Whoever said it was easy… SERIOUSLY? But you know, somebody’s gotta do it… Ok, well… A lot do try it and fail. Miserably. Nobody likes to admit it, but it happens all the damn time. So what if you are a domain superstar and well known veteran rock star with all of the credentials in the world? That doesn’t mean much really.

Blogging ain’t so simple or easy to get right nowadays. Those who’ve done it know all about it at the end after all said and done. Those who never have, well.. You got the wrong perception of this whole thing until you get down and to it. It’s not all fun and games as it may seem… It’s everything you expect it to be, sure, but only in reverse. That is why the success ratio is at best 5  percent.

Paul Sloan and David Carter teamed up on a new venture called Playing The Angles — there was a lot of hype building up the launch of this site and all, but as you can see… Only one or two interesting posts were ever published, with the last one coming on October of 2009. Highly unlikely that it will have a comeback… Those guys are just too all over the place. Never even had the chance. I knew it all along.

Mike “Zappy” Zapolin tried to get something going over at InternetWarrior.com but unfortunately it went nowhere. After a while, it just gets to a  point where something’s gotta give. Nobody was commenting on the articles because probably nobody was even reading the blog in the first place, so that’s that. Nothing since December of 2009… The whole “internet warrior” system most likely flopped as well. It’s too bad, but it is what it is. You win some, lose some.. Warriah!

Dan Warner setup a blog at DanWarner.com in July of 2009 but it never really materialized… Literally. The announcement of a blog generated some buzz and domainers were glad to see Dan continue to  stay actively involved in the industry after quitting his job but here we are, almost one year later and there was never any updates or posts. Just that one introductory post… Don’t hold your breathe fellas, eh! Or maybe there will be an update, at the one year anniversary… Mm! Can’t wait..

Jeff Bennett of NameMedia occasionally blogs at JeffBennett.com but it’s been a major failure overall because nobody from the domaining industry ever interacts with the blog… Probably because nobody knows about it…. DUH! It’s partly Jeff’s fault because he doesn’t blog much about domain issues. He should do it more often, but hey.. The man know’s what he’s doing. Blogs are great for just rambling, right… Ummm… NO. Maybe one day he will put it to good use though. I have faith in him… What about you?

Mike Fiol is an interesting fella who started blogging in December of 2009 at Headcase.com… If only he would put the same amount of energy into exposing and addressing some of the real issues in the industry, the blog would be a huge hit. There is plenty of crazy shit going on in the domaining business, so why not go at it… Let lose fella, go ahead. It’s good. I promise to read each and every one of your posts… So there you have it, your first dedicated visitor.. 100% committed

Richard Douglas is a domainer with a tech background who blogged for a while at  TooManySecrets.com but then slowly but surely it all came to an end… Usually there is more and more time between the frequency of posts, then the posts get shorter / repetitive… Then they stop period. Just one day out of nowhere disappears. Happens to a lot of blogs, not just Richard’s. All those promised case study’s and series’s never came to be… I feel so bad for the domainers who desperately awaited them. No worries little fella, you survived without them. You are fine.

Julia Mackenzie was probably the one and only female domainer that ever blogged about some real issues at IsItMeOrIsEveryoneElseStupid.com and we lost her… Probably got bored of it all. Ahh man! It’s too bad because she was actually bringing up real issues into the open and had more balls than 98% of the domainer bloggers out there. Now, isn’t that sad? Most domain industry bloggers try to be politically correct and wanna have it both ways… Why not, right? That’s that newbie mentality… SHEEP.

Reece Berg had a good run over at LLLL.com but it didn’t last because, well, those llll names are for domain rookies and obsessed domainer junkies… He turned to blog about a whole lot of other random crap at the end, from tech to religion to god knows what… Refusing to accept any ads and keeping it cleaning for whatever reason, it wasn’t worth the time spent blogging at the end of the day so the blog just disappeared. Funny to see it now plastered with ads all over the place… HA! He must be getting rich now from all those adsense ads.

Rob Monster blogged for a bit at Epik.com in order to promote his new network or whatever you wanna call it but things have been very slow last few month’s with only a handful of updates. Usually when the blog posts stop coming is when the entire operation is going down down. It’s too bad… But it’s not the first time or last time this well happen. Not everybody’s blog or business is meant to be a huge success. Survival of the fittest baby.. You know what that means, right?

Kevin Jackson is a very ambitious and interesting guy from the UK who blogged over at eBusinessDomains.com but we don’t see much of him anymore. Last posts were made in November and December of 2009… Things just got old obviously. That is when they all quietly disappear, moving onto a new project or business venture. When you can’t gain any momentum, after all that hard work you put into it day after day after day… blogging can get stressful and a total bitch. Nobody likes to call it quits but you have to. Enough is enough.

Dominik Mueller blogged from 2003/2004 til’ 2009 over at DMueller.com about everything and anything domaining related. He didn’t have a strong finish or anything. He didn’t get a standing ovation when it was all over with. He just disappeared one day… POOF! No more posts. No more blogging. Unfortunately that is what happens to all of the bloggers, the good and bad. Nobody cares too much because there are 100 other similar blogs. That is why you have to bring a unique perspective and separate yourself from everybody else. If you don’t, you are destined to fail and you will be forgotten in a matter of days. Who… What??! Don’t remember.

Joel Ohman is a smart SEO / marketer who blogged for a while at DomainSuperstar.com in order to promote his domain tools but after a while the posts just stop coming. Only a few in the past 6 month’s, which is once again very typical and a sign of how things unwind for the worse. When things aren’t good… The posts and updates aren’t there. Nothing to report. It’s not hibernation.. NO. It’s game over. Nobody really comes back to the blogging world with a vengeance. If things don’t work out the first time around, you learn that it was simply not meant to be. Gotta pack your bags and move onto something else.

There are literally hundreds of other people’s blogs who you never even heard of who failed / disappeared recently… But you get the point. The dozen blogs above were just an example which I wanted to illustrate and comment on individually.

Nothing is easy on the web because competition is fierce. In part 2 I will try to address some of the issues that exist in the domaining blogosphere and offer some advice to those who are currently struggling or wanting to get into the game.

When I blogged consistently over at WannaDevelop.com I did over $100,000 in sales each and every month for almost a year by converting a majority of those visitors into paying clients but it was never easy… It required a lot of work. A lot of planning and the right execution.

I stopped blogging at WannaDevelop.com at the pace that I used to because I penetrated the entire market and my penetration or reach had reached it’s limits. A blog is just another vehicle to get your message across and furthermore interact with the users who can be potential clients.

If you know what you are talking about, and present the right offers… You can make a lot of money. There is only a few bloggers who have been successful over the years who have managed to pull in 6 or more figures per year from their operation. A tiny percentage of the entire domainer blogging army which has exploded in the last year.

PS — no disrespect meant whatsoever to those bloggers mentioned above. Not my fault really that things didn’t work out. It’s just my personal opinions and views and if you don’t like it, well… Go blog about it you pussy