Don't Start a Blog, UNLESS...

I don't think you should start a blog this year.

Unless you do certain things.

Most people will not be able to do those certain things. Google is making blogging harder and competition is greater than ever.

[TheColossalBlanket]

Really appreciate the honesty in this video. So many people in this space post HCU are still selling the dream that you can just set up a blog, create content and make money. I think those days are over. They certainly are for me. I pivoted to something else as soon as the update destroyed my site

[talkbotchronicles]

Completely agree. Everything is just matter of the mindset that you have. For me, I just see blogging as going to the gym. If you start is little by little. You cannot compare your progress with someone that have been blogging (trainning) for years.

[MarioPoljakOs]

Can you make a video about making a SIDE husttle by writing article on Upwork and similar things like that. Start by explaining how to OPEN account, how to start from 0, how to find jobs, etc.. I think a lot of people would like to see this.

[hqrlock]

Although I completely agree that starting a blog might not be the easiest option, the issue is that the alternatives might just be as hard. Freelancing on upwork is incredibly hard, gaining your first reviews is a grind, and eventually, being a freelancer is just another form of employment: it relies on you doing the work. Building a newsletter ? Okay, but where do you get the traffic ? Youtube ? Twitter ? That might take you years as well before you can start making a decent income (or maybe not, I really don't know). Dropshipping ? Requires you to throw a lot of money to test ads, also, a product can be a winner this month but not the next, you constantly need to stay at the edge and scan for new trends.
That being said, your video on Amazon Influencer Program does make it look like a great opportunity.

[mirageportal]

Very well said, I see some gurus that claiming it takes only a few months to earn money on blogging. Thanks niche pursuits for telling the truth about it.

[DougCunnington]

Yeah! I agree…so many options. Blogging has changed a lot!

[stevenreid_youtube]

Serious reality check for aspiring bloggers! 😅 Thanks for the insight and honesty. Definitely eye-opening stuff!

[benjamincrozat]

I started a blog in September 2022 under my own name and in the niche I've been working in for 17 years. I now get 50K clicks per 28 days. 80K monthly visits overall. Clearly, I wouldn't have made it without all the connections I have (which allowed me to get some very valuable links).

[mazahirali]

Google is a marketing company and makes a huge amount of money may be the main source of income from ads that we see on blogs/videos, the question is "if they turn everything to an Ai bot type thing, what about the publishers and the ads revenue that they get from the ads".

[sensemakedollars]

I appreciate the honest video. I think so many people are tiptoeing around saying what you said.

[renobrecords]

YouTube isn't safe from SGE either. I have gotten AI generated answers in text pulled from videos. I didn't even have to click on the video...

I run two sites, one was decimated by HCU, one saw a 300% growth spike. In 2024, I feel like you need to adopt an authority mindset around your topic and commit to at least 100 blog posts in a paticular area within your space.

Blogging might be hard, but at the end of the day, you have full control over your audience. You're not on the social media dopamine hampster wheel. The only other platform where you have more control over your reach is an email list, which you can build from blogging and YouTube.

[alexismontreal]

You can still blog, get traffic, and make money, with a website that neither big brands, nor Google's SGE can beat. Google, or Forbes, can't beat my language learning platform. And they can't beat my travel destination website (they haven't been there and they haven't done what I've done there). If you offer unique content, Google just has to rank you, and you get the traffic. And traffic means money. Before you start a blog, think well, and be sure you're creating something unique. (Nobody needs your grandma's jam recipe.)

[weldingempire]

Sound advice Spencer. I only have a blog as a platform for the products to come. I love the pod too.

[ajayfacts]

I am blogging for 4 years now. Not earning even one dollar per day. ...though i have 1000 visitors per day. Before helpful update it was double. Still people don't want me to say blogging is dead ... People like to hear good things only. Everyone like the illusion of Hope 🙃

[francislee]

I definitely won't mind going back to Google Panda and Penguin times for another decade of extreme ease! Great video Spencer

[jcevur]

Blogging early on was very profitable like Don Wilson getting FB Likes for a penny years ago.

[toptengoat]

Here’s the catch- Google relies on real world events and human updates on all sectors, health, relationships, events, science, travel and weather are all real time. Therefore if bloggers and other media content creators stopped ….well you see the issue right? Google has to come to realization that this is a respectable trade. They already are being sued for copyright infringement on peoples websites. Creating and indexing your site on Google doesn’t mean they own it nor can they scrape it with their AI. That’s against the law and it’s gonna prove to be the case. Also indexing and growing a website does not take a year or two way less if you know what you’re doing.

[rajeshkumarmago]

From your valuable experience of years, kindly suggest free and paid but economical non-Google traffic sources for small-scale bloggers working alone and having a monthly budget of $300 to spend on traffic, etc.

[mrrobotstxt]

The same thing I was telling people for the last 2 months

[theinkjourney]

I started watching this channel because you have always been so up beat and positive. All the wonderful interviews and advise. Now your anti-blog. What the heck. So disappointed in not blogging but you. Very