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6:12 pm
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Hey All,
If you were thinking of taking on a couple other staff writing positions, would you it be better to just have another blog? The earning potential of having a 2nd blog seems to be higher than a staff writing position, but obviously takes a bigger commitment. I would love you thoughts, opinions, etc.
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6:49 pm
November 4, 2011
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I started a second blog because I wanted to write about topics that didn't fit well with my current blog. I've also done some freelance writing to earn extra cash…but I did that completely separately.
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8:35 pm
November 4, 2011
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I do not care to staff write.
I may start a blog I just want to do. Monetizationbe damned. All about writing what I want to write, topics I want to write about any given day/week/month. My style, not a "polite" version that we have adopted. Let loose, so to speak.
I also would love to buy another site, two, or 3 from the PF realm.
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9:16 pm
November 4, 2011
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Sustainable PF said:
I do not care to staff write.
I may start a blog I just want to do. Monetizationbe damned. All about writing what I want to write, topics I want to write about any given day/week/month. My style, not a "polite" version that we have adopted. Let loose, so to speak.
I also would love to buy another site, two, or 3 from the PF realm.
It's pretty liberating… I write about whatever the hell I want. A lot of people looking for PF advice run away screaming, but I enjoy it a lot more than I do when I write for someone other than me. :)
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10:12 pm
November 4, 2011
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Interesting question. I think it depends on each individual what they would prefer. For me they both have advantages. I currently have staff writers and I write for another blog. I am also looking at purchasing another site and/or starting a new one. All opportunities are possible
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3:29 am
November 5, 2011
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Tony Chou @ Investorz' Blog
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Some people do it because if you staff write, it's sure-fire cash. But no blog is a guaranteed success.
I think a blog shouldn't just be just about whatever you're writing about; you should add few posts on the side about topics that may be off topic, but passionate about.
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5:10 am
November 5, 2011
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I earn way more from staff writing than I ever have from years of owning my own blogs. And, the income is way more consistent.
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5:48 am
November 5, 2011
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Hank Coleman said:
I earn way more from staff writing than I ever have from years of owning my own blogs. And, the income is way more consistent.
Interesting….!! Gives me something to think about for sure. The issue with staff writing is it requires more time.
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6:28 am
November 5, 2011
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Hank Coleman said:
I earn way more from staff writing than I ever have from years of owning my own blogs. And, the income is way more consistent.
But the thing is, a blog is like a business. Businesses, if they succeed, experience expotential growth, but you're income from staff writing is limited to 24h/day
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6:43 am
November 5, 2011
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I think I am also interested in writing about different aspects. I have an idea forming in my head (details to come), about which I think I will create another blog, something more specific than 20's Finances (maybe at the beginning of next year).
@Hank, thanks for the valuable feedback. That is good to consider.
@Tony, I would like to think that you are right about the exponential growth. My blog is starting to earn money. It wasn't my primary interest in writing a blog, but I won't turn it away either. When hearing some of the Yakezie success stories, I can't help but wonder if this is a viable option to earn a living. I know a lot of yakezie have two (or more blogs) and others staff write for a lot of blogs.
At this point, I can't become the next Crystal (I still need my day job) and do both (still not sure how she does everything), so I thought I would ask for advice on which would be the best route. Most likely, I will push myself and try to do both. :) Who can't find an extra hour or two to write a staff post, while managing two blogs? ;)
The College Investor said:
I started a second blog because I wanted to write about topics that didn't fit well with my current blog. I've also done some freelance writing to earn extra cash…but I did that completely separately.
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8:40 am
November 5, 2011
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Not to be a Debbie Downer, but you've been blogging since this summer or so? I'd probably shy away from making a major commitment either way; you haven't blogged long enough to get into a "I hate this" phase.
Don't spread yourself too thin thinking that whatever amount of time you have now, even a surplus, will always exist. There will be those weeks or even months where keeping up with one blog seems like a chore. It's much easier to deal with one chore than it is two.
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8:43 am
November 5, 2011
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haha – you're not a debbie downer. That is great advice. Advice that I will probably follow. Thanks JT.
JT_McGee said:
Not to be a Debbie Downer, but you've been blogging since this summer or so? I'd probably shy away from making a major commitment either way; you haven't blogged long enough to get into a "I hate this" phase.
Don't spread yourself too thin thinking that whatever amount of time you have now, even a surplus, will always exist. There will be those weeks or even months where keeping up with one blog seems like a chore. It's much easier to deal with one chore than it is two.
