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How exactly does he make money? (sorry if I missed this in the article). As far as I could make out he is some kind of productivity guru? Great story, but the
by plinkplonk 7y ago
How exactly does he make money? (sorry if I missed this in the article). As far as I could make out he is some kind of productivity guru?
Great story, but the writing has a very new age, 'will a new reality into existence' Tim Ferris productivity porn vibe to it, which makes me just a little cautious.
EDIT: added after scribing the above:
Some Googling reveals:
"Over the last decade, Jon helped build three of the most popular blogs in the world, Copy Blogger, KISSmetrics, and Boost Blog Traffic (now Smart Blogger). Collectively, they have garnered over 200 million page views, earning over $50 million in revenue.
His main passion is Smart Blogger (fomerly Boost Blog Traffic) of which he is founder and CEO."
He seems to make money from devising traffic increase strategies for blogs and training courses for bloggers (at least that is what I could make out)
- altcognito 7y agoHe's earning 0.25 cents a page view? I'll admit, if true, that's some voodoo level conversion. (I get it, not every page view earns him money, but still)
- udkl 7y agoI’m sure advertising isn’t the only source of their revenue
- davidjnelson 7y agoAny info on how to convert traffic so profitably? That’s an impressive pageview to dollar performance!
- taormina 7y ago> Not only did I get a job, but I used speech recognition software and a lip-operated mouse to start an online magazine that’s now worth millions of dollars.
- plinkplonk 7y agoand which magazine 'worth millions of dollars' is this exactly? EDIT: see edit in the GP post. I think 'magazine' means 'blog'.
- TomMckenny 7y ago>...Tim Ferris ... The most regrettable thing about Tim Ferris is his popularity essentially annihilated discoverability for a great science writer with essentially the same name.