I am selling a lot of small content sites which I no longer update. The first ones to be listed for sale are DatingWebsiteReviews.co.uk, ConsoleCage.co.uk and MP3PlayerMayhem.com.

More details can be found via the links below:

• DatingWebsiteReviews Auction
• ConsoleCage Auction
• MP3 Player Mayhem

In order to free up more of my time, I am selling all sites which are not essential to my long term committments. The latest of which is Time To Tweet, a Twitter related blog which comes with a Twitter account with over 10 thousand followers.

To find out more about this sale, please visit Flippa.

Due to a commitment of time on some new projects, I have been unable to update some sites of mine in the last few months. Therefore, some of these are being put up for sale.

The first site to be sold is ProTycoon, a domain name blog which used to focuc on making money online topics.

If you are interested in purchasing the site please view the auction at Flippa (formerly SitePoint Marketplace).

UPDATE 21ST JULY : This site is now sold. Thanks to all who enquired/bidded

I am looking for some good writers for my blogging advice website BloggingTips.com, a 2 year old blogging blog which currently has around 4,000 daily subscribers. The bloggers will be expected to write a blog post on a specific day and time every week. Authors are allowed to post a few days in advance but I would prefer that posts are not written too far in advance so that they can respond to current events.

Please note that for all blogging positions :

• Bloggers are paid one month in arrears.
• Bloggers are paid via Paypal.
• If a blogger doesn’t fulfil his blogging commitment, they will be paid pro-rata for the blog posts they did publish.
• I will only work with individual bloggers. I have worked with companies in the past who provide writers and I have always been disappointed so as a rule I work with bloggers directly and do no hire anyone through a middle man.

BloggingTips.com Bloggers

I am looking for 3 full time authors for BloggingTips.

For a commitment of 1 blog post per week on a specified day the blogger will get :

• Paid $50 per calendar month.
• 2 links to their blog in each of their blog posts.
• A link to their profile page in each blog post.
• A permanent link to their profile and their blog at the bottom of every of BloggingTips.

The 3 blogging positions I am looking to fill will write specifically about one of the categories below :

• Wordpress Themes & Plugins : The blogger should be an experienced WordPress blogger and be able to write a post every week about a specific theme or plugin or a summary of the latest themes and plugins which have been released.
• Social Media : The blogger should have a lot of experience with social media and be able to write articles on Twitter, Digg, Sphinn and other social media related sites.
• Writing/Grammar : The blogger must have an excellent grasp of English (preferably a native English speaker) and be able to write high quality articles about grammar, spelling, vocabulary and pronunciation. POSITION FILLED

Please note that all applicants must have at least 6 months experience of blogging and have an excellent grasp of english. Posts should be of a good length too (please check a few posts from BloggingTips to get an idea of how long posts should be).

This is an excellent opportunity for an aspiring blogger to write for a large audience and raise their profile in the blogosphere

Full Time Domain Name Blogger

I am also still looking for a full time domain name blogger. Full details of this position can be found in this post : Full Time Domain Name Blogger Required.

Applying for a Blogging Position

If you would like to apply for one of these blogging positions please contact me via this websites contact form or directly via email at info|at|bloggingtips.com.

Please include a small bio about yourself and link to 3 or 4 articles on the web which you have written. If you do not have any articles published online then I am happy for you to submit a post for review directly though preference will be given to those who have online writing experience.

If you have any questions please let me know *

Kevin

UPDATE

I have had a good response to this job advertisement. The writing/grammar position has been filled and I have had a lot of interest in the wordpress plugins and themes position so I believe that will be filled in the next few days.

I am still looking for a social media blogger and I am interested in a general blogging advice blogging, someone who can give general tips on blogging etc.

I am always looking for good writers so if you have experience, please get in touch

UPDATE 2

I have taken on about 5 or 6 full time writers in the last week. These postions have all been filled.

I may be looking for more writers in a few months so please stay tuned

I am looking for a full time blogger for my domain name blog ProTycoon. The blogger will post 5 times a week on the blog (no more than once daily).

