Don't blog for money, blog because you want to write. If you try and make money doing it, you'll either lose heart fast and stop, or you'll start doing the slim

Don't blog for money, blog because you want to write. If you try and make money doing it, you'll either lose heart fast and stop, or you'll start doing the slimy marketing stuff to squeeze every last cent out of the site. I went that way for a while, trying to make money blogging, and still regret some of the things I ended up doing to get traffic and sell ad space. The best thing I ever did, at least in terms of blogging, was to get rid of all the analytics stuff, get rid of the ads, and start ignoring completely the question of whether or not anyone was reading it. Yes, that means I don't know if its getting read by anyone but me, but I'm writing better, more interesting posts, and I'm not nearly as stressed about keeping a schedule.