Comments on: How Have You Tried to Make Money From Your Online Community? I Still Want to Know!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:49:01 +0000

Hey Mr. Guthrie,

Thanks for the comment and for sharing your experience. :) Through this series of posts, I hope to address this problem!

Thanks,

Patrick

By: Chris Guthrie

Chris Guthrie — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 00:31:16 +0000

I tried making money with a video game forum I owned for several years by using Adsense and even at the height of it’s popularity (500k page views per month) I still only made $500 per month.

When I switched over to blogging I found it considerably easier to make money with blogs than with forums. (Granted I know the niche of my forum was low paying).

But beyond paid memberships what else can you really do? Advertisers know forums convert poorly and so it’s impossible to get into programs like Tribal Fusion.

Chris Guthrie

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:53:49 +0000

Thanks Ricardo! :)

By: Ricardo Bueno

Ricardo Bueno — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 07:39:40 +0000

Hi Patrick,

I re-read the section in your book that talks about monetizing. The two models that I’ve looked at are 1.) paid membership, 2.) advertising space. Personally, I’ve sold advertising space on blogs before. I’m guessing that this is a better route than the paid membership model?

I’m looking forward to reading the series and exploring this topic a bit more…