Can a beginner Blogger Make a living only Blogging

In my opinion, NO! You can't make a living even doing full time blogging. 

Keep your day job. :-)

Leave your day job and join with me on the walk to Himalayas... no blogging, no worries!

yo was looking for some encouragement and serious advice how much it is possible to make per month after 1 year of back breaking work  and some reallife examples and stories much appreciated:)

yes sure till then i guess enjoy the journey ...

@CK.. Trying to write an essay 

On Topic..

Yes, it is possible to make a living out of blogging.. Consider this your business so you have understand everything, each and every aspect..

Like BBA / MBA where they teach you things, or engineering, same goes for blogging also as its a vast field.. And too many parameter to fulfill..

Can a beginner do it ??

Lets see, a guys from Africa jungle, who knows nothing, arrives in Ahmadabad !!

So ?? No capital, no knowledge of anything ??

He would end up in service, perhaps delivering tea in a local tea store !!! 

If your level of beginning is that low, it would take you years before you gather up knowledge for the business you want to start.. Let alone the investment..

So, now what ??

Judge your self.. Where do you stand..

What is your level here in this industry ??

Can you afford that much time and money, since just like formal education and specialization, here too you have to invest learning.. Invest both money and time !!

How do all these people earn and makes their living ??

Simple and basic rule..

They have a website, where many people comes everyday.. Since many people comes, just like news paper, advertising companies or brands (directly) starts showing their advertisement and that generates the reveneu

Some also uses blog for other indirect income, like selling apps (hot field now a days), developing apps..

Here blog acts as a bridge !!

Always have a backup plan..

Maximum of the cases, things are heavily depended on Google.. For traffic and also income.. What if they blocks you, bans you.. What is your backup plan ??

Yes in many cases if you are good at this field, backup plan is itself another blog..

So, tell us, where do you stand ??

Ask you self these questions, since there is no easy money and time is the key, how much you can afford and invest, both in terms of long term time frame and money..

CK's successor

Nah.. He is lot better in this.. 

Money spells m-o-n-e-y and blogging spells b-l-o-g-g-i-n-g... and as you can see the spellings aren't the same. The only thing common is 'o'... which, in the case of blogging, means zero. So I agree with all those who say that there is no money in blogging.

However, Hunky isn't absolutely wrong... there is a miniscule percentage of those who have begun as bloggers but who are now manufacturing reviews that no one is really bothered about. The readers know they write crap. The company employees want an online presence to save their jobs. The PR companies are bent upon surviving and going on with their wine-n-cheese parties. The once-upon-a-time good blogger is now having restless nights  thinking of yet another day of meaningless writing.

So, if you really wish to 'blog', just focus on what and how you write -- the rest isn't worth any attention.

You can now turn back and ask, 'Why should I blog then?'

Well, if it is money you seek just go and do the job you're qualified for dammit.

Thanks Hunky , Ranjith , desire /destiny for all your views as i am understanding this from all the discussion before one start earning the person must have some of the following:

1) Persistance to do it for a long period of time

2) Good Knowledge and understanding of niche - subject matter

3) Money to invest - i am not sure about this but i think Hanky was referring to money paid in hosting , social media promotion , and theme plugin purchase etc

4) time to invest 

5) Basic knowledge education and a reference starting point & skill set

To sum it up, to make money is possible but very difficult - if i am understanding it right friends

Kanuj somethings totally depend on you....Writing can make you earn by different ways..You can provide content writing service, start blogs on different niches and do many more things...Unlike job there may not be any fix salary, but you'll get to learn lot of things by becoming a blogger...I'll just say that start doing blogging, but don't think of it as a full time job for now...You can only think about blogging as your full time job after you have 1/2 or many blogs which have started providing you with decent income regularly...All the Best Kanuj..Any more questions?

Well, the only 'advantage' of blogging, if I may say so, is that it allows you to find your own creative depth and discover your own creative geographies. This is quite helpful if you aim to finally make it big in the world of 'writing', which isn't blogging.

Blogging helps you stumble upon your hidden creative nuances and wake them up like a yogi wakes up his kundalini... and if this isn't the biggest reward, then what is? I mean, are a few thousand rupees every month more than hobnobbing with your muse?

