Can One Still Make Money Blogging

Hi Dita,

Ooh, I instinctively agree - it might not be nearly enough!

I was working over 20 hours per week, when I started (though admittedly I had fairly little idea what I was doing, at that point, and I did probably waste most of that time, with hindsight ).

I always think that "responsiveness" (assuming it isn't an unresponsive niche, or unresponsive traffic demographics) is determined by what happens immediately before, while, and immediately after people actually opt in.

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Well, as for a ton of work, that really depends on what resources you already have available to mitigate the skills and setup required. You asked about free methods, so naturally that rules out any outsourcing, which would further mitigate the "tonnage" of effort involved.

Other mitigating factors would be previous investments like WP plugins or themes that you own; articles or plr you already possess and the like. And of course lastly, any relationships you might already have with potential traffic sources would also shorten the timeframe.

My initial comments were very general in nature; your specific challenge parameters certainly restrict the flow of energy but it doesn't change the amount of work involved, which is relative based on factors mentioned above and below.

Some people can have their site up in minutes, while others aren't sure what free theme of the month to use. Do you need a lot of content on your site, or will just a handful of articles be enough? This can be niche dependent but not always. It can also depend on whether you are targeting search engine rankings, going straight for syndication, or both.

There are a number of blog networks that are currently free to join. Some are better than others, but it's a no-cost way to start networking. Are you a decent writer for your niche? Do you know what subjects to target? How to write great headlines? Or would you better off working the mines of the Internet by joining and being active in forums and groups?

Anyway, I wanted to elaborate a little bit, because my comment that you focused on is somewhat relative. Doing it all in 1hr chunks is feasible if you already know what to do and have a plan of action that will allow you to be successful.

Depends on the niche and the products you're pitching. It has to be set up correctly to get the traffic into a sales funnel of some sort. As for free traffic, try guest blogging on high traffic blogs with an author bio and link at the bottom.

I don't do blogging, though my partner does and makes a killing with it getting free traffic from Pinterest.

Hi Dita,

Yes it's absolutely possible. However, just how much, how often and how consistently depends on so many factors, many of which have already been mentioned by the great comments above.

I think for a total beginner, with absolutely no background, no experience and no prior knowledge, to spend just 60 minutes per day and achieve the goal you mentioned could be a bit much to expect. However I think that it's certainly possible so long as it's done in the correct way.

What may make it especially hard for an absolute beginner is if they were to try it just on their own, without any training, advice or help. But if shown what to do, how, why and when then I think that's a whole different ball game. They say that "knowledge is power" and I think that if you know what you're doing then you can certainly achieve the type of results you speak of

Well, I can report that the answer is yes. One can still make money blogging. I have made some money with the blog for two consecutive weeks. Slightly under $200.00.

That is pretty encouraging