There is a rumor, perpetuated by television shows, that bloggers earn a living. By blogging. Someone in Hollywood seriously thinks people like me make money doing this. I am depressed to admit it, but not one cent have I ever made from this site — not counting the occasional free book for review.
I don’t advertise on this site. In fact, I pay WordPress to not put their advertisements here. My dream is not to monetize my site, but be such an incredible writer that the world will shower me with money — just because I’m me. I won’t have to ask, and I will owe nothing to anybody. And I could pay the bills! Yes!
Money for nothing. It brings tears to my eyes.
Somewhere, a blogger must be making money on his or her site, but I don’t know them. I’ve been around the world, blog-wise. I have yet to see a single blogger bringing in the big bucks. A few people have tried to at least keep even by putting advertisements on their sites, but the amount of money this earns them wouldn’t add up to a good meal in a fast-food joint.
Anyway, advertising annoys readers. Sites with spammy ads and weird pop-ups make me want to go somewhere else. Since the Internet remains one of the last, free places on earth, that’s what I do. I go elsewhere. I don’t do this for money. I don’t even do it in the hopes that someday it might make money.
I don’t run advertisements, have no connections to any organizations with money. I get offers for free applications for an “honest review,” but between the lines, I read “positive, glowing review.” I turn them down. But no one has offered me a Mercedes yet.
I turn them down. “Money for nothing” is a delightful dream and that is all it is.
If for some obscure reason, you want to buy me off although to be fair, I can’t for the life of me imagine what anyone would get by buying me off — unless you want my bills. I’ve got a lot of them. Regardless, you’ll have to do a lot better than any offer I’ve gotten to date. I’m sure everyone has a price, so I probably have one too, but no one has come close to meeting it. And on top of that, I’m not sure what I have to offer that anyone would pay for.
Meanwhile, if all else fails, I will work for a really good New York (preferably Brooklyn) style pizza. With extra cheese, extra sauce, onions, peppers, and maybe meatballs. Or high-quality pepperoni.
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I’ve yet to see a blogger whose earning the big bucks too! They are few and far between! Gimme a slice of your pizza! It sounds delish!
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I think the bloggers who make money are the ones promoting certain products. Just a guess?
Leslie
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I know a lot of photographers who promote used and new sellers of equipment, but the pennies they make mainly offset the cost of doing the blog. They are a salary, not a real one, anyway.
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What about the cosmetics ones?
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I think only those people make money from their blogs who are selling something or are paid to promote some brand. People like is make money on WordAds but it’s not even enough to past for the annual fee of WP
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That’s the thing. The money you make is so pitiful it isn’t worth the effort of posting the ads. I don’t know ANYONE who has made money on it unless they were a commercial site selling a product — and that isn’t blogging. That’s marketing.
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Exactly! 👍
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You made me chuckle with this outburst. I faced the same situation during the early years of Flickr…. I have found my uploaded photos on greeting cards in France… stolen, mind you. If for every encouraging and well-meant ‘advice’ to make a business with my photos I had a €/£/$, I might have bought myself a portion of fries and a bottle of wine….. We do what we do out of passion, necessity, love. And you are truly one of the best, most interesting and versatile bloggers I’ve yet met. Let this be praise enough 🤩😍
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I sold a photo once. I made $15. It was the only one I sold. If I deduct the price of the print and shipping, I think I made more like $5. If you want to make money, get a job. Blogging isn’t the way to do it.
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