While blogs emerged on the web as personal diaries,
over the years they have evolved into much more
than that.
It all began when people realized that the blog
platform could be used for a wide range of purposes.
Some started sharing news on their blogs, others
humor pieces, and others yet started writing articles
on their fields of expertise.
The key aspect is the fact that blogs
transformed monologues into conversations.
Before their appearance, you had a small number of
mainstream websites that were responsible for the
production of all the content online. Users like you
and me could just absorb that content passively.
With the appearance of blogs, however, the access
to web publishing was democratized. Suddenly
anyone, anywhere could share his ideas and content
with the rest of the world.
Today the line between blogs and mainstream
websites is blurring. You have popular blogs like
TechCrunch.com competing head to head with
established publications like Wired.
We could say that a blog is nothing more than a
type of website. It is a platform that anyone can use
to publish content on the web. As for what that
content must be, there are no rules.
Is It Really Possible to Make Money
Blogging?
Blogging?
The answer is “yes.” TechCrunch.com makes over
$1,000,000 per year. Popular blogs like
PerezHilton.com, Mashable.com and
HuffingtonPost.com follow closely.
Obviously most of those blogs resemble mainstream
Obviously most of those blogs resemble mainstream
publications these days, with several paid writers, a
specialized sales team and the like, but they all
started with a single blogger writing about his
passion.
passion.
And you don't need to go to the very top to see the
money. I don't consider myself to be particularly
gifted, yet I make six figures per year online. All that
money can be traced back to my blogs. Some of it
directly, via advertising and affiliate marketing
deals, and some indirectly, via online projects that
were launched thanks to the blogs.
So yes, it is definitely possible to make money
blogging. At his point many people ask: “But is it
easy or quick?” Well, that is a completely different
question, and unfortunately the answer here is a big
“no.”
“no.”
Making money blogging is no different than making
money with any other venture, be it online or offline.
As such, it will take time and require a heck lot
of work.
Blogging has several advantages though. It allows
you to write on a topic that you are passionate
about, to work anywhere and anytime, to network
with many interesting people, and it can also
become a real business.
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