Monetize Your Sports Blog with a Niche Store

Posted by Dannie | June 12, 2008 .

Ok, let’s really fire up this blog with a case study/project I am working on that you guys can follow along with me. I am hoping this can be a model all sports bloggers can adapt to monetize their blog.

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Open Discussion: Is The Yardbarker Ad Network Worth It?

Posted by Dannie | June 11, 2008 .

I’ve been a part of the Yardbarker Network for a month now and have been testing out their ads on my site. For the first 30 days I only had one skyscraper up and that generated a little over $10 in revenue. Surely nothing to jump up and down about, but it is ad revenue without the hassle of seeking out advertisers.

I am curious what type of results you guys are having?

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Win $50 in the Arin It Out NBA Draft Contest

Posted by Dannie | May 29, 2008 .

Calling all basketball fans or people that just want a chance at $50 there is a new sports blog contest going on over at Arin It Out - NBA Draft Contest.
The rules are simple predict the NBA draft order. Whoever gets the most correct wins. For more details and how to participate head [...]

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Join The Sports Blogger Pack - Hint There Are Perks!

Posted by Dannie | May 23, 2008 .

It’s time for sports bloggers to support each other and unite - in large numbers.

More and more sports fans are migrating online to express their opinions, and the sports blogging niche is growing at a rapid pace. I believe that to be true regardless of what Daniel Scocco said in his review of our friend The Sports Dollar. For example, I looked at the sports section on Entrecard, and the total was 146. The next day that number jumped to 216. What’s more, sports bloggers are attempting to monetize their blogs now as well.

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76 Votes and over 1,339 Blog Visits from One Yardbarker Article

Posted by Dannie | May 18, 2008 .

Breaking News! Eagles Linked to Top Receiver! That was the title of a post my cohort Pete wrote on our Philly sports blog on April 25th. We felt this was a worthy enough article to promote on some social networking sites, and Yardbarker was first in line.

What followed was an influx of votes, comments and traffic to our blog over the next couple days. To be exact 76 yardbarker votes, 11 comments and over 1,339 visitors and counting.

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My Blogging Mistakes: Email Address on My Blog

Posted by Dannie | April 26, 2008 .

As a beginning blogger there are countless things we don’t know that could help or hurt the our sports blogs, both big and small. “My Blogging Mistakes” will be a recurring series of posts on Sports Blog Earnings that will highlight a blogging blunder I’ve made in the past and will likely make in the future coupled with a better option so you don’t make the same mistakes I have.
Do you like email spam?

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BlogBurst is Calling All NBA Bloggers

Posted by Dannie | April 19, 2008 .

This from the BlogBurst’s blog:

NBA bloggers - bring it (to BlogBurst)

Now is the prime time for NBA bloggers to show us their stuff. Believe me when I say that we have some seriously interesting publishing partners who genuinely want basketball content - now is your chance! If you have an NBA blog, or know someone who does, please consider submitting it to BlogBurst. I assure you, we’ll work to get you the widest exposure possible! - BurstBlog

Benefits of BlogBurst

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Welcome to Sports Blog Earnings

Posted by Dannie | March 30, 2008 .

Sports bloggers if you haven’t noticed already, there aren’t many blogs, information or tips on how to make money specifically from “sports blogging”. Why is that? Are sports bloggers not making any money? That can’t be true. In fact 51% of sports bloggers make more than $100 per month either through ad revenue or payment for articles. For most sports bloggers starting out it was simply about the love for sports. Whether it be a local team, favorite player or sports in general. We were looking for an outlet to get our opinion and message heard and provide a fan’s perspective not represented by mainstream media.

Therefore, making money from our sports blog wasn’t our initial priority and internet marketing probably isn’t a core strength among most sports bloggers. Without question a successful sports blog begins and ends with great, unique content. But, sandwiched between needs to be consistent support of that content through promotion, search engine optimization and other marketing activities.

The problem:

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