Intro To Blog Flipping
TweetOccasionally, I’ll explore methods of making money online without having experience with it myself. Generally, I only like to pass on things I’ve tried, so that you get the benefit of my experience. Sometimes, though, I know people who have the experience that I don’t, and I will occasionally allow them to guest post here. That’s the case today. The following is a guest post by Thomas Gajdjis on the subject of blog flipping. Blog flipping is a process I may play with over the next few months, so it seems like a good time to introduce the topic. Here’s Tom!
Blog Flipping
Guest Post by: Thomas Gajdjis
I have been online making money since 2003. Since that time, I have seen many ways of making money come and go. I don’t buy into the latest fads, especially when I am building my business. I heard that some Internet Marketers were making big money flipping websites. I personally don’t buy into hype from the “gurus”, so I had to check it out and prove it for myself.
Technically, website flipping is a process that involves finding a website that has potential and purchasing it, fixing it up and then selling it for a profit. That was too many steps for me so I decided to shorten up the process a bit to make it simpler.
The result is what I call blog flipping. First off, we build the blog, we don’t go looking for one. Second, I decided to use the blog as the platform of choice. Why did I choose blogs instead of traditional websites? There are many reasons, but here are the most important ones:
- Setting up the blog takes only minutes.
- There are many free themes available which make your blog look great. This is important for high resale value.
- There are many free plug-ins to engage your visitors and to monetize the blog and to grow a customer list.
- It is really easy to update the blog with new content. This is important for the sale as non-techie business people want product, not hassle.
- Search engines love blogs.
I put together a weight loss blog, outfitted it with a great theme and wrote 15 articles for it. I then went to SitePoint.com and listed it for sale. The auction was successful and my buyer bought additional services from me.
My experiment proved to me that this was a profitable, viable, repeatable business model. I have added it to my income streams. I have a free write-up of the experiment here: www.blogflippingfool.com. I also created a paid version that shows you how to build a business by flipping blogs. All my resources are included and I actually expose my 5 favorite niches! You can follow my other Internet Marketing experiments at my IM blog here: www.5000dollarsin45days.com.
Thomas C. Gajdjis
Thanks, Tom! Be on the lookout for more guest posts about this subject. I know others who are also into blog flipping and I’ll be testing out hints and tips from each. If you decide to try this along with me over the next few months, I’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences about it.
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Blog flipping is becoming very popular, as many people are finally realizing how easy it really is.
I prefer the long term flips instead of the short term flips. With the long terms it takes more time but you make so much more money.
For example my last blog sold at 7k.
Hey Thom, I heard about you from Warrior. By the way, I’m still waiting for your affiliate program. I need to make some decent beer money.
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