Yes, now is most common to consider a blog not only as a communication channel that allows to establish conversations with colleagues, friends, visitors that share interests, etc. but also:

  • An Internet promotion tool
  • A platform that can be monetized

But, should I make money with my blog? This is a question that more than one has made while starting to publish a blog -I am not the exception- and this is in part due because of the many success stories of bloggers that start sharing their thoughts with friends with such a success that they end up creating big blogs network with thousands of subscribers!

Nonetheless, at that moment it is important to think about the purpose, nature and vision that each blogger has: to have “the option” to monetize a blog doesn’t mean that you should always do it.

Definitely, the most important factor -regardless that you want to monetize your blog or not- is to always have in mind that to publish attractive, interesting and useful content for the community is always the priority and you should compromise yourself with one of many purposes to reach with the blog: To express ideas and experiences? To share tips? To publish a niche’s focused news?, etc.

As the majority of monetizing mechanisms depend on the blog’s traffic volume, in the beginning you will want to first establish it, create a user base, generate conversations, gain visitors and subscribers.

Once the blog is “settled” and the value that it provides is very known in the community it is easier to begin the monetizing process. To do this: What strategies can you follow? Here you have a compilation of the most important lists:

 

Finally, if you have success you can create a blog network like b5media or become an A-list blogger.

This blog was just born and will be for a long time a little “padawan” -free of monetizing strategies- and will learn from other “jedi blogs” while it grows and become stronger… :)

¡Good luck in your blogging adventure!

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