Featured Blog: Kornheiser’s Cartel
Website: Kornheiserโs Cartel
Interview With: Billy Buckles
When did you start your blog:
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August, this year.
What made you start it?
I used to randomly write pieces and e-mail them out to two friends, came across Bleacher Report one day, posted a humorous NBA Mock Draft on there and just sent a link out to my few friends whoโd care to read it. Some people gave me compliments, so I wrote a few more pieces. Then I wanted a customized site that could make my friends laugh, but Iโm worthless with coding/designโฆ So I asked a good friend to go halfsies on a domain name/server and design me one. We chose Kornheiserโs Cartel because itโs been our team name of choice for College Bowl, Intramurals, Fantasy Leagues, etcโฆ It stems from an online game called PimpsLord we played years ago.
What is your background?
23 years old, Leo, blue eyes, great haiโ er, 2008 Purdue graduate, extremely knowledgeable fan of a ton of sports, and Iโve had some interesting working experiences in the sports world. My co-founder is one of the nationโs best trivia competitors, and we took Purdueโs College Bowl team to nationals. But weโre not nerds. Weโre not!
Do you blog for fun or are you trying to make it a career?
Iโd always like to write on the side, and Iโm open to writing opportunities, but itโs hard to envision writing eight hours daily.
What is your goal with this blog?
To entertain. And I like to have a vehicle to spread ideas and opinions I care about.
What was your tipping point? What put you on the map? (if you bring in more the 5,000 uniques a month)
We went into this expecting to get 200 hits a months, but we somehow received 5,000 UVโs in our first week, and almost 50,000 UVโs in September, our first whole month. Weโve been fortunate to have some heavyweight blogs appreciate our writing, and thatโs how we get a decent chunk of views. Additionally, weโve had a number of pieces receive thousands of views from StumbleUpon.
What type of blogging software do you use?
Blogger
What ad network(s) do you use?
Yardbarker, AdSense, Ad-Brite
How much money do you make off your site monthly?
Over a hundred bucks a month.
If you could get something for free to help you out with your blog, what would it be? (Ex: design, marketing, ad optimization, etc)
A few more writersโฆ
What are some of your favorite blogs?




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