We have all heard those amazing stories about individuals that took their love of 'a subject' and turned it into a successful work from home career through blogging almost over night. While we all strive for this type of success and to make money blogging, keep in mind that these situations are the exception and not the rule. However, there are a number of individuals that are making a good living blogging about their area of expertise. In most instances, these bloggers have spent years gaining...

As a blogger I have learned a lot over the years. My first blog was more like a personal scrapbook. Since I was always posting pictures of my children and sharing where we had been and where we were going that day, I kept the blog set at private. I didn’t have any blog traffic. I wanted it that way. Only my close invited friends could read my blog.

Later I needed a blog that anyone could see; In fact, I wanted everyone to visit my blog because I was using it as a tool to get traffic...