Comments on: Wanting to be a Professional Blogger is Ok

By: Cash Matrix

Cash Matrix — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:44:30 +0000

Hi there, I am a professional blogger myself and this could be a really good paying work from home thing. But what really matters is good and original content, content that is not plagiarized in any sense and can pass copyscape test.

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By: FFB

FFB — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:36:30 +0000

So long as you put out good content then it shouldn’t matter whether it’s for money. Blogs in general are free to read so the reader is already ahead of the game I think. And probably most of us who have made a few dollars still aren’t making much of an hourly wage when you look at how much time goes into a quality site (I hope people think mine is quality).

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By: Buy and Qualify

Buy and Qualify — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:19:08 +0000

I started out blogging for fun but now I know you can make money off of it!

Amanda<3

By: plonkee

plonkee — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 21:44:18 +0000

I’m glad I’m not the only person to think like this. It’s true that I didn’t start blogging for money originally, but I’m also not as good (in terms of both success and quality of output) as other people who did. Motivations are not as important as product I guess.

By: Mrs. Micah

Mrs. Micah — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 19:21:47 +0000

It seems to me like even people not out to make money can get really disillusioned after the first few months if no one’s reading or write useless posts because they’re looking for attention. Those doing it as a professional sidejob (or full-time) may be more disciplined. Maybe. I think it depends on a person’s blogging experience and expectations.

Anyway, I like what you’re saying. Nothing wrong with making money on a passion. The key, in my mind, is to do it tastefully so that you don’t drive people away.

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:48:45 +0000

I guess the assumption is that a blogger who is only motivated by $$ won’t get past the first few months where they make zero dollars.

You’re right though – if someone is motivated to do something then who cares what those motivations are?

Mik

By: The Happy Rock

The Happy Rock — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:46:56 +0000

I agree with there being nothing wrong with wanting to get into blogging to make money. Money does often motivate people, especially when they can pair it with some other topic they enjoy.

Ultimately you have to provide value to the reader/seachers and that is what it is about.