Website flipping has become increasingly popular in recent years – especially so blog flipping. Quite simply you make a new blog, monetize it, get a little traffic going to the blog and then list it for sale. People love buying blogs because essentially what they are getting is a ready made business.
I am a huge fan of blog flipping for cash and it’s a great way to make money online. Here’s how to go about blog flipping for cash:
1.Choose a niche
You can start a blog on any topic you like, however if you’re looking to flip a blog it’s a good idea to choose a niche that has good money making potential for your buyer. My advice would be to choose an ‘evergreen’ topic such as internet marketing, weight loss, self improvement, diets, etc.
2.Create your blog
The next step is to create your blog. There are a couple of important things here. Firstly it’s important to make your blog look good. It needs to look professional and eye catching as this is something people will really look for. Choose a good theme or have a unique one made. Don’t choose a theme which looks like millions of other blogs out there. If you want to get the best price for your blog it needs to look professional and unique. The next important thing is to monetize it. Add Google Adsense, Clickbank Ad Rotator and such like to your blog.
3.Post some content
Once you have got your blog set up you need to post some content to it. You have a number of options here. One of my favourite things is to create an auto blog using one of the many services out there such as AutoBlogged.
Essentially what such services do is post fresh content to your blog on autopilot by getting information from feeds. This means less work for you and if you’re flipping your blog it is also a great selling point since it means less work for your buyer too! The other options are to write some yourself, outsource, or use PLR articles. The latter is a great option however it is important that you rewrite the content and make it unique to your site.
4.Promote your blog
The next step is to get a little traffic to your site. You can use traditional traffic generation methods such as blog commenting, viral reports, forum marketing, article marketing, adswaps, etc. It helps if you have installed a way of tracking visitor stats (such as through Google Analytics) so that you can provide the statistics to people when you come to sell your blog. Hopefully you will also make some money from the traffic you receive as this too makes a great selling point.
5.Flip your blog!
By now you should have a professional looking blog with good content, and hopefully it has gotten some visitors and maybe made a little bit of money. Now it’s time to advertise it for sale. There are a number of sites designed for this such as Flippa or Sitepoint.
When you advertise your blog make sure you draw people to the key selling points. Show them the website and make it clear it’s a unique site with a professional theme and good content. You can also provide people with the visitor stats and sales figures. This is a great way to boost the appeal of your blog and get the best possible sale price.
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