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I discovered over a year ago I could make money blogging. Within a 3 month period I made over $3,000. This was a lot of money for me at the time and inspired me to research income that could be made from blogging.
Back when I made the $3,000 I had only been blogging for about 6 months and if you haven’t already figured out my income source, it was paid blogging. At the time I felt that paid blogging was a blessing. All I needed was a 3 month old blog and the ability to follow instructions about what the advertiser wanted me to blog about. I quickly realized that my paid blogging focused blogging was not fulfilling. I was blogging to make money and I was not creating interesting or useful content. I did not have a pride of ownership and I realized that as soon as I stopped blogging ads on these paid blogging focused blogs they would never have the opportunity to make money because I had no audience. However, I do believe paid blogging/sponosored posting is a good income source if used wisely.
I firmly believe that without pride of ownership a blog will surely die. You can usually tell when a blogger has pride of ownership. The content is rich, the blogging is regular and the blog looks clean and content focussed. I believe those that will be successful at making money blogging have to love blogging and not just the money that could be made from it. This is why I blog my interests. I love to talk about horses, my family, my debt freedom journey and the internet. If money was never made from anyone of these blogs at least I could say I am proud of them (money has been made on these blogs but I am just trying to make a point). If I happen to fail at making a living blogging then at least I can say I didn’t waste my time because my blogging was focussed on sharing my interest with other people. Sharing your interests is fulfilling and can be beneficial to others as well giving your a better chance of establishing yourself as a blog authority. Though I am hopeful that with a focused perseverance and time my blogging efforts can offer greater financial rewards, I feel that my goals of offering interesting and useful content will continue reward me as a contributing member of society.
Over the next few days I will be publishing a series of articles that will hopefully help encourage you to gain a pride of blog ownership. Are you happy with your blog and the content you offer your readers? If not, why?
This post was inspired by the following articles. Is Blogging a Good Way to Make Money and 10 Minute Blog Tips: Where to Invest Your Energy.
Part two of this series will be Gaining Pride of Blog Ownership Part 2- How To Blog Your Interests/Finding Your Niche.
Wow, $3000, congratulations. Most people never get that far.
Yes, my whole reason for starting my web site (long before blogs existed was to promote and learn about improving managing). Granted this isn’t interesting to most people but it is to me. I did so for years without any significant money coming in. I still like to see others making use of the information I provide. The money is nice too now but it is secondary to doing something I think is worthwhile.
@ Sam - I’ve been hooked on blogging every since I discovered it’s income potential and the fact that it’s a great outlet.
@ John - Thanks for sharing a little of your blogging story. I appreciate your comment.
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