Is Blogging dead?

Now, lets have a look at it like this way, blogging:

Have got several blogs and many of you have them as well. I do keep updating my blogs every other day with unique content and keep my visitors engaged. What I get in return is that, some loyal viewers as well as some customers for my various products and enough to pay for myself and my family living.

So, what are my blogs about, I have several blogs on SEO, Marketing techniques, pregnancy websites, legal advice sites, gadgets sites, jewellery sites and many more. They all provide new info, coupons, worlds trends and many others almost like a portal. Have got some regular readers who come in and read.

Now, How I do many money out of them: Banner ads; selling clickbank products; ask guest blog writers to write quality content for their products as well and show case them, sell numerous digital products as well as services.

My blogging makes me to run my whole family in the UK. You can imagine how hard it might be because many of you are like me who was made redundant. But anyway, blogging is one thing that kept me going and soon I will finish my university degree ( I think I have made a mistake ) shouldn't have gone to uni for further education after loosing the job. Should have kept working as a freelancer IT guy in Kent, UK. But there you go, blogging and writing about new stuff does help me going and passive income became the main stream income and which is mostly earned from referral.

Kind regards,
Swrajit

Agree with you,you give clear idea.

Or you could build up your blog until successful bloggers want to guest post on it to drive traffic to their own blog.

Pay them or not, he has only talked about ONE traffic generation method.

That's the funniest thing I've read so far this morning. There are plenty of bloggers who don't rely on Google for their traffic.

RoD

I believe it depends on the type of blog you put up and your purposes for creating and maintaining one. If you do blogging in order to earn, you have to monetize your site properly and promote it so that you will gain lots of traffic to your site. You need to configure your site so that the traffic you get from visitors will convert into sales and/or commissions for you.

Can we still chase girls?

RoD

Andrew,

I think it's actually best to explain what the OP was on about.

Deiss has launched a new product. His premise is that blogging is broken.

He makes a valid point about people spending hundreds of hours writing content that no one sees.

What his product is about is instead of blogging, create an authority site which uses content from established authors and experts. why? Because they have a ready made audience and reach. Reach is somethign that 99% of wannabe bloggers do not have.

So that in itself is a strategy worthy of merit in my opinion. It differs from the usual stuff about how to make money with blogs. For example, people say that you should guest blog for traffic, but if no one reads that person's blog... is it worth the effort? No matter how good your content is.

what I am seeing in the OP is a classic buying objection. He wants to believe but doesn't want to outlay the initial $97. well that's my take on it. Given that the training does teach you how and where to find writers, I don't see this thread as a discussion, but rather a validation seeking comment by the OP.

Sal

well cut my legs off at the knees and call me a tripod!

This is exactly what the product / video in question is all about.

Alot of negativity in this thread...especially considering that most of those complaining don't even seem to have the slightest grasp of the nature of the product being discussed.

That's the really funny thing...

For one, I'm pretty sure he didn't say "dead", but "broken"...

Anyone who has been around for even a little while knows this is just a way to rile people up and get attention. But that doesn't also mean there isn't some validity to it.

It also doesn't mean that "blogging" in a traditional sense won't work for people...

What's being talked about here is taking a different look at things...looking at this more like a publisher than a writer or blogger.

You're still going to use WordPress (unless maybe you prefer Joomla), and you are still going to be publishing content...some of it may even be your own....while some of it may be content you pay outsourcers for...and some that you pay "experts" for.

It's really not much different than "blogging", if you want to be honest. More like a "twist" on it.

There are advantages and disadvantages to using this model...

One disadvantage would be COST....it will cost you some startup money to get a site like this going because you will be paying for content. Obviously, if you are an expert and want to start your own personal blog...cost is hardly a factor as you can build it with WordPress and a theme(free or premium) and start filling it with all of your own content almost immediately.

An advantage though is that you don't necessarily need to be an "expert" to start. If you decide to use this model in the "Paleo Diet" niche, you don't need to be an "expert" like Robb Wolf or Mark Sisson. You can build more of a "magazine"-style of site and leverage the authority of others instead.

It's no different than the "reporter" strategy Allen Says talked about YEARS ago...or the idea of having an infoproduct or book/ebook created by interviewing an "expert".

The idea itself is hardly "new"...in fact, it's just taking the whole "guest blogging" idea and spinning it on it's head a little bit.


BOTH of these models are legit...in fact, in a way they both help support the other in the long run.

Those who build authority sites like this need "bloggers" for content, and experts with their own traditional blogs can use the authority sites to get PAID for content while also getting prestige, validation, and even traffic.

It's a win-win...not a "zero sum" game here.



Last point....

The idea that this is somehow a "get-rich-quick" idea is kind of funny...

