Website: NE Patriots Draft

Interview With: James Christensen

When did you start your blog?

March 2008

What made you start it?

We were interested in the NFL Draft, and no site was focusing enough the Patriots Draft and Salary Cap situation.

Do you blog for fun or are you trying to make it a career?

We write and promote as a challenge to see how good we can be.

What is your goal with this blog?What was your tipping point? What put you on the map? (if you bring in more the 5,000 uniques a month)

We get about 8-10k uniques per month, and most of that is due to being featured in SI, on The Big Lead, and the HailRedskins Mock Draft Database.  Winning 4th in the Huddle Report Mock Draft challenge was also nice.

What type of blogging software do you use?  

What ad network(s) do you use?

Adify is where we get most of our ads served by, through the Yardbarker network.

How much money do you make off your site monthly?

We make around $300 month revenue each month.

If you could get something for free to help you out with your blog, what would it be? (Ex: design, marketing, ad optimization, etc)

Photoshop please.

What are some of your favorite blogs?

The Sports Dollar, Sports Blog Earnings, World of Isaac, and Sports By Brooks are all favorites of NE Patriots Draft.

Any bold predictions for the future of sports on the internet?

We see the continued rise of niche content sites over behemoths like ESPN.