Money - Upstart Blogger

May 05 08

In April 2008 this blog made $1,970.
Traffic and ranking statistics for April 2008 show 33,548 unique visitors, 79,530 page views, 769 RSS subscribers and a Technorati rank of 72.
Interesting but not totally disappointing. The money is down, as is the traffic, almost certainly as a result of the Wordpress problems I experienced during April. […]

Upstart Blogger income statement for April 2008

Apr 29 08

Ashley Morgan_Money5 Comments

Buying and selling blogs is not for the faint hearted as Pawel Ciszewski, the new owner of WPDesigner.com, is finding out to his cost.
A little over a month ago WPDesigner.com was on the market for around $65,000. Ok, so it didn’t reach anywhere near that amount but that could have been because of the […]

How to lose $50,000 in 30 days

Apr 16 08

Ashley Morgan_Blogging Money2 Comments

Upstart Blogger has never accepted bribes of any description. Paying for blog reviews, or any sort of pay per post transaction, is something that I’ve never liked. It destroys the integrity of linking blog is something that should be avoided by any blogger who wants to be taken seriously.
However, it’s a phenomenon that […]

Please do not ask for a paid blog review as refusal often offends

Apr 15 08

Ashley Morgan_Money4 Comments

Confused? Me too. WPDesigner went on the market a little while ago with a price tag of around $65,000. It sold, according to a reliable sourceQ, for less than half that amount. The new owner, Pawel Ciszewski, has done apparently nothing with it apart from write a quick introductory post.
I’ve written […]

WPDesigner.com is for sale again

Apr 03 08

Ashley Morgan_Blogging Money3 Comments

The highly popular wordpress theme designer Small Potato recently sold his blog and wordpress theme business to internet entrepreneur Pawel Ciszewski. Although the original asking price was around $65,000 the actual price paid was, according to reasonably reliable sources, less than half that figure.
I know what it’s like to buy a blog, and I […]

Milking the WPDesigner.com cash cow

Mar 31 08

Ashley Morgan_MoneyNo Comments

As promised in a recent post here is an income statement for monies generated by upstartblogger.com in March 2008.
Given the simple nature of my advertising and monetization strategy this is a very simple statement.
In March 2008 this blog made $2,300.
Traffic and ranking statistics for March 2008 show 38,746 unique visitors, 84,872 page views, 710 RSS […]

Upstart Blogger income statement for March 2008

Mar 28 08