Here is a guy talking about building a site that is MORE than just a "blog" and more like an online magazine....talking about paying for content, not the latest "whiz-bang" SEO trick, scheme, or push-button software....talking about investing money and building a brand, a list, and a business, not just slapping up affiliate ads everywhere(aka "thin affiliate sites")....

...and this is what is labeled as "get-rich-quick"?

I gotta be honest with ya...that's confusing as all hell to me.

One more thing...

There can also be hybrid's using this model...not everything is black-and-white.

Two examples off the top of my head are CopyBlogger and Pat Flynn.

CopyBlogger takes the concept of "content marketing" to another level, something talked about with this model too. They also don't slap up ads everywhere that lead visitors away from their site, instead choosing to use that space to really focus on listbuilding and promoting their own stuff.

It's not a site built around one person..it's more of a brand.

You may look at Pat Flynn as just a "blogger", but he's more of a hybrid. For one, he uses other people's content on his site especially in the form of his podcast.

However, unlike CopyBlogger he has built his brand around himself. There are clearly some advantages to this, and some possible disadvantages.

Neither model is "dead"...and it's not one or the other, it can even be a combo of both.

Not only is blogging dead but so is...

Charlie Chaplin
Hula Hoops
Silly Putty
Drive In Movies
The Ben Afleck Fan Club
The Brady Bunch
New Coke

And controversy at Internet Marketing Forums

The last one was a joke in case you missed it.

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Nope...I don't think so!

Blogging helps a lot of people earn money..blogging is still effective and many internet marketers use it till this day to promote their products. Of course you have to start from the scratch being a new site and all, you need to build a strong follower. Just post quality contents constantly to make your blog active. If you build your site with SEO in mind then its better.

Yes, it past away tomorrow.

It's definitely a weird strategy to be promoting to dream chasers.

Will they have enough money to pay bloggers with big audiences to write for them? Will they feckle.

It would cost hundreds and hundreds to persuade someone with a name to write for you + pimp you around to everyone they know.

It would take a lot of articles to build up an audience for yourself and that's only if your blog is good enough that they want to come back.

Or you could guest post on blogs that have a big audience, which might take longer but you wouldn't be throwing $10,000 around to try and get an audience.

This is the important part. Some big bloggers do it, but only on bigger blogs.

I'm not suggesting a big blogger couldn't be persuaded to write an article for a pr0 site with zero traffic, but I wonder how much they'd need to get paid if they're already making a full-time income.

Once again, a half arsed opinion based on a lack of knowledge of the product.

Keep it up mate.

Well said, John.

A friend of mine who works for Google says some of the employees are laughing their heads off at Ryan's video and say he couldn't be further from the truth.

Interesting!

Rich

Also pretty sure he said it was broken.

Anyway I find it amusing that last year I started a thread on the importance of blogging and got shot down by people who had been doing it and never had any success. Now we see people defending it. Most state that other people make money...

The reality is that the majority fail - especially if they are in the IM niche. Funny how we haven't heard from them on this thread.

It's an interesting product. However, the info is somewhat basic much as a $27 ebook would contain. However, it is still an interesting concept that with a little effort and as part of your overall strategy, can make a huge difference. People are focusing on getting writers nd yes it will be a challenge at the start.

But the other benefits include backlinks and seo. The higher it ranks, the more views etc and traffic. so it does snowball. I liken this strategy to an additional momentum booster.

Is it worth the 3 x $97? That is subjective. Part of the deal is that his team will build, install and host your site... max it for seo and appearance. It also provides you with a pool of sites to link to.

So yes, you can probably outsource it all. But what he has done, is thrown in the done-for-service and expanded a $27 product to almost $300.

Like it or not, it is a brilliant marketing effort and one that many on here would do well to study and try to emulate. A great lesson on how to add value to your product and multiply your profits by almost 1000%... instead of playing the WSO $7 lottery.

Sal

Just like web designers (many) don't have a clue about designing sites that rank, or marketing in general. Good point.

I personally agree with you... but just this once so we are not friends or anything like that.

Bulltish. Only a half-truth argument here. No pint having 1 million quality, informative articles on your blog if no one is reading them or visiting your site.

And that my friend is the critical element of blogs.

As afar as the vitriol goes on here, it saddens me that supposed marketers can get so personal about successful marketers doing their job. If anyone isn't doing what Deiss does then you are in the wrong business.

Seriously, everyone here assumingly sells products - some good other just average - or promote things that they have never tested or woned, but that's ok. But as soon as someone who makes big bucks does, people pour scorn on them.

Calling someone a douche bag says more about the poster than the Deiss IMO.

Sal

Jon Chow is the exception and not the norm.

Perhaps it should be said that Blogging is a dead cause for most people?

Aren't there blogs that feature recurring guest posters?