Can you earn money working as a blogger?

Aug 23, 2006

Of course you can! I get at least 2-3 queries (well, I never said I get tons of traffic you see) asking me how one can establish a writing/copywriting career on the Internet. For a while now I’ve been contemplating writing a post on How to become a successful online copywriter but lack of time always pushes me back. Now that I’ve started blogging “actively” again on this blog, I’ll soon do a post on the subject.

Since last August I’ve been writing blog posts for blogs that pay me (per post). I cannot reveal them here because the blog owners use their names on the blog. So you can say I’ve been ghost writing blogs :-). May be one day when I’m famous people will use my name on their blogs just to show off.

I think it (the link mentioned above) is a nice step towards establishing a place where bloggers and prospective employers can come together and evaluate who can provide what.

Would I use such a service? Sure! I’ve used RentACoder.com. I never got a project from there because I was too embarrassed to bid that low. The same problem I faced with Elance. People come there with a preset mindset that they can get their jobs done by paying pittance. Dragging heals for $25 projects never somehow caught on with me; I’d rather do the work for free.

It’ll be nice if people at Darren’s job board can maintain a standard and don’t make it into another project bidding website at start offering blog writing jobs at miserably low prices and consequently spoiling the market for genuinely professional bloggers.

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2 Responses to “Can you earn money working as a blogger?”

Easton Ellsworth
September 5th, 2006 at 9:54 am
Good points and great new blog layout, Amrit. Thanks for adding more proof to the growing pile - yes, indeed, there is money to be made from blogging!
Amrit
September 5th, 2006 at 10:59 am
Thank you Easton. The more I read and observe, the more convinced I get that yes, you can make money, and some people are making a good living just blogging. One just needs to persevere (in a good direction, that is) and stay there for a sufficient time. For this it is extremely necessary that you have an alternative income-source till your blog begins to pay. Blogging — as far as I’m concerned — just takes 2-3 hours everyday and I intend to keep it that way.

Regarding the layout, yes, I guess I’ve finally figured out how to create a cross-browser layout for WordPress. If I try harder I can even make customized blog templates and charge for them :-).