From Blogging to Big Bucks
I’ve been offered a few jobs and offers through geekwhat.com. But nothing remotely close to the status of the big baller bloggers.
The rags to riches stories of the successful bloggers on the Internet really amaze me. These guys basically sit at a computer, churn out (good content) blog posts, and reel in the big bucks. And I mean big bucks. We’re talking millions, enough dough not to have to work for an employer ever again. Let’s look at a few examples:
- Michael Arrington. He writes Techcrunch.com, a blog that features the newest tech startups in the Silicon Valley. He gets exclusive information before others and has a ginormous viewership.
- Perks: He is reeling in $60,000+ per month from ads on his site.
- Robert Scoble. Robert is a technology enthusiast and one of the most read bloggers on the Internet. I had a chat with him earlier this year, check out the episode on Talkmatic.com. Lucky for me, Robert likes me =)
-Perks: Robert got picked up by Microsoft to become their evangelist. He then got recruited by Podtech.net to become Vice President — he also has a show there. He recently got hired by Fast Company magazine to write his own column.
- John Chow. John provides tips to bloggers on how to make money online through advertisements and other strategies. I also chatted with him earlier this year, episode on Talkmatic.com (a good one).
- Perks: John makes over $10,000 a month on his site.
These bloggers all have very strong authority on the subject that they are writing about. They are also consistent, devoted, and respond to their communities. They found a niche and destroyed all potential competitors. Sounds familiar?
It’s a business! Your thoughts?
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July 1st, 2007 at 11:45 am
Good info, however I have one question: What is John Chow an authority on? I admit that when he first started blogging he gave out some decent pointers, but now his blog is nothing more than a compilation of Paid Reviews, photos from his trips, and pictures of food…
July 1st, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Nick, these three bloggers have already put in the time to rise to the top. Guys like John Chow run out of content after a year or two. After all, there’s only so much you can say about SEO, ad placement, etc. Michael and Robert are following trends, the latest news, and such.
I think he’s just trying to experiment and change things up with his food posts and trip recaps. Looks like the readers still love it. John’s being discovered by new readers (to-be copycats) everyday via Google search. His old posts are still very alive in the blogosphere.
July 1st, 2007 at 1:20 pm
Dude, I need to blog!
July 2nd, 2007 at 12:21 am
I don’t know how you blog all the time to be honest. I used to have a technology blog type of site back in 1997 (we didn’t call them blogs back then, they were just webpages :P) and I remember how difficult it got to write something everyday.
Just keep doing what you’re doing :)
July 2nd, 2007 at 4:53 pm
So does that mean you’re going to “Destroy” your competition? That’d be sweet…haha
July 9th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
i cant get over the big bucks and just blogging stuff