3 Blogs Set Up in 3 Hours?
Although he has web sites already, I suggested he look into a blog, if only to see what the fuss was about. I even offered to set them up and maintain them.
We narrowed it down to 3 things he was interested in (and felt he could write about easily): World War 2 planes, and horses (the third, gambling, will have to wait).
For the third one, I decided on an eBay themed site for myself, and then it was time – how fast could I set them up?
For the most part, it was about 3 hours, without extensive customization. Like an assembly line, things went fast – install a mySQL database for each, do the basic install, add a design from Alex King’s listings, adjust for my unique needs (I added the link spam control), and that was the basics, ready to go.
Of course, then the tweaking went on. Logos and color adjustments, and little adjustments here and there to make them more suitable (for example the Vintage plane site was redone in Royal Air Force colors). I also put banner ads in place, so the traffic wasn’t going to waste.
While I worked on other items, I found a bit of time to tinker with these blogs, finally finishing them tonight. The end result – one vintage aircraft blog, one equestrian blog, and one eBay blog.
I hope to track how well this goes for him in the next few weeks, but it’s quite positive so far. As the content builds (as well as traffic), I hope to expand this into targeted advertising – and eventually money for him.
