So you're trying to earn a crust with your blog, right? Well...here's some inspiration for you!
I just stumbled across Paula Mooney's list of blogger (and webmasters and affiliates) earnings. The figures reported for annual earnings range from the multi-millions at the top to a few tens of dollars at the bottom.
Notable entries are:
- Kevin Ham. $300,000,000 empire with multiple sites including weddingshoes.com. Interesting this one in that it (weddingshoes.com) is a keyword-rich site around a niche with pretty much all links being AdSense links. The content draws people in...and the AdSense sends them elsewhere with Mr Ham making a few cents (or more!) in the middle. Also interesting from an SEO perspective is that the title tag of the home page is just 'Homepage'. And there are no META keywords! So he builds sites like that and still makes $300,000,000!?!?! Sheesh.
- Steve Pavlina who says he makes about $40k per month from his blogging activities
- The inspirational Darren Rowse of Problogger.net clocking in at around $360,000 per year.
- Grant from Million Dollar Project who is on his way to reaching the goal implied by his blog's title...reporting annualised income of $981. Go Grant!! Actually, he reports that part of his income has been generated by commenting on Paula's list. (So, yes, I commented too!)
In which case, you'll be wondering what I earn from this blog. That's not something that I've calculated yet. No, honestly. But when I have, you'll be the first to know!
10 comments:
Thanks for the link love!
Yeah, I don't know when or if I'll create a new list of blogger salaries, but you should see all the updates in the comments section.
That Ashley Qualls teenager who runs WhateverLife.com makes $70,000 per month in Google Adsense -- and she's a millionaire whose mom works for her now after she dropped out of high school.
And Ashley will be on The View sometime soon.
Take care,
Paula
$70k per month?! Amazing. Her Adsense is pretty well integrated into her site. Some of it even looks like primary navigation.
Thanks for dropping by :)
Wow. I started blogging more as a way to have a place to put my thoughts, then added adsense as an afterthought I think I need to work harder at the second part of my blog. Thanks for the inspiration!
They may or may not be making the amounts they claim blogging. Anyone can claim anything on the internet and even produce authentic looking fake documents to back it up.
I believe it is more important studying these guys' blogs to see what they are doing right that you can learn than to worry about their income claims.
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Some of those income numbers are just crazy. Although a lot of people like to act like they blog and publish sites for the fun of it and the networking part of it, honestly, those guys at the top of that list is what we all strive for.
@dc - I think it's key to understand the main purpose of one's blog. Using it as a place to store your thoughts is just as valid as building it up as part of your income stream. Good luck with it & thanks for stopping by.
@iibog - there's so much to learn from reading other blogs. And you're right, best not to believe everything you read straight away, but it gives us all something to aim for! ;o)
@deron - being honest about it is the main thing. I think people respect that. Transparency is important when you're blogging - and disclosure on paid reviews etc etc By the way - love your blog. You're in my RSS reader.
$70k per month is impressive! WoW
Yeah, you're right. Being honest is the main thing. I always hate coming across a site that talks about how they're in it for the networking/learning aspect of running a blog yet they plaster tons of adsense everywhere all over the site. I got nothing at all with people trying to make money online, but I hate that a lot try to act like they're not yet their site says otherwise. I feel like it's really not a big deal, if you're in it to make money, who cares, right? Just be honest. :)
Ohh...and thank you very much for subscribing to my blog. :) I appreciate that.
@deron - you're welcome :)
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