In this part of the Ask Nile Series, I answer “When Can You Be Considered a Full Time Blogger?”
This is certainly not an easy question. Becoming a full time blogger doesn’t happen over night. It takes quite a bit of time. And becoming a full time blogger can depend on how much money you need to make in order to do more than just survive on.
If you’re having aspirations of becoming a full time blogger, here’s some of the following you need to think about:
- House payment or apartment rental fee
- Insurance (car, home or apartment, health)
- Food cost
- Cost of daily necessities (gas for car, toiletries)
- Electric, water, and trash fees
- Taxes
If you’ve got children, factor that into what you need to make to become a full time blogger. This number should cover a regular job that you’ve been working. Your number may be different depending on your country, and your own ambitions. If you’re aiming for more, then you’re going to have to work that much harder to make it happen.
Once you know what you need to make, don’t quit your daytime job until you can safely save up and comfortably live off of what you make with blogging.
In the time you work towards becoming a full time blogger, you will probably be doing a lot of work. You will be trying to make money through reviews, brand ambassadorships, advertisements, affiliate marketing, paid to blog opportunities, and much more.
You will be spending a lot of time blogging and engaging with your readers and followers.
This post isn’t to deter you from becoming a full time blogger, but to instill the reality that it will be a lot of time and work to get there.
If you can make the money to live comfortably, then that’s when you can start to consider yourself as a full time blogger.
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Great post,Awesome! I didn’t know that the time of the posting could be a so critical reaching factor. Thanks for teaching us.
Amazing information. Really like this post
Hi Nile,
Yeah, you are right; you’ve got to ensure that the money you are making on your blog can cater for you and your family before you can be considered a full-time blogger.
If you are just starting out, rest assured it would take some time of quality hard work to get to that point; but it well doable, just don’t give up.
Personally, I consider a full-time blogger as one earning an average of $4000/month.
Thanks Nile for bringing up this post.
I’m a first-time visitor to your blog by the way
Hello Nile!
I found your blog few days ago and I daily visit your blog to find some great content
Thank you for sharing such useful insight on a full time blogger.
I too agree with this point – Becoming a full time blogger doesn’t happen over night.
Keep posting!
The struggle is a real one for those looking to be full time bloggers. Thanks for sharing your insight and experience. It is a great lesson.
I am not a full-time blogger. I don’t ever plan to be one. I really admire people who can turn their blog into the ends itself, but for me, it’s just a means to an end.
I honestly have never aspired to be a full time blogger but I do see it as an option for some people. Like anything else it requires dedication and patience and of course a ton of marketing savvy. I think a lot of people have dreams of this sort but don’t truly understand the need to possess a strong business sense to be successful in such a venture.
It’s a great goal for some, but most peter out before they really get started. Great things to think about that you bring up, Nile!
Thanks for helping us understand this concept. Many times the blogger quits before they get to that stage as they feel the results are slow for them to make money.
Thanks for the post. This is great and important post for new bloggers like me. Keep posting posts like this.
Since I am a new blogger and on a learning curve, so this post has given me a lots of knowledge which should be beneficial.
As you say you’d have to be very certain that you could make enough money to cover all your fixed expenses and I don’t see how you could be sure without already earning a fair amount from blogging. I imagine the majority that turn full time are were working hard at blogging in all of their free time. They’ve already sussed out a formula for blogging that they know works, one that will be sustainable.
I am a student of engineering and i want to become full time success full blogger but now i need also money for my study. thank you for this post. from this post i will take spirit from this post and continue blogging
Thanks for publishing the post. I want to be a full time blogger. I’ll be very happy if you tell us the steps of being a full time blogger.
Thanks again
Hello,
Choosing Full time blogging requires dedication, patience, and hard work. There are tons of bloggers out there which by their dedicated efforts are now earning 5000$ + per month
i am not a full time blogger and and its very much time consuming to keep ,my visitors updated. This makes me wonder how much more time full time bloggers give to their blog to achieve success. Good luck to those who wish to venture into it.
Good point, Nile. I remember my network marketing mentor telling us that we shouldn’t quit our day job till we were making 3x as much with our home business, as our day job. That way we’re likely to be debt-free, as well as have the financial means. That way we work from a position of strength and positivity, rather than from a desperation to succeed.
Nile, this tells allot of us how to make sure not to expect much in the beginning. Yes, time it takes and each person will not be the same waiting period. Most will not be able to handle it. Juggling home, Job and meeting new people to bond real relationships.
It is not like put something out there and know you have thousands of people feeling confident that your are an ethical person. Now, the can start to respond to various things you share which will enhance their lives. On their time!
It’s a lot harder than a lot of people think it is. Most people tend to think it is a get rich quick scheme but it takes years and years of making nothing to get anything out of it.
Great post, being a full-time blogger can be difficult, but if you have great information that people are willing to read on a daily basis then go for it! It can be very rewarding!!
John
Hello Nile ..
As I am still a part-time blogger and reading your post i found it good to continue as a part-time.
Really, All expenses you mentioned are such expenses which we can’t refuse to pay and Only Blogging Earnings are not sufficient to pay such expenses.
Google algothrims updates can change the game anytime.
Well, Nice Article !! I would love to read such article that shows us the truth of life
Keep writing
Yes. Being a full-time blogger might look easy, but the journey to become a full-time blogger and staying on top as a full-time blogger takes a lot of work.
I am new to blogging world and I am still struggling to decide whether blogging can be full-time or part-time for me, but after reading this article of you, I got my answer and I am so passionate about blogging. Thanks for the excellent information Nile. Loved this post.
I am still craving for that moment when I can feel like a Full Time Blogger. Consistency in your efforts with quality of evergreen content will make this journey very short!
Regards!
Satbir~
Good idea to bring your knowledge of how much work there is in blogging, to other people’s attention Nile. A lot of people just starting out don’t realize there’s more to it than writing Blog posts – the marketing of a Blog takes a lot of time also. It’s not just a matter of “Build it and they will come”. A new Blog is going to be 1 tiny dot within the thousands of other blogs on the internet.
Blogging takes up far more time than I originally thought it would – if I didn’t find it enjoyable, I wouldn’t do it!
Hi Nile,
Me niks part of blogger community, You are right and its eye catching articles. I think every bloggers are thinking or having confusion about full time blogging make life successful ? But as you mention its depending on your lifestyle and how much you earn from your blogs. Firstly every blogger are suffered but once they take right track than its not hard to become successful blogger i mean full time blogging. You write articles i amazing way it think its primary questions of millions of bloggers. Once again Thanks a lot for very interesting article. Waiting for next one.
Thanks
Regards
Blogger Niks 🙂