How To Make Money Blogging

Lots of great tips, Michelle! Our blog makes money, but not quite as much as yours. I think every month has been better than the last so at least things are moving in the right direction! Unfortunately, like you said a lot of my online income is not passive at all. It's a lot of work!

I'd just like to get more readers at this point. Blogging has already helped me make money – but not in the way you write about. Since a major focus of my blog is on investing, my investing knowledge base has grown a lot in the 3 months I've been blogging, both through researching and writing articles and through interacting with other bloggers.

If my blog ever got to the point where it pulled in a reasonable amount of money, that would be amazing. But I'm not really willing to become a marketing shill, who endorses products just because they pay high commissions.

I make a little a month from sponsored posts, ads and affiliate income (around $100 a month). I'd love to make more, but I need a larger audience. I'm still on the hunt for staff writing though!
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Been waiting for a post like this 😀 Definitely bookmarked this page :0) I blog mostly to share my journey to financial freedom and an early retirement, but also to connect with other like minded people around the world. I've done a bit of direct adverts here and there but have not gotten fully into everything like you have. Thanks for the tips.

I think I'd be down to make money off blogging, but I don't know if I could ever pull in as much as you do! I've also thought about freelance writing!
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Good stuff Michelle. It seems Bluehost's affiliate program is financing a lot of bloggers these days. I'll have to see if it will fit somewhere with my blog content. I mostly blog because it's a ton of fun, but I also monetize to help pay for our family cruising on our sailboat.
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Thanks for sharing this information! I am addicted to your extra money posts and have been wraping my head around why. Will blog about it. HEHE! I blog because I needed to express myself in ways that I couldn't at work. I also needed something else to focus on. I'm having a lot of fun with it and if I'm able to make money one day blogging I would be thrilled!

That rocks that your blog is doing so well. I think having good things to say and being consistent makes the difference. I'm not sure how you find the time to be everywhere blog wise, but you do and then you share what you know. I'm always looking forward to see how much money you are pulling in. Gives hope to the rest of us.

I love your blog and I get a lot of inspiration from how well you're doing! I honestly started a blog because I love to write and my friends kept saying, "If you'd start a blog, I would read it." Guess what…they rarely do. I'm really a little lost on the whole thing. I love to share information and tell stories, but how do you get it out there?? It's a little scary, trying to promote yourself. As far as marketing and advertising, is there a time frame for how long you should wait or how many readers you should have before you start trying to monetize? Thanks for sharing so much!!
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This is a very transparent and helpful account of how bloggers can make an income. You asked people to tell you why they blog. Well, I'm part of a blogging community (blogbods.com) and it's really…bloggers blogging about blogging! I've shared your post there so more bloggers read it.

Why do I love blogging? It's very sociable…and fun (as you pointed out – it feels like a hobby), creative, accessible, and, like you, many of us like to use it as a source of income. Best career in the world! I love your frank style and I was particularly interested in your pointers on direct advertising as I've not tried it yet. I'll be interested to see what you write about next!
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Thanks for the great advice, as always! I'm lovin' your blog as well as getting to know myself through my own new blog!
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I am new to blogging and really hope some of the ideas you’ve shared can help me. I think blogging is a great way to share knowledge with others. The confidence you get from people liking your blogs and commenting is enormous.

I hope to earn a decent income someday from blogging but I just found out that someone hacked into an old adsense account that I forgot that I had when I set up my new account. It had a balance of about $65.00 in adsense but I dont recall if its from my old websites or if they made that money from my account with the 3 websites that they added to it. Luckily I was able to login and change the password and secure it.

Great post! I also just started blogging around the topic of frugal living and personal finances (basically sharing about the mistakes and lessons I’ve learned from) and so far it’s been quite the adventure, and I’m looking forward to much learning to come. I’ll definitely take some of this advice here to heart – keep on blogging!
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Thanks for sharing. I’m new and all help is appreciated from your end to materialize my cherished desires.

Hi Michelle,
I love doing sponsored posts and product reviews. They generate quite handsome amounts for me 😉

I think Blogging, advertising, affiliate income, consulting is big opportunity for income. I think it not only income, its also interesting task. I found so much fun on it. I am really thankful for all these information/post! I am so much interested in social media marketing and affiliate marketing.

My goal with the Phroogal Blog wasn’t to make money but to increase awareness of my brand as I build Phroogal platform. But, after meeting and connecting with so many bloggers, it only made sense to see where and how one can monetize the traffic that comes in and do it tastefully.

I loved this post so much, Michelle. Definitely bookmarking it. Thanks for all the helpful info – can’t wait to read the next installment!

Great post and so true about the first year being the toughest, I recall reading somewhere that a majority of blogs do not continue past their first year.. infact quite a lot never post any content at all!

Mr. Maroon and I are very new to the blogging world. We did a bang up job in January. And then somehow life got in the way… excuses! We have recently started back, and I must say that I’m completely addicted to it. I find myself trying to frame almost every single thing that happens in my day-to-day life into a worthwhile post.

We have a burning desire to achieve financial independence, or more importantly, employment independence by 2020. Every day I think more and more about how I could use our blog platform to accelerate that progress. I find this article inspiring and very informative. You can be assured that I plan to continue reading and researching in my quest to leave the J.O.B. that I currently rely on so heavily.

Thanks for all of the advice, Michelle!! I will be back again very soon!

Blogging would help me improve my writing skill and help me express myself better in english (like french and italian, I use to read a lot of things, but never try to write), but I do not have many free time, I’m always translating and studying and, sometimes, my eyes get tired =(
Thanx for all tips and advices 😉

Hi! Should I set up a separate page for my blog on facebook or just use my current personal page?

I blog about toys and hoping it will be a money making blog. Still working hard on it!

Hi Michelle, I live in Australia. I absolutely love to write, in fact I quite often get told I write too much..but it’s what I enjoy, I also love decorating and am just finishing building a new home with a wonderful company that I would recommend to anyone..As I love to write and I read many other Blogs all the time..would you think I should start one of my own? Only thing is that I am not quite sure how to start it? I am always looking up Stores for Decor/Furnishings..know many good places to shop..both here and in the US as My son lives in New Jersey.. Also about to start New Decor in my own home..putting my own personal style into this new home..I would dearly love to get your advice on this if you were able to do so…I will definitely recommend your posts and Blog also. My Kindest Regards, Jennifer xx

Michelle, you are so inspiring and helpful! I have signed up for Blue host through your link and started my blog, but I can’t figure out where to save my affiliate meta tags so I can start using Flex offers. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance!