Problogger hasn't updated since the 23rd anyway... not that I'm checking.
Personal Blog
· 2 years ago
What are you talking about? problogger.net updates multiple times a day.
Enkay Blog
· 2 years ago
I was going to say that if you look at his blog he has updated every day. I think you looked at his main page and turned away after seeing a video post that he had put up on the 22nd of this month.
mahdi yusuf
· 2 years ago
yeah thats sounds more likely!
Kyle M Stephens
· 2 years ago
Yes, you are right. I was looking at the wrong link... Man, am I a rookie or what?
MONEY BLUE BOOK
· 2 years ago
ProBlogger might not update very frequently like some others...but his posts generally always contain useful quality content.
I agree with the guy who said that Shoe Money's not worth reading...I've never found anything useful or all that interesting on his site. Some of these popular sites aren't all that great, they've just been around very long... just my three cents! :) -Raymond (MONEY BLUE BOOK)
Becky @ PreBlogging
· 2 years ago
damn right, focus on your own site and make it the best that it can be !
Becks
Cash Quests
· 2 years ago
True. I think there's definitely a line though. John Cow is almost arguing that you should focus entirely on your own business and ignore the competition. I'm not convinced that's a good business practice.
Personally, I believe that the A-listers have a lot of inside contacts that help them break a lot of news first. Without reading them, I'd be getting the news later.
However, it's certainly not necessary to devote a lot of your time *reading* them, but I think it would be foolish if you didn't at least *watch* them. :)
Sabrina's Money Matters
· 2 years ago
I work about 80/20 like that. I figure if I read the top two or three, I'm good. On a boring day I may read a few more but, I don't have many of those.
Another great post... :D
Markk
· 2 years ago
This has got to be one of your best postings, Bob. This is what most bloggers should, and come to their senses.
Julie
· 2 years ago
Who's Bob? Lol!
Roberta
· 2 years ago
Wow, that was a really good post. It rings true....
I do spend a lot of time reading John Chow, Problogger, and others. I do like their blogs, but I could really use that time to make my blog better and increase the quality of the content there.
When I'm an A-Lister, though, I'll probably be singing a different tune...lol
Steven
· 2 years ago
I hardly (I mean rarely) ever go to Problogger and I almost never go to Shoemoney LOL. I am usually always on the Chow or the Cow. You have some valid points and anyone here who has their own blog can clearly understand building a massive traffic takes a LOT of TIME and a lot of EFFORT.
Jason
· 2 years ago
practical is better than theory
MONEY BLUE BOOK
· 2 years ago
Note to self: Spend less time reading John Cow's Mooney Blog and focus more on own blog.
Also, note to self: Stop taking mental notes to myself. :)
-Raymond (MONEY BLUE BOOK)
MONEY BLUE BOOK
· 2 years ago
BTW I like your random and unrelated, but eye catching headlines... :) -Raymond (MONEY BLUE BOOK)
Angel - win $100 on my blog
· 2 years ago
I like your pig. What's his name?
Angel - win $100 on my blog
· 2 years ago
There is no point in reading Shoemoney -- ever.
Personal Blog
· 2 years ago
Why is that?
Angel - win $100 on my blog
· 2 years ago
When was the last time you read something useful on his blog?
Personal Blog
· 2 years ago
He makes it pretty clear that his blog has nothing to do with making money. He's not going to tell you any secrets either. There aren't any. Hard work and lots of trying. He gives advice. He's given quite a bit of advice. His radio show is good too.
Angel
· 2 years ago
Recently there's been nothing worth reading on his blog. If he wasn't a millionaire nobody would go there. Regardless of whether it's about making money or not, it's not useful content any more.
Steven
· 2 years ago
I have to agree to some extent with Angel on this one. Just because someone is rich, should be no reason why they should have massive readers. His posts are not all that great.
Fatgadget
· 2 years ago
Cool post, very true.
The only money making blog I make sure I read on a daily basis is run by some Mad Cows.
