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By: kevin

kevin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 22:53:51 +0000

imma try

sportsupdates4you.blogspot.com check it out

By: Eric

Eric — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:39:06 +0000

I just wanted to thank you for this article. It was tremendously helpful to me. I started my blog back in April and have had great results using a lot of these same techniques. Thanks for the post.

By: CW

CW — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:05:58 +0000

This is a really excellent article.

By: David

David — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:44:37 +0000

great post, all these things are crucial in starting up a solid sports blog

By: TheSportsHernia

TheSportsHernia — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:28:05 +0000

Just doing my best to find something wrong with the post. Great work, Adam.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:26:24 +0000

Yeah, thanks for the correction. Knew there had to be some kind of error in this abyss of a post. I’ll get that updated.

By: TheSportsHernia

TheSportsHernia — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:24:25 +0000

It’s Luol’s Dong, not Luol’s Deng.

By: Adam

Adam — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 18:19:29 +0000

Thanks, fellas. This will be the start of a series due to the overwhelming positive feedback. Look for another post soon!

By: Paul M. Banks

Paul M. Banks — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:28:54 +0000

Your article is exactly what I’ve been telling my staff here at The Sports Bank for months. I told them all to read it three times. It’s the perfect blueprint, and as I’ve interviewed interns to work for me, I’ve sent them all that link for them to peruse because it gives a good synopsis of what we’re all about and trying to do.

By: MoonDog

MoonDog — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:46:16 +0000

You only forgot one thing. Half-naked chicks. Put as many half-naked celebrities and supermodels on your site and they’ll come running.

Trust me.

Otherwise, I’d say you nailed it.

By: BasketballFiend

BasketballFiend — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:08:00 +0000

Great article. Really enjoyed it. Thanks for introducing me to the Yardbarker Network and Hot Clicks!

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By: Cecilio's Scribe

Cecilio's Scribe — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:08:09 +0000

/nodding head in agreement with nearly all of above. good stuff. seemingly simple but…

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:54:43 +0000

Adam
A great column that gave me a lot to consider for the future.

Cheers

By: Adam

Adam — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:37:00 +0000

Thanks for all the nice comments. Much appreciated.

By: Sheed

Sheed — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:56:48 +0000

Tremendous post Adam, great list for all the new guys and gals out there.

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By: mookie

mookie — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:22:12 +0000

Adam, great work. Exhaustive almost.

I don’t think #10 can be emphasised enough — if you’re not producing quality content, noone wants to visit your site. You can do all of the networking in the world and it won’t matter.

Oh, and a “thank you” to one comment above (you know who you are) who showed exactly how to do point #7 the wrong way!

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:44:23 +0000

Tremendous read, Adam. We just fired up our site a couple weeks ago officially, and thus far I’ve been blown away by how helpful virtually other bloggers have been as far as advice, tips, links, etc. … Not to suggest that competition doesn’t exist, but for the most part it seems sports bloggers support each other’s ventures pretty well.

Great info!

By: ROTU

ROTU — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:39:12 +0000

Excellent insight for a guy (me) just getting started!

By: cuzzy

cuzzy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:55:21 +0000

Thanks for the plug. These are all great tips. I wish there was a post like this when I started instead of having to figure it out (trying to) on my own.

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By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 23:06:56 +0000

Brian raises an interesting point.

On the other hand, if you have a unique slant for a familiar topic — for instance, the idea behind A.A. originally was Deadspin meets PFT for Chiefs fans — then it can work. Also, if you are willing to out work everybody else, again, it can work.

But I do think he offers some great advice. There are a lot of niches out there just dying to be explored. If you can figure out what one is and you are genuinely interested in it (readers can tell when you’re unattached, mailing it in), take it and run with it.

By: kurt

kurt — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:46:25 +0000

Thanks Adam! Good stuff, and informative.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:45:30 +0000

As an ex-sports blogger who had a good 2-year run, I’d suggest a big missing piece here is “find a niche”.

You might be a great writer, but if your blog is essentially “a blog covering Team X”, you’re entering a flooded market, and there are only so many original perspectives/insights on any given topic. (What is it about your “Kobe is so good” post that is so different from the 500 other ones that went up today?)

If you can give it a personal angle of some kind, maybe – if you’re doing game previews/recaps, there are hundreds other sources for that already. Again, not saying you’re not a good writer, just that you don’t open a hardware store at the same intersection where there’s already a Lowe’s and a Home Depot.

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By: eallen

eallen — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:10:55 +0000

That was a nice post. I actually learned a couple of new tricks. Thanks!

By: Matt Clapp

Matt Clapp — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:49:26 +0000

Outstanding post Adam.

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By: Ethan Jaynes

Ethan Jaynes — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:37:42 +0000

I remember the day that rule #10 would be rule #1. It still is, but you need all 10 to start up. There are tons of great blogs that no one reads at all. It’s due to a lack of these other steps, not bad content.

Great post Adam!

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By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:30:14 +0000

Thanks, fellas.

I think Jonathan nailed it when he preached patience. I couldn’t agree more. Think it’s coincidence that most of the well-known sports bloggers are also the ones who have been at this the longest? I don’t.

By: Gagan Gandhi

Gagan Gandhi — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:21:57 +0000

Absolutely great post. I do many of these things, but still learnt some new things.

By: Paneech

Paneech — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:43:27 +0000

Nice work here Adam. I learned a couple of things just reading what you wrote!

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:41:33 +0000

Excellent tips!

I think one more thing to add is to be patient. You’re not going to become a Deadspin or even have 100 steady readers overnight. Stick with it though, keep following these tips, and you’ll see progress over time.

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