Top 10 Most Useful "Make Money Blogging" Blogs

While I was researching on people who love to blog and prime reasons for which they have one, I was surprised to find that blogging is now often termed as “money making” by casual Internet users. They have a strong feeling that they can earn magically just by creating a free blog and monetizing it with Adsense and similar ad display programs.

However, they stay away from the fact that money making by blogging is not a child’s play. I do not deny the fact that a few people, in recent times have done well with Adsense and other affiliate programs, but thinking of becoming another Darren Rowse, or anywhere close to him is somewhat analogous to taming a squirrel!

Several pro blogger’s have always recommended to concentrate on content than ads, if at all you wish to have blogging as your day job. If you have a few minutes to spare, there is a good illustration here. You really need to eye on certain key aspects to help your blog pay your bills, for that matter.

Some of them include,

• Originality
• Quality
• Consistency
• Patience
• SEO

Other factors include a good social network, communication with visitors through comments, and capability to analyze the movements of the niche you are concentrating on.

Having mentioned the facts about blogging for money, I would like to share my work which lists - Top 20 Most Useful “Make Money Blogging” Blogs.

Here we go:

1. ProBlogger

One stop to all your money making through blogging needs! By far the best money-making web guides, I have ever come across. Apart from originality, the amount of research involved in a post is exorbitant. The writing style is appealing and there is no doubt about Darren’s bird eye view of the blog-O-sphere. A must have RSS feed for your feed reader.

2. Shoemoney

The name says the most of it! Shoemoney is another well known website with a huge list of RSS subscribers worldwide. The author, Jeremy is well known in his niche for the dynamics he brings up in his articles and the concept he has about marketing a website or product, for that matter.

Daniel once wrote an interesting article comparing Darren vis-a-vis Jeremy! Do have a look. Shoemoney is another wild card entry to your RSS reader!

3. John Chow.com

John, owner - Thetechzone - one of the best hardware tech website, also masters the art of making money through blogs. He evangelizes various methodologies which a blogger must concentrate on to help generate revenue off the blog. John calls himself a Dot Com Mogul! The prime difference between his and Darren’s approach is that he also rambles about other issues regarding earning money online, apart from making money via blogs.

4. Self Made Minds

A combined effort of Al Carlton and Scott Jones, the duo master the art of online business ideas with a special inclination towards making money through blogs. There modus operandi evolve around the concept of Internet marketing, money making through social networking, building traffic and earning by learning!

5. Entrepreneur’s Journey

An informative blog by Yaro Starak, a young entrepreneur from Australia who calls it to be - a website giving down-to-earth advice for blogger’s and Internet marketers. Yaro writes useful articles for web-entrepreneurs and also streams audio Podcasts for his viewers. A great website for people who believe in following a strategy for success with blogs.

6. Net Business Blog

Authored by Matt Coddington, this blog is just over an year old but expertises in in giving a real insight into the world of online business. It gives valuable information to startup or enhance an online business. It covers a wide range of topics for you to help earn money off your blog. This includes articles on - Blogging, Marketing, eCommerce, PPC, SEO/SEM, Web Development, Branding, et. al. One of the best business blogs to keep an eye on.

7. Bootmoney

Bootmoney is one of the best affiliate marketer I’ve ever come across. While you think of earning while blogging, the second best thing that can come to your mind after Adsense like programs is - affiliate marketing. Keep an eye on this blog to learn better ways to do it!

8. Andy Beard

A well crafted blog which aims to shower its reader with news concerning WordPress, Niche Marketing, Affiliate Marketing Tips and Social Media. The ultimate goal remains the same - helping you earn money with your blog!

9. Dosh Dosh

This one is by far the greatest website in terms of quality of the content . Maki, the author writes once in few days and each of his posts involve an in-depth analysis of the topic he covers. This doesn’t mean he’s busy writing for the remaining days. Maki denies that up-front! He rather keeps himself busy with other things in life, on the days when you don’t see a new post. If you stumble on his posts, they appear to be crafted beautifully and apparently look to have emerged from a think-tank. A great website for people who think on planning their blogging activities in order to earn big with a sound strategy.

10. Mike’s Money Making Mission

Authored by Mike Perry, his blog talks about making money with free blogs! This is entirely a different concept and Mike makes it pretty interesting with his articles. His blog features numerous interesting articles to get you going with your free blog!

These were a few top-notch websites which I hope would justify the title of the post and shall serve you with all you ever wished to know about - “Making money through blogs“!

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7 Comments »

Comment by Waken | NetBizSimplified

2008-06-29 16:37:29

I’m an avid reader on 3 of these blogs. Now added the balance into my list + this one
BTW,..vitamin..the blog you mentioned is not working.

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Comment by Cook

2008-07-03 14:40:19

thank you for this post, it would have taken me a lifetime to find out who writes best about what works on the internet. thumbs up!

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Comment by Pandu

2008-07-03 15:54:33

Yeah, every body knows those moguls. And I myself appreciated them and subscribed to their posts. And, last but not least, I admired you as a prominent money-making blogger.

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Comment by goblogging

2008-07-03 18:44:41

Nice! it really inspiring and helping other bloggers to learn more about blog and blogging as money maker. Thanks!

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Comment by super blogger

2008-07-04 14:15:24

Wow.. Such a nice info…
Mike also include in top 10..

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Comment by Adieska

2008-07-05 12:47:03

Hey… Thanks for this great info. Some blog already I know before, but some other I find from this post
One more site to add on the list is easywordpress.com

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