How Much Money Do You Make Blogging?

You see all over the internet how "A" list bloggers make $10,000 or more per month. Making over $10,000 with blogging is a long shot for most of us. Not impossible, just very difficult.

I am optimistic that some day I will break the $1,000 per month barrier. But for right now, I consider my blogging income average.

Looking over my numbers for all forms of advertising on this blog I bring in about $57 per month. I know what you are thinking, $57 a month isn't even close to minimum wage. You are right, but there is something bigger going on then just income. I am building an asset. This blog increases in value each month as I continue to post and drive more traffic.

The biggest lesson for me was when I figured out that AdSense was pocket change compared to other forms of advertising. That took my income from pocket change to fancy dinner for two.

My first income boost was with Text Link Ads. Within days of joining Text Link Ads I had all 4 ad spots sold. Instead of earning per click I earn per link per month. I continue to post every day and drive traffic to my blog to provide value to my link buyers. The focus is changed from a single ad click to overall traffic and blog value.



The second income boost came this month. I finally started using Pay Per Post. This is something I should have started as soon as my BLOG met the 90 day & 20 post minimum requirements. Now instead of a single post generating $1 in clicks I get paid $5, $10, $15 or in many cases more for the same amount of work. There are plenty of offers to choose from, but I like to limit paid reviews to once per week. I could easily make $100 a month if I did 3 or 4 reviews a week.



If your blog is older then 90 days and has at least 20 posts consider joining and doing a review of this post or my blog. They will pay you a cool $7.50 for writing about my blog.



Michael