Comments on: Blog Network Revenue Models

By: All US Jobs

All US Jobs — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 13:52:59 +0000

[...] I think it s useles to compare networks between them because every network has its own bussines model and ever bussines model has some bad and some good points. more [...]

By: All US Jobs

All US Jobs — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 17:35:48 +0000

[...] I think it’s useles to compare networks between them because every network has its own bussines model and ever bussines model has some bad and some good … Read more… [...]

By: Scrivs

Scrivs — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 05:48:19 +0000

Word.

By: Rhys

Rhys — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 03:36:45 +0000

Hmm…I don’t know…I have this strange feeling that Damn I’m Cute will reign supreme. It’s in the stars, baby.

By: How To Build A Successful Blog Network? (Hint: Please all the stakeholders!) » Webby Media Blog Network

Sun, 02 Oct 2005 23:13:32 +0000

[...] Accordingly, there are plenty of conversations about what makes a successful blog network. [...]

By: Scrivs

Scrivs — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 21:51:25 +0000

I am talking long term here. Not after one week! And I have another writer joining up this week for the site so I think the tables will turn…

By: Nick Douglas

Nick Douglas — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 21:38:26 +0000

Re: I Like Cameras beating out Damn I’m Cute:

Told you so.

By: Lyndon

Lyndon — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 11:20:48 +0000

I keep reading about the saturation point of blog networks and I completely disagree. We havn’t even scratched the surface yet. Go look at how many people use the internet. the regular browser does not know his arse from a blog. To him a blog is a website, end of. So are there too many websites? No, of course not. Are there too many sites publishing crap? Yes. But just because stuff is published in the form of a blog makes no difference and when I say it makes no difference I am talking the regular surfer, not bloggers who take up blogging with a ferocity akin to a starving tiger in a barrel full of monkies.

Lets have more blog networks.

Lets have more solitary bloggers teaming up with other solitary bloggers to form networks.

Give the people what they want!

By: Barry Bell

Barry Bell — Sun, 02 Oct 2005 09:52:50 +0000

In that case, much of the value that the networks provide (in most cases) is that they take care of the hosting, the infrastructure, the software, the bandwidth, the admin, the design, the experimentation with ad placement, etc, etc, etc.

All you need to do is write.

There are plenty of non-tech minded bloggers and lots other writing talent out there who are new to blogging, and who don’t want to be screwing around with template tags, themes and adsense code – or they just don’t have the time. Yep, you could just use a standard blogger, wordpress or typepad template, but you’re just gonna look like everyone else who’s doing the same.

Providing a good quality, reliable and ready-made infrastructure is where I think networks will have their most value in the next 12 months.

By: Jason

Jason — Sat, 01 Oct 2005 20:12:03 +0000

>> So really should we be asking how writers in
>> these networks should be getting paid? I donâ€™t
>> think so because you can find people to write
>> for you in almost any model. The question
>> you have to ask yourself is what type of
>> model do you need to bring in the talent
>> to help you succeed?

When we started we didn’t pay people… it was 100% revenue split. Most bloggers didn’t make anything for the first six months even though we gave them the first $500 in revenue before we did the split (I think that is what B5 is doing now too–it’s a good idea).

We found that one out of 20 folks (5%) wanted to blog for a revenue share. Back then this was a small group of folks. Today, with 10M+ blogs being run by a couple of million bloggers, 5% might be a pool of tens of thousands of people (as opposed to two years ago when it was 100’s of people).

So, I think you could find revenue-share motivated people.

I could even see folks move between networks as their life needs change. Perhaps you need to get paid today and don’t care about owning your site or work… you might want to work with Gawker or WIN. A year later you might want to own your own site and just be part of something bigger like 9rules. You might even fall between those two options and might want to see if you can hit a homerun working with B5 and not owning your content and getting the value of unlimited upside (of couse, that is a HUGE risk right now).

The real option isn’t between the networks frankly.

The real option is doing it yourself with Google Adsense or doing it with a network.

The networks all have to provide more value than doing it on your own.