Like a bat out of hell

March 5, 2007

You may have heard of Matt Coddington. He recently joined the YGG forum, is quite a successful internet entrepreneur at the ripe old age of 22, and owns a website that entered the blogging world like, well, like a bat out of hell. He asked us to write a review of that website, Net Business Blog.

I’m not sure if there’s a formula to calculate the age of a blog as to the age of its blogger much like dog years, but Net Business Blog has done in less than 2 months what usually takes the typical blogger a few years.

Net Business Blog is about how to make a living online. Through its rampant growth spurt it’s already on the heels of similar mega-blogs such as John Chow, Problogger, and Shoemoney, among others.

Matt has been a web developer/designer for over 7 years, so he knows what he’s talking about when it comes to developing a successful internet property. He’s also a master of how-to and list articles which has resulted in him making the front page of Digg several times and almost hitting the 800 subscriber marker in just under two months.

If that number doesn’t make you drool, seeing that he sits just under 9,000 on Alexa may draw a little envy from you.

How has he catapulted himself into the higher rankings of blogging in so little time?

Being friends with and a guest blogger for John Chow doesn’t hurt, but his content and enthusiasm has really gotten the ball rolling.

While most of us try to write a post a day about anything that comes to mind, Matt has focused on writing specialized content for his niche, professional and wannabe bloggers, several times a day. He’s a prime example of “you get what you give”. To say he’s done not too shabby would be an understatement.

Some of his better posts include:

5 Blogging Methods That Work

8 Reasons Why the Masses Love Lists

The 14 Point Web Design Checklist

Top 10 Worst Internet Marketing Videos Ever

Do You Have the Designer’s Eye?

Building a Niche Minisite (Part 1)

Building a Niche Minisite (Part 2)

As much as this is a review of Net Business Blog, it can be categorized as a Site We Love as well. Matt is well on his way to becoming a household name in the circle of website monetization.

If you time your subscribing to his RSS right, you may be number 1,000. But act fast, as he’ll probably hit that milestone in the next few days. Yes, I am extremely jealous of that.

Congrats Matt.

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