Comments on: Have blog networks really failed?

By: Betty

Betty — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:32:57 +0000

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By: Blog Networks and the Long Tail

Blog Networks and the Long Tail — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 12:09:45 +0000

[...] networks such as B5 media (with bloggers such as Jim and Tris over on One by One) and companies such as Pay Per Post have specifically targeted the revenue potential of blog [...]

By: Rick Calvert

Rick Calvert — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 06:25:16 +0000

A blog network will fail for the same reasons any publisher fails; lack of readers and/or advertisers; too much overhead; overpaid writers and managers.

There are tons of small magazine publishers today with tiny readerships that do quite well.

If you keep your management and overhead costs reasonable compared to your readership and advertiser base and you are an authority and influential in your space you can do just fine without the kind of numbers that make the VC’s drool.

Not every company needs to go public to make a good living for its owners and employees.

That is exactly the beauty of a well run blog network or independent blog. You don’t need expensive offices, printing costs, mailing costs or all the other things that come along with magazine, book, or newspaper publishing.

one guy in his house can make a living. Or lots of guys in their respective houses can pool their resources and have it managed by a good team with good ad sales and all make even more together than they might individually.

Advertisers like dealing with fewer rather than more people than they have to.

By: Dawud Miracle

Dawud Miracle — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:21:14 +0000

Great question. I really like 9Rules. I don’t know how well they’re doing numbers wise, but there’s quite a bit of activity. I’m not sure how bloggers can leverage advertising. I’ve often wondered about creating strategic alliances with a group of bloggers and brainstorming ways that our combined efforts could be greater than the sum of our individual effort. I’m not there yet, myself, but perhaps some day.

By: Duncan

Duncan — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:29:18 +0000

Tris
Paul didn’t talk about FM because it isn’t a blog network by any stretch of the imagination. It’s an advertising network, in the same field as BlogAds and Glam. Of course I’ve taken issue with 9rules being called a blog network in the past, but I can say with full strength that 9rules is much more a blog network than FM will ever be.