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+1 (800) 765-2158This article is guest posted by Patrick.
About
Hello all, this is my first guest post on Carl’s blog, and I hope it does not come off as purely a self promotional post. I think I should start off by telling a little bit about myself. My name is Patrick DeVivo, and I am a self educating youth blogger from New York, USA. I am currently interested in web design and Photoshop. I am trying my hardest to learn all about PHP and MySQL programming and also XHTML/CSS. I am currently fourteen years old, and my biggest current project is The Youth Bloggers Network. The Youth Bloggers Network is a new website which I have been setting up for the past month or so (working on and off). There has not been an official launch, but all the functions and features of the site should be working properly as of last night.
The Idea
Originally, the Youth Bloggers Network was an idea I had for a forum where young bloggers could share their thoughts and talk about things relating to their own blogs. I expanded the project when it came to setting things up, and so the emphasis was taken off of just a forum. The project is now both a blog and forum, with articles about blogging as a teenager and tips for bloggers (of all ages). I currently don’t know of this site will be a success or a flop, and am I currently looking for feedback from anyone willing to give it. I’m posting this article on Carl’s blog because I know he gets a ton of traffic, and the more people who send me advice the better.
When I first started blogging, I had no idea about the amount of other young bloggers already in the blogosphere. My first goal was to talk with some of them to find out more about their successes/failures. I contacted a few for advice and reviews, but things did not get much farther from there. That is when I decided that there needed to be a network for young bloggers to connect in. I knew that this new niche of “kid/teen bloggers” was still pretty new, so I began working on the Youth Bloggers Network.
Unfortunately, it is much harder to gain members than it is to get hits to your site. I was surprised by how few people were signing up. Currently, I get about 40-60 hits a day, and barely anyone has signed up. I decided it was time to generate some buzz from a place in a similar niche. That is how I came to Carl’s blog to publish this post.
So what’s the point of joining YBN?
The main type of members I have are currently young bloggers. These are (usually) teenagers who have their own blog and are looking for a place to receive feedback and get some publicity. Some other members are adults who are interested in the “young blogging” phenomenon and want to get their heads in the game.
Don’t worry, no sex offenders allowed inside
The benefits of becoming a member are pretty great:
- Ability to submit articles to the network blog
- Ability to post in all forums
- Ability to participate in forum contests
- Ability to receive awesome advertising discounts and coupons
- Access to the download directory (coming soon) – Tons of WordPress themes, plugins, ebooks, and photoshop files.
Thanks for reading, I hope you’ll check out my site and give it a chance to impress you. You can contact me through the http://youthbloggers.net/contact/ page.
Looks like a really good idea, I’ll check it out :-)
By the way, I’m also 14 :-)
This may seem like a place for me, but I’m almost turning 21 :( I sure hope I’m considered young lol
-Mike
Sure, it is open for anyone to join – just as long as you consider yourself young!
I like your idea but i dont really see why people should join this one.. and how are you gonna make people get compensated for what they did?
YES!!! *JUMPING FOR JOY*
This is just what I’m looking for. Being a 13-year-old blogger, this is seriously one of the best things to ever happen to my blogging life! Imma join right away! Hwoo!
16 years old here, joining the network now.
What’s the point of this? It’s not as if teens were not “smart” enough to chat with other people… It’s just another sad attempt for an Un needed forum.
Digital Point is still the best there are also many other forums bigger than this, it surprises me that Carl accepts guest posters that promote point less products like this.
I really like Carl’s content but this is just spam.
Interesting to see that ur asking “whats the point in this?” after viewing the YBN, i see your one of the top commenter’s?? Make any sense to you?
I think the network has great potential, and i wish you future success!
P.S. Germz is your blog about Making Money “Online”? or Stocks?? Go figure…
I’m not saying the forum is useless, I actually like it. I’m saying that this post is useless. It has nothing to do with making money online. Carl will hardly ever post anymore and I really like his style of writing. Also Paul, I find it funny that you won’t even post your URL… go figure…
Hi everyone,
You should also get in contact with Angelo, who’s 15, in the Phillipines. He’s running a site at:
http://amillionby20.com
He’d love to be involved, I bet. Super smart kid.
Money Energy the kid who writes that million by 20 seems more like a marketing stunt rather than an actual blog.
I’m 14 I have a blog, I do not live in a mansion so we are both practically equal, except for the one little fact that I don’t write a sob story on my blog to get my reader’s money. I would never EVER take that away from my readers because they are first and I’d never scam them with a poor sad story.
Thanks money energy. I’ll also join this.
Hiya, i have seen your site when searching a few weeks ago and i really love the design! I just bought a new 3 character domain (cost me a packet) for a niche review blog, and i was wondering if your design is a free or paid one? I’m new to WordPress and about to set it up, and i would really like to get something with a similar look to yours. Any ideas where i could download or buy something similar? Thanks for your help! :)