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How Much Money Do You Spend On Your Blog?

Most people ask, “How much money do you make from your blog, and how do you do it?”

But Jonathan at SmartWealthyRich.com is asking a different question: What are your blogging expenses?

Good question.

He’s hoping to generate a lot of feedback and discussion, and I hope he does.

I spend approximately $20/month in hosting and that’s it. I’ve thought about having a professional do my blog design but haven’t bit yet. I strongly advocate having a top-notch blog design though, so if you’re going to spend any money, spend it on that.

I’ve also heard positive feedback on paying for clickthroughs from StumbleUpon.

If we associated a cost to the time we blog, our blogging expenses would be astronomical. Unless you value your time at $0.5/hour…But beyond that, what else do you spend money on? Do you buy advertising? Text link ads elsewhere? Every use any professional help to solve a problem or add special code?

Go check out the feedback Jonathan’s receiving and leave a comment for him with your blogging expenses.

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  • http://www.techtraction.com Bret

    Yes, if I tried to place on a value on the total amount of time blogging, then I’d be seriously in the negative. Fortunately, I don’t think about those details.

    Overall I’ve probably spent about $150 for the whole year. Approximately $100 for a year of hosting (give or take) and approximately $50 worth of domain name purchases. I’ve only managed to pull in about $15 from Google adsense so I have yet to receive a check. If I can break even before my one year blogging anniversary (12/07), then I’d say the first year was a success. I know other bloggers have done much better in turning a profit but I’m trying a much slooooooower approach. :)

  • http://www.techtraction.com Bret

    Yes, if I tried to place on a value on the total amount of time blogging, then I'd be seriously in the negative. Fortunately, I don't think about those details.

    Overall I've probably spent about $150 for the whole year. Approximately $100 for a year of hosting (give or take) and approximately $50 worth of domain name purchases. I've only managed to pull in about $15 from Google adsense so I have yet to receive a check. If I can break even before my one year blogging anniversary (12/07), then I'd say the first year was a success. I know other bloggers have done much better in turning a profit but I'm trying a much slooooooower approach. :)

  • http://www.smartwealthyrich.com Jon – SmartWealthyRich

    Hey Ben, thanx a lot for taking the conversation to your blog, really appreciate it!

    Bret, thanx for replying, and good luck on the 1 year goal :)

  • http://www.smartwealthyrich.com Jon – SmartWealthyRich

    Hey Ben, thanx a lot for taking the conversation to your blog, really appreciate it!

    Bret, thanx for replying, and good luck on the 1 year goal :)

  • http://defensio.com Carl Mercier

    I host my personal blog along with a bunch of other blogs and websites (Defensio and Montreal on Rails just to name a few) at Slicehost. The price is right: $20 a month for a VPS. Can't beat that!

    I think those blogs are greatly worth the expense since they give us so much exposure.

  • http://www.The1031ExchangeCenter.com Gina

    It isn’t surprising that some are spending a lot of money on their blog. As long as they’re satisfied with the money they made through blogging alone.

  • http://www.The1031ExchangeCenter.com Gina

    It isn't surprising that some are spending a lot of money on their blog. As long as they're satisfied with the money they made through blogging alone.

  • http://affordable-reliable-web-hosts.com/2007/11/14/blue-host/ Web Builder

    I paid $10 for the domain, and $6.95 a month for hosting. So my total for now would be $16.95 for my relatively new site. I couldn’t say how much my time is worth in a financial sense.

    It’s pretty easy and relatively low cost to get started with a basic site or a blog. I haven’t paid for any advertising yet, but I’m sure that’s where costs can skyrocket.

  • http://affordable-reliable-web-hosts.com/2007/11/14/blue-host/ Web Builder

    I paid $10 for the domain, and $6.95 a month for hosting. So my total for now would be $16.95 for my relatively new site. I couldn't say how much my time is worth in a financial sense.

    It's pretty easy and relatively low cost to get started with a basic site or a blog. I haven't paid for any advertising yet, but I'm sure that's where costs can skyrocket.

  • http://christianwear.net revperrin

    Recently A customer of ours told me if we added a blog to our site it would attract people to it. I really think we are uninteresting people. Would I need to put alot of money into a blog to really help our online store?

  • http://christianwear.net revperrin

    Recently A customer of ours told me if we added a blog to our site it would attract people to it. I really think we are uninteresting people. Would I need to put alot of money into a blog to really help our online store?

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