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Can You Monetize Your Blog By Flipping It?
People who blog for a living will advise you that it is not easy work. Producing quality content takes research, time, and creativity. Even famous writers such as Ann Rice probably do not write every single day. Bloggers often do. You may have found a way monetize your blog; maybe not. In either case, if you do wish to start making money, you can sell, or “flip” your blog, and still have some creative input into it – all while getting some (or all) of the things about blogging that you’re not crazy about, like marketing and planning off your hands
Established blogs usually sell for in the ballpark of 1-2 years worth of what the blog would gross. In other words, you can make money from your blog during this time without as much work – or scrapping all of your hard work. Most often, the new blog purchaser will not want to substantially change the message at the heart of your blog – although due to different interpretations variations on your theme]. However, the heart of your blog will {likely|normally|usually|almost always} remain as you intended. And what if you miss writing for your blog? The good news is, investors will often be thrilled if you want to stay on as a writer (while sharing the increased revenues!) In fact, they are quite often inclined to ask you to stay on, simply because they don’t want to take a risk on new writers, have to buy articles, or worst of all, write it themselves.
Another motive to consider flipping is this: even if you are writing for a blog network, you still have to promote your blog. If you don’t actually enjoy the business side of things, it may pay off in the long run to search for a buyer/investor who is willing to negotiate monetarily and take over these operational tasks.
To maximize your income, it may be in your best interest to prepare your blog for selling (use the exit strategy!) Potential buyers often scout for blogs that contain long posts with lots of keywords, and still have a clearly-defined focus. If your blog caters to a popular niche, so much the better. Knowledge of what social networks and advertising works best with your blog can ramp up the value to the investor dramatically, increasing the price that the blog commands – as well as any product-driven monetizing. If you are currently making a profit from selling information products, sales negotiation is clearly in your ballpark.
If you want to make a sale, like yesterday, don’t stress yourself out about the remodeling. There are hordes of investors willing to look at a fixer-upper if the price is right. The most important thing is to do your research. Find out what blogs in your niche are selling for. Be quick to reply to inquiries from interested buyers and make your self highly available via email or social network sites such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook. Impress them with your statistical knowledge of your site. Explain to your potential investor what you dreamed of doing but didn’t have time for – ideas to improve growth will help them to decide on moving forward.
In conclusion, the easiest way to cash out your blog is to let someone else(who has the know-how and expertise) take over any tasks you’d rather not spend your time on – such as design, marketing, and promoting.
Can I Make Money Being A Corporate Blogger?
An company uses a corporate blog to release content, most often through a succinct, easy-to-follow method. Posts or comments are usually quite convenient through centralized hosting and structured discussions. These blogs can be classified as internal or external. Internal blogs are placed on the organization’s Intranet. They are accessible only to company personnel, and are quite often used to circulate information between departments, and may add to a sense of community. They also may be used as digital correspondence or as forums for collective knowledge. External blogs are distributed openly, such as through the company website, and ofteninclude subject matter on recent developments or services . Quite often, these blogs may communicate similar subject matter as press releases, but in some cases may be more casual and direct, lending a bit of humanity to the company idiom. It is much easier to get paid for being a blogger using the latter type.
Internal corporate bloggers are very often simply regular personnel who have some degree of writing skill, and are either primarily involved in the activities that are included in the blogs, or are directed by someone who is. And since many personnel may be encouraged to take part in the blog, it may soon become as commonplace as email, substituting for other types of correspondence and even in-person conferences. Many posts and personnel forums may be completely informal, and even critical announcements circulated by management will most likely not be subjected to the type of examination that you will see in the proofing, redaction, and revising of externally uploaded corporate announcements. In short, your primary goal should probably not solely consist of internal corporate blogging, as it will probably not help you to get paid to write. It may, however, let you gain some experience in article writing that will allow you to transition to a position where you can begin writing more conventional, public-ready articles.
communications distributed externally by corporations is trickier, and therefore must very often be scrutinized by specialized units of editors. While grammatical integrity and professionalism are very often significant concerns, these businesses may have the added issue of achieving political tactfulness, especially with sensitive issues. For that reason, employees who are well-versed in public relations may make good bloggers or consultants on articles of a sticky nature.
Overall, however, corporations who are looking for a writer to contribute to an external blog, say, through a website, are quite often seeking an employee who has a degree in English and some experience with freelance or professional writing. They will want to see quite a few viable blogging samples. Those authors with sufficient expertise writing and have some other professional degree may also be considered. If you are a writer who is attempting to obtain experience so you can get paid to write, your best bet is to begin with less prestigious freelance writing, such as seo articles. If your organization has an external corporate blog, you may also be able to transition to blog writing by donating your time over and above normal working hours) to authoring and or editing content.