No good content for the last week means someone needs to put something decent up on here, so here we go. :)

I’m tempting fate with this post – half, if not more than that of my readers run make money online blogs, and I don’t want to piss them off too badly, but this post had to be made. Kind of ironic, considering that I run a blog that could definitely be considered in this niche, but there we go.

Here’s the statement that this whole post is about; if you agree with it, wonderful – if you don’t, even better as I hope that’ll spark some debate, something that’s been missing on here for a while.

Make Money Online Blogs Are Not Just Boring, But Repetitive Too.

Now the second part – fine, that’s hard to avoid. With millions of blogs out there already, and more created every single second… it’s likely that even if you’ve picked the most innovative topic out there, it’s more than likely that someone else has blogged about it. However, I notice that most, if not all bloggers tend to deviate towards the same set of topics…

Here’s a little list of topics that are common in the MMO blogosphere:

- Why Entrecard is amazing for your blog / why Entrecard blows. How shitty its traffic is.

Hundreds of people have discussed this already, and those that read a few blogs in the industry are getting tired of it. Pick another topic! Entrecard, wow… it’s a traffic exchange website, something that has been done before and will be done again.

- Why John Chow Sucks/Why John Chow Kicks Ass (Or, What He Ate For Lunch Yesterday)

Okay, you love John Chow, you hate John Chow. None of us care. We know how much he’s making, so hats off to him for that – he’s not teaching us how to make it though. If we wanted to read about him, maybe we’d visit his blog?

- How to improve various metrics of your blog

Maybe talking about boosting RSS feed count, increasing Alexa/visitors to your website, getting more linkbacks. You know what? Hundreds of guides to the above three have been written about those, and most of them are probably better than the one you’re going to write, so don’t do it. Obviously if you have a blog that’s geared to other newbie bloggers go wild, but it’s unlikely you’ll be in the position to teach them about improving metrics if so. I’ve done this in the past, but it’s getting a lil tiring seeing a different guide every day, all of which say the same thing as the one I read yesterday :)

You know the best way to improve the metrics of your blog? Write kick ass content, then market the crap out of it. Oh yeah, maybe run a contest with a tonne of prizes not worth much so people get excited – that works too. :razz:

People read make money online blogs because they hope that they’ll be helped make money online… the thing is, no one that runs an MMO blog will directly teach you how to make money online. Why should they? The key to making money online is stumbling across an untapped market, and if someone does, they’re sure as hell not going to reveal it to you for free. This is where eBooks and membership websites (note, not launched yet so don’t signup) come into the picture – sometimes people get bored of carrying out the ideas themselves and sell them, or if there’s little competition continue to carry out the ideas and sell them too to bring in additional income.

MMO blogs however might give you basic, generic steps to make money online… the thing is, you probably would have read something similar to those tips before. :)

I will let you know why I read make money online blogs – to see what the owner is up to. Personally, I know that I’m not going to ‘get rich’ reading what someone else has written, as most people will not reveal their exact methods free, however the lives of people I’ve interacted with – be it friends I know personally, or other bloggers I’ve communicated with occasionally is always interesting, especially if they have an engaging writing style.

If you run a make money online blog, I want to know what YOU are doing, what projects YOU are working on and things that have worked for YOU. I don’t care how *insert A lister here* recommended *insert affiliate product here* and thus you thought it would be a good idea to do so too – if you’re talking about something, have first hand experience of it or don’t promote it to earn money off it. How do you think crap like Get Money Magnet is profiting so much? People bought into hype, and then realised it served no useful purpose whatsoever… they had to continue the hype though otherwise they’d lose money. Thankfully, quite a few bloggers that bought into it have dropped it, however there are still many promoting the ultimate legit scam (if that even makes sense) :)

If you run an MMO blog, but aren’t personal… people are going to leave. There is plenty of good content available elsewhere, so much so that I could stop visiting twenty of the blogs I regularly read tomorrow and still have stuff to keep me busy… the main aspect of any blog is the person behind it – without the person running it, a blog is not worth reading. Yes, you can get by on guest posts for a while, but again – if there are too many guest posts, I’m going to read their blogs rather than yours.

As for this blog, it started out as a journal detailing my attempts at making money online – sometimes amazing, sometimes pitiful. As my income swings so much, I never promised I could help you (on this blog, at least)… I do try to throw in some occasional tidbits.

Thoughts? The more, the better. :)

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