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Anybody blog for a living?

Postby rebecca7 » Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:30 pm

I do a lot of freelance writing to suppliment my income and I'm finding more and more that blogging is the way to go. If you look at the latest stats, outsourced blogging jobs are steadily on the rise. This is pretty impressive, considering the given state of our economy.

Anyone else blog for profit, and would like to share some insight/tips/suggestions with us?

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Postby Theodore » Tue Feb 17, 2009 1:29 am

Looks to me like those stats are for programmers who design blogs, not so much the people who actually do the writing. There are thousands upon thousands of blogs out there, only a handful generate enough traffic and make enough money to be categorized as income sources.

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Postby Sheryl » Tue May 05, 2009 11:31 pm

I am a freelance writer and educator, so combined my two professions to create my blog, "The Fine Art of Substitute Teaching". My blog is a creative outlet for me. I understand there are tons of ways to make some money like signing up for google adsense, etc.

Driving traffic to your site would be your first concern. The way many do this is by sponsoring a contest that requires the visitor to comment on their blog, with bonus entries given for signing up as a follower or twittering about the promotion.

Good Luck!
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Postby Glottis » Fri May 22, 2009 9:46 am

i sometimes visit blogs to kill time... i understand that some do earn good money from it, but i think that it's going to be a little hard to start earning a decent amount of money from ti and it's going to require a lot of time maintaining a blog... :)

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Postby comusher » Tue Dec 08, 2009 10:22 am

I started blogging but ended up doing more setup and designs. Blogging does not pay as well and once you figure out how to install and adapt wordpress you can make better money doing that.

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Postby donnabrenton » Fri Apr 22, 2011 12:39 am

Thank you for the link my friend is interested in blogging i will share the link to him..

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Postby trhsm2012 » Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:49 am

Hello,

I work from home as a freelance writer as well as homeschool. I started about one year ago with this line of work. Currently, I have more work and am turning people away who request me.

Most of my work has been for blog writings. I currently write over 100 blog articles each week on a variety of topics.

Other than blogging, I write a lot of sales pages, web articles, and also do some forum moderation.

I really do think the demand for blog writers is high right now, at least through the online company I work through. I currently am writing for eight different companies.

I have had to close some of my contracts because the demand has been so high. I turn interviews down nearly every week because my plate is full.

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Postby heenakapoor » Wed Feb 01, 2012 6:30 am

I am working in a digital marketing company and freelancing work also. I use complete strategy for promotion of your website and increase your business and leads. I use all techniques for make strong on-page optimization like
* Select right keywords
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* Use unique content.. etc.
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