【Life After get off work】Blogging is not as profitable as you think

As long as Google blogging is a few words, it is easy to find a lot of business experience articles, and then it will inevitably lead to a place, such as millions of XX cultivation, etc. What I want to say is that blogging can indeed make money , but definitely not as exaggerated as they say.

I have been blogging for more than two years, and I have always been curious about how those bloggers who claim to be earning millions of dollars have become successful. Some people's daily traffic is even lower than that of my website, but their income is more than ten times that of mine. The only thing I think about is The reason is that the selected market is different. But in recent months, I have gradually felt the help this blog has brought to others. Instead, I feel that I have gained more. The meaning of life is not just eating, drinking, and having fun. All the needs of the day are prepared by all walks of life. Things that you can share, otherwise how will society develop, no one will do the food, drink and entertainment industry, and there will be no bloggers who can introduce it.

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▋How long will it take to make a profit?

From my own experience, blogs that purely share knowledge will have a stable profit after about two years, mainly because of the number of articles and traffic.

There is another important thing, which is the choice of platform. If you choose to operate in the ruffian gang and the main source of profit is Google adsense, then the profit will be very poor, and the amount will be very poor, because most of the advertising costs are Earned by the ruffian gang.

The income of placing Google ads on a WordPress site will be relatively high. Considering that my current average daily traffic is more than 1,000, the monthly advertising income is about 30 US dollars. For a side business, it is not bad. No small supplement.

In fact, most of the websites operated by teaching blogs mention one thing, that is: Running a blog is a marathon , is a fairly pertinent statement. It takes only two years to write about the income of less than 1,000 Taiwan dollars per month. Many people will stop doing it when they see it.

So if you plan to write a blog and are reading my article, but the main purpose is to make money, I think you can find other ways. Writing a blog is definitely a thankless thing, maybe a neuropathy will do it. .

Further reading: [Life after work] The difference in revenue between Google AdSense in wordpress and ruffian gang

▋The main source of profit

The main cash flow of my blog is Google advertising, the income from affiliate marketing is very small, and the income from receiving cases is relatively occasional and unstable, so I will not count him as the main source of profit, just like we will not regard winning the lottery as a Same with financial freedom.

Travel-themed blogs have a higher chance of using affiliate marketing as the main profit, because the unit price per customer regardless of hotel, ticket, transportation, etc. costs is relatively high. For example, my blog uses books as the carrier of affiliate marketing. Few people will buy a book for 3~5 thousand yuan at a time. It is inevitable to recommend a good book here: writing is the best self-investment , so that you will be more motivated to continue to persevere on the road of blogging. .

After all, the price of improving one's own profession may be higher than the income of the blog itself. The main purpose of improving one's profession is to rely on writing, and the income should be regarded as an additional gift.

▋The philosophy that should be upheld

This passage is mainly to remind myself that the purpose of doing this is to provide Information that is helpful to others , rather than just trying to make a profit.

If you use affiliate marketing as the main source of profit, the thinking mode is to choose some products with high unit price to introduce, so it is easy to see that the theme of the blog is travel, self-growth or selling courses, etc., mainly because the unit price of customers is relatively high. , the audience is more inclined to the general consumer's sake, as to whether there is substantial help, that is another matter.

For a course with hundreds of X lines and X courses, I personally think that the most important help is to lead you into the field of writing (I haven't taken it personally, so I don't want to recommend it). The thing is, this class is worth it, but the CP value is not so high.

▋Conclusion

Although blogging is not as profitable as I imagined, I still encourage interested people to join the ranks. You may feel that you have no time and you are tired from work, but time is squeezed out. There is a follow-up after you start. You will get unexpected results, right?

Extended reading: [Life after work] If you can't think of a blog theme, you might as well try a career-themed theme