Blogging for Money

By Ashley Sinatra (past articles)

12/01/2008

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Blogging is far from new. Millions of people regularly log on to share their rants with anyone who will listen. Among the vast amount of bloggers, two young men stand above the rest. They have turned blogging into a profession—a profession with a $90,000 annual income.

David Wilkinson was twelve years old when he started blogging. In the beginning he simply wanted to share his thoughts on technology. But once he discovered he could make money, he became even more engrossed in blogging and Internet marketing. In the past two years, David has blogged onTechzi.com and developed quite a reputation online. Next year, he plans to teach large businesses how to train their marketing staff in the art and science of selling with his site AlphaShadow.com. He will also be offering at home study courses for individuals interested in making money online at AffiliateDefined.com.

Eighteen-year-old Ahson Rafiq was not always a successful blogger. He started getting serious about blogging because he needed the money to support himself and his mother, and to fund his future. After flipping a website for four figures (a process of developing a website then selling it for a profit), he started Blueverse.com. As his passion grew, so did his success. Ahson hopes to top the blogging list, and be considered an authority of making money online. He also started designing his own urban clothing line and skateboarding brand at Gurilla.net.

Making money through blogging is not advanced calculus. However, there is no guarantee of riches. Instead, blogging, like any other type of writing, is a learned craft that constantly evolves and takes time to develop. To help you learn how to make a buck blogging, we asked David and Ahson for some blogging basics. Who knows? Maybe you have what it takes to be a blogging master.

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