Blogging for Money 

Was reading an article the other day, which had this statistic in it:

• Only 6% of those surveyed earned over $60,000 annually 
• 68% of bloggers earned less than $5000 annually
• 11% of those surveyed earned more than $30,000 annually
• 57% made less than $2500 annually

First of all I had to read it again to make sure I understood it. Secondly, these are actually sad figures are they not? Only 6% of those surveyed. Now of course, we don’t know how many people they surveyed. So this could be a pool of 10 people or a pool of 10M – percentages don’t mean much if there is not more data added to it.

This got me thinking on blogging in general. Seemingly the idea is that when you blog, there is something that you’re pushing. Either a brand, or a product or you’re just blogging for money not attached to a specific product, service or brand. I haven’t found many articles stating that people blog for fun (so no agenda, hidden or otherwise) or even for therapeutic purposes.

Interesting! Because I’m blogging for fun, to get myself elevated to the next level and also remember the good old times in certain cases. I still don’t know where this blogging is taking me, but to say that I’ll be blogging for money at this point in time is not happening. 

And fun fact is, there are many things I could be pushing. My Excel skills, my flavored popcorn, the media production I’m part of, the think tank we’re currently setting up, and there are more. Oh. I probably DID blog for money just now didn’t I? 😀

In any case I’m happy with you guys who read the blog and give me comments on how to improve. It means a lot to me! Leave your comments below as usual!