Chitika and University of Texas made a study that estimates a $500 million revenue for the top 50k blogs in 2006. Can an Urban Planning blog be self-sustainable by blog income?
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Earning on an Urban Planning Blog
Chitika and University of Texas made a study that estimates a $500 million revenue for the top 50k blogs in 2006. Can an Urban Planning blog be self-sustainable by blog income? Related PostsIf you did not find the information you were looking for or were not satisfied with this post then you might want to read the following related posts: Trackbacks and Pingbacks Comments Leave a Comment |
August 02, 2007
Maybe not self sustaining, but certainly a bit of extra cash in my pocket.
Until our industries realize the potential for sharing and communicating through blogs, the exposure and daily traffic just isn’t enough to bring in the big bucks!
But if you can write the occasional post like, “18 Great Presents for Bloggers”…
http://urbanworkbench.com/18-great-blogger-presents
you can supplement your income quite nicely through affiliates and referrals.
August 02, 2007
The exposure and niche is just not large enough for big self sustaining earnings. However, writing quality “Flagship” content will bring in the search engine results allowing your blog to monetise itself.
Affiliates are a good source of income too, when linked to in a relevant context..
See my post “18 Great Presents for Bloggers” for a recent example of affiliate linking in context…
http://urbanworkbench.com/18-great-blogger-presents
August 02, 2007
Urbanmike, true. Perhaps urban planning is not yet a lucrative field on the web yet; monetizing-wise I mean. But your strategy of using affiliate links is useful however I would prefer them to be more relevant if I am using them within posts.