How To Make Money Blogging: How I Replaced My Day Job With My Blog Paperback – August 1, 2010

The content wasn't overwhelming and I didn't walk away discouraged.For years friends and family have said many many times- Cj, you should write this stuff down. While I have not officially published my first blog post, I have been looking into the idea, since I am now unable to work. I have made many long posts and notes on Facebook as well as documented my thoughts and feelings regarding the human condition and how we approach our relationships. How we waste time and sometimes end them over root causes that were so simple and clear, yet because the answer wasn't the polite or most popular approach to relationship maintenance they threw their supposed best friend away and are left dazed trying to remember who was the bigger jerk.I've got some pretty strong opinions on these things and am known for being the go to resident arm chair psychiatrist.Why? First and foremost- I genuinely love people. I love their messy hearts and minds. And probably why people always wanna ask Cj is because they know, I will be honest, I won't pick a side or hold it against them if they don't take my advise and I won't pull any punches.Yet, when I began looking into blogging for passion and profit I found article after article saying my niche was too saturated. I spent 2 weeks moping in bed asking God if I'd read my answer from him wrong? Was I just wishfully ego driven or did he really wake me up two mornings after I hit my knees in prayer for direction.Thanks for not being another person who blew my candle out and providing an easy to follow practical guide. I look forward to deep diving into the links provided. Hope to meet you in the blogging world Mr Lotich!

I have followed this authors blog for a while and I think his book is well worth the small price. For a miniscule investment this will save you tons of time and headaches in getting started with blogging. This is not a make money fast book. It is a realistic assessment of how much time you will need to start and make money with blogging. There is no marketing fluff here. It's like having a family member or good friend take you aside and tell you what you really need to know when you start blogging so you can avoid big mistakes.There are some great tips on ads and linking for the newbie. This isn't going to go into every minute detail but will provide you direction and additional resources in software, methods and reference material. My one criticism is the author recommends some software or services that he hasn't tried but has heard good things about. I'm always wary when someone does this. But odds are based on his experience he wouldn't suggest these if he didn't feel confident in recommending them.

I am just now thinking through a couple ideas for blogs that I'd like to start. However, I'm way behind on the whole blogging experience. In terms of blogging experience, I've read a couple blogs. That's it. I knew nothing about SEO or guest posting on other people's blogs or building a following by following other blogs or Adsense or pretty much any other blog "things to know". Until now. This short book was packed with some very useful, easy to following information on all of those topics and more. The book is full of links to other resources whether they were sites to purchase domain names, hosting services, ad services, stock photo sites and so much more.There are books out there that will have much more in depth discussions about each of the topics you need to know as a blogger. Just type SEO in the Amazon search bar. You'll find books that are hundreds of pages long about nothing but SEO. This book is short and can be viewed as an introduction to making money blogging. For somebody like me, it's easy to read and whets the appetite. From here, I can get the larger, more in depth books with all the how to info.Are you going to read this book and the next day start making tons of money? No. The author even says that. He tells you that you'll need to work at it, and put time into it. He's up front and honest about that. That refreshing. Would I like to start making tons of money tomorrow? Yes. However, that doesn't happen, and I don't need to read somebody who sells promises of instant fame and fortune. I need real. That's what this book is. It was real. It was useful. It was easy to read.