Comments on: 10 Reasons Why Many Blogs Don’t Make Much Money

By: Used Cars

Used Cars — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:49:29 +0000

Darren,Your all points are totally valid.
Lack of focus occurs when a blogger becomes greedy & want to achieve success at once.Money should not be the primary goal for any blogger.It should be sharing information.Once it is done money follows automatically

By: Bill - SEO Web Design

Bill - SEO Web Design — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:19:10 +0000

I think the most important thing is you must know the goal and purpose of your blog. Be it like your personal diary, or writing something very commercial. You must understand what are you doing.

To make money, we have to stand from the commercial point of view. What visitors they need. What contents are most possibly to reach those visitors.

By: lisa

lisa — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:49:03 +0000

It’s true, most people are giving up too quickly. We all want immediate results but it takes time to figure out what strategy works and how to make profitable website.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 12:45:45 +0000

Time and a lot of patience is what I’m struggling right now. I’m glad it’s normal. It’s nice to know many people go through this too.

By: Mohammad Afaq

Mohammad Afaq — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:02:12 +0000

The reasons are great but I think that the biggest is number 10: The Lack of Focus.

I myself have been online and after about 2 years I finally stuck to a blog but I still have a tendency of starting internet marketing but this time I think I will be successful.

Mohammad Afaq
Free Website Traffic

By: Simon

Simon — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:25:03 +0000

could some one look at my site and please tell me what i’m doing wrong with it I need all the help I can get
thank you http://www.jsmoneymaker.com

By: Renee

Renee — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:33:10 +0000

It’s true blogging requires a lot of time, patience and dedication. I think passion for blogging should be there otherwise it’s easy to give up.

By: Leon Bienek

Leon Bienek — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:11:45 +0000

The post is very helpful. I am trying to write about the whole process of making money from blogging, right fomr the start, and its great to have posts like this to keep you focused on the correct areas :)

Leon

By: Andy T

Andy T — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:41:49 +0000

It just funny that this post [May 6, 2006] had only 43 commons before this [the traffic on this blog should make this post have more than 100 commons]. It seems like people just want to know how to get the traffic (make money) but don’t want to know why the blog fail (lost money). Very similar to stock market investor.

By: BillinDetroit

BillinDetroit — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 21:07:41 +0000

@Solutions59 “The the reason why people’s blogs dont “hit their strides” in 6 to 12 months is simply because they are posting in poor markets with poor followings.”

Sounds pretty simplistic. I would argue that it is wrong to start with a keyword search and allow that to tell you what to write about. Almost certainly, you will be writing about a topic you are weak in and not from a position of strength based on knowledge and enthusiasm.

Rather, I think it best to write well on a topic and THEN do the keyword research that will draw readers in.

So there is certainly room for disagreement. I’ve seen the techniques for generating residual income with a string of mediocre blogs. They probably work. They don’t feel honest to me and I don’t like them. I have no plans to use them. I’d much rather pour my energies into a narrower range of topics and write well enough to actually ADD information to the discussion.

I can do that … I’m not mentally mediocre.

By: BillinDetroit

BillinDetroit — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:58:23 +0000

I have ADHD … so I’m permitted to flit from project to project. ;-)

BUT, as I suspected when I started, I am finding that my focus is actually narrowing as regards my blogs. I am giving serious thought to whether I might trim the list and focus on the survivors.

I am thinking about taking two ‘private’ in as much as I will stop promoting them and working on the commercial success of the other two.

Love of money is the root of all evil … but it’s okay to simply have some.

By: Florin

Florin — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:20:12 +0000

Hyperactivity will only bring short therm benefits while in long therm the readers will start to dislike your blog

By: absorb

absorb — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:51:18 +0000

i guess that the main point is that quantity always dismiss quality. of course you automate your blogging but you will be banned or penelized by search engines nerverthelss. meanwhile you can hardly focus on more that three-four blogs at the moment.

but. there are lots lots of people, lot of bloggers worldwide. and all this buzz produce much much money. so let me disagree – the title of an article looks too provocative for me ;)

cheers!

By: Ciara Copywriter

Ciara Copywriter — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:38:13 +0000

Hi, Hyperactivity, flitting from one project to the next? That’s me! It’s my main struggle as a blogger, a website owner and a person generally, I change focus before I make a success of my current focus. But this can be reigned it and that’s precisely what I’m working on right now.
Great post, thanks for your honesty.

By: hamdyy

hamdyy — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:09:54 +0000

I have one blog and i have about 130 ckicks in 2 months

By: Geoff R

Geoff R — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:00:16 +0000

Something I’d like to add, I think #11 should be lack of relationships. Blogging on your own is a cold hard road, and you will miss out on a lot of great perks that come with having relationships with other bloggers. I won’t list all the benefits, because I bet you know them all Darren!

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 05:42:52 +0000

This was very helpful. I too am new to this. I hope I can overcome the 10 pitfalls. Thanks again!

By: anace

anace — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:04:11 +0000

I will try，thanks，I know this too later，I come from china。English is not easy to read and write。

By: Harshit

Harshit — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:17:24 +0000

What i like about your posts is that you write small but highly effective articles which is the reason why you have some 33 thousand readers who have subscribed to your blog !!…..cheers

By: Solutions59

Solutions59 — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 00:15:35 +0000

This is not true! The the reason why people’s blogs dont “hit their strides” in 6 to 12 months is simply because they are posting in poor markets with poor followings. You can get responses to your blogs, and articles, forum postings, etc quickly if you would take the time to do keyword research first! You can get a tool to help you do that. And once this is done, you can bet your bottom dollar that postings in those keyword dominated markets will always get you responses. Question…how long did it take for THIS post about the “10 reasons” to get responses? Apparently not long! And certainly not 6 months! You can also get posting software that submit your blogs to multiple blogging sites, forums, directories, etc. And, as long as you dont spam, you’ll be ok. The key is to put a link on your posts to your website. Not anything else! Let your website take them anywhere else. Nothing against Darren Rowse, and his knowledge. This site is impressive, but no2 in his 10 list simply is not true. As for no3, “lack of writing skills”, I have found that simply using a plain english, down-to-earth writing style works best. Remember, most people reading what you have to say dont have PHD’s. Yes you should use proper spelling, and grammar, but sounding too intellectual makes the reader seem like you are talking “down” to them. Remember you have to put yourself in “their” shoes. And you want them to come back. HOW you write to them will determine this.