I tend to read problogger, john chow and shoemoney on a weekley basis.
:)
John Cow
· 2 years ago
And that's what makes you a winner!
Angel - win $100 on my blog
· 2 years ago
What does he win?
Steven
· 2 years ago
Unlimited free reading from blogging websites!
Rodney
· 2 years ago
There's something that i want to undestand Steven. sometimes you answer instead you letting John answers. Are you is partener ? If so, what secret have put you to this position ? I'm new in this blog, that i follow only from a week. But it's very grat. And you also.
Rodney
· 2 years ago
I have take a look to your blog Steven, not bad. Which, you'll not be an A-lister found guilty of stealing.
Steven
· 2 years ago
I am not his partner nor am I in any kind of appointed position. I don't claim to have all the answers but if I happen to the answer to a question someone is asking, whether its from this blog or anywhere else, I'll try my best to help and answer it. It's that simple.
If Mr. Cow wants to answer the questions himself, he is free to do so. Others on here have help answered questions on here as well, so I'm not the only one. I like to help others whenever I can depending on the situation and whether or not I am able to.
Debo Hobo
· 2 years ago
Gosh Cow I have a whole new respect for you after this article. You lost me for a minute following that "fake" shutdown linkbait scam.
this article can help to remind some to remove lips from butt.
Making The Money
· 2 years ago
I was not going to comment because I felt guilty about not working on my own blog or sites. But then I thought any post that profound deserved a comment.
By the way my biggest time stealer at the moment is Google Analytics, now that's a serious waste of time.
Steven
· 2 years ago
LOL it's one of those you can't live with it, can't live without it.
Ad Tracker
· 2 years ago
I honestly believe this is the most intelligent post you have ever made.
Thank you for the self validation. I thought I was weird for telling myself the exact same things.
Keep up the good work :)
Enkay Blog
· 2 years ago
I have to agree, I usually browse around some of the sites to see what is going on and mostly I visit the new bloggers out there to see the new upcommers!
Personal Blog
· 2 years ago
You have to understand Shoemoney isn't making a killing on his blog. He's making a killing on affiliate marketing.
Angel - win $100 on my blog
· 2 years ago
Yes. That's why I don't understand why people read his blog.
Julie
· 2 years ago
Preach on brother Cow!
I spend very little time "reading" other blogs, but a few minutes a day "skimming" through some of the top blogs. That's why headlines are so important. (Of course I soak up every word you say Mr. Cow, like a sponge. :) )
That's why I think it's so important to blog about either something you already know a lot about or are willing to put in the time to learn the ins and outs of. If you're just going to read other big wigs's blogs and then say "Hey, so and so said this today..." then you are wasting your time.
By far, one of your best posts!
Darren
· 2 years ago
I agree with you to a degree (as you'd expect) - although I'd say it possibly only gives half the story....
I come across plenty of bloggers who spend a lot of time doing anything but blogging - to the detriment of their blog.
However - I think there's a time and place for research, learning and self development - whether it be in the field of blogging or any field that you want to improve in.
The way I learn best is in an 'reflection/action' kind of model where I learn something (whether it be by reading or listening to someone else or by watching them doing it) and then i go away and do it myself. Then I go back into a reflection mode of watching and listening to others and then back to action of doing.
So I'd actually argue that by not taking on what others are learning about blogging (whatever site you choose to do that on) could be detrimental to your own blogging. Of course it's about balance though - some spend too much time reflecting and some spend too much time in 'action' mode.
My last comment to Mr John Cow - while you might not read ProBlogger much - you certainly do know my email and are happy to use it when you want to get some attention/links, need some advice :-)
John Cow
· 2 years ago
This is the proudest day of our blog, a huge comment by the Pro Blogger! So about those links we've emailed you about... :twisted:
Darren
· 2 years ago
links? You're always welcome to join in one of our projects - this last month you could have had a total of 31 of them! (actually 62 of them because I link to each one from two pages).
