seeking opinions on starting a poker blog

Hello everyone -

I wonder if anyone will provide some opinions for the following:

I have an opportunity to start up a site in the fairly lucrative (but highly competitive) poker category. Now, I understand that there are a lot of super-pro marketers in this space but nothing in this world is easy so I am considering having a go at it.

I feel that I can compete based on the following:

- (most important) I have a VERY good content source - a professional poker player + professional writer who will commit to daily posts with useful content. The content will have a consistent editorial tone, by relevant, engaging and compelling.

- I have an excellent domain name available to use on this project.

- Because I run offshore teams, I can get any special functionality built into the site quickly and inexpensively. This has been an advantage to me in the past, as I can customize scripts and adapt to the audience to improve traffic/content.

I am interested in this is a long-term project, hoping to build an audience over a long period and monetize the traffic slowly over time. No get-rich-quick aspirations, just the hope to make a solid, profitable site by creating GREAT content with a nice design and good SEO.

I have heard a few comments like 'the poker space is too cluttered and you can't make any $', but I'm not sure if it's true. Unlike the pharma/legal spaces, blogs can be very personal and I have terrific confidence in this writer.

I'm not expecting to make 10k/month in 3 months, but if we work on it for a year could we be doing well? Ok, let me have it!!!

thanks

 

Have a go at it! Nothing better then testing it out for a year and see how it goes. If anything, you can sell the blog after some time and turn a profit. But considering you have a professional player (who hopefully has connections with other pro's and has an inside track to the poker world) your blog could turn into a central hub for noobie's, intermediate and advanced players.

 

Check out wordpress - most hosting companies will automatically install it for you and its easy to play around and alter content. It will manage all your files - SEO them (mod_rewrite, RSS, pinging et al..) - and pretty much everyone and their mother is using it so bugs are not an issue.

~HN Will

 

sounds like with all you have going you'll run with the best of them (and be sure to link to them)

 

Thanks for these opinions. My mother isn't using Wordpress but I'm familiar with it

I am doing research on the poker cateogry today and I have found a few VERY strong players in that space, and hundreds of dabblers. I hope we can rise to the top over time.