The successful blogger will be paid $200 per month and will be paid in arrears via Paypal (sorry I cannot offer alternative payment methods at this time). The blogger will cover such topics as :

• Domain Name News
• Domain Name Advice for beginners
• Domain Name Development
• Domain Name Security
• Other Domain Name related issues

I will do my best to help guide the blogger on the direction I want the blog to follow however I am also looking for the blogger to write daily without holding their hand

Additionally :

• I am happy for the blogger to write a few posts in advance incase of illness or whatever however most posts shouldn be written on the day the post is published so that the author can take respond to the latest domain news and developments.
• The blogger should have a thorough knowledge of the domain name industry and be able to display this in their posts. Those who actively register, buy and sell domain names are preferred.
• Posts should be a minimum 300-500 words.
• The successful blogger should be able to display a high standard of English (Grammar, Spelling, Pronunciation). Native English speakers are preffered.
• The blogger should have basic photo editing skills so that they can attach related images to their posts.
• If the blogger has more time on their hands, then they may be asked to post on the successful blogging advice website BloggingTips as well.
• If for any reason the blogger cannot complete the full month, the blogger will be paid Pro Rata for the posts they have published.

First and foremost, I am looking for someone who is reliable and can write quality and original posts on a daily basis. (Note, since this position is paid, posts may not be published elsewhere on the web).

Please contact me or leave a message in this post if you are interested in this position. Please ensure that you include :

• Some basic information about yourself (Age, location and relevant experience).
• Links to articles and blog posts that you have written.
• Any other information you think is relevant.

Thanks,

Kevin Muldoon

I am looking to start putting more energy into my tech forum Electric Bandits. Please contact me or leave a message if you think that you can assist in some way.

Specifically I am looking for :

• Forum Posters – Posters must have a strong grasp of english and be knowledgeable with gaming, electronics, computing and other tech related issues. Posters will be asked to write a few test posts and will be hired on the basis of those posts. Payments will be paid in arrears on a monthly basis via paypal.
• Forum Moderators – The forum moderator will need to satisfy all requirements of a forum poster and will also need to have experience moderating a forum. Moderators will help set the tone of the forum and will help deal with spam etc. Experience with vBulletin is preferred. Moderators will be chosen from influential forum posters or those who can provide a link to a forum they have helped moderate (applicant will need to provide link to profile and verify that the account is theirs).
• Blog/Website Owners – If you own a gaming or computing related blog or website then I may be interested in advertising on your site via text link, banner ad or paid review.
• Content Writers – I’m looking for gamers and experienced computing writers to write a series of guides on the site. Pay will depend on quality and experience.

If you have any questions please let me know

Kevin

Before I launched this blog in October last year I was undecided whether to use the domain System0.net or my own name Kevin Muldoon.com. I finally decided to use the domain System0 as I thought most posts would be related to my web projects and so it felt more appropriate to use than my own name.

However in the last few months I have started posting a wide range of topics on here. Some random rants and thoughts, my personal life and my travels. Things which are perhaps not suitable for System0, which has always been the home of my online presence. Which is why I have decided to change the focus of this blog.

The majority of posts have been moved to the domain KevinMuldoon.com, which is where I will be posting regularly from now on.

In August I acquired the domain System0.com so I thought this was a great opportunity to switch to the more popular domain extension. System0 will remain my online company name and I will continue to post about news, jobs and developments of my websites on here.

I have temporarily redirected the domain system0.net to kevinmuldoon.com so that most subscribers know where I have moved and why but after a few months it will redirect back to system0.com.

Confused? Don’t worry. Essentially this blog has split into two :

• System0.com : All news regarding System0. You can subscribe at http://www.system0.com/feed/.
• KevinMuldoon.com – The main place I will be blogging. I will be posting about my personal life (travelling, interests, films etc) and sometimes give my view on the latest blogging and web development news. I will occasionally pass on random web development and tech tips too. You can subscribe to this blog at http://www.kevinmuldoon.com/feed/.

At the moment KevinMuldoon.com is using a free wordpress theme from Brandon Cox. It’s quite simplistic but that’s one of the reasons I like it i.e. it’s a clean template and the main focus is on the content.

If you have any questions regarding this move please let me know

I’ve ran a few blogs over the last few years, most notably the blog for my old poker forums. At the moment I have a few blogs however my main one, BloggingTips, is about a year and a half old now. The blog has had dozens of guest posters and I have written many posts myself about the benefits of guest posts. Which is why I’m kind of embarassed to admit that I never got round to writing any myself until today. I was writing so many posts for BloggingTips that I never set aside time to write posts for other blogs and that was clearly a big mistake. Although the blog is starting to grow to the level I want it, I haven’t done enough to raise my profile or the blogs profile either.

