I’ve spent a lot of time shopping for websites lately. It’s amazing what folks are willing to let their blogs go for. I’m seeing 80-150 post, 2+ year old sites with traffic around 1000 visits per day going for as little as $500. It’s a shame that more people don’t stick it out. All that blood sweat and typing selling for what probably amounts to 50 cents per hour is a damn shame.
The first year, the building up from nothing is so hard and unrewarding that people are just giving up because the measly 3 bucks they get from Google’s Adsense will take another 30 months before that first whooping $100 check comes in the mail. Well I’m here to say stick in there folks. That traffic is worth more than you think.
How do you price it though? That’s a great question because all internet visitors are not created equal. Like everything else in life it boils down to quality x quantity.
Tags: Adsence, Google Analytics, selling websites, website traffic
The quirky billionaire chairman of my company was on CNN Sunday discussing the best advice he had ever received. He reminded me that “A penny saved is a penny” then explained “If you are going to spend your valuable time to create something you’re not going to create anything by spending time looking to find pennies … use that time more wisely “.
Basically, be aware of what your time is worth and don’t be afraid to put some skin in the game. You’ll never become great by watching every penny, you have to relax, spend some money to make some money.
Tags: Motivation, technology revolution