How Much Money Do Bloggers Make?

Jason — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:41:29 +0000

I recently ran across a link to this post from a couple months ago at Saving To Invest (I missed it the first time around). The post discusses how much bloggers make, and attempts to put some numbers to it by applying a few assumed formulas to known traffic numbers. My guess is that a few are pretty close (Frugal Dad numbers aren’t too far off for November 2008), but others may be grossly over-inflated.

The post does reinforce a couple things I have learned being in and around blogging for the last couple years. Some small sites do a great job of monetizing and make more money than sites with significantly higher traffic. This could be because the smaller site is better optimized to attract search engine traffic, or because it focuses on a tighter niche, which allows advertisers to target their specific audience.

Some topics convert beter than others, too, so no matter how many visitors a blog about organic gardening gets, it just may not convert to much money earned for the blogger (my apologies to anyone blogging about organic gardening).

If you are blogging for a side hustle it is important to consider which topics monetize well, and which topics you are passionate about. When selecting a topic it is probably a good idea to list all the things you are really passionate about, and then research which ones have the most potential to earn money through affiliates, Adsense, etc. Pick the highest ranking topic that interests you the most, and start writing.

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