe side). Now as the Cashquest blog already pointed out, if you want to sell a blog for $900 dollars, the general rule of thumb is that the blog must be making a monthly revenue of $90. I agree with this estimate as this is what the general market trend shows. Most people would be willing to pay about 10 times over if they know that they can make up the outset and at least get some profit within the year.
Cashquests wrote the original posts, and I have made some modifications to it so that its would be possible to earn as much as $5000.

(oh yeah, just in case I forget, all you bloggers out there can get free advertising for your blog, and linkback too. just head HERE and add your link. All links are moderated so you need not worry about spam. Put up a short post on your own blogs linking back to it. The more people here about it, the faster it spreads, and the more clicks you are going to get from it. No need for any silly widgets to be displayed or anything. PLUS its free.=)....right...as I was saying)

Thus, you will obviously need to have 5 (5 x $900 - if you feel this is too much, then hey go for 4 x $900 ) blogs running simultaneously. Now, this may seem like a daunting task, but I can assure you, for a person who spends a lot of time blogging, it's very easily done. You just need to balance out the posts on all the blogs. For those of you that want to know how I sort out the excessive number of posts per day, I will explain it in full further down in the post.Lets get to it..

1. You will make 5 new blogs per month. Therefore, by the end of the month, you will be having to put out about 30 posts per day across 15 blogs. Not as difficult as it seems (I hope that you will bear with me) as I will tell you how this can be done in under 2-3 hours a day. I will explain further on how to overcome this obstacle of writing up that many posts per day.

2. Blogger blogs are okay, but it is obviously better if you get a proper .com domain. Hosting is pretty cheap these days and you can host multiple database accounts on one server (if you get a good server).

3. Text Link Ads - sell it not for $1 but instead sell it for $2 (times 10 links). Money Made = $20.

4. 125x125 Banner Ads - Set up 6 and sell for $5. Money Made = $30.

5. PayPerPost - This will be your most guaranteed money maker. You will only have to make 1 post per week per blog. Money Made = $20.

6. Feed Ads - Like the man said, if you post on a regular basis, you will make money. Sell your space for $10. Money Made = $10.

7. 480x60 Top Banner - Placed at the top of your site next to the header, this is a prime piece of advertising space and you’re going to guarantee it’s sale by selling it for just $10 per month. Money Made = $10

8. Grand total = $90/month.

9. Ok good, so that's the first blog. There are a few reason's why I changed Cahsquests method, and I will discuss them in a bit. Next part is obviously multiplying that by 5 blogs.

10. How do we do that?A few ideas include:

* Easy niches...i.e. some blogs only have pictures to them... or videos (no actual posts)
* Content Rewriters - sneaky and i'm not a personal fan
* Do it the hard way.

11. So you're going to need to put in 1 or 2 posts a day per blog. Easy you say. Yeah...for the first month or so. But understand that you will once again be buying 5 more blogs in month 2 and another 5 in month 3. Therefore 30 posts. Yes it will be a pretty much full time job. Unless you use content rewriters or have niche such as a picture blog - i.e. Flickrdreams. (probably takes him 5minutes a day to do 5 days worth of posts hehe)

12. Once you hit the obligatory 90 day mark, you can sell the blog. By this time, you would have generated enough blogs to propagate the system.

And there you have it.

Further strengths:

1. You can link all the blogs together (if you the posts are connected, thereby speeding up linking processes etc and traffic generation)

2. Easy to set up linkbait from one blog, to the next, to the next - We shall call it AnthonyJudeLawrence Chain Blog Linking *smirks*

3. The reason that the TLA price was raised from $1(original Cashquest form) to $2 (my version) was so that we could lower the posting frequency.

4. People tend to think of blogs being for selling in such traditional terms. I.e. You post about "how to make money" on a blog until it matures enough, then you sell it. Blogs, for the most part, are exceptionally versatile platforms. Even if you did not want to go for a Flickrdreams type site, you could easily try something like PostSecret or another one of those thousands of sites out there which actively INVITE people to post on their blogs.
Weaknesses:

1. You'll be absolutely exhausted with a 30 post/day output. However, if you are considering doing the Flickrdreams type blog, you can always outsource to a randy teenager who will probably do it for you for free! I mean which adolescent male out there wouldnt want to have a license to look up nekkid women! *grins*

2. Can you guys think of any others?

Viability:

This idea seems relatively viable and it seems like it may be carried out with relative ease (for those of you that are willing to put in the time.

Advanced ideas:

1. API mashups to pull in data from Flickr or any one of those media aggregators!
2. Use Social bookmarking to get more traffic (and therefore backlinks to your blogs in that 90 day period) - use Sociable and AutoSocial Poster

3. Enhance SEO so that you garner the best possible results at the 90 day period.

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