As A Blogger, What Does Money Mean To You?
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There’s a trend going on right now in the blogosphere with the “ask me a question” widget. I thought you might be a lot more interested to see what other bloggers have to say, instead of me answering questions. So here’s the “Ask The Web” category.
As this is a blog about money education, the questions will be focused on that, but from time to time it might be fun to ask the bloggers a different question, like “what would you bring with you on a deserted island?”.
You are invited to participate, asking questions in the comments section, and the most interesting/popular one will get a post with a link and, of course, answers from different bloggers.
Today’s question is “As a blogger, what does money mean to you?”. Now let’s see the answers, 3 brave bloggers have given us their opinion:
- Jennie and Bong from ReapMoneyOnline.com have said:
“A blog is personal and is an extension of our self. So when we talk about being a blogger we also talk about our principles and beliefs.
It’s kinda funny but we can’t talk about money in the context of the make-money-online niche, on which our main blog ReapMoneyOnline falls into, not because we don’t want to but because we don’t know how to.
All of us bloggers blog for various reasons: a cause, a car, a house, for financial independence, or simply for an ego-boost. We blog for our family. We are currently five but we are also members of a larger family, the community. Whatever happens to our community also touches our family and we don’t like what’s happening out there. We NEED to do something to try and change things and make sure our little angels and
their kids and their kids’ kids will live in a happy and safe environment (please, no bullet-proof backpacks and knife-resistant vests for them).
The web offered an opportunity for us to reach out. But why not simply blog or create a website for a cause?
What’s with the make-money-online thingy? Two reasons.
First, we are not well-off and we do not have any extra money. Every single cent we have is already budgeted for life’s basic necessities. The bill for the electricity and broadband connection is already a major drain on our meager financial resources. In addition, we need to pay for domains, hosting, and other web development stuff. That’s why we’re working to get our online presence sustain itself.
Second, we want to get regular guys and gals like us to try and make money online too and run or support their own causes. Ecommerce is such a huge pie and getting even a minuscule slice of it will already
provide a comfortable living. We believe everybody should learn how to get a reasonable share of that money. That will make a lot of people happy and happy folks makes a happy and peaceful community. The kind of community we want our kids to grow up in.
Money for us is only a means to an end, not the ultimate goal in itself but a tool to make something a lot better. ”
- Tarun from TechBanyan.com has said:
“Money means I can pay for the cost of my web hosting. More money means I can buy my food and groceries. Even more money means I could buy my dream car. ”
- Ajay Pathak from ReadersZone.com has said:
“ Money for me is my blog readers satisfaction and their belief in my blog. Nothing more than that”.
- Robert from Flimjo.com has said:
“ As a blogger, money to me is simply a means to an end. I view myself as an entrepreneur, and the attainment of money isn’t for the sole purpose of having a lot of money. Rather, developing streams of passive income is simply for the purpose of creating TIME to devote to the things that make me who I am. A job and a career are not “me.” They are simply “things I do.” Having money means that, instead of focusing on “things I do” (like a job), I can focus on things that make me who I am. That should be the goal for anyone looking to break out of the 9-to-5 mold.
Create wealth for yourself because that wealth will free up your time to focus on the things you’ve always wanted to do.”
That was it, thank you so much for your answers! All of these blogs are interesting and I wish them all the best!
I hope you’ve enjoyed, leave a comment! Don’t forget you can ask a question too and it might get a post and some answers!
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We need to see money like one of the guests said as a means to an end.
Most people surf the internet seeking solutions to their immediate problems and not because they want to purchase a particular good or service. If you focus on solving people’s problems you are probably better placed than most to profit from your blog.
Interesting take from different people. Thanks for the link!
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Flimjo, thank you for your answer!
Ayo, thank you for stopping by and I agree with you, a blog has to provide some sort of useful info. Just placing some ads and trying to make money for yourself with a pointless site will more likely not work. But if you are really trying to learn and teach something useful through your blog, then making money in the process is quite OK.
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