I come across so many sites that promise to teach you how to blog and make money doing so. They promise to teach you how to make a living off blogging within 6 months, however they either all teach you exactly the same or sneak in spam or a charge along the way. But the real question is of course-do they work?

In my experience of reading and following their advice, I can honestly say that they have made either little to no impact on my blogging skills. Using social media(other than twitter) does you no good if you have a small number of friends. Using sites like Entrecard is no good and so many of their other tips aren’t good either.

Sure, they might work for you if you are Bill Gates or you have already mass following. But the average blogger does not and they also do not have the time or money as they do. So what can a new blogger learn from them?

Nothing.

Most of my blogging skills were self taught or learned. Sure, I’ve made blogging mistakes and failed at a few attempts. But hey, I am only human after all! But what I know now, is that blogging takes time and effort. Nobody will make a million dollars a year by blogging in their first year(most don’t ever make a million anyhow). But you can make enough money to live on via blogging.

My goal is to of course make enough money to live on by blogging(though I also do freelance writing…which helps). But I think I can show the average blogger how to start being a successful blogger without selling them stuff or lying to them.

My next post will go more into detail on what I mean. Stay tuned for more info.