Mika
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I have a blog that earns me some money. I also created a forum, monetized it and tried earn from the forum. I failed to do so, therefore, I sold the forum.
In this post, I will try to analyze whether a blog is financially rewarding or a forum based on my experience and observation.
You need a domain and hosting for a blog, and a forum also needs a domain and hosting, so starting cost is the same.
You can use open source CMS for your blog as well as forum, so there is no extra cost attached to your blog or a forum.
If you are a writer, you can create your own blog posts. Even if you are not a writer, you can easily hire writers to write on your blog.
Forums need members, and these members need regular posters. Just like on a blog, you cannot do it on your own. You need members. Unlike on your blog, where you can hire someone to make 30 posts and you can start monetizing your site, forums need a lot of members to create posts. It is quite difficult to bring members on forums. You might have to pay to post. This can cost you a lot of money.
On the positive site, it is easy to build traffic on forums because when you have members regularly posting on your forum, you can bring regular traffic. When you have traffic, you can start earning. Building traffic and also revenue on a blog is very challenging.
In this post, I will try to analyze whether a blog is financially rewarding or a forum based on my experience and observation.
You need a domain and hosting for a blog, and a forum also needs a domain and hosting, so starting cost is the same.
You can use open source CMS for your blog as well as forum, so there is no extra cost attached to your blog or a forum.
If you are a writer, you can create your own blog posts. Even if you are not a writer, you can easily hire writers to write on your blog.
Forums need members, and these members need regular posters. Just like on a blog, you cannot do it on your own. You need members. Unlike on your blog, where you can hire someone to make 30 posts and you can start monetizing your site, forums need a lot of members to create posts. It is quite difficult to bring members on forums. You might have to pay to post. This can cost you a lot of money.
On the positive site, it is easy to build traffic on forums because when you have members regularly posting on your forum, you can bring regular traffic. When you have traffic, you can start earning. Building traffic and also revenue on a blog is very challenging.