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Should A Blog make money Or not?

Posted by CandyApple • 10/31/07 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: blogging, money

I been thinking about why do all these bloggers out to make money blogging ? Should my poetry blog make money or should I keep it the way it is? Need all my BC friends help on this one.

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10/31/07

decoratorinside

I think all blogs have potential of making money. I add adsense, just for the heck of it! Where is your blog located?

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1. 10/31/07
  
  CandyApple
  
  I have two poetry blogs
  
  Poetry from my heart
  porteyfrommyheart.blogspot.com/
  
  Love On The Internet
  candyappleluvstickbird.blogspot.com/
10/31/07

globalgirl

It is a personal choice. Unless your site has oodles of visitors, it is a mute point. Why not use the space to build content in order to drive traffic to your blog?

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1. 10/31/07
  
  tenshi319
  
  Do that first then people will tell you when they need something if you are to be trusted by them always give good advise to others and then if you want add the money part and if not that just fine too.
  
  Good Luck Girl
10/31/07

Ghiath

It's always an added value for your blog to make money. It's something that worth working for and it will always keep you motivated to make more money by adding distinguished posts.

Ghiath
www.ghiath.com

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10/31/07

mdsanta

I added adsense to mine and have tried the payperpost stuff, but mostly just recover the cost of registering domain and see if I can make it maintain itself somehow

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10/31/07

clioandme

Whether you try to make money or not is up to you. Good blogging and making money need not be mutually exclusive, though sometimes they seem to be.

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10/31/07

nusuni

I suspect most people do it to try and get extra spending cash.

As for me - I've only begun monetization mostly to pay for hosting. My main goal with my blog is to get my name out there - money is simply a perk.

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10/31/07

jerryg

As said before, unless you have a blog with a really high PR and a really low Alexa score, advertising like AdSense isn't gonna do much for you. I you choose to write blogs for others while incorporating your own original content into you blog, good for you, but you better have a lot of time on your hands.

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10/31/07

Xight

Its a personal choice I think. My blog is about my trek making money online via different ways so I'll of course have some advertising on it. I probably won't be doing any type of pay per post or paid website reviews on my blog mainly because I personally don't like to skip through those posts on some peoples pages to get to their regular content. Most times those paid posts won't have comments on them to discuss with people with. That's just my 2 cents though.

People blog for different reasons, and well I know alot of people start blogging because they see big $20k/month incomes from the big bloggers thinking it'll be easy to get there. Then 3-6 months later when they get an Adsense check for $40 bucks they stop. Why? Because their whole purpose is to make money easy. When the money doesn't come easy they bail.

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10/31/07

acousticguitarist

yes if you want to...

no if you don't want to

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10/31/07

hanong

I think all blog can make money. It's depend on you!

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10/31/07

mikeny07

I don't know of anyone that works for free. If you are providing good information for people, why shouldn't you be paid?

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10/31/07

MyChopperBlog

I am new to blogging, and I put adds on my blogs and website. My intent is to see what happens. I get excited when I make just a few cents from the adds. Just like the thrill I get when an auction for some old stuff gets a bid, It's a little excitement. Who knows, some people say they make money on the internet, but maybe thats just from selling stuff about making money on the internet.

Ian
www.mychopperblog.com/blog/

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10/31/07

robinj

I think it depends on your personal preference....but for me with blog adds less is more if I go to a blog and all I can see is adds I leave

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1. 11/01/07
  
  CandyApple
  
  I do they same thing if all I can see are adds. I think a blog should be there to be able to read not see all the adds on there, You get to the point where do you start and where do you end when it comes to reading there blog
10/31/07

mikeny07

I only put ads on the sidebar. Never in middle of content. They annoy me there also.

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10/31/07

terencechang

It's your blog. It's up to you to make money off your blog.

These were the questions I asked myself before I decide to pull off most of the ads on my blog.

How much time and effort do yo spend on your blog? How much do you expect to get back from your blog? Do you just want to make extra money?

For those big money making blogs, they have to keep it up or even paid someone to keep their blog alive. Once you stop blogging, your revenue will dramatically drop. Many of them seem doing well on their blog. However, blogging for money is not their primary income source.

Personally, I use my blog as a communication tool. I either use it to share thoughts with my readers or promote my own online business. I actually make more money from those online business.

At the end, all your viewers or readers care about are the content of your blog. My suggestion is to use your blog for bigger money. Get a big picture on how blog can help you to reach out the whole world.

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10/31/07

acoenocc

I've got ads all over my pages and blog entries. But they're not very effective. Focusing on content and traffic is best.

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10/31/07

pointlessbanter

I get decent traffic and I decided to put ads up to recover some of the hosting cost and time I put in. I figure I deserve it... I am not looking to get rich off it.

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10/31/07

ngtechgr

Making money through your blog isn't something blameworthy as long as it is done in moderate - non too invasive way.
Be very careful to not overload your site with big/flashy advertisements since this can drive regulars away and always Strive to keep a balance between good content & advertisements.
As most people said correctly above , don't expect to earn too much - AdSense for most of us it just covers the monthly hosting bill!
e.g. My current "profit" is $0.5 / Month!

Take care!

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10/31/07

jackpayne

Build better backlinks.

And, they will come.

Once you've got traffic you can make money on ads.

You don't have to be the Paris Hilton of American culture to make money with a blog.

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