U$30,000/year with this single Blog? How???

[YesBrilliant]

A reputable venture capitalist sets up a blog starting by talking about his work, family, music, politics, his hobbies...

It nowadays makes US$30,000. a year with 50,000 visitors per month for what that seems to have started in March 2006.

I'm lost.

His blog:
http://avc.blogs.com/

His interview:
http://money.cnn.com/popups/2006/biz2/howtosucceed/25.html

Does anyone have any idea how to make that possible?
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[newton]

Sweet .. good luck to him

It won't hurt that he is in the news, or that his clients may be aware of his blog, and its entirely possible.

 

[Cookies]

It's very possible and I'm not surprised.

 

[dgridley]

Blogs index well and do well traffic wise.. no surprise to me if the content is interesting and fresh.

 

[LeetPCUser]

This honestly shocks me. His blog isn't even anything special.

 

[Fewski]

With the traffic he is getting, he has great SEO.

If he gets that many uniques, I'm not surprised he's making that much... More traffic is more money basicly.

If you read the full article, he says he's giving all the money he earns to charity which is great.

 

[YesBrilliant]

This honestly shocks me. His blog isn't even anything special.

That's exactly what I mean.

Ok, he gets lots of traffic because lots of people know him, the media inclusive, he donates to charity... but we all know that visitors alone don't necessarily make money to our sites, so...

How can he make all that money? For $30,000. a year, it's around $82, per day, everyday, 365 days a year. With that blog, I don't see how he can make that money even for one excellent, out-of-the-extraordinary single day.

I am missing something?

 

[Fewski]

but we all know that visitors alone don't necessarily make money to our sites, so...

Your right, visitors don't always make site owners money... but you have to remember that when there are that many visitors, there is going to be a lot of clicks on the ads.

He says he gets 50,000 visitors... a 5% click rate is 2,500 clicks... which is a lot of clicks.

 

[TcDa]

These are both from Business 2.0 and even more mind-melting:

Blogging for Dollars
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/09/01/8384325/index.htm

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/09/01/8384326/index.htm

Okay, now go get rich!!!

 

[YesBrilliant]

He says he gets 50,000 visitors... a 5% click rate is 2,500 clicks... which is a lot of clicks.

Exactly what I mean, again.

And there is nothing compelling or special to make visitors click that much...

There must be other better way(s) to monetize there that I am not seeing.

I'd like to see them.

 

[dgridley]

I'll bet he's getting alot of his traffic from www.thisnext.com .. check out the site. I'm going to start using it.

Exactly what I mean, again.

And there is nothing compelling or special to make visitors click that much...

There must be other better way(s) to monetize there that I am not seeing.

I'd like to see them.

 

[YesBrilliant]

Thanks for pointing out that.

Nice find.

 

[NatashaKos]

It's very possible and I'm not surprised.

I do NOT get it either

HOW?????????????

 

[bluearrow]

it has PR7 , that guy must have done good bit of SEO. and with 50,000 visitors i think possible. its good to see that even a blog can make money like that, gives many webmasters a hope.

 

[YesBrilliant]

it has PR7 , that guy must have done good bit of SEO. and with 50,000 visitors i think possible. its good to see that even a blog can make money like that, gives many webmasters a hope.

I agree, that is a very good number of interested visitors.

But I am still eager to find if there is some secret inside there that I am not seeing...

 

[Wesley]

Ugh, stories like these are annoying. Imagine how many people all of the sudden think that they too can make thousands from their blog?

I doubt he'll be making this much a year or two from now. I can't imagine anyone checking one person's blog regularly for very long.

 

[Mark]

I'd say most advertising comes from the Claims of making so much - and others posting links to it on forums like this ^

 

[dgridley]

That could well be the case...

I'd say most advertising comes from the Claims of making so much - and others posting links to it on forums like this ^