Is Blogging Really Profitable
Blogging is a very profitable venture especially for individuals who are passionate about making money online.
More people are quitting their regular jobs to concentrate on blogging because there are thousands of bloggers who have already succeeded.
A good number of bloggers earn over $2,000 every month from blogging. This industry produces several millionaire bloggers annually.
Sometimes blogging can be an exciting venture and also demoralizing.
When traffic is growing, you feel like you are on top of the world—you can even greet everyone you meet on the road.
It happened to me in 2018 when I earned a whopping $7,000 in one month. Before then, my monthly income was ranging between $1,000 and $3,000.
That month was December when I reviewed three web hosting companies, the articles went viral.
One of them got 300 signups and another one 120 signups. Each signup was generating for me $10.
One of the companies I reviewed their products was Bluehost. They were having a discount of up to 50% of their products.
The same month, I earned $1,200 from AdSense and more than $2,000 from my other blog monetization methods.
In total, I made more than $7,000. But some of those companies pay one month after earning the money— I waited.
That same month, my total traffic was 3 million, up from an average of 1 million.
In January 2019 I was rich, I almost stopped blogging because I was overjoyed.
From the experience, I learned that as a blogger, you can earn any money any time. I had not dreamt of earning even $5,000 but here I was, taking home over $7,000.
There is nothing as good as when you are doing something you love and it pays.
For me, blogging is like my food—If I take a day without writing, I almost become sick. I am happy that this career has paid off and I am not ready to quit anytime soon.
There are a variety of ways in which a blogger makes money in Kenya. One can make over Ksh.1 million per month through blogging alone.
The good thing about blogging is that you make money while asleep especially when your site is popular.
To become a blogger, you must own a website. A website needs a domain name, web hosting provider and WordPress template. It costs Ksh.10,000 to Ksh.20,000 to have all these things.
AdSense is the main source of monetization for nearly every blogger in Kenya.
In Kenya, AdSense pays Ksh.20,000 to Ksh.40,000 for 100,000 views. If your blog gets 1 million views, you will earn Ksh.200,000 to Ksh.400,000.
Affiliate marketing is even better than AdSense. It pays commissions to every sale you make. Jumia, 22Bet, 1XBET and web hosting providers have the best affiliate programs in Kenya.
Affiliate marketing is ideal for niche blogs. You create a niche that writes about web hosting and share the affiliate links for web hosting companies in your posts. You can also create a blog dealing with sports and betting, then market betting companies and earn commissions.
Betting companies pay 25% to 45% commissions. One can make up to millions of Kenya shillings monthly from betting sites through affiliate marketing.
Jumia is also another site that offers good commissions to affiliates.
Another way of making money from your blog is through creating and selling of websites. You will create a website, post high quality articles, grow it and then sell expensively. Creating a blog will cost Ksh.10,000 but after one year of growing your blog, you will sell the same for Ksh.100,00 to Ksh.500,000.
Create as many blogs as possible, have a database for the same.
When a blog grows and starts getting over 100,000 visitors monthly, it will attract advertisers. You will get several inquiries for sponsored articles monthly. Each sponsored post will pay you Ksh.5,000 to Ksh.40,000
You can even survive on sponsored posts only.
Sell products like airtime, shoes, clothes, smartphones and electronics on your site. Create a site to display the products, then deliver them once the order has been made.
There are many blogs which require you to subscribe and read their stories. This is a good way of making money when your blog is popular and the information is useful to your readers.
There are also companies which will place banner ads on your blog and pay you. But your blog must be getting millions of views for it to attract such advertisers.
Above are just a few of the ways you can make money blogging.
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Tenderpreneurship is one of the fastest ways to make money in Kenya – and if growth is what you are looking for, then this is an area worth exploring and this training will be of great help to you.
By
Timothy Angwenyi
Business Consultant
Justine Nyachio
Business Man & Mentor
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