I’ve had questions about why I’ve never covered blogging in More Money Mondays. There are a two big reasons why…
I don’t personally make much money blogging (nothing from this site and about 8 cents a day from my travel blog) so I’m not exactly an expert (there are better sources for this information such as Problogger.net). I don’t blog for the money (obviously).
And
I honestly don’t know that many people who make much money strictly from their blogs (i.e. not including consulting work that they might or might not have gotten by having an active blog).
Turns out… that isn’t that unusual.
Darren at Problogger held his annual survey of what his readers (typically “serious” bloggers including folks with multiple blogs and blog networks) earn. 49% of bloggers who tried actively to make money earned less than $100 a month.
Does this mean that you won’t make big money blogging? Of course not. 51% of bloggers made more than $100 a month (which could buy more than a few shares of that quickly nearing zero mining stock I’m holding).
Other perks of blogging include freebies (free books), networking (I meet more people online than I do off), oh, and of course the pure love of sharing knowledge and writing. Those, especially the sharing of knowledge bit, can more than make up for any lack of income.