Hello, Blake Makers. Try this one on for size. Introducing my latest idea: Meet Your Makers…(Blake Makers, that is).
Meet Your Makers (MYM) is a blog network that I am currently building (to feed the appetite of my exponentially expanding community). Like what you see on Blake Makes? Great! Now, let’s do it for everything else we find interesting. Like…

Blake Bakes - A baked goods blog
Blake Chocolates - A chocolate blog
Blake Cleans - a “green” cleaning products blog
Blake Reads - a book club blog
Blake Travels - a travel blog
You may be saying, “It can’t be done. At least not by one man.” And, you’re right. That’s where you come in.
I want Blake Makes to be big. Not just big, but a behemoth colossus, a kingdom, a universe.
Fair warning, this idea is still in its early stages, but Blake Makes started as a wisp of thought, a twinkle in my eye. There’s about 6 such ideas coming soon.
Starting now, I’ll be recruiting voices for each blog you see listed above. I’m also open to suggestions.
Here’s how (I think) it will work:
- Someone will come to me and say, “Blake, I love wine. I’d love to blog about it.”
- Me: “Great. Let’s call it BlakeSips.com.”
- I’ll design and launch it.
- I’ll lead and direct content for the blog.
- You’ll write the content and moderate the community.
- Then, I’ll turn on the “(Secret) Community Growing Machine.”
The bigger the networks become, the more revenue potential they’ll have. We can start selling ads and sponsorships and more. When we do, I’ll do a revenue split with my contributors.
So, just to be clear. I don’t make any money from Blake Makes right now, so any volunteers would be just that. But, if you like the direction I’m heading, and have a shared vision for where I’m going, let’s talk.
It’s going to be big. Express your interest in becoming a maker here.