Why do I need another MMO blog?
By JB on Jul 28, 2008 in General
So if you’ve happened upon this site, you are probably thinking “Why do I need another MMO blog?” It’s a fair question… it’s the same thing I struggled with when I was trying to determine whether I would even create this blog. The short answer is that you don’t. There is a wealth of information available on the web which can give you the knowledge and tools to make money with your blog. There are hundreds or even thousands of different ways to do it also.
The trouble I had was determining which ones to believe. I tend to be very sceptical when it comes to evaluating the information that I see on the web… sometimes I’m probably too sceptical and it causes me to not realize the maximum benefit for my efforts. I see posts online detailing new programs, ebooks, techniques and such and I immediately begin to think “What does that person have to gain from telling me about that product?” In most cases, it’s an affiliate link that will earn them a little money. Now, don’t get me wrong . . . I can appreciate someone elses hard work and I try to make sure I click on affiliate links when I plan to use a product as a way of recognizing the person who introduced me to the product, but in many cases, the links are placed before the evaluation of the product is complete. Let me give you an example.
I frequently read Garry Conn’s blog over at www.garryconn.com. I enjoy his natural writing style, and many of his articles are very infomative. Garry has become a very common name in many MMO circles. Garry wrote an article back on July 1st titled Make Money Online With TinyMassive.com. There’s a lot we can learn from Garry’s post independent from the product itself. One thing that stands out to me is the use of different phrases as his anchor text, such as “Sign Up”, “Joining TinyMassive.com” and “get all your friends to sign up”, as he provides a link to TinyMassive. To be fair, Garry does mention that it is a new program to him and he will keep everyone up to date with the progress. And he does…
On July 12th Garry posted TinyMassive.com Does Not Make Money Online, which gave the follow-up indicating that TinyMassive.com had not produced the results he expected. In fact, it produced zero results, which made me wonder how many people during that twelve days also installed TinyMassive, told their friends about it, and in many cases, probably replaced other possibly money making spots on their sites with the TinyMassive.com code.
I think it’s a lesson to each of us that we should research the tools and programs that we use. Ultimately it’s our own reputation that is on the line as we recommend things to our friends and fellow bloggers. I have to give Garry credit for being a stand up guy and posting the follow-up. I’m not even down on TinyMassive as I imagine there are scenarios where it can be very effective. My guess is that the people frequenting Garry’s blog are not interested (at least at that moment) in buying physical goods.
That’s why I think this blog is important. It will be an opportunity to evaluate situations like this and learn from them. We can look at what opportunities are available in the realm ob blogging and determine what works well. It may be that we find certain things work well for some and not so well for others. That is where your participation is important. I want this site to be a community of sorts… where each of us share knowledge and make progress toward our goal to make money online blogging.