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Kill Your Blog: 12 Reasons Why You Should Stop Blogging!
Blogging is a great way to get paid for your writing. Or is it? Do you like wasting time? Do you love having thousands of people come to your website and not even bother to subscribe to your mailing list? Are you trying to attract people to your site that never pay a dime for information? There are some big problems with the blogging approach to making a living for your writing. This book will help you solve those problems, make more money doing less work, put out better content that is more valuable to readers, and make much more efficient use of your precious time. My name is Buck Flogging. Having owned a computer with an internet connection for less than one year, I started my first blog. I knew absolutely nothing about blogging or computers. In fact, a week before I started a blog was the first time I’d ever heard the word “blog.” It was suggested I start one of these “blog” things by a co-worker who had checked out some of my writing and thought the web was a good place to get some of my writing out there in the world. And blog I did. I wrote post after post after endless post for years. By the end of 2013, seven years into this blogging malarkey, over 700 posts under my belt, 55,000 comments strong, 6-figure annual revenue generation, with a global Alexa ranking in the top 90,000 and 5,000 daily visitors to my site, I pulled the plug on it with no warning. I worked so hard for seven years to build a blog from absolute nothing to an authority website in my niche. Why, after all that hard work to arrive at such an enviable place, would I just hastily yank it down? You’ll find out in this book. It was not without good reason. Blogging, for writers hoping to expose their information to an audience, make efficient use of their time, and make a full-time living with their words, is a distant second best to the strategies laid out in "Kill Your 12 Reasons Why You Should Stop F#$%ing Blogging!" Breeze through this information-saturated and entertaining short book now. It will open your eyes to a world of possibilities that lie outside of the outdated blogging approach.
44 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 13, 2014
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July 19, 2015
A kick in the pants reality check
Matt Stone is hilarious and speaks the truth about working smarter instead of harder online. I too spent too many years spinning my wheels blogging. The advice he offers is from his own experience and makes so much sense to those of us who have lived the same. He's blunt and raunchy and makes no apologies, but he is sincere in his desire to help you if you want to listen. Highly recommended.
Matt Stone is hilarious and speaks the truth about working smarter instead of harder online. I too spent too many years spinning my wheels blogging. The advice he offers is from his own experience and makes so much sense to those of us who have lived the same. He's blunt and raunchy and makes no apologies, but he is sincere in his desire to help you if you want to listen. Highly recommended.
February 23, 2017
Alright. This book is pretty compelling. Buck Flogging makes a pretty compelling case about how inefficient a blog can be, and some of the writing time that I spend blogging could be used for other means. But still, the way he talks about blogs and followers is weird. He implies that followers disappear after immediately after a blog is killed, so I'm not sure if some of his success is attributed to the traction he gained from writing 700+ posts (though they could have been wiped from the face of the Internet, in which case his campaign is effective).
Anyway, I'm glad I read this even though I didn't initially want to. Maybe creating a blog before I had any books put the cart before the horse. But it's giving me ideas on how to blog better. And I think it's helpful to see blogging from a different perspective if you want to make a living from it.
Anyway, I'm glad I read this even though I didn't initially want to. Maybe creating a blog before I had any books put the cart before the horse. But it's giving me ideas on how to blog better. And I think it's helpful to see blogging from a different perspective if you want to make a living from it.
February 4, 2015
I really enjoyed this book from Buck Flogging. I've been a blogger for years, and although I did manage to build a reasonable platform, the time and effort that went into writing posts that perhaps, no-one would ever read, became quite soul destroying.
This book shows the journey of one blogger, who built up a significant audience in the health and nutrition niche, and after years of hard work, essentially dumped his blog in favour of writing books for Kindle. He has seen incredible success, and it really demonstrates how there are other ways to build an online presence than blogging.
All in all, a good read. Plenty of humour, the sort I enjoy.
I've read the book 3-4 times, to grab some tidbits, and to have a good laugh at Buck's sense of humour.
Definitely recommended.
This book shows the journey of one blogger, who built up a significant audience in the health and nutrition niche, and after years of hard work, essentially dumped his blog in favour of writing books for Kindle. He has seen incredible success, and it really demonstrates how there are other ways to build an online presence than blogging.
All in all, a good read. Plenty of humour, the sort I enjoy.
I've read the book 3-4 times, to grab some tidbits, and to have a good laugh at Buck's sense of humour.
Definitely recommended.
