During the day browsing technical articles, I saw the latest self-rescue progress of the Blog Park, and at the same time, they are also seeking help from a large number of readers.
The earliest request for help from the Blog Park was in April this year. They revealed the operational difficulties and commercialization dilemmas they faced, and proposed several self-rescue solutions. In the following six months, they have been advancing in accordance with these directions.
Blog Park is a technical blog website with a large number of visits in the early years. Many people share their learning experiences on it, and the accumulated experience provides a lot of convenience for later learners. When I was learning technology in the early stages, I often came to Blog Park to search for technical knowledge points, and finally found solutions there.
CSDN, which is also a website with a large amount of traffic, is now much more active than Blog Park. However, students who pursue some technical pursuits should rarely go to CSDN now. The marketing atmosphere there is too heavy, which seriously affects the learning experience of technology.
If the former is good at marketing, then the advertising monetization of Blog Park is a bit like a little kid who hasn't grown up yet, and even some personal websites' monetization capabilities. After so many years, every time I open Blog Park, I always feel like time has stopped. The interface is still the same, basically no changes, which also indirectly reflects that it is just maintenance. It already requires a lot of funds and energy, and they really don't have time to tidy up the facade.
The current self-rescue measures of Blog Park include three aspects: IT talent going abroad service, VIP membership service, and boutique store in the cloud market.
They will update the number of member purchases in real time. I took a look. The current number of members is 675, with two price ranges: 99 yuan and 399 yuan. In terms of 299 yuan per person, it has earned 200,000 yuan since April, which is 50,000 yuan per month. This is very generous for individuals, but for a company, it is very meager.
Commercial self-rescue is a long-term plan, and they also update the progress regularly:
From this plan, they also found that the income brought by membership services can only temporarily relieve the thirst. 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 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 complete the plan is, but to get ourselves moving first, regain the courage to try, and step by step to find our own survival path.
I wish Blog Park can overcome the current difficulties and become the unique and glorious technical community it used to be, and at the same time, it can keep up with the times and explore better ways to serve IT talents.