I guess most of us knew every blogger who is earning a lot online because of their blog. There are the likes of Macuha and Jehlzau, just to name a few. Their blog serves as a cash machine for them. So much cash that Jehlzau even afford to quit his day job.
On the other hand, there is a growing number of people who are unemployed today. Recent graduates have no jobs to find. And since there is money here in blogging, this is one way of having an income for the unemployed.
Personally, I wouldn't recommend you to start blogging especially if you had just lost your job or quit your job. Why? Mainly because of these reasons.
1. It takes time to learn blogging and how to monetize it - First, you need to learn how to start a blog, increase your visitors/readers, how to rank up well in SERP, and of course, how to monetize it.
Most of the blogs here on planet earth are monetized via Google Adsense. And I've read some blogs that they got their first Adsense payment after they blog seriously three to four months. I got my first Adsense payment after I seriously blog for about five months. Take note that I mentioned the word 'seriously' because they(including me) started blogging for months before they try to monetize it properly.
If you want to earn money primarily on blogging, then you will need to spend time learning the ropes of it.
2. You need to cover expenses before you got your paycheck - The average learning period is within 4-6 months, and that is the time you need to cover for your expenses before you cash up on your Adsense.
Within this time, if you are unemployed, you have to use your savings in order to survive. You need to pay for the electric bills, your food, internet connection, and many more. You simply live with blogging, or die with blogging. Unless you got lots of money in your savings account, then you could afford the time to get into blogging.
Unless you have the brains like Bloggista, who is now earning 600-800 dollars a month after starting blogging 8 months ago, then I guess you wouldn't have a problem in your ROI =p
Well, I do recommend blogging when you have a regular job or a business where you can get a primary income. Then start blogging as a part time business, just to augment your primary income. After you grow your blog and earning a lot through it, then you can decide if you are ready to quit your job and focus mainly on blogging, just like what Jehzlau did.
Blogging is stressful at times, but fun at the most. It is worth giving a try because the rewards are great, but you have to think first before giving up your day job for the sole purpose of pursuing blogging. If you do that, as I mentioned above, you'll gonna die in blogging or live with it. =]
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Wow bro, great article. I think its best to tell people how hard it is to earn money from blogging. Its not that easy - takes lots of hardwork, patience, and money too...
My earnings dont come just with blogging - although all of them were the fruits of blogging at bloggista.com. THe key is to expand, re-invest your earnings, and perhaps even hire other people to take care of your growing portfolio. Its a business, so you got to be dead serious about it if you want to enjoy the benefits of earning passive income in the future.
right you are. when i started it wasn't i wanted to make money, but because i enjoyed doing what i do. for me most of the incomes comes indirectly. no cash is received directly from my blogging unless it's from adsense. even that comes in trickles. i'm no master when it comes to monetizing my blog. but i do enjoy blogging a lot. so to your readers, i hope none of them are misled into thinking blogging equates to big money. not everyone is a jehzlau or a bloggista. just do it because you enjoy it. the money, if any, is just the bonus
Great post, keep it up. Blogging may and may not be an alternative for the unemployed.
But I have a post about a free report on making money out of blogging. Actually its just one of the methods that can be found there.
It could be a great help for those who are just starting out.
$100 a day everyday :) :)
@bloggista - yep it really takes hard work and patience. And you need a lot of them.
My friends also started blogging months ago, and all of their blogs are gone now, because they thought earning through it was that just easy.
@arpee lazaro - Honestly, I started blogging because of the news that one can earn money from it. But as I blog, I knew that it was no joke. Luckily, I did find a way to enjoy blogging, especially SEO experiments. If you rank up well, money will follow. ^_^
@ac - Thanks for sharing. It will help a lot of people for sure. Just subscribed to your blog. ^_^
@ac - oops. I think you the site has a problem in its feed button. Can't subscribe to your blog.
yay! thanks for the mention dyimz :D ngayon ko lang to nabasa.. hehehe