Comments on: How to Make Your Millions through Blogging???

By: Aaron Cook

Aaron Cook — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:39:21 +0000

Great post Darren. As we all know, there’s no magic bullet. Hard work and dedication are the seeds that grow a successful blog.

And as always, quality, quality, quality!

Shine on,
Aaron

By: Vern

Vern — Tue, 09 Jan 2007 07:23:39 +0000

This is just a real nice post and it brings me back to memory that there are indeed lots of people who gets a good ranking at blogs and ‘assume’ that they’re monetizing which in fact is also pretty much a disguise of success.

The many elements in blogging will definitely give results and the hardest to master for most average people is the discipline to be consistent and post with quality.

If we can achieve this skill and mindset. All will be set in motion soon enough.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Sun, 30 Apr 2006 10:05:34 +0000

Iam a convert of Ken Evoys so what you are saying just makes
common plain old sense to me. Good quality content on any
given subject will always rise to the top and there are no short
cuts. In fact the blogs that you refer to in this article are doing
themselves a dis-service and most probably losing money
in the process. As for myself any blog or website, for that matter,
that looks like a bunch of links and content junk, is quickly washed
away with a stroke of the mouse click.

By: Stirls

Stirls — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 18:23:20 +0000

Great article – all too often I find people wanting to get rich quick or fall prey tot he sales copy advertising ” 3 simple steps to make millions” The one step always let out is the 4th step – hard work.

There is nothing in this life that does not come from work. The higher quality effort you put in the better the results will be. If you think just setting up a blog, adding adsense ads and then you can sit back and watch the money pour in – I am sorry this will not happen. You have to put in the effort.

By: Philena Rush

Philena Rush — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 01:30:16 +0000

Goodness.. I just figured out how to put a form subscription on my blog. But I’m not crazy to think I can make millions from a blog in less than 6mths. Maybe 8-10. :)

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customerservant.com » Blog Archive » Blogger Millionaires — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 15:50:37 +0000

[...] Darren Rowse writes extensively on problogging topics, and here’s a little advice from him. read it and take it to heart, or at least mind. He makes money from his blogging, and wants to make sure everyone knows it takes hard work. [...]

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 15:31:22 +0000

I think the idea is to get as much internet real estate as you can. People who subscribe to this idea are convinced the search engines can’t catch all their splogs.

I’m still wondering how they keep up with all of them. I have a hard time remembering the few passwords I have.

By: mark

mark — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 04:23:02 +0000

lol, Mathew Patterson. That is a very interesting query. I believe it is the longest I’ve seen.

By: Mathew Patterson

Mathew Patterson — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 02:45:11 +0000

Recently a google searcher found my Signal 7 site looking for "show me how to make a web page of my own for fun to make money with out having to do anything". Talk about high hopes!

By: Sarah Leon

Sarah Leon — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 23:20:41 +0000

While I’d like to make money at blogging someday, I was ecstatic last week when I found that a couple of visitors had found my main blog by searching on terms such as “totally unhappy marriage” and “when to stay married and when to divorce.” My blog is already fulfilling its mission, which is to help people save their marriages. That helps me stay focused on the real reason I’m doing this, because it’s sooo tempting to just think about money.

By: chartreuse

chartreuse — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 20:09:39 +0000

Nice piece.
Content is everything. If you have nothing to say about a topic, maybe you shouldn’t be writing about it.

By: amit

amit — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 16:47:16 +0000

Most Ironic Part is that, it’s always on main page of google’s blogger.com under “Recently Updated” Heading ……if that’s da same blogg you are talking about!!

By: amit

amit — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 16:46:56 +0000

Most Ironic Part is that it’s always on main page of google’s blogger.com under “Recently Updated” Heading ……if that’s da same blogg you are talking about!!

By: Peter Davis

Peter Davis — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:45:57 +0000

Yea, all that, but the real annoying thing is that the sploggers make more from their splogs than I do from my blog. :p

To be serious, though, I’ve found blogs to have the lowest ROI out of any type of website I’ve done.

By: Kelley Ritchey

Kelley Ritchey — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:42:40 +0000

It’s not suprising that the get-rich-quick guys would latch on to the blog bandwagon and emphasize the form over the substance.

Of course, it takes effort and content (and some design, too) to succeed. I would also argue it often takes either a special style (or voice) to distinguish oneself from the masses. Unless one is brilliant, these elements sometimes takes time to develop and requires effort to overcome your weaknesses (good writers are rarely good designers, etc.)

It does not hurt to think ahead about the monetization aspect- there may be subjects that one absolutely loves, but few others are interested in. But taking an inventory of what one can write about with obvious interest and style does count for a lot.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 14:34:02 +0000

Hey Darren,

“Build it and they will come” is true if you mean using solid content.

Whether you are selling something or selling yourself (niche), you have to have a good base on which to build.

Once you have a good foundation, you can begin to build the entire structure (site).

Joe

By: Gerard McGarry

Gerard McGarry — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 13:24:32 +0000

Good post, Darren. Unfortunately blogging is the new “get rich quick” and only beginners and idiots don’t realise the work that goes into building a successful blog. Unfortunately, high-profile probloggers like yourself are helping people buy into this notion (although you are a definite “white hat” type!)

I think the main thing that is missed by the get-rich crowd is that you’re building a brand. You need good design, good SEO skills, good content and a growing community. Oh, and passion (lots of). How many of us preach these things daily, only for people to assume it’s as simple as banging up a blogger blog and riddling every ounce of whitespace with adverts?

By: Lee Marshall

Lee Marshall — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 10:56:11 +0000

I’ve find that niche blogs don’t have to post as much to get top listings on Google (or to stay there either), but on the other hand less niche blogs should be posting like it’s going out of fashion. 5 posts a week is enough for a niche blog, but I’d recommend 15+ posts a week for the rest. I’ve lost momentum with the dS blog and to be honest I’m probably just not trying hard enough, a little more effort on my part me thinks!

Lee

By: Tom Hanna - The Barter Blog

Tom Hanna - The Barter Blog — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 08:50:12 +0000

Darren, I’d add another point to consider – is there enough content available for the long term. I’ve gotten to the point that I’m posting news content on The Barter Blog anywhere from every couple of weeks to a couple of times a week because you can only repeat the recycled “news” stories so often. On the other hand, an occasional infusion of fresh news is all that’s needed to keep a reasonable search engine presence and since the search engines respect longevity, even intermittent posting isn’t the worst thing in the world for some topics.

Bill – 20 years to become a success in blogging? And the web has only been around for 12? ;)

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 06 Feb 2006 07:49:56 +0000

It’s funny isn’t it? We hear of people who are making millions of dollars we all want to become one too. Then people will read about us and we will make more money.

Somehow the old adage “It takes ‘20 years’ to become an overnight success” is ignored when it comes to the Web (blogging). Okay, it may be quicker but it isn’t “instant”. (And of it is instant, it may also be “fleeting”.

But … if you have great content I’ll read it and I’ll return. I’ll even tell others to go to your site and then you’ll begin to make the money.

I like Darren’s pragmatism when he says around 10 articles a week is ideal. That is a tough gig! But, if you do that, write good content that applies to “me” then I definitely will come.