by Elaine on September 23, 2009
This is one of the most interesting questions that I have encountered since I have started blogging. This is really interesting because it made me look back at the real reason and motivation on why I started blogging or problogging for that matter.
I have been blogging since 2005 and four years after, I am still continuing problogging. I started blogging about personal topics kind of like a diary wherein I recorded everything that I experienced. From that, I developed from personal blogging to professional blogging through dwelling into business topics. I was able to blog about different business topics such as outsourcing, project management, offshore security, and the likes. From these experiences, I am now able to blog about blogging and writing-topics which are very close to my heart.
In this blog post with the same theme entitled Hobby Blogs: Making Profits from your Hobby, it showcased how a blogger would be able to capitalize on blogging about the things which you really love and at the same time earn from it. Here is an interesting excerpt:
Here’s my point: I think there are millions of people who have untapped earning potential in their hobbies (a certain blogger’s digital photography hobby comes to mind). They’ve just never taken the time to share their valuable experiences and expertise online.
I think that once you are clear with your answer for this blogging question, then your path towards problogging is really a clear and straight one at that.
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by admin on August 22, 2009
Niche blogging is about starting a blog on a very specific topic. Unlike celebrity blogging where the bloggers talk about everything they fancy, or corporate blogs, where it’s more serious stuff, niche blogging can be about any topic.
It’s easy to get started on niche blogging since there is no specialized knowledge required. Therefore, you can start a blog about any topic. Not only that, it’s also scalable to a certain extent since you can outsource this writing process, thereby leveraging your time.
The cost and time for starting one is very low, and anyone can just get started.
However, when you’re starting out initially, you’d need to get your hands dirty and do it yourself first to get a first hand feel on how things are done before you can outsource. It’s important to know how the whole process work.
Since the entry point of this type of blog is too easy, people do not take this very seriously, and they give up too soon before being able to reap the benefits of their hard work (if they ever put in any at all!)
But once you have found a winning formula, it’s very easy from then on. Just rinse and repeat the process over multiple blogs and voila you’d have built yourself a network of blogs, each making you some decent income.
The good thing is, you can expand your blogs by treating it as a business through outsourcing and hiring people that you can leverage on.
Imagine if on average each of the blogs can bring you $3 a day. What if you have 100 blogs? That would be $300 a day! Go figure your monthly income then…
Make money blogging is not really that hard if you know how to do it properly!