This is why I’m happy I finally wrote my first guest post today. I wrote the post, entitled ‘Twitter Following Habits‘ at David Peralty’s great web development blog XFEP (Extra For Every Publisher). David gave me complete freedom over what I wrote and let me publish it when I want which is why I think I enjoyed writing it so much. Perhaps if I thought there was a good chance my post was going to be edited I would have felt under more pressure writing it. David seemed happy with the post and says he’s happy for me to post there whenever I want so I’ll probably write the odd guest post there from time to time.

I’m going to try and write some guest posts for some other blogs too. I know many bloggers know my BloggingTips site exists but I suspect many of them haven’t taken the time to read any of my posts there or any posts from the weekly authors. I’m sure that if I wrote a post on a blog they enjoy reading daily it would raise my profile and perhaps encourage some of them to check out my main blog. This is, afterall, one of the main reasons for guest posting on other blogs.

I was thinking of perhaps writing a post on BloggingTips saying that I’m available for guest posts for blogs with 500 or more (or perhaps 1,000) but I’m not sure thats the best thing to do. It’s perhaps better to just approach some bloggers directly and ask if they would like me to do a guest post sometime.

Regardless, I’ll let you know how the guest posting goes and also, if you’re a Twitter user, remember to check out my guest post Twitter Following Habits.

Although the internet has been around since the 70’s, it was on 30th April 1993 that Cern brought the world wide web to the public domain. I didn’t start using the internet regularly til my first year at uni in 1996.

When we first started we were all fascinated by what you could do in the web. There were old C64 roms available, chat rooms had thousands of people abusing each other verbally and Yahoo was just a directory.

It’s kind of hard to imagine some aspects of life without the internet now. I remember starting an office job in early 2000 and at the same time this really really geeky guy started. Infact, geeky isn’t the best way to describe him, he was just plain weird. I know that sounds mean but lets just say he wasn’t a people person. Anyways, whenever anyone asked him what he was doing at the weekend he would always say, I don’t know, I’ll check my emails. At the time this was very uncommon and I thought it was really sad.

Fast forward 8 years and most of my weekends are organised via email with friends. My how times have changed.

I wonder what the web will be like in 15 years – I doubt many aspects of it will be unrecognizable to todays web. Hopefully I’ll still be making a living through the net regardless

BBC Story

I posted last month that after selling my poker discussion forums I wasn’t sure what to call myself as the websites which I have left are nearly all blogs (apart from a few forums and article sites which still make me a little cash every month).

At the moment my main site is probably BloggingTips however I am looking to establish a UK tech blog and a joke blog. I don’t want to place all my eggs in one basket so I’ve been thinking of a non-blog website I could start. I’ve looked at various scripts and I’ve looked at a lot of other sites for inspiration however blogs still continue to sell very easily on SitePoint so I’m tempted to stick to blogs for the moment.

For example, JohnCow is currently for sale on SitePoint with a buy it now of $50k. Someone quickly offered the ‘Buy It Now’ price but it turned out to be a timewaster. Still, I reckon it will still sell for about $30k which is fantastic for a blog with 1600 subscribers.

Mark Wielgus wrote a post yesterday discussing this phenomemom and worked out that making money online blogs have been selling for an average of $18.42 per subscriber. I’m confused why these making money blogs are selling for thousands after just a month or two of posting. For example, RyanShamus.com had only 90 subscribers and sold for $2,500 and with only 200 subscribers, BloggingFingers managed to sell for $6,000. Have the buyers of these blogs wondered how they will break even with the site?

The reason this has surprised me is that some of these blogs were not even making any money. Also, it surprises me that people are paying more for this type of site than an online niche with higher commission levels (eg gambling). For example, I sold my poker discussion community for $40,000. It was making between $2,500-$3,000 a month and it had 17,000 members. It was an active community which had been established for around 4 years. Is a making online blog with 2,000 members worth the same amount? Personally I don’t think it is however the market tells a different story.

As someone with a blogging related website maybe I should be really happy with all these overinflated prices however I paid over the odds for a few websites in the past so I can’t help but feel for the people making the same mistakes I did. I have no intention to sell my blogging site in the next few years but no doubt if I did the market would collapse and this post will come back to haunt me!!!

Do you think these blogs are worth the money? What’s the most you would pay for a blog with 200 subscribers?