John Cow
· 2 years ago
Once we grow some balls to quit our dayjob. Then we'd have plenty of time to join them.
Rodney
· 2 years ago
When Two elephant meet...
Steven
· 2 years ago
What projects are you conducting or doing?
Julie
· 2 years ago
Sounds like you need to visit his blog. ;) Darren comes up with some good projects from time to time to help you improve your blogging. He's recently had a 7 day and 31 day project.
The good thing about these is you can jump in at any time and start from the beginning.
Angel - win $100 on my blog
· 2 years ago
Rodney is seeing elephants.
Steven
· 2 years ago
@Julie
Oh if you're referring to those projects, I already knew about them, I thought he was referring to something else.
Darren
· 2 years ago
nope - what Julie said :-)
In the last 31 Day Project one person who submitted some posts to the reader submissions told me that he had 50 times the traffic over the month than he did the month before as a result of the traffic that came from it. While he only had a readership of a bit under 100 readers a day last month he managed to leverage the project to get his average up to over 5000 visitors a day. 3 of his submissions over the month made it onto Digg, Reddit and/or Delicious.
I'm not saying this to boast or to take all the credit because he obviously wrote some good articles, but he only promoted them in the project. Participating in these projects can definitely give a blogger a platform to step their blogs up a notch if they are clever.
Steven
· 2 years ago
Oh I am sure they drive traffic, I don't doubt that.
Israel
· 2 years ago
hey howd you find out about intellitext ads cow guy?
John Cow
· 2 years ago
Via the Internet.
mahdi yusuf
· 2 years ago
haha sooooooo true! :D
Rodney
· 2 years ago
Thank's for this goog post. So, why will i come again in this blog, caus you gave me the secret : 80 % work and 20 % play ?
I was kiding. But, but, you're great man. very great.
Problogger lost me after guest posts and no two much money posts.
John Cow
· 2 years ago
SpiderPig!
Ron
· 2 years ago
hey you guys at john cow. i think you guys are great and keep up the good work. reading john cow really sets me in the right moo-d at times. just wondering if you guys had an email to keep in touch with.
Fatgadget
· 2 years ago
Interestingly enough, It was reading Problogger, that got me started in blogging.
Reading his blog about 4 months ago after typing 'professional blogging' into google, his was the first blog that came up.
And I probably spent about a week, reading as many articles as I could before I started blogging.
Now if I ever need any information, about blogging the first place I go to is Problogger, using the search function can pretty much get you get you an answer to any questions you have about blogging.
Personal Blog
· 2 years ago
I agree. I have loved the 31 days to a better blog... or however he wrote that title.
Ron
· 2 years ago
johncow! how do u do the affliate links with php with it. it really befuddles me!
John Cow
· 2 years ago
With PHP.
Julie
· 2 years ago
Hehehehe, lol! :)
MONEY BLUE BOOK
· 2 years ago
I keep asking Google. but they never give me a straight answer. Are we permitted to use redirect links for users to sign up with Google Adsense under their own referral program? - Raymond (MONEY BLUE BOOK)
John Cow
· 2 years ago
Wouldn't think so but we're not sure. Better safe than sorry would apply in this case, it's a bitch getting banned by Google :)
Making The Money
· 2 years ago
Change the script and get banned. The best you can do is to point people to a page that only has the Adsense script on it (and maybe some tracking). The only problem then is it takes them 2 clicks instead of 1 to get to the signup page.
Angel - win $100 on my blog
· 2 years ago
They won't tell you because you are a pig.
reash
· 2 years ago
Great post. And Raymond I like your cow the pig...Very cute.
reash
· 2 years ago
Sorry about that...I like both, the cow and the pig anyway...
cmanlong
· 2 years ago
I agree with this percentage breakdown to a point. Here is how I would probably break it down. Let me know your practice or what you would recommend to a new blogger.
