During the day, while browsing technical articles, I came across the latest self-help progress on the Blog Park, and at the same time, they are also seeking help from a large group of readers.
The earliest time I saw the request for help from the Blog Park was in April this year. They revealed the operational difficulties and commercialization challenges they were facing, and proposed several self-help solutions. In the following six months, they have been advancing in accordance with these directions.
The Blog Park is a technology blog website that had a large number of visitors in the early years. Many people shared their learning experiences on it, which provided a lot of convenience for later learners. When I was initially learning technology, I often came to the Blog Park to search for technical knowledge points and eventually found solutions there.
Similarly, CSDN is also a blog website with a large amount of traffic, but students who have some technical pursuits should rarely visit CSDN now. The marketing atmosphere on it is too heavy, which seriously affects the learning experience of technology.
If the former is good at marketing, then the advertising monetization of the Blog Park is a bit like a young child who has not yet grown up, and even some personal websites have monetization capabilities. After so many years, every time I open the Blog Park, I always feel like time has stopped. The interface is still the same, with basically no changes, which also indirectly reflects that it is only being maintained. It already requires a lot of funds and energy, and they really don't have time to tidy up the appearance.
The Blog Park's current self-help measures include three aspects: IT talent going abroad services, VIP membership services, and the cloud market boutique store.
They will update the number of member purchases in real time. I took a look, and currently there are 675 members, with two price levels: 99 yuan and 399 yuan. If we calculate based on 299 yuan per person, from April to now, they have earned 200,000 yuan, which is 50,000 yuan per month. This is very generous for an individual, but for a company, it is quite meager.
Commercial self-help is a long-term plan, and they also regularly update their progress:
From this plan, it can be seen that they have also realized that the income brought by membership services can only temporarily alleviate the problem. To solve the income problem in the long term, they still need to continuously explore other income models. From the article, it can be seen that they have already tried professional training, hosting industry conferences, and cooperating with leading IT companies.
They have a strong sense of action, and this attitude is worthy of praise. Whether it is the Blog Park or ourselves, in life and work, we will encounter dark moments one by one. In such situations, the most important thing is not how comprehensive the plan is, but to get ourselves moving first, regain the courage to try, and step by step find our own path to survival.
I wish the Blog Park can overcome the current difficulties and become the unique and glorious technology community it used to be, while also keeping up with the times and exploring better ways to serve IT talents.