Can you make money blogging?

Hey there I'm Robert MacEwan the author of Ideal Absolutes. If you're new to macewan.org, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.

Folks love reading how much money certain Pro Bloggers are making each month. Take John Chow for example his JohnChow.com has been monetized since September of 2006. The following month, October, he reported $352.94 earned. Jump forward a couple months to see November 2006 earning at $2,139.93. Twelve months have passed since that report and John Chow is reporting November 2007 income from his blog at $27,420.83. That is not a misprint. Twenty seven thousand four hundred twenty dollars and eighty three cents.

This boys and girls is one hell of an inspiration to those of us that have decided to monetize our blogs. The first month I made the decision to ‘monetize’ I brought in something in the neighborhood of $650 for July 2007 and two months later I earned $2,800 for the month of September 2007. Oh yeah, forgot to mention that I also work full-time during the day so these numbers represent my efforts in the evenings with zero real knowledge of what the hell I was doing.

My goal was to see if it was possible and I showed everyone most importantly to myself that yes it was possible. OK, let’s move forward. On December 1st the announcement was made that the 90 day count down to me going pro had started. However, there are plenty of monthly income reports out there showing that money to be earned by monetizing your blog. My 90 day count down is slightly different from others in that I’m involved in seriously intense professional monetization training. My earnings will not be broadcast. My blathering posting has noticeably slowed during this training period. I will not be able to share everything taught but I can direct you to folks that provide training. So we see it is possible to make money blogging. But blogging is not the only way. On Feb. 16th 2008 I turn four oh. Join me on my journey to “retiring at 40“.

GAME ON!