Super Successful Blogs
R.L. Adams, writing for Forbes, shares 10 Blogs that are definitely getting the job done:
10. Tuts+ ($175,000/month) Offers tutorials, site templates, digital products.
9. Smashing Magazine ($215,000/month) Education in web design and development, web development conferences, educational tutorials.
8. Gizmodo ($325,000/month) Design and technology, science, politics. Most income earned through advertising.
7. Perez Hilton . ($575,000/month) You may have seen this guy on TV! His Blog is a celebrity gossip site, which earns most of its income from ads.
6. CopyBlogger ($1,000,000/month) Online marketing advice, online tools, education on social media, blogging, and SEO. Over 200,000 customers!
5. Mashable ($2,000,000/month) Focus on social media. Main income through ads. Called one of the "25 Best Blogs in the World" by Time Magazine in 2009.
4. TechCrunch ($2,500,000/month) Reports technology news, hosts conferences.
3. Moz ($4,250,000/month) World's most successful Blog about SEO. Professional tools and services for search engine marketers.
2. Engadget ($5,500,000/month) Advice and reviews on technology and consumer electronics. Revenue from advertising. Advice on every gadget imaginable.
1. Huffington Post ($14,000,000/month)Provides a liberal view on life and politics. Valued at over $1 billion dollars!
Think there's money to be made from the right Blog?
You betcha!
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Ha I was eating donuts when I was reading your post. Drats, now I'm going to have to find some more ....can't leave you to have donuts all by your self... that's not very friendly. Donuts to our success my friend.
Rick - Some impressive company. Would love to be just a fraction of these businesses. Thanks for sharing the dream.
Thanks. I notice that some of those successful sites are subscription based (likeTuts+). It would be nice to get to to a point such as a large collection of videos and tutorials that would allow to offer a subscription.
Oh wow. Those numbers are amazing and encouraging. Thank you Cosmicradio for having specific facts to illustrate the point that there's money to be made. You made the point and quietly demonstrated how it's done with that interesting and well researched blog piece. Nice.
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That's an impressive list, Rick. Thank for sharing.
My pleasure, Mike. :)