Autopilot Blogging: Blogging Models That Work!
In this 3-part series, we take a look at the top 3 blogging models that work; authority blogging, niche blogging and autopilot blogging. No matter what type of blog you’re building right now, you surely fall into one of these three.
This time we’ll talk about auto-pilot blogging. Some people call it “spam blogging”, but I don’t. I think autopilot blogging is just as viable a model to make money online as the other two. It’s just how you do it that makes the difference.
Autopilot Blogging
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Over a year ago, people used RSS to blog, WP-O-Matic and other similar services to “scrape” content from RSS feeds of other blogs and post it to their own as content. Most people only used a summary of the post, which can still be tolerated.
I mean, isn’t that the same thing Technorati, PlugIM and thousands of other syndication services do?
But then came a different breed of people, who copied your entire blog post including images. That really pissed people off. Unfortunately, if you’re an authority blogger there will always be someone stealing your content.
Here’s how this model breaks down:
- Visibility Level: Low
- Effort Level: Low
- Time to Profit: Medium
- Technical Level: High
- Expected Rewards: Medium
Visibility level is low because you never (ever) put your name or contact details on autopilot blogs. In fact most autopilot blogs have nothing more than scraped content and ads.
Effort level is low too, as the automation software basically does everything else once you set it up. Technical level is high, as you need to learn how to use a couple of software first before you can do this. Plus, you’ll also need to understand C-class IPs, web hosting and so much more.
Expected rewards is low, but the trick here is that while one blog may only make a few dollars a month for you, a hundred blog can surely give you the income you want. Then again, it takes a certain amount of technical expertise to manage a few hundred blogs, doesn’t it?
Is Autopilot Blogging for You?
I know auto-pilot blogging sounds appealing, but from my research it takes a certain type of individual to really make money from autopilot blogging. I am NOT that type of person.
Basically, if you accept and love the challenge of “mass production”, learning technical software and systems, and can command an army, then auto-pilot blogging is for you. Plus, you must be able to switch on “creative thinking” only as long as you need to find a formula that works. When you’ve found it, you need to switch off creativity and focus solely on duplication.
Again, I simply cannot do that. Repetitive tasks are just not for me. I question everything and always think “How can I change that?”.
Make no mistake: although everyone can learn a thing or two about planning and automation from this type of blogging model, you’ll only be making spare change with just a handful of blogs. What does it take to make a LOT of money?
Well a friend of mine used to have more than 1,000,000 BlogSpot blogs – or so he says. Yes, let me say that again: 1,000,000 blogs
The number itself is mind-boggling, but considering he was using in-house software that costs thousands to develop and had a team of worker bees building 100 blogs a day, it’s not entirely impossible.
However, according to him it’s all about “fire fighting”, or solving problems. That’s because while you’re making thousands of blogs other people are trying to shut you down, stop you from manipulating their system and so on.
Considering he was making five figures a month from Google AdSense alone, I assume it was still worth the try. However, eventually it gets tiring. In the case of my friends he has slowly moved away from the autopilot blogging model into other areas of Internet marketing.
Although hardcore autopilot money-making is not everyone’s cup of tea, it does result in the creation of a lot of interesting software we can all use. For example, all these software is the result for the need to automate and mass-generate:
- Auto Social Poster – WordPress plugin that enables you to automatically submit your blog’s latest entry to many social bookmarking sites
- WordPress Cloner – Clone your WP themes, plugins and setting to hundreds of other blogs
- Ninja Affiliate for WordPress – Ok this wasn’t strictly developed for auto-pilot blogging, but it fits in very nicely.
- 1 Way Links Network – Automate link building, get one-way links to your blog
- And much more..
From my research, auto-pilot blogging isn’t really that difficult to figure out – there’s a certain process in almost all successful cases:
Find a way to make money using blogs and content already available online – it could be from other blogs, Yahoo Answers, or any other easily copied source
- Study the process and identify all the key components, simplify as much as possible
- Find the tools to make automation possible, preferably develop that software in-house
- Using your automation software and your process, mass generate your results to a point where you make a lot of money
So, is this for you? Are you already making a decent amount of money from auto-pilot blogging? Leave a comment and let us know..
Related posts:
- Niche Blogging: Blogging Models That Work!
- Authority Blogging: Blogging Models That Work!
- How to Create an Autopilot Blog That Works
- How Much Money Do You Make Blogging?
- What Is Autoblogging and How Does It Work?
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This is a really good synopsis of autoblogging. I’m doing a test right now with 100 blogs. My content is actually pretty good and I’m not infringing on anyone’s rights to do it.
You’re correct that it can be very technical to get going and a pain in the arse. It doesn’t have to be a ‘black hat’ activity either. There are content sources that are meant to be used however you want (and no I’m not talking about other blog’s rss feeds – although that CAN be done too) without hurting anyone or anything.
Anyway, my two cents, and thanks for your post.
It sounds so tempting but I’m always afraid of doing work and then getting “found out” by Google and losing my ranking.
I’ve had some mild success combing niche and auto blogging together though.
I have success with semi-autoblogging making me anywhere between $100 to $300 per niche blog a month. However, idea is different from what you described in the post. Here it goes – combine unique and already published content (like ezinearticles) preferably in physical product niches, sign up as eBay affilaite, get WordBay plugin to publish eBay product RSS, find related CPA offers, publish banners and add Adsense. Goal is to appear to search engines as a portal for given product info, thus you must have unique content. Works like a charm.
hi Max, great to hear you’re having some success with the auto-pilot model. Indeed there are a lot of things we could do differently if we just think a bit more creatively..
hi Aaron, by “combing” the both you mean mixing unique content with syndicated content?
I always thought of using this model but not sure if that fits my liking.
I tried wp-o-matic for a day. It does what it says but it does make for a messy looking site as it basically scrapes everything including links and pics from the other sites.
In the end I just deactivated it and removed the scraped content. I guess if you can afford 100s of domains then you could knock up sites that make money but for me I’d prefer to use PLR or maybe the odd ezinearticles piece or a pingback if I must use someone else’s content.
I would not use a thing like that. I think that what makes money is visitors, and what make visitors is content.
If your blog´s content is not good you will not make any money from your blog. Or if you do, it will not last long. The blog will die.
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