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May 17, 2006
10:51 pm

Blogger Techcrunch.com is making bank

Written by
Patrick Havens

Some research shows that is making nearly a million dollars a year with his blog.

  1. 4 Sponsored locations on the homepage
    • 4 x $7,500 month = $30,000 month
  2. Google Ads
    • Monthly Reveune = Unknown
  3. FMPublishing advertisement sales on the blog Estimated monthly traffc 3 million page views
    • Cost per 1,000 page views
      • 120×600 ($20)
      • 125×125 ($10)
      • Text ad ($300 per week)
    • Estimated Revenue @ $5 cpm = $15,000 month
  4. Consulting and venture sponsorship
    • Monthly Revenue = Unknown but a lot.
  • Total Monthly Revenue = ~$85,000+
  • Yearly Revenue = $85,000 * 12 = $1,020,000

Click Read More to see how it was determined.

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Oh and the obligatory TechCrunch link.


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