Archive for March, 2010

Can you really make money blogging?



Seriously, can you really make money blogging?  This is a question that gets asked a lot these days. I’m not talking about earning a few dollars here and there.  I’m talking making blogging a full-time occupation, one that lets you work without having a boss breathing down your neck, one that you can take with [...]


The best ways to monetize your blog



When we talk about making money blogging, perhaps the first thing that comes to mind is selling advertising space, You’ve probably read about some 13-year-old kid who manages to make $5,000 a month from Adsense on his blog.  However, while ads represent a major source of revenues, they are not the best way to monetize [...]


So you want to make money blogging?

The question is, how much are planning to make from your blog? $10,000 a month? $20,000 a month? How about $3 a month?
Since you’re looking to make money blogging, you must have come across various blogging “gurus” offering to teach you the “secrets” to make $5K, $10K, and even $20K a month spending just a [...]


Think social

When it comes to blogging, and the internet in general, it’s useful to adopt a slightly different mindset than traditional forms of communication.  Namely, the internet offers social networking capabilities not possible through other means.  Therefore, one would be best served to blog with the intention of engaging, sharing, and connecting with others on a [...]


Anybody can blog

As I’ve mentioned previously, you don’t need to be a good writer to blog. If you’re a full-grown adult who writes like a 10-year-old, for instance, I suppose you could still become famous by passing yourself off as a 5-year-old blogger.  The anonymity of the web allows that.
Of course, I’m just being facetious.  I’ve done [...]