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.
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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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?