Blogging for fun and for profit Presented by Mergen Chuluun Founder & Internet Marketing Consultant WebGuru Co Ltd Prepared on 2009-06-09

Outline What is blogging What blogging started as... Some interesting blogs today... Blogging landscape in Mongolia Benefits of blogging Different ways of monetizing your blog or blogging for profit Some profitable blogs

What is blogging

What blogging started as...

Some interesting blogs today...

Blogging landscape in Mongolia

Benefits of blogging

Different ways of monetizing your blog or blogging for profit

Some profitable blogs

About me Founder, CEO, Internet Marketing Consultant, Web Designer, & Senior Dish Washer… at WebGuru Co Ltd http://webguru-co.com WebGuru owns and manages TANHIL.mn, the #1 portal site for teenage girl demographic in Mongolia http://www.TANHIL.mn Graduated from Colorado State University in 2003 Finance, Computer Information Systems, & Entrepreneurship Four years of professional work experience in US Financial analysis, pricing, business planning, profitability Enjoys playing basketball, snowboarding, & internet business Passion: help other businesses succeed

Founder, CEO, Internet Marketing Consultant, Web Designer, & Senior Dish Washer… at WebGuru Co Ltd

http://webguru-co.com

WebGuru owns and manages TANHIL.mn, the #1 portal site for teenage girl demographic in Mongolia

http://www.TANHIL.mn

Graduated from Colorado State University in 2003

Finance, Computer Information Systems, & Entrepreneurship

Four years of professional work experience in US

Financial analysis, pricing, business planning, profitability

Enjoys playing basketball, snowboarding, & internet business

Passion: help other businesses succeed

Blogging What is it How is it different from articles online? History of blogging & how it has developed over the years Why blog Money, fame, or just plain old fun

What is it

How is it different from articles online?

History of blogging & how it has developed over the years

Why blog

Money, fame, or just plain old fun

Interesting blogs Chinasmack! Netizens & Sina False fire alert Boing Boing Gadgets & interesting things Technorati Blend of the web Est. 3M visits every month

Chinasmack!

Netizens & Sina

False fire alert

Boing Boing

Gadgets & interesting things

Technorati

Blend of the web

Est. 3M visits every month

Famous bloggers Elbegdorj.mn Obama Barackobama.com, whitehouse.gov/blog, change.gov… video podcasts… BritneySpears.com 30K-400K visitors/mo The REAL Shaq via Twitter I consider Twitter a micro-blog and a social networking tool all-in-one

Elbegdorj.mn

Obama

Barackobama.com, whitehouse.gov/blog, change.gov… video podcasts…

BritneySpears.com

30K-400K visitors/mo

The REAL Shaq via Twitter

I consider Twitter a micro-blog and a social networking tool all-in-one

Blogging landscape in Mongolia What is the #1 site in Mongolia? GoGo, Banjig, Olloo, Zaluu… Miniih.com 2007, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2006 Caak.mn photo news, mongol girls, place to spend free time, portal site Zaazuur politics, porn, & dirt digging Portal warez, news,

What is the #1 site in Mongolia?

GoGo, Banjig, Olloo, Zaluu… Miniih.com

2007, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2006

Caak.mn

photo news, mongol girls, place to spend free time, portal site

Zaazuur

politics, porn, & dirt digging

Portal warez, news,

Making money with blogging Banner ads AdSense Affiliates Product placement Selling products/services

Banner ads

AdSense

Affiliates

Product placement

Selling products/services

Some blogs that make money BoingBoing.net 2.6M unique visitors & 22M pageviews in one month 20-40 posts a day by 4 authors >$1M a year Steve Pavlina >$1K/day Becky’s Weight Loss Program Acia tea or whatever Good idea, but bad implementation AVOID at all costs

BoingBoing.net

2.6M unique visitors & 22M pageviews in one month

20-40 posts a day by 4 authors

>$1M a year

Steve Pavlina

>$1K/day

Becky’s Weight Loss Program

Acia tea or whatever

Good idea, but bad implementation

AVOID at all costs

Open for questions You might as well ask … we got another 30 min together ;) ? Drive traffic, generate leads, & increase sales with internet marketing, SEO, & web design solutions from WebGuru Co Ltd http://webguru-co.com

You might as well ask

… we got another 30 min together ;)

?

Drive traffic, generate leads, & increase sales

with internet marketing, SEO, & web design solutions from WebGuru Co Ltd http://webguru-co.com