Celebrity Club Network

The Celebrity Club Network was a collection of fan blog sites in the 2000s — my first real taste of building content, driving traffic, and monetizing with AdSense.

What it Was?

The Celebrity Club Network was a series of fan-driven websites I launched back in the early-to-mid 2000s. Each site focused on a single celebrity, athlete, or rising star — combining news, photos, and fan chatter into a simple but effective content play.

The lineup included sites like:

  • AlbertPujolsClub.com
  • ClubMileyCyrus.com
  • ClubJonas.com
  • ClubLeBron.com
  • RascalFlattsClub.com
  • DaKidClub.com (Kevin Garnett)
  • TerrellOwensClub.com
  • RandyMossClub.com
  • ClubBush.com
  • ClubTigerWoods.com
  • SorianoClub.com
  • SprouseClub.com (Cole & Dylan Sprouse)
  • WadeClub.com
  • GilbertArenasClub.com

And about 20~ others! See the screenshots!

At the time, it was a classic SEO and content strategy: tap into fan bases that were rabid for updates, ride the wave of search traffic, and monetize with Google AdSense. And it worked.

Later in the journey, we created the Celebrity Club Network Forums where people could talk about each person, but they all still had their own fan club site.

Timeline Snapshot

  • 2006: Founded the Celebrity Club Network
  • 2012: Retired the Celebrity Club Network

Why I Built It

Honestly, it was curiosity at first. Could I take something people were already searching for — their favorite celebrity or athlete — and capture some of that attention with a fan site?

Turns out, yes. And the thrill of seeing traffic grow, ads pay out, and fans interact was addictive. The Celebrity Club Network became the testing ground where I learned the basics of digital publishing — lessons I’ve carried into every project since.

What We Offered

  1. Fan News & Updates – Simple, timely posts about the stars people cared about most
  2. Photos & Media – The fuel that kept fans coming back daily
  3. Community Feel – Fans sharing and linking, back when forums and fan blogs were the norm
  4. Adsense Revenue – Early proof that traffic could equal money online

Where It’s At Now

  • Status: Retired; the sites are no longer active
  • Legacy: These were the first projects that showed me the formula: content → traffic → monetization
    • Lawsuit: Was also my first taste of receiving cease and desist letters for using celebrity NIL. Thank you very much Miley Cyrus and Barry Manilow (lol)
  • Impact: The backbone of my passion for digital hustles and proof that even simple sites can scale when built around fan demand

Venture Visuals

Related Ventures

Cubs Suck – Another early fan-driven site that tapped into culture and community, but with humor instead of fan love.

Knup Sports – The professional evolution of my content-building roots, taking the lessons from fan blogs into a bigger sports media brand.

Hustled.ai – The Celebrity Club Network is the origin story — the kind of hustle DNA that the Hustled course will pass forward.

Final Thoughts

The Celebrity Club Network doesn’t exist anymore, but it’s where it all began for me. Learning how to build sites, grow audiences, and monetize traffic through AdSense set the stage for everything that’s come since.

These sites were scrappy, simple, and fun — and they proved that digital content could be more than a hobby. In many ways, the Celebrity Club Network was the foundation for the way I still think about hustles today.

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