Comments on: Optimizing blogging with S-curves

By: Invest It Wisely

Invest It Wisely — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 14:05:12 +0000

Interesting thoughts, Jacob. I believe that each avenue adds a little more to the readers and this builds up over time. I’ve recently noticed a boost with my six month giveaway contest, but this isn’t the kind of thing I could do every week.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 01:00:07 +0000

I would say growing your readership and making money aren’t quite the same things. RSS subscribers rarely click ads or buy things. When it comes to monetizing a blog, the amount of search traffic you get is almost the only thing that matters. Monetizing a MAILING list is something else entirely. But I know plenty of bloggers with fewer than 1,000 subscribers making far more money than some with 5,000+ subscribers, even in the same niche.

By: Jacob

Jacob — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:57:54 +0000

@ sydney – I honestly have no idea of what the potential is. I would consider myself wildly successful and ahead of 99% of all personal finance blogs if I reached 5000 subscribers. I think after that point one has to grow in areas outside of the pf blogosphere. Just guessing.

@ hunter – never thought of it as if it would drown in the noise of the bigger sites anyway.

By: Hunter Nuttall

Hunter Nuttall — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:14:48 +0000

I’ve recently seen firsthand the benefits of StumbleUpon for a new blogger. I’ve never stumbled my own posts though; it just doesn’t seem right to me.

However, one benefit to the blogosphere when people stumble their own posts is that it helps small bloggers more than big bloggers. A big blogger can write anything and automatically get tons of stumbles, so one more stumble doesn’t matter. But when a small blogger gets that first stumble…suddenly they’re on the map. But still, I don’t stumble my own posts.

By: Sydney Lagier

Sydney Lagier — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:27:35 +0000

I’m not so sure about that “there are only so many blog readers in the world”. I just started blogging a few months ago because, the truth is, I didn’t even know what a blog was 6 months ago! And when I tell my friends to go read my blog, the VAST majority of them have no idea what I’m talking about.

It’s just like email and internet connections. Twenty years ago, none of my friends had email or internet for that matter. Now I don’t have a family member or friend that doesn’t have email.

While there may be a potential set number of blog readers, I think there’s a long way to go before we see the market saturated!