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By: 7 Key Factors to Build Successful Alternative Income Streams | Moolanomy

7 Key Factors to Build Successful Alternative Income Streams | Moolanomy — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:00:50 +0000

[...] Commitment – Some ideas take more effort than others. For example, investing my money in the stock market doesn’t take that much time — just contribute the money, set up my asset allocation, research mutual funds and ETFs, invest, rebalance quarterly, and watch my money grow. Others take a lot of time and commitment — e.g., this blog consumes about 3 hours a day. [...]

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Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:01:25 +0000

[...] short answer is go read Key to Successful Blogging on Blogthority. Basically, you should have a reason why you want to start a blog, and it helps to [...]

By: betshopboy

betshopboy — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 12:25:03 +0000

Agree with your points.

I’m currently in a phase where “the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak”.

By: plonkee

plonkee — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 20:29:17 +0000

I think you’re right.

I talk to so many people who when they find out that you can make money blogging think that it’ll be easy. And so then I tell them that I put in 20 or so hours a week and I make a small amount.

Certainly other people are a lot more productive with their blogging time, and are better at making money from blogging, but the amount of time that I put in is indicative. It’s not a get rich quick scheme, everyone that does it seriously is putting in 10-20 hours a week, and if they aren’t doing it personally, they’re paying someone else to.