tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post2030089940066117803..comments2023-09-24T08:04:06.909-04:00Comments on FSK's Guide to Reality: Another Parasite Control TrickFSKhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11903396202330950362noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-87608985728393701812009-04-07T17:14:00.000-04:002009-04-07T17:14:00.000-04:00I've said this before and I'll say it again. I thi...I've said this before and I'll say it again. I think you are looking at making money from blogging the wrong way. For the most part blogs that make the most money do not make money from "regular readers." Social traffic and regular readers are worthless from a financial standpoint. They make it from natural search traffic- people who are looking for the product or information you offer and are looking to click on an ad or buy an affiliate product from your link,etc. The exception is someone with a following who regularly pimps crap to their readership or "list." Like "make Money Online" bloggers who try to sell "make money tools" to their readers. People who really make money don't make money from talking about making money ( except for the few "guru" scammer types). They make money by marketing actual services or products people look for.<BR/><BR/>Most people who make money online do not do it through blogging. I don't know why people are obsessed with making money from blogs.<BR/><BR/>You are thinking the right way in general- moving from wage slave to self-employment using the internet. But if you really want to make money there are a lot of easier ways to do it. I wouldn't say "easy" but someone with your level of intelligence should be able to figure it out If you can't perhaps you should partner with people who "get it" and need help with programming.<BR/><BR/>I understand you want to make money with agorism, but you can do that by actually DOING agorism, not necessarily " make money from agorism by talking about agorism."<BR/><BR/>You probably want to make a living from doing something in line with that or at least something related that really interests you. I'm not saying you should become a porn affiliate or something ( though I make money with that type of stuff as well as more "mainstream" stuff), but there are many many ways to make money online and few have anything to do with building up a readership of a personal blog.<BR/><BR/>I really have no skills. I went to college on and off for like 12 years and never had a job that paid more than single digits per hour with no benefits. I can't work a wage slave job because of my "mental illness". I don't actually have a choice. But I know how to think and how to do simple things that make money. It frustrates me when I see people who have skills ( especially programming since that's what I thought I would do)and seem completely clueless or at least don't listen to reason or have the curiosity to challenge their positions.<BR/><BR/>To me it's like you decided one day " I want to make money from an agorist blog" without really considering how you would make money and whether a blog is the way to do it, but you are stuck in your ways. When there are many people who have rejected wage-slavery and manage to make money out of the system and the methods/opportunities are WIDE OPEN.Gregnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2182962435875556601.post-74226971741036102302009-04-05T22:44:00.000-04:002009-04-05T22:44:00.000-04:00What skill do you have that produces the highest v...What skill do you have that produces the highest value? <BR/><BR/>I don't know much about blogging, and while I think your blog is good, I don't think its something that seems like it would be profitable, or a situation where you're going to enjoy doing it. <BR/><BR/>That's the other question-- what do you enjoy most? Is there any intersection between the high value skills you have and what you enjoy? <BR/><BR/>Whatever that intersection is, that's probably the industry you should go into. <BR/><BR/>Then, given that industry, find a way where an individual can create a business. Since one person can't do it all, see if you can get a partner. But if that looks like a recipe for disaster, see if you can find a solution where you can outsource the things outside your areas of skill. <BR/><BR/>Its kind of amazing what you can outsource these days-- from web applications hosting, to billing, to artwork, etc. <BR/><BR/>Find something where you can create a bit of value-- value worth paying for-- for not a lot of money out of pocket. Make sure it works. Something that solves a problem, and then market it. <BR/><BR/>You'll learn a huge amount by this, even if its a failure.<BR/><BR/>Then you can do better next time, or you can extend your first effort by adding more value.<BR/><BR/>Its not easy, but its rewarding, and it lets you do things right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com