Interview with Marc Galeazzi from OneMansGoal.com
Marc Galeazzi recently bought the MMO Blog One Mans Goal from Bryan Clarke for a huge $10k. This sale caused alot of controversy and negativity, which resulted in claims of Marc being scammed by Bryan. I became intrigued by why Marc bought the Blog in the first place, and was fascinated by his enthusiasm.
Being a full time Realtor and part time Bar tender it’s obvious that Marc is a hard worker and isn’t afraid of any challenges. Marc very kindly agreed to let me interview him regarding the sale of One Mans Goal, the controversy that followed, and his future plans for the site.
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You recently bought One Mans Goal for $10k. Do you think you’ve paid a good price for it?
Yes I do. First off, I was just looking around and not taking any action. By buying this blog I’m responsible to all of the viewers. I have to keep making posts and being innovative or I’ll lose my readership and money. With that in mind, I’ve already had a few advertisers pay for their next month of advertising and I’m adding affiliate programs now. Most of the affiliate links on the site still direct to Bryan because I haven’t had a chance to get to them. My number one concern is keeping the readers happy during the transition. I know if I can keep growing the reader base and I’m honest to them the money will follow.
There’s been a lot of negativity surrounding this issue, specifically claims that Bryan scammed you. What are your thoughts on this?
I don’t feel scammed at all and I’m still happy with my decision. As far as the negativity goes, I’m cool with it. The controversy gave me a ton of visitors and my RSS subscriber count is up 17 readers. I know some of them are staying around to watch me fail but that’s cool because when they check back and I’m killing it they will continue to stick around.
Plus, I’m going to be placing some ads on other sites over the next couple of months and people will see the banner I’m having developed and they’ll click to check my progress remembering the controversy.
What inspired you to purchase One Mans Goal? And where do you plan on taking it?
I was looking to purchase content sites from Sitepoint, when I came across this auction. I liked the style of the site; I liked how many readers there were and I felt that there was an underserved market of people who like “make money online” content but would prefer videos.
I plan on documenting my journey in the “make money online” arena and sharing and discussing interesting things I learn along the way.
Also, there is plenty of expert sites out there but not too many addressing motivation. I just want to tell people how I’m taking action, suggest they follow it and watch and wait for the results.
A blog of this nature needs to be good-looking, and although I like it, you can’t please everyone. Are there any plans to change the look of One Mans Goal to attract more visitors?
Nope, I like the theme and I’ll stick with it until there is a new innovation in blog themes. Right now I’m focusing on content and not worrying about looks. I haven’t even changed some of the affiliate links yet. In my mind, my number one priority is to take care of the people following the blog now. Once I’ve stabilized the blog I will focus on expanding the blog and looks and stuff like that.
Are there anymore sites in the pipeline or any that you’d like to create in the future?
Yes, I’m going to be starting a new site in the next month that I think everyone will like, also I’m going to be developing some content sites. Other than that, I’ll be buying content sites and forums in Sitepoint this summer when I sell a few houses. (I’m a Realtor).
Where do you see yourself and the site in 6 months time? Do you have any set targets you’d like to hit?
In 6 months I hope to be paying my bills with income from websites both purchased and developed. This will allow me to quit my night job as a bartender and still allow me to invest my Real Estate income.
Not yet, the first thing I want to see is the numbers stabilize and then make projections from there. I want to see how many people stay with me and run a couple affiliate programs to come up with a baseline.
Do you have any advice for young blog / MMO entrepreneurs like yourself?
Go out and start getting some. It doesn’t matter if you make a mistake at first. Take action, experiment and don’t stop learning. This industry isn’t going anywhere. I’m 24, in ten years I’ll have tons of experience and still only be 34. Don’t get involved in “get rich quick stuff”. Just keep plugging away and building your brand.
Oh yeah, don’t quit.
And finally, are you going to prove the negative people wrong and keep One Mans Goal going strong and potentially improve it?
Most defiantly, all of their negativity just fueled my fire. If you want to see me do something, all you have to do is tell me I can’t.
You can visit Marc’s MMO Blog and watch his progress at www.onemansgoal.com. I’d personally like to thank Marc for allowing Emz Design to interview him - it’s been a pleasure.
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Hello EMZ Design readers.
1) I would like to thank EMZ for being a constant commenter on onemansgoal. If you own a site you know how good it makes you feel when people take the time to post comments after your post.
2) I would like to thank EMZ for choosing me to be interviewed and giving me exposure to her reads. As a thank you I’m going to be giving her a one month site wide sweet link.
3) I would like to thank EMZ for adding a picture to her website. Your cute:)
Later, Marc
Great interview. Marc you’re very brave taking on such a project. I wish you all the luck with it!
IMO all the controversy surrounding the sale is in fact bringing Marc the kind of PR he would not have thru a conventional way. At least, we all know who Marc is now.
I wish Marc all the best and hey, the interview is great too.
Hi Yan, thanks for your comment.
Yes the controversy certainly caused alot of posts from different blogs about it gaining Marc a lot of back links and visitors, which is a good thing for Marc.
I’d read OMG when Bryan owned it so was familiar with the site anyway, but with the whole controversy surrounding the sale it made me more interested in Marc’s ideas and plans for the site.
Great interview…. the last answer made me think of John Lock from Lost!! DON”T TELL ME WHAT I CAN’T DO!
You have a point. I am just wondering if Bryan really did the sale. Oops…
It’s just amazing how some people are capable of that kind of marketing. Not novel though but it’s creative and daring.
And this reminds me of how David Beckham and Victoria actually got famous in the first place.
Forest that is a great catch! Being a huge Lost fan myself I’m surprised I didn’t catch on to it hehe
Yan it certainly would be very clever of Bryan if he didn’t actually go with the sale and it’s a big publicity stunt, wouldn’t it? But with Marcs video posts and lack-of Bryan posts at OMG I doubt it
Wow, that would have been a great idea… faking all of this for the publicity. It has certainly helped Marc a ton.
Great interview and I wish Marc luck with the blog. He seems to be doing pretty well for just now getting his feet wet, and I’m pretty sure it’s just the beginning for him.
Whether people want to believe I’m a scammer, or not, it’s ok with me because it acted as a great springboard for Marc to build a new audience, and obtain some links in the process. Although I disagree that he got scammed, and obviously some others feel the same, it’s a nasty world if you live in the MMO niche.
Keep up the good work Emma, I’ll have to come check out some more of your posts when I get some time!
I’d really like to see Marc do well with his blog, even though I’ve been fairly critical.
I don’t know if the deal was a “scam”, but I think it was over priced. Not rehashing the topic, but just take a look at OMG stats for April. Its not horrible, but damn, paying $10,000+ for that? With that much cash to spend, you could get a new site to the same level as OMG quick.
There are an unbelievably infinite number of extremely catchy domain names that are still unregistered, for those who are willing to take the time to develop 100’s of permutations of what they want, then do a multiple domain search to see what’s available.
I use a spreadsheet as a domain-name permutator to do this. Works like a dream, and I come up with far better names than 99% of domain names that cost well over $2000.
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