Website: SECRivals.com
Interview With: Darrel Owenby
When did you start your blog?
We started our blog this past July, but SECRivals has ran a message board for five years.
What made you start it?
We all read a lot of sites, some we agreed with, some we didn’t. Basically, a couple of us decided that we could do the same thing, except better.
What is your background?
I have @ twelve years of blue collar work, ten years of sales experience, three years of training/development and have been online since 1996.
Do you blog for fun or are you trying to make it a career?
Fun.
What is your goal with this blog?
Develop a solid base of regulars inside as well as outside of the SEC.
What was your tipping point? What put you on the map? (if you bring in more the 5,000 uniques a month)
Creating an affiliation with MoonDog Sports really got us going. Our message board has over 1k members and we already had a decent amount of traffic, BUT the blog was put on the map with MoonDog’s help.
What type of blogging software do you use?
Wordpress
What ad network(s) do you use?
Adify through Yardbarker.com, Google adsense and Commission Junction.
How much money do you make off your site monthly?
Not a whole lot, like we said, it’s fun.
If you could get something for free to help you out with your blog, what would it be? (Ex: design, marketing, ad optimization, etc)
Wow, good question. Our biggest area would be marketing; we could always use extra traffic.
What are some of your favorite blogs?
MoonDog Sports, EDSBS, A Sea of Blue and Vanderbilt Sports Line.
Any bold predictions for the future of sports on the internet?
We haven’t scratched the surface yet. A lot of people are screaming that blogging is dead, but video is only now being played with. Podcasts were huge a couple of years ago, but the next big thing will be for video podcasts by regular people. Imagine “Jake and Luther on Sports”.