I would recommend closer to 90/10 for about the first month. This is so that you can build up a foundation of quality content before you start your marketing and networking push. After that I would drop to the 80/20 for about another month. Put a little more emphasis on building relationships and networking with other bloggers, while still placing the most focus on quality content. Now that you have a good foundation of content the percentage would be closer to 60/40 for a while say 2-3 months. Still having more emphasis on quality content, but really starting to push your marketing efforts and spending more time networking with other bloggers and your blog readers. You should by now have a pretty good foundation of content, a feel for blogging, a good network in the blogging community, and a decent size and growing readership. This is the time to once again take the percentage to 80/20. Now keep the focus on your blog content and on your readers, with less time spent on reading other blogs, networking and marketing.
CatherineL
· 2 years ago
Great post. Nobody is gong to provide you with a million dollar blogging solution just because they get a heap of traffic.
I personally enjoy reading Problogger and Shoemoney's blogs. And this one of course. In fact I only started blogging after I'd read Problogger.
But, some high traffic blogs I've read are just not that interesting. When I look at some of the posts and the heap of comments on some of them, I have to wonder if some of the commenters are actually reading the posts, or if they're just making comments to get traffic to their own sites.
I have actually found some great none A list blogs from the comments in some of the A list blogs, so I guess the strategy must pay off for some.
Anagha
· 2 years ago
Hi Mr.John Cow,
Yes I too agree that we should look into our own business but, sometimes we need to look into our competitors work also so that, we will get an idea about their articles writing style and about the promotional activities they are doing to attract more visitors, so by practicing some of them we can also increase our traffic.
Steven
· 2 years ago
In the blogging community, that's a little different. While I agree with you for the most part, if you look at it that way, every making money blog out there is a competitor. Rather than focus on all the competitors, Mr. Cow chose one... Big beef =]
Chris Jacobson
· 2 years ago
I like your blog guys. It's always a good read when I'm bored.
Justin Tsan
· 2 years ago
Hey guys, didn't you just hit the nail on the head on this making money online A-list? I guess you are right about them making money from our clicks on their sites and their affiliates. And hey, just a thought, when are you climbing into this A-list, ;-) (Oh my God, you are in the A-list) hahaha.
Colin Gray
· 2 years ago
What a refeshing change to find a lighthearted blog about making money on the net. I have signed up stright away plus I will be putting a link on my site www.wypov.com and getting rid of the others. Cheers keep up the good work. Colin
Indra Diky
· 2 years ago
I found this blog yesterday, but I really like ur blog!
m07
· 2 years ago
great post very well said.focus on your own blogs.
CriticalCritic
· 2 years ago
Well said. I could never understand why people clamor to buy get rich ebooks and such either. There is no easy way to make money online!
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I agree with the guy who said that Shoe Money's not worth reading...I've never found anything useful or all that interesting on his site. Some of these popular sites aren't all that great, they've just been around very long... just my three cents! :)
-Raymond (MONEY BLUE BOOK)
Becks
Personally, I believe that the A-listers have a lot of inside contacts that help them break a lot of news first. Without reading them, I'd be getting the news later.
However, it's certainly not necessary to devote a lot of your time *reading* them, but I think it would be foolish if you didn't at least *watch* them. :)
Another great post... :D
I do spend a lot of time reading John Chow, Problogger, and others. I do like their blogs, but I could really use that time to make my blog better and increase the quality of the content there.
When I'm an A-Lister, though, I'll probably be singing a different tune...lol
Also, note to self: Stop taking mental notes to myself. :)
-Raymond (MONEY BLUE BOOK)
-Raymond (MONEY BLUE BOOK)
The only money making blog I make sure I read on a daily basis is run by some Mad Cows.
I tend to read problogger, john chow and shoemoney on a weekley basis.
:)
If Mr. Cow wants to answer the questions himself, he is free to do so. Others on here have help answered questions on here as well, so I'm not the only one. I like to help others whenever I can depending on the situation and whether or not I am able to.
this article can help to remind some to remove lips from butt.
