Blog Catalog Discussion: How do I make Money blogging?

alfrhnsby on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

alfrhnsby — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 01:57:52 -0500

ok thanks

http://alfrhnsby.blogspot.com

SyntaxOfL on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

SyntaxOfL — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:44:29 -0500

I don't make any money, don't start out with that idea. it's ridicilous.

http://www.dangerdanger.org/

theshutterbugeye on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

theshutterbugeye — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:26:43 -0500

Yea, I actually removed adsense a couple days ago. It doesn't really fit with my blog goals (I want people to click on my store, not someone elses web shop for photos which is what the ads are- for penies a click people can leave my site???) and it seemed to attract more of those kinds of comments. Google can keep the 80 cents I had earned from ad clicks.

nothingprofound on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

nothingprofound — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:14:36 -0500

My whole life I've been trying to avoid making money. Blogging is helping me to achieve that goal.

Agit8r on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

Agit8r — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 09:05:35 -0500

that isn't exactly commercial activity, per se

For instance if you washed cars for people as a business you would be expected to have a business license, abide by ocupational safety regulations etc.

Whereas if you siply had a fundraiser with cheerleaders washing cars and getting all sudsy in their tank tops and shorts and spraying each other with...

...um what were we talking about again?

anticsrocks on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

anticsrocks — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:44:02 -0500

So how do churches have bake sales, then? Or school PTA's who try to raise money? Kinda prohibits that sort of thing, doesn't it?

timethief on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

timethief — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:45:48 -0500

No thanks.

timethief on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

timethief — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:49:58 -0500

In Canada one has to have a government inspected kitchen that's certified as a commercial kitchen in order to start selling to the public. Basically it's all about health issues. The owners and operators and any staff must be properly trained in government run food handling and preparation programs. Also the equipment and cleaning has to be up to standards to prevent the sale of contaminated food that can harm others. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the same where you live too.

anticsrocks on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

anticsrocks — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:33:02 -0500

Not illegal to make, but illegal to sell, I take it?

honey143 on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

honey143 — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:09:35 -0500

Follow me if u want to make money

timethief on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

timethief — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:03:45 -0500

@Diane

PotatoChef on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

PotatoChef — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:57:58 -0500

@theshutterbugeye Good for you. Violating Google's TOS is not a good idea. In the long run (probably in the shor run also) it probably wouldn't pay off anyhow.

theshutterbugeye on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

theshutterbugeye — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:30:33 -0500

Good points, if you treat it as a full time job and are professional, do all the research and work then I can see making money. But it's a job and you need to produce quality work and put the time and effort in.

What I have run into are people who seem to think they can get rich quick through blogging and Adsense clicks and that is absolutely not true.

My blog had a comment to the effect of "nice blog, come see mine and clik and I'll return and we can make $100 m a day." This is why I moderate and approve all comments before the post as I don't want that junk on my blog. Really???

So do people really think that they can get rich with some mediocre blog from ad clicks???? No WAY!

Diane

stockmarketclub on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

stockmarketclub — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:11:58 -0500

Found a new affiliate program. This one is easy to use, a really clean program and you will want in on ground level.

Check them out at.... http://www.cpapark.com/affiliate/join?id=514

joabng on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

joabng — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:20:28 -0500

it will be tough making money.
http://bloggerpinnacle.com

PetLvr on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

PetLvr — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:17:24 -0500

good advice! and, congrats if you are making money too!

Here's my favorite quote from Lorelle's post ..
Professional bloggers make money generating content on their own blogs combined with direct and indirect income sources such as advertising, speaking, ebooks, product sales, and consulting.

People wanting to "make money blogging" and think this is freelancing and just writing - will never make a living blogging. Blogging is everything - whatever works - all the time - from every angle... and always a learning curve and, yes .. especially what PotatoChef said .. it takes "Time Discipline and Work"

PotatoChef on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

PotatoChef — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:45:13 -0500

I'm not going to tell you how much I make blogging. But what I will say is that it took me about 6 months to figure out that you can make money. It just takes a lot of time, discipline, and work. I now have 11 blogs. Some are complete failures and some are doing pretty darn good.

Let me briefly explain what I mean by: Time Discipline and Work

You can't expect positive results when you blog if all you do is type up a few hundred words and throw it up on the internet. There are hundreds of people that blog and talk about keyword research. Do you do keyword research before you type up a post? I spend a good hour or two on keyword research before I even think about writing anything. Do you know why? If you don't then you will never make money online.

After I post a new blog entry I spend a few hours everyday for a week or two trying to get relevant backlinks pointing to the new post. Do you know why? If you don't then you will never make money online.

I read seo blogs. I read wordpress blogs. I read everything and anything that I think can help me become a better blogger. And most importantly I put what I learn into practice. Do you? If you don't then you will never make money online.

Also for all of you that think you can't make money blogging or make money at home or on the internet you might want to check out about.com which is owned by the NY Times. Here is a link:
http://beaguide.about.com/
They certainly are saying that you can make money blogging. And pretty good money.

