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Add to FavoritesI've been blogging and writing online content and articles now for a couple months. I make the minimal amount possible and it's definitely not a full time job nor can be considered a full time income. Could it possibly become a full time day job? Maybe, but I'd have to be blogging and writing for a lot more people, a lot more consistently, for a lot more money. It'll take me some more time to build up more clients in order for me to feel comfortable quitting my day job.
I get paid on average, $5 a blog. I'm usually only allowed to write 5 blogs a week. I write for three companies that allow me to write 3-5 blogs a week each. That adds up to $75 a week from all those blogs combined doing 5 blogs a week for each company. There are only so many blog sites that will let me write for them. Some blog sites let you write as often as you want, others will give you a certain amount to write whenever they feel like it.
Even if we take into account the online articles and content that I write, I still only get about $75 a week from those, maybe. It's not a lot. It certainly can't be a livable wage, especially when living in New York or any other expensive state like that.
Not only is the money not a livable income, but they could stop giving you work at any time. It's not stable. They could say that they just have no more work for you one day, thank you for your time and run off into the internet world. It happens. There's just no more content to be written after a while.
You're probably thinking, "What about google ads?" Google ads takes a lot of time to actually build up and accumulate. A friend of mine has been using google ads for two months and has only made a total of $12. Can people make a lot of money from google ads? Certainly, but again, it takes time.
Blogging and writing content online can certainly bring in extra income, but I wouldn't quit your day job just yet. Give it time and make sure that you're making enough each week to sustain a livable income and make sure that even if a client is gone, you can gain a new client quickly.
Learn more about this author, Morgan Barnhart.
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In order to quit your day job, your personality has to instill the right self-motivating qualities. For example, there isn't any boss to lay out a schedule for you each day to get done. Your self-discipline has to be strong, or the list is going to get longer and more complicated. Time management and money management are other big investments to consider when choosing to leave a permanent job. How will you balance your schedule your time around your wife and kids? How will your bills get paid get paid without the bank foreclosing on your house? While it may sound like I'm against it, I'm really for it-but it has to be for specific people.
Those that are careers offering employees the choice to work out of their home would be good candidates. Also, those that write well, have web design experience, and are interested in publishing would be given a lot of writing time. Just make sure you have "work" hours where you have the real boss, and then make yourself the boss of your blog. Decide on an amount of blog posts per day, week, etc. and don't let it slide. If you are blogging for money, you'll be depending on this profit to supplement your income.
One of the easiest ways for you to make money on your blog is what's called "pay-per-post." You need to have a niche blog, and have to write a specific number of posts every week. There's no set number of readers that have to come to read your blog. If you span this across a few blogs, then you can make a profit. The only thing is that you'll be writing sponsored posts, and this may be time comsuming. If you have to write 10 posts a week for each of your 3 blogs, then this will take a lot of time away of other things.
Another advantage of staying home to blog full time is that you'll be more creative. I find after I get home from one of my jobs I am tired, procrastinating, and find it hard to write. If I'm going to, I need to do it on my days off where I have nothing going on. Working for home allows you to sit down to write, wherever you may be, and write when inspiration comes to your door. You'll find with each article or blog post that you're becoming a better writer.
If you have kids, consider this option carefully before you do it. While it would be good to be there each time they're sick, have a soccer game, or have friends to the house, your day job income allowed them to do more fun activities. It allowed for more vacations, more glamorous birthday parties and Christmases. If this is still the case, then you should take a year or so off if it's affordable. Perhaps you can take a personal leave from your career. Most places will hold a job open for up to a year.
Learn more about this author, Jennifer E. Brown.
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