Chapter 1

Blogging for Money

It is hard to miss the word blog today. We hear blogs mentioned in the media, see them all over the World Wide Web, and we even hear them discussed now in business and social situations. In many cases the term blogger is used not just to describe a person who writes a blog, but also someone who earns money doing it.

This chapter examines what blogging actually is and what it involves; it then examines the different types of bloggers, and the truth about making money blogging.

Before you get into earning money from a blog, you need to know what exactly a blog is.