Starting a Blog Network
In a recent post entitled Help Me! Should I change my Blog I discussed issues I was having with my blog. I have been debating with changing my blog and the direction that it’s going and splitting it up into a few different blogs. I don’t want to loose my page rank and all my incoming links and I worry about losing some the of the almost 30 subscribers that I’ve had over the past few months.
With that I discussed starting many blogs. It didn’t dawn on me until I wrote it down and then I realized that I was essentially saying I wanted to start a blog network from the ideas and directions that this blog has pulled me in. Of course there are a lot of blog networks and of course I have very little time to build a network of blogs that I can maintain.
It’ll be tough but there are a lot of people out there maintaining blog networks and making a decent amount of money from them. I don’t expect to become a Weblog’s Inc., or a B5media. They have been able to build good brand recognition and make continued growth. If I can make enough money to make it worth my while I will continue, who wouldn’t.
As I was going through my decision of whether or not to pursue this new idea I came to two points that I think anyone considering building a blog network as a solo blogger. (I could open the network up to more writers but that would be a good issue to have.)
1. Are there enough topics that you would want to write about to build a blog network on?
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2. Can you build an efficient way to blog?
The first one I think is important. Find some topics you like and blog about them. Don’t worry about there be to many blogs in that category. If you continue to post you’ll gain a following, especially if there are some useful posts. The second one I think is a good point to look into. If you’re going to start a blog network as a solo blogger you can’t waste a lot of time thinking and debating about blog posts and layout. Pick a layout, and then just blog.
I will keep you all update as to how my blog network is going. I currently maintain 3 blogs but have been mediocre at best maintaining them. I plan on focusing my efforts on efficient ways to blog and will share my ideas with you here and possibly in another blog I plan on starting. Stick with me and I’ll hopefully stick with building a successful blog network.