Blogging For Profit?
It’s seems to me like we’re hitting the next .com boom. And I think anyone who’s spent any time looking into how to make easy money, or money online, has heard about blogging for profit. I’ve never doubted the possibility, I just have serious doubts that is is anywhere as easy as anyone says it is. It seems as though all the people claiming they have 6 figure income from 4, or 5 blogs, and only work one day a week have something to sell. Usually an eBook telling people how they can also make a 6 figure income from 4, or 5 blogs, while only working one day a week. And I don’t doubt that they are actually making that sort of money, but perhaps a good portion of that money is from their book, and the 3 of their blogs promising tidbits of how to earn easy money.
Here’s my thoughts. All of these blogs rely on Google AdSense to earn money, and most of them pay a fair amount of money on Google AdWords to promote their blogs, and eBooks. It’s both a popular subject to advertise, and a popular ad to click. Making free money on the web is still one of the most clicked on contextual ads out there as far as I know. And it’s more about the demographic. People who have spent any considerable time online have seen these ads, and know what AdWords are. We don’t click on them, and we know how easy it is to get in a seeking information loop, of getting a tidbit of information, and clicking the next ad that looks the most promising to move on. And we also know of, or have a blog, and understand how big of a hassle it is to get traffic, and more importantly, profitable traffic. These are two very different things in my opinion.
Free money is still possible. Maybe. But when even the people who have the skills to make the next digg.com need a truckload of luck to make a penny on the internet, I have a hard time seeing anyone using IE6, and a free blogger.com account can retire off the internet.