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1.  Aren’t Blogs Just Personal Diaries?

While blogs emerged on the web as personal diaries, over the years they have evolved into much more than that.

It all began when people realized that the blog platform could be used for a wide range of purposes. Some started sharing news on their blogs, others humor pieces, and othe rs yet started writing articles on their fields of expertise.

The key aspect is the fact that blogs transformed monologues into conversations. Before their appearance, you had a small number of mainstream websites that were responsible for the production of all the content online. Users like you and me could just absorb that content passively. With the appearance of blogs, however, the access to web publishing was democratized. Suddenly anyone, anywhere could share his ideas and content with the rest of the world.

Today the line between blogs and mainstream websites is blurring. You have popular blogs like TechCrunch.com competing head to head with established publications like Wired.

We could say that a blog is nothing more than a type of website. It is a platform that anyone can use to publish content on the web. As for what that content must be, there are no rules.

2 . It is Really Possible to Make Money Blogging?

The answer is “yes.” Te chCrunch.com makes over $1,000,000 per year. Popular blogs like Pe rezHilton.com, Mashable.com and HuffingtonPost.com follow closely.

Obviously most of those blogs resemble mainstream publications these days, with several paid writers, a specialized sales team and the like, but they all started with a single blogger writing about his passion.

And you don’t need to go to the very top to see the money. I don’t consider myself to be particularly gifted, yet I make six figures per year online. All that money can be traced back to my blogs. Some of it directly, via advertising and affiliate marketing deals, and some indirectly, via online projects that were launched thanks to the blogs.

So yes, it is definitely possible to make money blogging. At his point many people ask: “But is it easy or quick?” Well, that is a completely different question, and unfortunately the answer here is a big “no.”

Making money blogging is no different than making money with any other venture, be it online or offline.

As such, it will take time and require a heck lot of work.

Blogging has several advantages though. It allows you to write on a topic that you are passionate about, to work anywhere and anytime, to network with many interesting people, and it can also become a real business.

3.  What Should We Blog About?

Choosing the right niche for your blog is tricky. If you want to blog merely as a hobby, then feel free to write about whatever you want. The important thing here is to have fun.

If, however, you want to make money with your blog and possibly grow it into a business, you will need to choose your niche more carefully.
The first mistake to avoid is making the blog gravitate around your person. This includes using a domain with your name and surname and writing excessively about personal matters. This has worked for some people, but most of them already had some notoriety before they started blogging. Don’t get me wrong. Putting yourself in your blog and sharing your related experiences with the audience is perfectly fine, but your site should have a topic on its own, say small business or Microsoft Windows, as opposed to being a personal blog.

The second mistake is trying to cover too many topics with the same blog. You probably have many interests and passions, but you need to choose one of them for your blog. If you write about technology, politics and fitness, you will have a hard time developing a core audience. The sharper the focus of your blog, the  easier it will be to attract readers and to monetize it.

The third mistake is choosing a niche that you are not passionate or knowledgeable about. This usually happens when people see someone making good money in a certain niche, and they decide to imitate it. As I mentioned befo re, making money blogging will take time and hard work. If you don’t love what you are writing about, you won’t have the motivation to stick with it long enough.

Finally, try to focus on just one blog instead of creating a myriad of them. It is easier to make money with one authoritative blog than with a bunch of mediocre ones.