By the way my biggest time stealer at the moment is Google Analytics, now that's a serious waste of time.
Thank you for the self validation. I thought I was weird for telling myself the exact same things.
Keep up the good work :)
I spend very little time "reading" other blogs, but a few minutes a day "skimming" through some of the top blogs. That's why headlines are so important. (Of course I soak up every word you say Mr. Cow, like a sponge. :) )
That's why I think it's so important to blog about either something you already know a lot about or are willing to put in the time to learn the ins and outs of. If you're just going to read other big wigs's blogs and then say "Hey, so and so said this today..." then you are wasting your time.
By far, one of your best posts!
I come across plenty of bloggers who spend a lot of time doing anything but blogging - to the detriment of their blog.
However - I think there's a time and place for research, learning and self development - whether it be in the field of blogging or any field that you want to improve in.
The way I learn best is in an 'reflection/action' kind of model where I learn something (whether it be by reading or listening to someone else or by watching them doing it) and then i go away and do it myself. Then I go back into a reflection mode of watching and listening to others and then back to action of doing.
So I'd actually argue that by not taking on what others are learning about blogging (whatever site you choose to do that on) could be detrimental to your own blogging. Of course it's about balance though - some spend too much time reflecting and some spend too much time in 'action' mode.
My last comment to Mr John Cow - while you might not read ProBlogger much - you certainly do know my email and are happy to use it when you want to get some attention/links, need some advice :-)
The good thing about these is you can jump in at any time and start from the beginning.
Oh if you're referring to those projects, I already knew about them, I thought he was referring to something else.
In the last 31 Day Project one person who submitted some posts to the reader submissions told me that he had 50 times the traffic over the month than he did the month before as a result of the traffic that came from it. While he only had a readership of a bit under 100 readers a day last month he managed to leverage the project to get his average up to over 5000 visitors a day. 3 of his submissions over the month made it onto Digg, Reddit and/or Delicious.
I'm not saying this to boast or to take all the credit because he obviously wrote some good articles, but he only promoted them in the project. Participating in these projects can definitely give a blogger a platform to step their blogs up a notch if they are clever.
I was kiding. But, but, you're great man. very great.
Reading his blog about 4 months ago after typing 'professional blogging' into google, his was the first blog that came up.
And I probably spent about a week, reading as many articles as I could before I started blogging.
Now if I ever need any information, about blogging the first place I go to is Problogger, using the search function can pretty much get you get you an answer to any questions you have about blogging.
- Raymond (MONEY BLUE BOOK)
I would recommend closer to 90/10 for about the first month. This is so that you can build up a foundation of quality content before you start your marketing and networking push.
After that I would drop to the 80/20 for about another month. Put a little more emphasis on building relationships and networking with other bloggers, while still placing the most focus on quality content.
Now that you have a good foundation of content the percentage would be closer to 60/40 for a while say 2-3 months. Still having more emphasis on quality content, but really starting to push your marketing efforts and spending more time networking with other bloggers and your blog readers.
You should by now have a pretty good foundation of content, a feel for blogging, a good network in the blogging community, and a decent size and growing readership. This is the time to once again take the percentage to 80/20. Now keep the focus on your blog content and on your readers, with less time spent on reading other blogs, networking and marketing.
I personally enjoy reading Problogger and Shoemoney's blogs. And this one of course. In fact I only started blogging after I'd read Problogger.
But, some high traffic blogs I've read are just not that interesting. When I look at some of the posts and the heap of comments on some of them, I have to wonder if some of the commenters are actually reading the posts, or if they're just making comments to get traffic to their own sites.
I have actually found some great none A list blogs from the comments in some of the A list blogs, so I guess the strategy must pay off for some.
Yes I too agree that we should look into our own business but, sometimes we need to look into our competitors work also so that, we will get an idea about their articles writing style and about the promotional activities they are doing to attract more visitors, so by practicing some of them we can also increase our traffic.
(Oh my God, you are in the A-list) hahaha.