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Are you shocked by the statements the Guy and Darren made? Does that mean there is no hope for bloggers if those with the numbers of visitors they get don't do well on those sites?

The key phrase here is "those sites." It's the types of sites they are talking about that is determining the lower income from them.

I remember when one blogger was asking Darren for advice on how to optimize things so that he could at least pay for the costs of his blogging. Darren gave him several things to do to make it work better for monetization, and he basically turned down all the options.

What's the point?  The blogger above had the thought that he couldn't change what he was doing because he would have to narrow his focus on the subjects he would talk about.  Here are the types of sites that won't really ever make much money: The change the world types of sites and teaching how to do something sites.

Now let me say first that there is nothing wrong with the type of site that wants to say something a make a point, just realize that for the most part it will be a labor of love and won't make much money.

But I think some of you have a hard time believing me about the "teaching how to do something sites."

Look at Darrens' site. Don't you think that he should be making a ton of money from it? Is he not telling the truth? Or how about Guy's blog, among many others that get high traffic on certain types of sites.

When I talk about teaching and/or motivational blogs, I'm talking about those that people take a lot of time to read and the writers have developed followers and fans. They don't make a lot of money!

Next post we'll look at why certain blogs or websites perform in this way.

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