How Much Would I Sell Xfep For?

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So, someone recently asked me what it would take to buy this blog from me. They seemed interested not only in owning the site, but keeping me on part-time.

I am not actively looking for anyone to buy this blog, and I have had a few ridiculous offers over the last half a year. Lately, I have been receiving even more interest, including from some people that would like this blog to join their new or established networks.

To sell this blog, I wouldn’t currently consider any offers less than $15,000 US, and that doesn’t even include paying to keep me on here writing.

I have written almost 280 posts on this blog, and some of it has been what I consider to be my best work yet. If each post was worth on average $10, that is $2800 worth of content alone. Add to that, the short, easy to brand domain, thousands of inbound links, growing traffic, Google PageRank, and amazing following via the RSS feed which is just shy of 300 readers, I think this blog and what I could do with it over the long term is worth more than fifteen thousand dollars.

Sure, this might seem a little off to some, as they calculate valuations based on profit multiplied by twelve months or so, and despite having done that a few times myself, I see no reason for me not to continue working on this blog, sharing my knowledge, and communicating with a great audience for anything less.

So many bloggers have sold their self short in 2007, and I hope they won’t do the same in 2008. So now that I have answered your question, please no more e-mails offering me $1500 for this blog, as they will be ignored by me.

Originally posted on January 5, 2008 @ 2:09 pm

Another SEO Book Sale

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SEO BookJust recently, I received an e-mail letting me know that another copy of the very useful SEO Book had been sold thanks to this site.

I currently receive twenty-five dollars each time someone purchases the book through one of the banners I have up. So far, I have earned nearly one hundred dollars from sales of the book, and while that’s not an amazing amount of money, I am very happy to see people purchasing the resource.

Near the end of November, the SEO Book was updated to include more up to date information on what is going on with search engines, search engine optimization, and blogging.

I highly recommend purchasing the SEO Book if you haven’t already. The only reason I promote it, is because I own a copy. It is $79 and comes with a 90 day, money back guarantee. As new updates are released, you can download the newer versions, so that you always keep up to date on the best search engine optimization advice in the industry.

I have no doubt that any blogger can learn at least a thing or two from this book.

Originally posted on January 11, 2008 @ 10:04 pm

Traffic Update: Huge Numbers

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So to start off the year right, I was hoping that January would be a banner month for this blog, and I couldn’t have been more right. A post that I had written that is not really suitable for work got some serious traffic due to a news announcement being released about the subject of the post. I know that sounds pretty cryptic, but nevertheless it helped me get over 17,000 unique visitors in a week. Meaning that in the first week of January, this blog received more traffic than all of November, and more than half of December.

Here’s hoping for continued success. And thanks again to Ryan for getting me to write up that article.

Originally posted on January 8, 2008 @ 12:30 pm

Joining Contests: Being Fooled for a Chance at Something?

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One of the popular misconceptions about most contests on the web is that people are providing something small for a chance at something huge in return. After reading Tyler Cruz’s post entitled “Effects of the Tyler vs Gyutae Contest” [link], I feel a little sick to my stomach with regards to blog contests.

Here is a bit from the article:

I ended up losing the competition and had to pay out $300, but I received 115 backlinks from 115 different blogs within an 11-day period. That works out to only $2.60 per blog, which is an absolute bargain. If you wanted to do this through PayPerPost or ReviewMe, you’d have to pay at least $10 for each post, totalling around $1,150.

And remember, around 95% of the blogs that voted for us were from “make money online” blogs, which means better targeted traffic and more related backlinks. If you tried to target those blogs through PayPerPost or ReviewMe, I don’t think you could get that type of volume within 11-days – it would probably take a few months, if not longer, and be much more expensive.

Basically, they took advantage of a wide audience of their peers, including myself, in order to gain large boosts for their blog in RSS subscribers, Alexa ranking and technorati ranking.

For me, this all leaves a bad taste in my mouth, and reminds me of the things I don’t like about the blogosphere. These guys didn’t do anything new, but Tyler presented the information in a way that my mind could easily digest, and I don’t like what I realized.

In any niche, there are only so many blogs that people will constantly and consistently read, subscribe to, or follow. By linking to the blogs involved in the contest, I am creating a situation where I could lose out readership to another blog in my niche.

I helped contribute to the growth of their blogs, and in return received very little. I might get a t-shirt out of it, but otherwise, what did participating in the contest do for this blog or for my audience other than exposing them to bloggers that I don’t necessarily want to endorse.

It is an interesting problem with contests, and I hope you will all appreciate this rant for what it is: an awakening. I hope that those of you that read this blog, won’t be underhanded with regards to your contests. Foster a community, growth and a positive change. Don’t just do things for your own good.

For those that find it hypocritical that I am writing about this, as I am currently running a contest to get a free domain. My contest is more about rewarding my current readers by creating a contest with a low barrier for entry, where theirs was about search engine marketing, building their brand off the backs of others, and getting links and traffic to allow them to boost their eventual income.

Originally posted on January 23, 2008 @ 7:09 pm

Domain Giveaway Contest #2

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So, last time I gave away some Nintendo Wii related domains, and it was a lot of fun. This time, I am giving away four random domain names that I have in my Godaddy account. Domains that I hoped to develop, but never got around to.

And in no particular order, here they are:

BloggingShift.com – expires 10/13/2008
Somefoo.net – expires 1/10/2009
VRUnleashed.com – expires 10/13/2008
SmallReaction.com – expires 11/13/2008

If you want to enter, all you have to do is write a post on your blog that links to any post on this blog. You don’t need to use any special keywords, or write a novel.

Suggestions include:

  • favourite post on Xfep.com
  • domain giveaway contest #2
  • best new blogging related blog ever!

Feel free to be as creative or not as you want to be. All entrants will be screened for quality, and then given a number based on when they entered. I will then use a random number generator to come up with the winners.

If you have a preference for a domain, please make sure you mention that in the comments of this post. One entry per person.

Contest runs from today, until January 25th.

Coverage
Contest Beat wrote about this contest.

Originally posted on January 11, 2008 @ 9:40 pm