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Starting a new blog

April 30th, 2007 · 8 Comments

I’m thinking of starting a new blog pretty soon. It will be a niche blog that has the potential of using the brand of the blog to leverage affiliate sales as well as direct advertising (Although this is by no way the topic of the blog, nor my initial thoughts of the blog).

Content for the blog will in the beginning most probably come from online resources but the most important factor I think is the amount of offline information that is not readily available but as I said, if the brand of the blog is used correctly, this information can “come out” - so to speak - and could be brought online. This is the mini goldmine I’m hoping to leverage. <evil laugh>

It will definitely take some work from my part to get the blog up and running with the initial content as well as setting up the channels that will make it possible for me to leverage some of the juicy offline content.

3 questions for you

  • How much money have you spent on the launch (say in the 1st 3 months) of your money making blogs?
  • What keyword tools do you use to find out if this niche is worth getting involved in?
  • I know this has been done before, but would you be interested in me writing about my entire process from start to launch of this blog? (That’s if I go ahead with it.)

Tags: niche blogging · starting up

8 responses so far ↓

  • geniosity // May 1, 2007 at 10:13 pm

    Unfortunately, I would really say I have the ability to answer #1 and #2, but to #3 I would say that it would REALLY be beneficial if you documented the whole process.

    I’m always up for a lesson thanks to other people’s experiences…

  • LA Head Shot Photography // Sep 13, 2007 at 8:01 am

    I “FER SURE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW THE COST INVOLVED WITH BLOGGING AND ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS LIKE :CAN IT BE DONE ON A VERY LIMITED INCOME ? HOW LONG CAN IT TAKE TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL BLOGGER? CONTENT COULD BE THE EASY PART. COST COULD KILL YOU IF YOUR ON A LIMITED BUDGET! SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT BEFORE MAKING ANY INITIAL INVESTMENT MIGHT BE - WHAT ARE THE HIDDEN COST?

  • JBagley // Sep 13, 2007 at 8:08 am

    Hi, There really isn’t any “hidden” costs when it comes to blogging. I started my first blog paying only $8 a month for hosting, but if you use services like wordpress.com or blogger.com, you can blog for free! However, making money from blogging you probably want to own your blog, so going with the free hosted services isn’t the best.

  • Aetrex // Dec 1, 2008 at 7:18 pm

    Have you launched your new blog. Can you post a link?

  • Quitdord // Apr 4, 2009 at 3:31 am

    нда.. забавно …

  • sandrar // Sep 10, 2009 at 4:04 pm

    Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.

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