CategoryMaking money

The last three years have been full of memorable events, both personal and professional. While I’ve been in the content creation field for a while, I’ve only been doing it full-time since 2016. That was the year I started taking on jobs from the ProBlogger job board. And since then ...more

If you’re interested in paid blogging, you might be wondering where to find work. Do you need to know the right people? Should you hang out at conferences, hoping to be noticed? Or do you apply to loads of blogs in the hope that one of them is looking for ...more

Blogging can get expensive pretty fast. Buying a domain name is relatively cheap – often no more than $10. But after that the costs start adding up. You may need hosting. An email service provider. Security or technical help. A logo. A premium theme. Sure, your blog may eventually bring ...more

Do you wish you could make steady income from your blog? Maybe your advertising revenue has peaks and troughs. Sure, it’s great to have that chunk of money come in during the holiday season. But when it’s only trickling in the rest of the time it can be frustrating. Maybe ...more

This post is based on episode 198 of the ProBlogger podcast. If you’ve been blogging for a while but haven’t started monetizing your blog, you might be wondering what income stream you should add first. This can be a sticking point, whether you’re a new blogger or have been blogging for ...more

This post is based on episode 48 of the ProBlogger podcast. While there are no guarantees, earning a full-time income from your blog can be a realistic goal provided you’re willing to: get specific about your money goals be patient and consistent break the work down into achievable chunks. I’m going ...more

This post is based on episode 135 of the ProBlogger podcast. What does it take to make a full-time living for your blog? I know some bloggers who managed it with hundreds of daily readers, while others needed tens of thousands of daily readers. The amount of money you make from ...more

This post is based on episode 133 of the ProBlogger podcast. In interviews I often get asked something like, “What’s your number one secret to making money online?” That’s a hard question to answer, because ultimately there’s no one ‘secret’ and no single way to make money online. People use lots ...more

This post is based on episode 146 of the ProBlogger podcast. Before you start writing your sales page, promotional blog post, tweets or Facebook updates to sell something, you need to do something else. You need to listen. I first came across this advice many years ago, and since then I’ve ...more