by Morgan Barnhart

Created on: October 02, 2009

I'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.

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