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I turned a failing coffee blog into a $1M exit by focusing (typeshare.co)
13 points by treycopeland 1600 days ago
8 comments
habosa 1600 days ago
This article has almost zero content. It’s spam.
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gtm1260 1600 days ago
Similar to the posts on the actual coffee blog in question.
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yosito 1600 days ago
It would be great if there were some detail about how exactly this coffee blog makes money.
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ojbyrne 1600 days ago
Considering “depth is where the gold is” is repeated 3 times, the article could use a little more depth.
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weird-eye-issue 1600 days ago
Probably just affiliate marketing and ads like almost every other content site. Keep it simple

Edit: I have a site that makes over $7k/mo (and growing... Fast) in the same industry from affiliates and ads

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whizzter 1600 days ago
Literally said so in the article: "...., build loyal affiliate partnerships."

Looked at the content and it's perfect for making money.

First there's reviews of a bunch of coffee gear,etc so people find the site googling for information about said coffee gear.

Now once on the site there's ads for other coffee related items from these affiliates with a reader who's already thinking about buying coffee related items so the so called "conversion rate" is probably very high (meaning that the ratio of people visiting the site who both click an ad and actually buy items is very high (Yes, there's different rates depending on the customer actions but assume they pay relatively well)).

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weird-eye-issue 1600 days ago
Yes that is what an affiliate site is
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whizzter 1596 days ago
The above comment was a follow up for the grandparent since the question by the GP indicated unfamiliarity.
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xivzgrev 1600 days ago
Or how they grew it. This was a really shallow article
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capiki 1600 days ago
The blog was making $30k profit and got acquired for $1m? Doesn't that seem super low? Obviously this type of exit wouldn't have VC-startup multiples, but still.
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weird-eye-issue 1600 days ago
For content sites that is about right but if they sold this year they probably could have gotten more since multiples have been increasing
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treycopeland 1600 days ago
This is not me. I found the post interesting because I find myself in the same boat. Less is best sometimes.
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chrisma0 1600 days ago
Apparently the same author also lost $40k on a "DeFi investment": https://typeshare.co/alxzoogmi/posts/-MuIMCu2l4j34xku6xUD
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chrisma0 1600 days ago
Not sure what the take-away message is here: affiliate marketing is able to produce considerate returns?

If so, some more details would be interesting, no? What kind of post worked especially well? And even more interesting: what didn't work at all?

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kautzz 1600 days ago
thanks for littering the internet with more crappy marketing sites. you sir are one of the reasons the internet mostly sucks today.
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swader999 1600 days ago
Looks like we stumbled into their next venture. Writing lame articles on how to make semi passive income.
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criddell 1600 days ago
The next venture seems to be writing about DeFi and crypto.

https://typeshare.co/alxzoogmi

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spupy 1600 days ago
Why do people keep making these webpages that are so hostile to "open in new tab"?
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