Can blogging be a good source of income?

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I have been into content writing and blogging for more than 15 years now. I started with content writing as a freelance job and then switched to blogging. I write random things and have never been able to write in a structured manner. But thankfully even random blogging has helped my career to earn some penny out of it.

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It all started with content writing. I used to do jobs that require writing articles on the same topic again and again for SEO and keywords. They used to give me the keyword "Camera" and I will have to write 50 articles on Camera this week and another 50 articles on camera next week. The funny thing is, that's how I spoiled my wring skills. Even today when reading the articles I write every day, I'm able to see the effect of those repeated writings and exhaustive writings. I admit that my articles are not of the best quality today but I'm sure I can write better quality articles which I have done in the past and even do it now and then.

Blockchain blogging

Blockchain has been giving us many use cases and I entered into the blockchain world only after looking for an opportunity to write articles and earn from them. That's how I started my career on Steem Hive years back. Today I maintain the consistency of writing at least a minimum of one article per day. In the last few years, I have realized that blogging can definitely be a good source of income if we have three things with us.

  • Consistency
  • Persistence
  • Determination

I always say in my articles that if we have the above 3, we will be able to do anything we want in this beautiful world of opportunities, not just blogging. But for blogging or content writing the above 3 things are very important.

Consistency is important because if we are not consistent the world will easily forget us and our friends who are curating us regularly will also move on. If we come back after a month or two, we will not have a good fanbase. Everyone expects a FOMO in this world. Only if we are consistent, our faces will be remembered well. This is just my humble thought. Engaging with the audience is also very important in my opinion. The audience always would like to share their opinion. We have to value their opinion only by engaging with them.

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Persistance is important because most of the time the articles we write will not give us any rewards. That's when we might get frustrated for doing anything. We have to stay strong and be persistent and keep doing what we are good at doing. Rewards are a good motivation but at the same time being persistent will teach us many things and will also make blogging a good routine for us. Sometimes we might even think that we are not good bloggers and feel like not being persistent. Only by regular practice, any skill would develop inside us. So I personally think Persistence is a good thing to have when it comes to blogging.

Determination is important because whatever task we do if we do it with determination the results will be overwhelming. If we are not earning any good money here, at least we learn new things and gain some good friends from here. So Determination is very important. Setting goals and trying to achieve them is also good. That also helps in being determined towards our intentions.

Blogging as a source of income

For many people blogging has been a good source of income. Not just from blockchain but they have been able to make a good income by blogging regularly on their personal sites or personal blogs. In the blockchain world, there are a few sites that give us a good opportunity to earn a decent amount of money for blogging. We can even choose our niche and contribute based on that. Below are some of the sites that are a good source of income for the bloggers:

Hive.blog
Publish0x
Read.cash

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There are also sites like Leofinance, Proofofbrain, CTP talk, StemGeeks, Cine TV, etc. that are a subset of Hive blockchain. Most of them were created for a unique niche the users would like to blog about. People can easily fit themselves in their area of interest and start their blogging careers. I wouldn't guarantee a great source of income as soon as they start but I'm sure if they have the three qualities I mentioned above, they will have good growth and recognition on these platforms.



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I have learned a new word some time ago. Perseverance.

Delibrate efforts to improve in something you are bad at, despite difficulties.

I am certainly bad at socializing with people. But learned that through blogging and writing, I can connect with more people than I would have in real life.

Hopefully, I can persevere and become a better writer, on hive and outside😎

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Yes that's the beauty of writing. We not only share thoughts but also make friends who have similar thought process and a lot of learning also happens.

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I remember the time when I was paying others to write articles for me... When I landed on Hive, I have started to do them alone, switched from blogging to vlogging... But, always... The main things that were always following me are what you have pointed out...

Consistency
Persistence
Determination


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Thank you so much for picking my article for curation. I also remember having people write articles for me. I stopped doing all those things years back. I wish I had continued that but glad that I was at least able to maintain my consistency, persistence and determination.

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15 years wow! There are so many truths here, When I started blogging, I never I expected to be a daily blogger, but I’ve grown to love it, the consistency grew on me, perhaps it has to do with the passion I have for writing, plus the culture of this space, or the people I learn from daily plus the earning potentials,or the combination of all. All I know is that I’m determined to build a writing career and this space is helping me achieve that. It’s not easy but it’s worth it

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That's nice to know. I have also now made it as my daily routine. Some days I find it difficult to choose a good topic to write otherwise all good.

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Wow 50 articles per week? That must of been a pain. I guess using the word and linking articles here and there would probably improve the website rankings.

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Yeah that's how it was those days. These keyword based articles were used for linking and SEO.

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I was keeping some constancy on Hive/Leofinance until I got troubles with spamming. Till now I don't get the courage to be daily active but I am trying. The problem is I am still getting Downvotes with my personal and of course original post... It really frustrating don't understand what is going on.

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If you are once a scammer, you are always a scammer. That's how the world will see you. If you want to start a new life as a good person, I would recommend creating a fresh account and get started.

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I've been blogging since the early days of Wordpress and I very much relate to what you said about SEO blogging ruining how you write.

So, for what it's worth, this blog didn't read like SEO keyword stuffing. Nice job.

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Yeah thank you so much. I'm trying to unlearn many things to make sure my future writing at least is better.

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