There are always some people who are willing to go the extra mile or two in order to be successful. And there are always people who are more than willing to spend their time and use all of their energy trying to convince you that it is impossible to succeed. Usually they can't succeed at making money online so they think it is not possible for anybody to make money online.

I will admit a lot of people are dishonest about making money online and how much they make, but that does not mean there are not people doing rather well.

PetLvr on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

PetLvr — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:21:35 -0500

Quotes like these by Lorelle .. really irk me .. just because you know how to make spreadsheets on excel doesn't mean much to me - I can create spreadsheets too. It's a different world out there - this isn't PRE-internet anymore - The people who claim to be making these high amounts per post are not telling you one of three things..

1) when they were receiving that
2) that it's not usually recurring even if they did luck out and get something that pays that good
3) the high pay is a blended model of pay and depends on other issues attached to it, that may be hypothetical and never reaching (eg traffic bonuses, sliding rates, etc)

anyway .. that's what I think but, I'm too close to the other side - for my blog network, i try to avoid "freelancers" and just work with "bloggers". Very few freelancers can take that leep and always stuck in this type of mindset - it's not good for blogging i.m.h.o.

If you are paid $100.00 per post and it takes you two hours to develop the concept, research the story and materials, write the post, edit it, prepare it for publishing, find an image to accompany the post, publish it, then respond to comments and maintain the post over time, and include time for networking and promotion, you would be paid $50.00 an hour, a much more reasonable rate for an expert blogging specialist.

and

If you want to blog for a living, don’t take just any blogging job or low paying jobs. It isn’t worth it. Get paid what you are worth so every blogger within the industry can get a chance to make a decent living and not be undercut by those blogging for $5 a post. Consider your expertise and ask for what you deserve.

timethief on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

timethief — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:21:19 -0500

You're welcome. It's an interesting article.

PetLvr on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

PetLvr — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:11:19 -0500

thanks tt .. will give it a read now .. (don't know why Jaybetee of all people shortens URLs .. it's not necessary here nor is there a shortage of space in each post)

timethief on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

timethief — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:06:18 -0500

@petlvr

PetLvr on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

PetLvr — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:50:44 -0500

I don't click "tinyurl"'s here in BC .. what's the article about? this thread seems lively enough ..

dcarroll on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

dcarroll — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:57:04 -0500

Interesting article.

Agit8r on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

Agit8r — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:26:06 -0500

now celebrityreaming.com... wow... OMG!

crpitt on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

crpitt — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 18:18:59 -0500

Anyone can, it is just very boring! Not that I would ever do such a thing.

trailofpen on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

trailofpen — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:41:26 -0500

Hey, if you are going to make a TMZ-like website, I'm down to stalk some celebrities. I'll rename myself to Nickel Richie, and turn faux-gay.

blackwater on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

blackwater — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:55:01 -0500

I'm with you Still, no idea why I clicked it but I did. lol

Jaybetee on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

Jaybetee — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:54:42 -0500

curiousity i guess. cats are known for it...and it usually get them into trouble.

Stillthinking on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

Stillthinking — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:53:35 -0500

Why did I click on that? My naivete knows no bounds.

Agit8r on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

Agit8r — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:48:56 -0500

wow! that is one dirty site!!!

jk ;)

Jaybetee on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

Jaybetee — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:44:54 -0500

hmmm, you might be onto something...we should go around provoking starts to beat us up, tape it and then put it on our blog. celebritybeatdown.com? think that domain is available? ;)

Stillthinking on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

Stillthinking — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:43:09 -0500

Apparently TMZ is also doing extremely well. Gossip Blog turned TV show. And that blog about the stuff white people like.

Agit8r on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

Agit8r — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:43:06 -0500

boy could I make money blogging that!

Jaybetee on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

Jaybetee — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:36:46 -0500

I don't condone violence, but I was definitely not upset when I heard the Black Eyed Peas Posse decked him.

Perez not Agit8r! :)

Jaybetee on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

Jaybetee — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:35:25 -0500

Well getting paid to write, no matter where it is is very nice. I too think it's feasible to do, but I think far too many who try think it will be easy, but churning out 3 quality posts daily all year long doesn't sound easy to me.

I know money could also be made from ads, speaking, etc. but basing it strictly on blog posts it would be a lot of work.

Jaybetee on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

Jaybetee — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:30:54 -0500

I saw the world's largest pancake griddle one time in Penn Yan, NY. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/15684

Jaybetee on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

Jaybetee — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:28:42 -0500

Shiley on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

Shiley — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:49:54 -0500

Wasn't a complete loss it tasted good. :) It was soooo UGLY! I ended up turning the cake into a ply doh like substance using marshmallow it was weird. My fondant ripped (the stuff they put on wedding cakes) I sliced my finger on icing. Literally blood, sweat, and tears. :)

trailofpen on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

trailofpen — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:47:31 -0500

Obviously your name is not "Perez Hilton."

ThriftShopRomantic on 'How do I make Money blogging?'

ThriftShopRomantic — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:46:13 -0500

Well, Shirley, Delorean itself flopped anyway-- so it was actually themic. :) You were only being true to your art.