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ok, so, seriously, how hard is it to start up a blog (which i've mostly done already) and find a way to make money doing it? I ask because . . .

Posted by i'm not dead yet ! (aka pacrat) Jul 8 '14, 13:51

i'm a slacker tried and true and, honestly, the job that i recently took on reminds me clearly of just how deeply i despise retail work. i love to write, and i'd like to think that i'm a pretty good writer.

over the years, i've just come to believe more and more that i'm not the type of person who plays well with others in a work environment. well, at least i haven't found a work environment that I play well with others yet. maybe that will change after next summer when i finish my college stuff.

in the meantime, i just would like to consider giving this a try as a possible option . . . so i'm wondering how hard it'd be to attract advertisers or something and make a little money writing a blog.

any suggestions are thanked in advance.

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read this - it's a blog post about the future of blogging. by a professional full time blogger with a very successful site. -- (link) - Andie Jul 8, 14:15 4
- (Native advertising isn't going anywhere. Most of the biggest ad providers are totally going that direction now.) -- nm - Kim Pine Jul 8, 14:17 3
  - interesting. -- nm - Andie Jul 8, 14:21 2
    - But overall, that was a pretty interesting post. - Kim Pine Jul 8, 14:23 1
      - I particularly liked the line, "Buy a domain and install WordPress? Har har!" -- nm - Qale Jul 8, 14:39
What kind of blog? nm - Dignan Jul 8, 13:55 16
- (If you can find a smaller niche with low competition, it makes it much easier to rank on Google.) - Dignan Jul 8, 14:02
- well, i'd likely do something history-related, since that's what my degree is in. . . . - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 8, 13:59 11
  - ST will provide many clicks if you put lots of infographics in your blog. -- nm - Max Jul 8, 14:13
  - Hook up with Ancestry.com (or at least look to what they do as an example) -- nm - Max Jul 8, 14:08
  - This isn't a bad idea, actually. - Dignan Jul 8, 14:07 5
    - I expect linking to history books would be good -- nm - Zorcàs Jul 8, 14:25 4
      - Yeah, it wouln't hurt to partner with Amazon. - Dignan Jul 8, 14:27 3
        
        The history vacation blog is a good idea. -- nm - Loyoliano Jul 8, 14:34 1
        
        Yeah, it's a good angle. nm - Dignan Jul 8, 14:35
        
        audible seems to throw money around for this kind of thing. -- nm - Reagen Jul 8, 14:28
  - I urge you to google "history blogs that make money" -- nm - peggy ann m Jul 8, 14:03 2
    - Add "drunk" to that search, and it improves significantly. - Inigo Jul 8, 14:08
    - "... Why is Google laughing at me?" -- nm - Spawn Lord Jul 8, 14:04
- cat videos on youtube -- nm - Dándukini Jul 8, 13:56 2
  - YouTube is another story. Much easier to make money. nm - Dignan Jul 8, 13:57 1
    - best of two words - Dándukini Jul 8, 13:58
You can make a few dollars a month fairly easily. Making enough to live on is pretty rare. -- nm - mara Jul 8, 13:53 2
- posting with an avatar of huge (female) cleavage helps -- nm - Zorcàs Jul 8, 13:55 1
  - ding :) -- nm - i'm not dead yet ! Jul 8, 13:58
Really, really hard. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 8, 13:53

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