As the popularity of online information sites increases, many people have been able to make a lot of money from compiling a blog. The money usually comes from advertising on the site so that people who read the blog will see the ads.
In fact, so much advertising has been moved to blogs and content web sites that many newspapers are finding it increasingly difficult to attract the amount of advertising that they once did.
Many people are abandoning traditional print forms of media and getting all of their news and information from blogs and other news websites.
Meet The Bloggers
Here are just some of the people who have made a lot of bucks by blogging ...
Pete Cashmore – Mashable.com
Pete Cashmore focused on his home town of Aberdeen in 2005. Now he has followers on Facebook and Twitter and is reportedly in talks with CNN and amounts of up to $200 million have been rumored.
Perez Hilton – PerezHilton.com
Perez Hilton’s blog on celebrity gossip has 300 million hits each month and he is making big money indeed.
Ariana Huffington – HuffingtonPost.com
Adriana Huffington’s more traditional news site blog is proof that news is still popular, but that it has moved from print to online.
John Chow – JohnChow.com
John Chow runs a blog showing people how he makes money online, his blog attracts over 200,000 users per month and reportedly generates him over $40,000
Brock Hamilton – 101WaysToMakeMoney.com
Brock Hamilton started a blog in 2010 called 101waystomakemoney.com and built it up until it was generating upwards of $50,000 to $60,000 per month in revenue. He then sold it for an undisclosed 7 figure sum.
Of course there are thousands of blogs out there that make little or no money, but this list just goes to show you what is possible with the right combination of a good idea and the persistence to see it through.
What are you waiting for?
If you want part of the advertising action that is being spent on the web start thinking about creating your own blog today and research ways of getting advertising. Of course a niche market is always best - think of a passion or topic you would love to write about and create a domain name, sign up for web hosting and for under $20 you could be on your way to your first million dollars ...
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