Professional blogging is a seriously misunderstood career. Many new bloggers think it is a get rich quick scheme, but they couldn’t be further from the truth. Here is a quick list on why professional blogging is not for everyone.
- Most professional bloggers work 8 to 13 hour days - especially when they are first starting out.
- Many pro bloggers own 10+ blogs.
- Traveling around the world can become a common occurrence in your life.
- Money does not come in for years for some bloggers.
- Technology blogs, including SEO and blogging blogs, are the hardest types of blogs to get popular nowadays. Why? Because they are so common.
- Blogging is not the only part of a pro blogger’s life, most of the time (80%+) they are researching new ideas and checking their RSS feeds and e-mail.
- Professional bloggers often have regular jobs as well.
- You have to be very social on the Internet to succeed. Search engines may find your site, but it is up to you to get humans to link to it.
- If you run a good blog, you must always be ready for the day when an entry font-pages Digg and Reddit
- You must have a basic understanding of the copyright and trademark laws.
- You have to market your blog like crazy in the beginning, this doesn’t always mean paying for PPC ads.
- Most pro bloggers own an LLC or a corporation. By doing so they are protecting their personal assets for the “just in case” scenario, and it may be easier to get tax breaks.
- You will probably wind up paying a tax man to handle all that stuff for you.
- Backup plans are a must-have.
- Family is important - you must be able to balance your blogging career as well as your life.
- Exercising is important, remember not to sit on your butt all day.
- Most people who call themselves “pro bloggers” are full of crap - most of them barely make $1 a day from the Internet.
- The true professional bloggers are much smarter than 99.9% of the population.
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