Which Type of Blogger Are You?

There are two types of bloggers.

The first are those who blog for money. Their aim is to make money and lots of it!

The second are those who blog purely for the love of blogging. Money is not their real motive. They just love to blog and share their thoughts with others while they themselves love to read other people’s blogs.

Which type of blogger are you?

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Actually, there’s also a third type, that is those who love blogging but at the same time would want to make money out of it. Like killing two birds with one stone.

As you can see from My Very First Blog, my intention is not to make money. Do you see any ads (except for the one on the top right) in my blog? No AdSense, no Nuffnang, no banner ads, no ads hidden behind any words in my post. None!

So I must be the blogger from the second category ie. I am blogging just for the love of blogging, right? Well, yes and no.

You see, I’m still very much a newbie in the blogging world. I do love blogging. I love writing out my thoughts. I love to share with others. I love to read comments from other bloggers. But I also love to make money. Who doesn’t?

However, as much as I love to make money, I don’t see making a few US dollars a month from AdSense or any other ads really interest me. At least, that’s what I think most bloggers earn. I mean, you could easily earn that amount from your job in a day!

Unless of course, you happen to be one of those bloggers who are already earning a few hundred or a few thousand US dollars a month from your blog. You, who have the “know how” which the majority don’t.

I would love to earn hundreds or thousands of dollars from blogging. But not from this blog. No, I would just keep this one free from ads (I may even take the one and only ad out later) and any other money making tools. I want this to be my personal blog, and to be non-commercial in any way.

Because to seriously make money from blogs, the very first thing you need to do is to get your own domain name and pay for a good web hosting. Do not use a free host. The reason is a free host can sometimes ban or close down your blog for whatever reasons they like and you cannot do anything to stop them! If your blog is making you huge money every month, would you want to risk losing your passive income from something that is out of your control?

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So what's the secret in making money from blogs? If there are bloggers who did it, I know anyone can do it too.

Wouldn’t you love to earn steady, passive income from your blog or blogs without the need to post new articles every week? I heard that it is very possible to do so. Now that’s what I like – just do some posting once a month and wait for the money to roll in. Sounds wonderful, no?

Well, you will need to learn how to make your blog rank high in the page ranking on search engines. Only then you will be able to attract much needed traffic to your blog. Of course, there are many other things you should know too besides page ranking.

But guess what? I can’t tell you 'cos I’m still learning. Unless you already knew and you don’t mind telling me – I will greatly appreciate it.

Still, that day will come. While I will continue to blog to my heart's content with My Very First Blog, I will also have several other blogs running high on Google's search engine that are solely aimed at making big bucks for me.

Making money from blogs is not too out-of-reach or impossible for the average people. Many are already doing it, so why not you and me?