Zen Zoomie’s Place: Chronicles of a (Wannabe) Pro Blogger

BC Magazine published a great article on blogging for profit that features online money-making mogul John Chow.  Highly recommended reading. 

Penny for your thoughts? It’s not that bad an offer if you can convince enough people to pay you for what’s on your mind. Convince 1,000 people a day and you’ve got $10; convince a million people every month and you’ve got a six-figure annual salary. It’s that kind of math that attracts the ambitious to the world of blogging. And with minimal entry barriers (domain-name registration and some free content-management software), it’s no surprise that the blogiverse is growing at a rate of about 120,000 new entrants a day globally.  Read the complete article at BC Business Online…

There’s plenty learn from where and how John has succeeded.  Exactly how much does he make from his blog?  According to the article, www.johnchow.com was clearing $11,700 per month after 18 months (it took him 6 months to earn $300 per month).  And his simple equation to making money online…is….get more traffic!  But we knew that already…