The Get Rich Project

ProBlogger Darren Rowse makes the point that he would still blog, even if he had enough money that he didn’t have to:

“Five years ago when I started blogging (5 years this month actually) I did so on a whim to see what would happen. The thought that it’d end up being a full time job (and more) was laughable. The reason I continued blogging was that within days I was hooked. Hooked by the relationships I discovered, the community that I became a part of and the learning that I was engaging in.

The money came years later – much later.

So I guess I’d answer Anne’s question with a yes – I’d still write if I had a Million Dollars.”

_ProBlogger: Would You Blog Differently If You Had Money?

I’ve always been involved in the net. I first got online when I was 13 or so (nearly 12 years ago!), so I’ve grown up with the web. Right from the very beginning I had a web page of my own. Blogging is the evolution of the personal “homepage”, so I would probably still be blogging in some way.

Would I write differently? I don’t know. I’ve found that people who are financially secure enough that they don’t have to think about money (I know several thanks to my day job), intrinsically think differently to others. Whether it’s simply because they have one less thing on their mind I don’t know.

The point is, through my experience, yes I would blog differently. I think every one would. People like to think money wouldn’t change them, but personally I think it’s a load of rubbish.

Of course, if someone would like to give me enough money to test my theory, please feel free!

To make any sort of money in blogging, you have to have readers. Regular readers are great, wonderful even, but there is value in the one-off visitor.

Increasing your readership is not just about your (presumably great) content. I’d say about 40% of blogging is marketing. There are plenty of tips out there on marketing your blog. The usual suspects include submitting to Digg, guest posting on other blogs, including your blog address in forum/email signatures, and commenting on other blogs. There are also some lesser used methods.
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Ramkarthik at Blogging Tips lists 5 ‘Less Used Ways to Get New Subscribers. I’m not entirely sure what he means by “less used” – I’m pretty sure guest posting is already a common (and still growing) method of attracting subscribers, and one which others have written about a lot – but none the less the tips to make sense to try.

Number 1 on my list to try, is make a video. I’m not sure video logging will become a regular feature on the Get Rich Project, but I’m keen to experiment with it. That said, I have a face for radio, and a voice for street mime…

Another of Ramkarthik’s suggestions is to give away an eBook. So far, Chris Garrett is the only blogger readily springing to mind who is using this technique, but again, it’s something I’m interested in trying out.

Have you got any more less common methods you would like to share? Do so in the comments!

That redesign I mentioned yesterday has hit the intertubes. This new look is completely the opposite of what the site looked like before (it’s brown!). I hope new appearance will help grow the blog by attracting more casual readers to subscribe, eventually becoming regular readers.

I’m sure there’s the odd bit of house keeping still to be done (the full Archive page is yet to go live, thanks to some last minute CSS hiccups), but they’ll get picked up as everyone explores the site (please do explore!).

Please leave any and all comments/criticism in the comments – they’re more than welcome!

This is the first in what will be a series analysing some of the larger “make money online” blogs.

For many, Darren Rowse’ Problogger is the quintessential example of making money from Blogging. Problogger is well written, with good content which people want to read, is monetized well, and is well known – both on and offline.

Problogger is often used as a model by others trying to replicate Darrens success. Beginning bloggers often look at Problogger, and try and copy it.
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