Blogging hopelessness is when a blogger doubts their ability, sees no growth in audience or money, and questions if success is even possible. I’ve personally been there many time in the blogging valley of despair and this is where most bloggers quit. Is there a realistic path to success, even when it feels like all odds are against us?
Forbes/Bloomberg say 80% of blogs fail within the first 18 months, which is a stat they pulled out of their ass. However, it is true that many, many blogs fail to gain traction and fail to make money and then fade away into the ether. This is an article about your blog not failing.
When I was exploring getting back into the blogging game I googled about five hundred times along the lines of: “Is it still possible to make a full-time income blogging in [the current year]?”
At least you won’t be left wondering if you should have started a blog or not. You’ll have the satisfaction of knowing you gave it an honest shot and it didn’t work. Then you can cross it off of things to try for online money and move on to the next item.
Welcome to the monthly reading list, where I share what I have been reading–books, blog articles, etc, but also anything else I found interesting that I think people on this blog will find interesting.
Don’t you hate articles that don’t get to the point? Let’s get to the point: This article is about how to download all the original Sherlock Holmes books for free. The books are in the public domain, so nothing shady going on here. The only shady thing is when people try to get you to pay for them.
Nowadays it seems like everybody making content is a former Navy SEAL, PhD, Kung Fu Black Belt Champion, 2x New York Times Bestselling Author, Top Ten Podcast Host, Guinness Book World Record Holder, Spaceship Entrepreneur, etc…
Everybody who loves writing wants to be a $10k+ per month blogger, including yours truly but it’s never the right time to get started! We got things going on!
This is the age old question and you are in the right place for real, honest answers. Many other bloggers lead you astray so they can add more profit to their income reports. They don’t care if they actually help you. We don’t do that nonsense here.
Like me, if you are re-launching into the blogging world, or even launching for the first time, you’ve undoubtedly googled to see if it’s possible to make $10,000 per month blogging.