If anything, the most important lesson in blogging: blog for passion. Don't blog for money. If you can figure out ways to monetize for money, than do so. But ne

If anything, the most important lesson in blogging: blog for passion. Don't blog for money. If you can figure out ways to monetize for money, than do so. But never expect it. Been running http://www.confessionsoftheprofessions.com http://www.confessionsoftheprofessions.com for a few years now. In the beginning, it wasn't making any money at all. I eventually decided to sell ad space for $2 a month (now $5 a month due to increased popularity), and I have quite a few companies that purchase ad space. Occasionally, I'll get a sponsored post (they pay me to prioritize their article or pay me to write it), but most of the income comes from the ads. It is not much, but it does pay for the server it sits on and did buy me a laptop when mine broke. Wish I could quit my day job and do it full-time, but I'm passionate about it to keep it going. My visitors and contributors are the ones who really keep me going when I get bored or lose interest in maintaining it. If it weren't for them, I'm sure it would've been in the archives of the Internet. My interest in the topic of the website is much more important than the amount of money I could make from the website. So anyone who comes along and offers a monetary donation is certainly helping out.