Searching for someone to market my blog

Have you looked at the wso here at warrior?

Sounds like you need to create a nice product and sign up a lot of affiliates who will do the marketing for you on a commission.

It would help if you posted a link to the blog so we could take a look. :-)

Mike

Why would anyone partner with you? What's in it for them?

Hey thewb

man I got to be honest ... this doesnt sound very appealing at all !!

So please correct me if I am wrong here ....

- You have set up a blog ( nice move )

- You post content to it ( like we all do to our own )

- You cant be bothered / dont have time to generate traffic or do any marketing to get your information in front of an audience

- You want someone else to spend time generating your traffic for you to your blog


Please excuse my bluntness and if I have is-read your post I am sorry ...

However if I am right in what I think you are saying then really why would anyone do this for you ??

Many people have a blog of their own and most peoples number 1 problem is traffic generation so why on earth would soeone send all their efforts to you and your blog ?

Maybe this will give you chance to explain in further detail and try to get some interest but simply saying I post content to my blog will you market it for me seems a little odd to me...

Just my thoughts

Dean

So you will be deciding what content goes on the site and the other person blindly gets you links?

I am a web developer. So if I make a reallly good software and I approach a marketer to get it out there. I am not going to put in a single cent to invest any money. Here's what's happening:

Marketer takes 60-70% of the profits. I get 30-40%.

Yes, that's right. That's how it is done.

People are already doing it: FlashDen, Themeforest etc, are websites where web develoers submit their work. On each sale the web developer gets 30%. If it sells really well they get 70%....which is after the product sells 100 copies!

50-50 ? Nope.

Does the blog have a contact form? No.
Do we know your real name? No. [Mosieur may be a title, and thome may be a last name]
Where are you from? No.
Anything at all to build trust? No.

Does the blog communicate a benefit?

"Somebody has to tell you! - An upclose and personal blog by Monsieur Thomé"

No.

Is the writing good? No.
[9 "Asshole" in one post? Most bloggers reluctantly use the word a-hole.]

Does it have a lot of content? No. [2 Posts]

Why would anyone look at this blog and believe it has a possibility of becoming a money making blog?

Does it actively invite people to subscribe? No.

So there you go, some reasons why people wouldn't want to promote your blog for free.

In practice, this is a deal you would propose to someone you know and have worked with in the past. I am no saying you should propose this to your friends. Think about this, what prevents you from going back on your word? This is an international forum. There is no legal agreement here to bind both parties. After I do all the work of building links for you, you can just as easily flip me off and take all the income. I can't go and remove the links I created for you on other people's websites now can I?

I suggest you DO spend some time on your blog. Write guest posts on similar blog, create some content to give away in return for email or RSS subscriptions. Or, I am really sorry to say this bluntly, if you feel this is a tall order give up on blogging.

You need a lot of personal investment in blogging. No one will do the work for you.

thew,

The summary of my long post back there is - its a bad deal. No one is going to take this up.

My advice would be to create several posts on craigslist under Philippines, Malaysia and India. Using the title Outsource Your Product Reviews or Outsource Your Website Content Writing... Something of that nature.. You would have better luck as a writer than asking people to market your blog. That's just my advice. I have been wrong before... Well once... No really man Good Luck!!!

Actually the whole idea of having one person be a content writer and another person be a marketer IS a great idea, so I'm surprised to see so many Warriors shoot this idea down. This is in fact something Ryan Deiss does, becomes a "publisher" by partnering with content providers who create all the content, and he just does the marketing.

However, the marketer is not building links to the content providers personal blog, I believe typically the marketer/publisher is the one with control of the website and they are building links to their own website, and paying the content provider from their profits.

I think partnering up with someone is a good idea. I am about to do that myself. I am teaming up with a published writer and we are going to produce blogs and add several good articles to each site. With a view to offering them as a good start up base to someone just getting invlolved.
However as others have said above, you do need to build trust and at least have a product to promote.

Andy Beveridge

Hi

I wasnt here to shoot the idea down but what you seem to have missed is the fact the work will be divided as you say, and you even say the money will be 50 / 50

HOWEVER ....

The blog will be yours, any lists building will be yours ... The assets of the business basically are all yours.

I just believe the arrangement you are putting forward is greatly in your favour, and IMHO the marketing is the hard part anyway. Writing a blog if you are passionate about that topic is simple but getting it in front of your audience (marketing) is the part that requires all the work.

Why would you not consider becoming a freelance writer ?

You say writing is your passion so why not go with that ? You enjoy writing so write and get paid for it !

You could run your own blog which would also sell your services as a writer.

If you write keyword targeted blog posts you would begin to rank for them and get free traffic anyway...

Get actively involved in a few good forums like here with your signature in your posts, run a WSO to get your name out as a writer.

If your writing is good then you will have no problem getting clients.

I didnt want you to think my last post was an attack on you, more so I dont think your offer was fair .

Hope you figure stuff out, I just think you have some better options that will have greater benefits to you

Dean

Hey man, I am ready to help you out. Let me know the URL of your blog.
Are you doing sales on your blogs or earning with affilitates , adsense?

Okay, I looked at the blog and it really needs a lot of work. I would suggest getting someone to help you with the appearance because right now it is really bland. You want a blog that will draw people back to it because of appearance and the content. A blog should be personal and should have you in it. Right now it does seem that you have the time for something that you are so passionate about and also you need to offer something to members to take on this project because it will take an expert to really build the traffic you need. That's my honest thoughts on the blog.