Would you sell your Blog?
When I first started this blog, my main goal was to reach out to the freelance writing industry in an attempt to give something back. After only one year, I feel that I have reached a few of my goals. Traffic is currently growing, my RSS readership is hovering around 350, and my freelance writing course has taken off.
This past weekend I was surprised to receive an email from somebody who is interested in purchasing ChrisBlogging. Over the past few months I began to move away from personal posts and more into freelance writing information in general. That being said, I never thought that somebody would make an offer to purchase the blog; especially since it is not listed for sale.
I was not sure what to make of this offer, so I asked the potential buyer to contact me via phone; which he did. While I believe that the buyer is serious, I immediately turned down the deal. Simply put, I am not ready to give up the blog at this time. It has become a big part of my freelance writing career, and is beginning to generate more revenue than I ever thought possible; this is probably why the offer was extended to me.
This leads me to the question of whether or not you would ever sell your blog? The offer for my blog was not huge, but at the same time, enough to get me thinking. Of course, a lot of this has to do with the increasing RSS count as well as the $1,000 monthly income from my course.
Are you like me? Or would you jump at the opportunity to sell your blog if a solid offer was made?
July 29th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
I would not sell my blog because I have too many plans for it. I always think about the long term income and not the short term.
July 30th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
Most of mine I’d never dream of selling. I’ve been known to flip a few, and plan to flip a few more on domains I have sitting around. But when it comes to the blogs I really put more time into – the ones that bring in business and build relationships, I wouldn’t sell. I actually just shut down my highest traffic blog this past weekend (it was also one of my “big three” income-wise). Even though it’s just going to be sitting around though, I couldn’t bring myself to sell it – not b/c of the passive revenue it’s going to continue to bring in, but b/c there’s so much of “me” in it. Good call Chris.
July 31st, 2008 at 12:23 am
I’ve thought about it, and tried once this year, but backed out. At the time I was really overwhelmed with client work and didn’t forsee a time when I’d be able to blog again. But I’m glad I kept it! I’ve built up quite a lot of content there now that I look back n it. It’s not a for-profit blog, but it’s definitely a part of my journey as a writer.
July 31st, 2008 at 8:57 pm
I agree with KushMoney here in that I take the long view with my blog. But, quantifying “sell,” if someone offered me enough to get completely out of debt and start a new business, then yeah, I probably would.
Although I love my blog and all the businesses around it, I have an entrepreneurial spirit and could literally be up and running with another completely different business the next day.
Thought-provoking post?
Yuwanda