Can a personal blog earn you decent money? - Webmaster Forums UK SEO SEM Webmaster Community Forum

Midwest · #1 (**permalink**) 07-01-2008, 05:48 PM

So, what do you think? In your opinion, could you make a decent income every month by blogging about the things you like, such as movies, cars, music etc, rather than just having a niche blog ( i.e. a MMO - Make Money Online - blog )? I was simply curious to know what you guys think

OldWelshGuy · #2 (**permalink**) 07-01-2008, 05:49 PM

define 'decent earnings'. But to answer your question, yep if done right, a blog can earn you money. Don't forget, a blog is simply a publishing tool.

Midwest · #3 (**permalink**) 07-01-2008, 05:53 PM

Well OldWelshGuy, for me decent earnings means from $1,000 up

Thanks for the answer, by the way.

hasan_889 · #4 (**permalink**) 07-01-2008, 06:41 PM

From a personal blog, earning $1000 is too much I guess, unless you are not a celebrity blogger or established SEO blog.

I won't discourage you, but you have to work very very hard to establish your brand in to the market before you expect anything around $1,000 just from a single blog. Moreover, you have to be very careful about choosing your niche - find some high payment niche. In that case, you might have to blog some thing beyond your interest.

Midwest · #5 (**permalink**) 07-01-2008, 08:40 PM

Maybe $1,000 is a bit too much, hasan_889. But I was just giving an example of what decent earnings means to me. Of course, if I were to build such a blog, I'd be quite pleased to earn even half of the above mentioned amount, for the start.

I agree with you: it is quite a lot of hard work to achieve such results, but if all will pay off in the end, then the efforts you've put in meant something. Thanks for the opinion!