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Are viral blogs still INSANELY profitable?? (ViralNova, etc.)

by Epic Write
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Sites like ViralNova, Upworthy, Distractify.... etc.
#blogs #insanely #profitable #viral #viralnova
  • Profile picture of the author DubDubDubDot
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  • Profile picture of the author DubDubDubDot
    All three of your examples are tech companies with a lot of employees. Two have a couple dozen or more. The third over 100. Not sure what their profits are like. Perhaps there is no profit and they are running on VC funding. But even if they are "INSANELY profitable" it's a moot point in the context of the type of discussion you are probably trying to start in this thread since I doubt anyone here is going to go out and get 20, 50, 100 employees to make the project "INSANELY profitable."
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    • Profile picture of the author yragcom1
      Originally Posted by DubDubDubDot View Post

      All three of your examples are tech companies with a lot of employees. Two have a couple dozen or more. The third over 100. Not sure what their profits are like. Perhaps there is no profit and they are running on VC funding. But even if they are "INSANELY profitable" it's a moot point in the context of the type of discussion you are probably trying to start in this thread since I doubt anyone here is going to go out and get 20, 50, 100 employees to make the project "INSANELY profitable."
      Actually, according to Vipechill, ViralNova started on a shoestring with one person running it when it was hot. Again, reference the articles I posted above. Excellent reads.
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      • Profile picture of the author @tjr
        Originally Posted by yragcom1 View Post

        Actually, according to Vipechill, ViralNova started on a shoestring with one person running it when it was hot. Again, reference the articles I posted above. Excellent reads.
        "Started" but not "maintained".
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      • Profile picture of the author DubDubDubDot
        Originally Posted by yragcom1 View Post

        Actually, according to Vipechill,
        Viperchill? lol

        I suppose you get your SEO advice from Matthew Woodward and drool over Pat Flynn's income counter.
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  • Profile picture of the author SamuelJobisk
    yes i think so , Viral content stay connected to social network (Facebook , Twitter ...) so if Social networks still available , then Viral Marketing (Viral content) will still works .
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  • Profile picture of the author FreedomBlogger
    I would say they are.

    Just look at their Alexa Rankings and that will show you if these type of sites are popular or not. And usually they are. That means they get a lot of daily traffic. And that results in a lot of clicks!

    When blog posts go viral in the social networks, they get a lot of traffic. And what tends to go viral online? ... VERY interesting and weird news from around the world.

    The key for a post to viral, though, is a lot of targeted traffic. You can't just publish these type of posts and expect them to go viral on their own!

    You must market the heck out of them and then watch them go viral!
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  • Profile picture of the author RayAcevedo
    As long as you are doing it with arbitrage model, yes they are still super popular, if you get clicks from ads at 30 cents and if you are averaging slightly higher EPC, then you would do it all day long, right?
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    • Profile picture of the author agmccall
      why not make one and find out

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  • Profile picture of the author Smaz
    Looks like it's still profitable

    The $100 Million Content Farm That's Killing the Internet | Motherboard
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  • Profile picture of the author Elvis Michael
    My post is only from brief personal experience:

    -I started a so-called "viral blog" a few months ago.
    -I promoted many posts on places like Reddit and StumbleUpon.
    -My effort was very half-assed, only publishing when i felt like it, and promoting when i felt like it.
    -Despite this laziness, my AdSense earnings often saw $10 to $17 on a good day.
    -I ultimately stopped this project because im not entirely passionate and dont give a crap.

    Taking the above into consideration, I'd say that viral blogs are very profitable, considering it's relatively easy to put in twice as much effort/content.

    Hope that helps.
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  • Profile picture of the author ThisTimeNextYear
    Yes if you track properly, break a single post into multiple pages and design to go viral they do make money and quite quickly, but you need to spend a bit on traffic to accelerate the process.

    It is all about arbitrage, average impressions per user and settint up your site right. I explain the process here 3 Simple Steps to Make Money From Native Ad Trashy Arbitrage Sites — Native Ad Buzz
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  • Profile picture of the author bluebrain
    It's really lame that those crappy sites OP mentioned can get so viral. They are total BS.
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  • Profile picture of the author southcoaster
    I created and currently run quite a few of these viral sites, and yes they are profitable. BUT.. it's getting more difficult to earn everyday due to Facebook algo changes, the days of easy money, 5-figure months and consistant viral traffic are dwindling.

    However many viral type sites are doing extremely well at the moment while the half-assed sites die off, such as LittleThings.com - Life's about the Little Things. and LifeBuzz.
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