You may or may not have heard about how many people have made a good solid income through blogging alone and what's amazing is that they can do it in their pajamas with their feet propped up on the table and at any time of the day too.
Interested? You can't just start right away without knowing how it works right? So take some time and learn how you can make some real cash just by blogging.
The term 'blog' comes from the word web log which was originally meant to be an online journal for people to use as a way to jot down their memories, thoughts and whatever else that can possibly be written in a log.
But as time evolves, this web log, now known as a blog has become a means of communication and a way to reach a large mass of people with a simple click on a link.
The act of using a blog has been termed as blogging and if you've heard that people are making money by it but don't believe it, then it's time you did because you can do the exact same thing.
Know what you're going to be using the blog for, leisure? Business? Got a specific niche? If you want to be an individual blogger then your content would be up to you, write whatever you feel like so long as it's interesting and genuine.
But if you want to use your blog for business then it becomes a source of promotion where you've to fill it up with content rich articles about your business and in a way you'd be using your blog as an affiliate market.
However, if you want to write on a specific niche then pick a topic that generally interest you and make sure it's something that has got plenty of information so that you'd have a lot to write about.
It can be factual, opinionated or whatever else but keep it real and make it interesting.
How you make cash from your blog would be through third party sources such as companies that needs advertising spaces which you'd have on your blog.
Register with sites such as Google AdSense and ClickBank for some advertisements and place them on your blog.
AdSense gives you random advertisements where the only thing that really matters is the content of the ad because you get paid for every click the ad gets, all you need is good traffic of people who'd click on it.
ClickBank would work better for you if your blog is on a specific niche or to promote your business.
This is because ClickBank has got quite a lot of affiliate marketing offers where you can search for companies looking for marketers.
If there's a product out there that you think can benefit your targeted audience or something that will suit the context of your article, then you can register to be an affiliate marketer for that product and advertise it in your articles or post.
You don't need a degree or masters to do well in this business, all you need is a creative mind and the dedication to stick to blogging without giving up.
Once you master it you can make quite a bit of money so learn the ropes and make it a career.