Sep

5 reasons you should think about becoming a professional blogger

Blogging. It feels like everyone is at it. Personally I love it and I’m really enjoying developing this blog into something that I hope will be worthwhile for everyone who comes across it.

But are YOU doing it?

piles of coins 5 reasons you should think about becoming a professional blogger

Could YOU be making money from blogging?

While it is true that most people who blog don’t make a bean from it, that doesn’t mean that you can’t make any money from it. Most people who try are working on creating their own blog and nothing else. But there are other ways you can earn money from it, particularly if you think laterally.

So this is the subject of my latest entry to “The Page of Fives“, an occasional series of articles grouping together 5 items on one topic. Click the above link and you will be able to see all the previous entries to this part of my blog.

But if you’re still hanging on for reasons to become a professional blogger, here they are.

There is a lot of work available for people who are able to blog on a regular basis. It’s something of an irony that many blogs aren’t actually written by their owners. It tends to be the ones that are blogging as a means to bring in money from Google Adsense and other affiliate sources who ask bloggers to write for them. And that means plenty of opportunities for you to blog regularly.
If you have your own blog you can be hired to write blog posts through that. I’ve mentioned this before and I can’t stress how important it is to have your own blog if you are already a writer (or you are on the road to becoming one). You need to work at getting your blog found and read, but it’s well worth the effort!
You can get regular writing gigs on all manner of topics. Whatever subjects you love to write about, you are bound to be able to find a blog or two that is asking for regular bloggers. Tech bloggers, eco bloggers and travel bloggers were just three of the jobs listed recently on one jobs website.
Blogging jobs are fairly easy to find online. One of the best places you can visit is the excellent ProBlogger job board. I’ve got this saved as a bookmark on my bookmarks toolbar, so it’s always there to remind me to check it. Try the Indeed.com search engine as well – you can specify the type of blogging job you want. And if you want article writing jobs, search for those while you are at it!
It provides you with a regular income, week in, week out. And isn’t that what we all want as online writers?

So if you were thinking there aren’t too many opportunities to stretch your love of blogging, think again. And let me know how you get on. Good luck and happy blogging!

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