discuss Could you blog for a living?

[Shawn]

If you were able to earn a substantial living from blogging, could you do it as a career?

Basically - I'm asking if you could write about a specific topic for years in order to earn enough to live off of.

 

[Starmix25]

I wrote blogs, but not for a living. I have work, and writing a blog is just my side hustle. I learned from the web that many rely on their blogs from their blogs.

 

[Jason]

You could, but it would take years to get a thing like that going. The problem is finding someone with the patience to stick thru the plan to finish.

Well, I was thinking someone, with even a useless degree like philosophy, could commit to blogging for 5 years hardcore and get the money back + profit for the degree.

 

[Shawn]

You could, but it would take years to get a thing like that going. The problem is finding someone with the patience to stick thru the plan to finish.

Well, I was thinking someone, with even a useless degree like philosophy, could commit to blogging for 5 years hardcore and get the money back + profit for the degree.

I feel like if I tried really hard I could do it now.

But I like my day job, too much.

 

[Jason]

My friend that can't do physical jobs could benefit from blogging for a living, but as we said, it would take years to get that off the ground, assuming no financial boosting.

 

[Shortie]

I love writing blogs, and being able to write them and make a living from them would be amazing.

There are many different topics I could blog about,t which would give me a lot to write about. It would take time but being able to make a living writing blogs would be a dream come true

 

[Jason]

One strategy for success would be finding bloggers who are already making money and study what they're doing.

 

[lens]

Sure! I can take blogging as a career if I find a niche that I'm passionate about and that I can consistently produce content for. In such a business , building an audience and monetization are the most important things.

 

[Jason]

A lot of people can't stick with one website long enough. I have the same problem.

 

[Kross]

I don't think that blogging for a living works again now. That's because all the niches that one could blog about are already saturated. It is only people that have been blogging from a long time coming that can earn a living from blogging now.

 

[Cpvr]

I feel like if I tried really hard I could do it now.

But I like my day job, too much.

With blogs being smacked hard with the HCU google update a few years ago, it's generally hard for certain niche blogs to rank. A lot of them also get their content ranked in AI overviews and are seeing their traffic decline by a lot.

It's not so easy to earn from a blog anymore. I see a ton of bloggers on Twitter and other social media discuss how they went from thousands a dollar a month in earnings, to basically nothin now.

However, it's still possible with the right approach and gameplan. Especially if you know what you're doing and how to market, which I believe some of them might have just threw in the towel.

 

[King Belieal]

I am a very good writer and I have what it takes to earn from blogging. The thing is that the potential for someone to earn from blogging is quite limited at the moment. But it it was back in the days when blogging paid well, I could have done very well in blogging.

 

[Apsara]

No, I couldn’t blog for a living, I enjoy writing occasionally, but relying on it full-time feels overwhelming. It demands consistency, niche expertise, and constant engagement, which can be draining. I admire those who do it successfully, though, it’s not easy.

 

[Shawn]

I am a very good writer and I have what it takes to earn from blogging. The thing is that the potential for someone to earn from blogging is quite limited at the moment. But it it was back in the days when blogging paid well, I could have done very well in blogging.

I don't think it's limited if you can find the right kind of information to grab the attention of your audience and create products and services that they need to be able to solve their pain points and are willing to pay for them.

You have to work for it.

There really isn't a limitation in it. There is just the need to bust your ass and work for your money.

But it really isn't that hard compared to hard labor physical jobs where you'll always make less.

 

[Jason]

With blogs being smacked hard with the HCU google update a few years ago, it's generally hard for certain niche blogs to rank. A lot of them also get their content ranked in AI overviews and are seeing their traffic decline by a lot.

It's not so easy to earn from a blog anymore. I see a ton of bloggers on Twitter and other social media discuss how they went from thousands a dollar a month in earnings, to basically nothin now.

However, it's still possible with the right approach and gameplan. Especially if you know what you're doing and how to market, which I believe some of them might have just threw in the towel.

One strategy is to simply buy traffic for the blog, but that would require a lot of upfront cash, of course, and you have to subtract advertising from possible profit (as in most businesses).

But then again, effective SEO may cost the same or more.