January 21, 2016
A short, easy read written in an engaging voice. I was almost convinced to give up my blog and write a short non-fiction book at the midpoint of this little pamphlet.
It gets 3.5 out of five stars for several reasons. While it gives the author's personal experience, it doesn't support the model with data that the system will work for anyone. Also, it assumes the reader is using their blog to earn money. If you're trying to monetize your blog, this might be the book to convince you to write a book or make a video instead.
If your blog is an extension of your wider online platform, this book has little to offer.
You will smile and possibly even laugh because this guy has a comical way with words.
It gets 3.5 out of five stars for several reasons. While it gives the author's personal experience, it doesn't support the model with data that the system will work for anyone. Also, it assumes the reader is using their blog to earn money. If you're trying to monetize your blog, this might be the book to convince you to write a book or make a video instead.
If your blog is an extension of your wider online platform, this book has little to offer.
You will smile and possibly even laugh because this guy has a comical way with words.
June 25, 2015
I'm getting good advice to begin an online business
I've been going through Buck Flogging's books and each time Matt adds advice based on his years as an internet marketer. I'm familiar with his work having followed his health blog, but didn't know his business structure, which he describes here and his other books. I like what I'm learning and hopefully can use it to get my business off the ground without wasting too much time in areas that are not a good investment like blogging!!
I've been going through Buck Flogging's books and each time Matt adds advice based on his years as an internet marketer. I'm familiar with his work having followed his health blog, but didn't know his business structure, which he describes here and his other books. I like what I'm learning and hopefully can use it to get my business off the ground without wasting too much time in areas that are not a good investment like blogging!!
February 4, 2016
This book has interesting advice about alternatives to blogging to create an author platform. The author presents 12 reasons to stop blogging, which in his opinion is too time consuming and too little rewarding, and presents 3 things that are more valuable to build a following:
1. To write books.
2. Guest blogging
3. Spend time on social media.
Even after reading this book I will go on with my blog, but I'll keep an eye open to other alternatives and try to concentrate more on writing books instead.
1. To write books.
2. Guest blogging
3. Spend time on social media.
Even after reading this book I will go on with my blog, but I'll keep an eye open to other alternatives and try to concentrate more on writing books instead.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 13, 2014
First time I've ever written a review, if that counts for anything. Interesting and quick read just talking about what really is value-added from an online presence in today's setting. Lays out logical (and often comedic) reasons for his approach to business model for getting out his message. Worth the read.
February 16, 2014
Good insight
Everywhere book marketing is written about, starting a blog is always "required." it is nice to hear a different perspective. As a science fiction novelist, blogging has yielded little results. I am giving this a try.
Everywhere book marketing is written about, starting a blog is always "required." it is nice to hear a different perspective. As a science fiction novelist, blogging has yielded little results. I am giving this a try.
July 29, 2015
Eye opening! If you are trying to make money online by blogging you probably are doing a lot of work for little pay. Flogging has some excellent suggestions for other ways to leverage online sales that pay better for your time.
August 21, 2014
Great info. Short, straight and to the point.
March 22, 2015
He's right, but I love my blog!
July 17, 2015
love it. Humurous take and style of writing. Reminds me of myself :-) A must read for all my blogger friends
October 13, 2022
Good, although a little outdated. The author’s arguments for stop writing a blog are valid— mainly keeping up a blog is a time suck that has little ROI. That time is better spent writing a book or magazine articles. I definitely agree with that.
However, I’ve been reading a lot of books telling me what I need to do and not how to do them. I am a step-by-step person and I need that.
However, I’ve been reading a lot of books telling me what I need to do and not how to do them. I am a step-by-step person and I need that.
April 10, 2019
He makes some great points for killing a blog and writing books instead.
July 18, 2020
Interesting approach though I wish this book was more fleshed out.
April 5, 2017
While on my way to blogging...
While I was considering the possibility of blogging, I came across this book. Let's just say, I am convinced not to blog. This book has great and practical reasons of why spending so much time and energy on blogging does not offer a great return. For those still persistent on blogging, alternatives of using blogging as part of a bigger strategy are discussed. Overall, an enjoyable and valuable read.
While I was considering the possibility of blogging, I came across this book. Let's just say, I am convinced not to blog. This book has great and practical reasons of why spending so much time and energy on blogging does not offer a great return. For those still persistent on blogging, alternatives of using blogging as part of a bigger strategy are discussed. Overall, an enjoyable and valuable read.
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