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9:06 am
November 5, 2011
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Post edited 9:07 am – November 5, 2011 by PKamp3 @ DQYDJ
Another option – write whatever you want on your current site. Maybe I'm the worst person to take advice from (I get dangerously close to 85% of my traffic from Google, Yahoo, and Bing) but we write about whatever we want. If you search our archives we wrote an article about what music to take to a deserted island, an article defending athlete salaries, an improved ranking system for fantasy sports, way too much stuff about Bay Area real estate, and even live-blogged the 11/2/2010 midterms (looking back, I love that article). Writing those articles was the most fun I've had since my Freshman year writing course in college (and I'm sure that goes for my cowriter as well). The live blog was also one of our most popular articles ever, probably because that night everyone who was online was searching for live blogs, haha (and Political Ads pay well).
I'm of the opinion that it's your soap box, yell out whatever you want. A lot of the reason I haven't burned out is because of the diversity of topics I cover. It's nice to see non-finance and non-economics search terms on Webmaster Tools as well (consider it your bonus when someone searches about greedy NBA players and ends up on your site).
Maybe it's just me and my two cents, but just expanding the topics you cover now is an option.
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11:08 am
November 5, 2011
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I like doing both. I sometimes struggle with inspiration of coming up with new angles for my blog, but when someone suggests something that needs to be ghost written, or written as a staff writer, I am rejuvenated by the challenge. Right now I'm doing some ghost writing for a weird survivalist blog. I'm not a subscriber to many of the blog's theories, but it's cool to learn, and it's definitely something different! Sometimes a change is as good as a break.
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4:43 pm
November 5, 2011
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Are you really satisfied with the earnings on your blog to spread yourself thinner?
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7:19 pm
November 5, 2011
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I've started and shut down several blogs over the past few years. I finally decided to stick with just one, somewhat recently, and it's content was going to be any random thing I felt like writing about. I already owned RamblingFever.com, so that was what I called it. I did intend for money issues to be one of the many topics I would cover, and then I stumbled upon the Yakezie network. This prompted me to start a completely separate Money blog, which I set up as a sub-domain of RamblingFever.com.
Staying within the suggested guidelines of the Yakezie challenge, I am trying to write 2 to 4 posts at least each week on the money blog. My mind has been obsessed with the money topics, so my original blog hasn't gotten very much attention lately. It's cool that it's there though, because if something really gets my blood boiling, no matter what it is, I can blog about it over there.
I say, if you have the time, go for it. Start another blog. Start 3 more blogs. What can it hurt? You can cross-promote your blogs or even have them connected somehow like I do on my main site @ http://ramblingfever.com
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7:26 pm
November 5, 2011
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MyJourneytoMillions said:
Are you really satisfied with the earnings on your blog to spread yourself thinner?
Nope.
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8:47 pm
November 5, 2011
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No, nor is my intention to spread myself thin. In fact, I was wondering how to improve my earnings. My question was asking if I could spend a couple hours per week writing a couple more posts, would it be better to staff write for another blog or start one myself. Many other bloggers have two blogs (or more) and I don't think that takes away from their primary blog. I have a big enough queue (almost two months) that if/when I did do one of these things, I would be able to manage.
I'm really just trying to get some feedback – I have no idea what I will do.
I probably will follow JT's advice and wait and see kind of thing. Plus, I am still refining my SEO skills and it would make more sense to wait to do both of these once I am really good at that.
MyJourneytoMillions said:
Are you really satisfied with the earnings on your blog to spread yourself thinner?
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6:32 am
November 6, 2011
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Another thought is that if you staff write somewhere it may give you a link back to your site which can be nice exposure.
I used to think a blog was definitely the way to go, but with changing algos from the search engines and the amount of time it takes to build a blog, a person can really build income quicker writing or filling needs of established bloggers.
Not that you shouldn't blog.
If you have a passion for it (and like JT says, a few months should tell you if you don't like it but may not tell you if you want to do it long time), then blogging is awesome. Just understand that it can time to build a site up.
What is YOUR strength? Go with that.
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7:11 am
November 6, 2011
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My suggestion would be to throw yourself into what you like. I liked writing the most, so I had my blogs and 11 staff writing positions, BUT I then started my advertising business and liked it even more. Now, I have cut back to just handling daily posts on BFS and one post a week for How I Make Money Blogging. I also only have two weekly staff writing positions now, but my ad business has more than 100 client sites to handle.
Priorities and likes shift, so I'd always concentrate on your own personal wants and goals. In my opinion, you make the most money by doing what you love – mainly because you generally start slacking off on the stuff that doesn't move you.
But from a pure financial perspective, a regularly updated blog makes more than staff writing for me. When I did have 11 gigs, I was bringing in about $1000 a month from staff writing. I bring in about $300-$400 from each of my co-owned sites (3 total now and growing), another $300-$400 a month from my secondary sites like HIMMB, and $2000-$3000 a month from BFS.
Anyway, good luck with your decision!
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