Making Money Using Blogger (Newbie Question)

You can, though the problem comes when you want to grow beyond blogger as moving to a standalone platform isn't so simple.

You can get shared hosting through someone like Hostgator or Bluehost for a few dollars a month. If you need to make the money to buy the hosting, you could offer a service on fiverr.

Yes, you can earn money by the blogger. There is no problem. But if you want to earn money by Adsense, you may need to write enough content. Because you are using the free version so, you need to write original & accurate content only. Carry on. Thanks a lot.

Yes, as logn as you have some trffic...use social media
And once you have made some money, pay hosting with your own domain and use wordpress

Or as the member above suggested, use fiverr. Although not so easy, you have to promote your gigs, at least that is my experience, no promotion so far, no gig bought

I plan on eventually moving to a host once I understand more about how to use WordPress. I'm going to get the SociallyViral theme as that is a really good theme and does a lot of the work behind the scenes for me for what I want. WP scares me a little as I don't have any HTML coding experience.

Of course you can, but make sure the #1 investment you make once you get some return is getting your own domain and host your blog there.

Don't spend on anything else, get a free theme instead and learn how to use it.

Leverage free traffic, focus on 2-3 sources MAX and learn how to master them: If I were you I'd go with Social Media (choose one) and YouTube videos (choose one type of videos).

Don't use ad sense, promote affiliate products with a high payout, even with 3-5 sales you can get a domain and hosting.

Btw, what's your niche and how are you promoting this?

Cheers
Dan

Do you have enough money to buy lunch at McDonald's?

You have what it takes to get cheap hosting and a domain name.

There are promotions right now for $.99 domains and $4/mo hosting.

Go sell a pint of blood for $50. Or sell something on ebay that you don't need. You can do this if you really want to.

Steve

Simple answer YES.. Google adsense, affiliate marketing with banners or contextual links in your content. Videos you make (also with Google Adsense) promoting other people's products as an affiliate.

My niche is geeky stuff: Video games and comics.

May I ask why it's a big deal to have my own blog outside of more freedom to make it look however I want.

Simple answer is yes you can make money with blogger.

Understand you are playing under someone else's rules. And the rules can change at any time. That said there is nothing wrong with starting out with a blogger blog while you learn to create your own blog on your own host.

Make sure you follow the blogger rules. you can also set up a YouTube channel for free and promote your blogger blog with every video you create.

Once you learn to set up your own blog and hosting you will be amazed at how easy it is to add content.

I think a blogger blog is a great start. Blogger is very easy to integrate with AdSense. Make sure you back up everything you write. And add valuable content.

I have had a blogger blog for a number of years (including blogs on my own hosting), and I make a small amount of residual income from it. It is also a great way to add links and content which points back to my main websites.

A blogger blog up and running is way better than a Word Press Blog not built....

You can start a blogspot blog for free and start writing. Then, you can add adsense to it so you can monetize your traffic!
You can earn money with affiliate links as well. Nothing stops you from earning through your blog. But you must be patient or you should smart with your promotion strategies!

You'll struggle ranking on Google if you don't link your custom domains. You'll struggle building your brand as well.

But if you write about someone you're passionate enough, you can get traffic from forums, social media, make some money and then buy domain and even hosting.

To sign up with hostgator it's about 10 bucks...

If you don't have 10 bucks then I would suggest get a job and save up for it... NOT TRYING TO BE MEAN...

blogger is a platform but its always best to have your own with Wordpress.

If your planning on creating a valuable blog then get hosting and build a blog...

If your goal is to make money you won't make any money if you don't want to invest a cent into your business...

best luck on your journey bro

Yes, you can promote affiliate offers and insert some adsense ads.

It takes a certain amount of investment to build a business. Always has, always will.

Wordpress is good for making money but not enough. Best theme and seo very important!

Sure. You can make a few bucks or two until they ban you for whatever reason. How are you going to stop people who don't like you or a competitor from clicking the "Report Abuse" link at the top of your Blogger blog? Their platform is not reliable.

Switch to Wordpress and self-host it on your own website. And get serious. Get your own domain name and web hosting account, and get Wordpress installed.

Honestly, don't cheap out. Go do it properly and get a domain and hosting. Skipping this will only cost you money in the long run.

dont be a cheapskate bro

no body will wanna do business with a cheapskate .... trust us on this

I'm not sure who bumped this thread from Oct 2015....but it's interesting that answers are still flowing.

The person who started the thread has not logged in here since Oct 5, 2015....

Short attention span or very young....another one not bothering to come back to read the answers he asked for.

Invest some money in hosting, theme and SEO. It will pay for itself in no time if you are committed in your efforts.