Hi Friends,
I want to ask you a few questions on blogging. I ask because I can’t figure out the Answers. I have tried so hard to find answers but nothing makes sense to me. So to all the bloggers out there here my cry, please share your experiences, thoughts, wisdom , ups and down to help everyone learn from you.
- What is your main blogging goal? To write as a hobbie, to make money, to do both, or just be creative?
- Is a mailing list necessary and why?
- Why should you go self hosted? What is the reason, the benefit the need? But, if you are paying for your wordpress account do you need to be self hosted ? Why?
- What is a sales funnel?
- How are you making money blogging?
- If you are making money, then what tax do you pay? What about international tax? Are an employer , limited company or self employed ( these UK terminologies, i dont know for your country).
- Do you use affilated links and how does that work , and how does that get managed see question 6?
- How many hours do you spend blogging? Do you have a day job?
- How many blog post do you write a day?
- How many blog posts do you write a week?
- What do you think of social media marketing? Is it working? Do you do it for free or paid?
- How much time do you spend on a blog post? How time of on social media? How much time connecting with other bloggers?
I blog as a hobby /fun. But at some point i want to make some money on the side from it. The UK is heading for brexit and everyones how well that is going😭. Companies are suffering and things are uncertain.
Please do comment below would love to learn from your experiences, or your thoughts or your fustriation at it all.
As you see i am a bit clueless here.
Thanks for popping by.
Thoughtsnlifeblog 
I like this post and the questions you asked. Just like you, I have some of these questions in my thoughts for a long time now, but you’ve voiced them out. I will read the comments here to learn more as I am also clueless about most of them. I want to monetize my blog amongst other things and it hasn’t been a walk in the park.
I started blogging as a passion and hobby. But at this stage, I want more out of blogging. I want to earn from it and I want to learn all the other things associated with blogging and social media. And time has been a hindrance to acquiring the skill sets needed to up my blogging.
Thank you, Bella, for this post. 🙂
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Most welcome Stella and thanks for joining the conversation. I sometimes feel oh let just forget the whole making money on line i just get a headache and what worries me the most is international tax and legal bits and bobs, because online business is world wide.
And then i dont want spoil my blog and what i share and loose that beauty of it because well i dont feel right to do that.
Ohhh a headache
I hope this conversation gets those experienced in these matters to comment..
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I blog just to be creative and i genuinely just find it fun to blog 💕
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I totally agree with you and i enjoy it too. Thanks for popping by and joining in the conversation.
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I have no answers to any of these, except for why I blog which is: to express myself creatively while hoping to inspire or help others facing their own chronic illness. I originally was just going to journal, but my hand writing isn’t what it used to be because of my MS so a blog was born!
I would love to know how to possibly review products or something? I see all these beautiful blogs where bloggers are asked to review a product and I wouldn’t mind getting in on that action possibly.
As to how long does it take to write a post, it can take me up to 2 weeks working on one post because my MS dictates how long I can sit at the computer at a time, but it’s ok. I’m not working anymore and I have time on my hands to work at it when I am able!
I will be checking back to read the comments on your post, thanks for writing this one!
Raegan
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Dearest Raegan, thank you for reading and commenting. And it is fabulous the reason you blog. And honestly i blog to share meditations, positive thinking, and just life stuff and things i have seen benefit in and others may benefit from. And i love doing it. I personally dont want to stop doing this and i dont want to make money that way because it doesnt feel right , honest, fair and it just goes against the grain.
But at some point i do want to make money somehow.. but that where i draw a blank each time and then decide to forget about and just focus on my blog and enjoying that because it is enjoyed by a few blogger and i dont want to spoil that. It goes against my ethos.
Anyway… lets see.
You one thing the rules for online miney making could be different in different countries.
I wish that people in the know would be more open, but i guess thats how the make money.
Again thanks for you fab comment. You are star for managing life with your illness and sharing.
Regards bella
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