Think.

well i agree on one thing after  me or anyone start blogging  we learn so many skills like typing fast , photo editing, creating you tube videos, social media experiments and it does bring out the creative side of me which i never knew existed  & to Hunky i guess you are saying there is light at the end of the longggg tunnel , only thing is to keep faith  till then knowledge is the reward ...

Google 'top earning bloggers in india' and go through some of the results. You will see people earning lakhs per month.

Now, search on IndiBlogger  for threads like - 'How much do you earn?' . You will see almost everyone saying $0.000000 

This list that Ranjith is talking about... well, at least one of the lists, has 9 out 10 blogging on technology, SEO, and tips on blogging. The truth is that these are subjects that most aware people would be going to read on sites and portals that are from outside India. There are obvious reasons for this... and quite logical ones, so if you are planning to be one of the cliched techies wasting his time by handing out second rate information leeched from first rate blogs from the West, go ahead. :)

okay good to hear varying view points @hunky i do follow some of your points of creating original content say for example a graphics cards review now tomshardware anandtech and techspot videocardz and another 100 sites would do it as they get hardware easily in west it is quite difficult to do so in India and u cant go buy all the hardware  in such situation considering the limitations.

What to do ?

normal reader is interested to know which card gives him best value for money he dont want to know whether u tested it u r self and or u have read ten different reports and created a data which is absolutly correct and hold a neutral view which is in his interest. 

we share so many of videos and pictures quotes and stuff which are created by other people and yet your reader love your blog because u r telling that story to them in the true most interesting manner along with some value  add to it.

this is what i think is my view and i dont ask or expect any one to agree with it 

Now as far as HardwareBBQ goes there is a lot of detailed information there but some what cluttered and too long as i see it , again this is personal view i like short crisp and to the point information.

u cant go buy all the hardware  in such situation considering the limitations.

I am sorry but the thread title said making living out of blogging and for a business one has to invest !! Without investment, dont exect return !! Refer to that tea selling reference of mine 

What to do ?

That is what i asked you.. This you, who can judge if you should blog in a subject where investment you cant handle.. Then ?? Study, see which subject pays more but is under your investment limit..

this is what i think is my view and i dont ask or expect any one to agree with it 

Its alright as long as you dont ask this question of making money !!!

If I start a tech blog and write a processor review, just on paper stuff.. Will you sto reading tomshware for my review ?? You wont..

Does that matter to me ??

It doesn't if I am just blogging.. but it will hurt big time if I am blogging for profession !!

So when would you read ??

If I can get hands on review and out do the toms guys by doing something new with the stuff 

Now as far as HardwareBBQ

I jus used it as referance point.. Since this guy is also a member of this forum.. You can put tomshardware also in stead of HardwareBBQ 

Thanks Hunky for your inputs and time really appreciate it and really liked your site - good stuff...  thanks

Yeah dude i dont mind any hard words at all. Thanks for the inputs  i am just starting blogging  so understanding things from discussing may be in 1 year or so i may have a better exp and vision of what i want to achieve. 

Blogging can become a business, if it is treated like any other business. A business exists because it provides value - reduces pain, creates something consumers want. Basically it creates products that solves problems. The product can be information also. 

People think that in blogging, one can make money without investment. Not true. Every hour of work you put in is money lost (the amount you'd have made working for others). Second, because of the low entry barrier ($120 per year with WP or even $10 with Blogger), a lot of bloggers have flooded the scene. Hence there is heavy competition. But I guess most of them will leave once they determine there is no easy money in blogs. There never was/will be easy money in anything. 

Bloggers today are mostly dependent on google, but in 10 years or maybe even 5 years, this approach is not going to work. Because bigger sites (that hire a number of qualified writers) will take maximum chunk of traffic. The no. of readers will also increase but getting into the first page of search results will get harder, almost impossible, for individual bloggers. (Today it's possible.) 

So if google is not going to send you much traffic (which will happen as large sites consolidate and become larger), how will you make ppl. visit your site? If you invest in marketing, what will you sell to them, in order to recoup your investment? I see this field resemble any other business, very soon. So, if you want to enter now, you can. However, very soon, you'll have to think and act like any other entrepreuner, and face all the risks and tribulations faced by them. 

However, there are huge gains if you learn to play the game. 

Very well said infinity the game will keep changing and to survive one has to keep reinventing the business model this is the same as with a normal business with change in environment we keep reinvent. Change strategy and do new things to adapt to the environment.