In India, these days, lots of youngsters have been starting their career as a professional blogger.
Engineering students, medical professionals, MBAs, law students, bored housewives…you name it. The reasons more and more people are adopting blogging as a profession are mainly scope, job satisfaction and money.
Who don’t want to be his own boss? Working on your own time and leading an independent life. In the age of high speed internet, gone are the days where people work from 9 to 5.
I’m going to throw some light on few important points about pursuing a successful blogging career in India.
Scope of blogging in India
You must have heard that blogosphere is an already saturated field, scope of earning is very low, rate of failure is very high and bla..bla..bla..
But, the reality is completely opposite. I can say confidently, the scope for professional blogging in India is tremendous. In every ages 2000 – 2005 – 2010, you will find people with half baked knowledge who spreads negative things about blogging.
There is still a big gap between demand and supply of online contents in different niches. Subjects like photography, finance, self developments, fashion and education blogs are in great demand in India and abroad.
Yes, the technology space like gadgets, web-designing and SEO is quite saturated. That’s the reason quite a lot of technology bloggers rejected for AdSense ads by Google recently.
What is professional blogging
Bloggers, who blog or publish blog posts in a way which is thoroughly researched, well edited and presented in such an interesting way that adds value to the readers or blog visitors.
One thing I want to clear – a Professional Blogger needn’t be a full-timer. A part-time blogger who blogs in a professional way also falls in this bracket. So, professional blogging can be full-time or part-time.
Yes. Name, fame and money is usually an intent or part of professional blogging.
Investments
Unlike other careers, professional blogging needs very less investment, in terms of money.
For registering a domain name, buying web-space for self hosting and a premium WordPress theme cost somewhere between Rs. 2,500 to Rs. 5,000 ( US$ 50 to 100).
Your principal amount may be small, but you can generate a great revenue by leveraging your blogging career.
Requirements
Besides the technical requirements, a blogger needs the following things for success -
1. Passion
2. Hard work
3. Expertise in your niche or subject
In reality, professional blogging requires high level of commitment and hard work. It is almost same as a 4 yrs of engineering degree or a 5 and 1/2 yrs of medical degree.
If you are thinking, blogging is an easy way to earn money, because you failed in other professional fields, then you are absolutely wrong.
You should atleast spend 6 to 8 hours daily for you blogging activities.
Earnings
Now, the interesting part! Earning money is what motivates a blogger to become a professional, irrespective of part-time or full-time blogging.
I can assure you, if you work hard for 2 to 3 yrs and make your blog authoritative, you can earn between Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 1,00,000 ( US$ 1000 to 2000) easily.
Here I’m talking about single author blog, with or without accepting guest blogging. The earnings of multi-author blogs are always high.
5 Tips for blogging success
1. Produce well researched and unique contents.
2. Never publish copied or duplicate content from online or offline sources. You blog may be penalized by Google panda for this.
3. In the initial period, concentrate more on content to build a large reader base, instead of money.
4. You blogging niche or subject should be your passion or hobby. It helps you to enjoy your work and go a long way.
5. Learn a lot to know the tricks of the trade. Know the 8 Basic Blogging Tips.
If you want to know something else about blogging career in India, you can ask your question in the comment section. I’m ready to help you. Wish you BEST OF LUCK.
About Nandita B.
My name is Nandita B, and I’m a SEO practitioner and part-time blogger. My sheer passion for sharing knowledge a webmaster needs drove me to create “A Webmaster’s Magazine” called SEOHour.com
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well the content and everything else above is very appreciaple….new hope for the new webies…
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Hope is one thing which motivates us to think big and work hard. A newbie blogger should always be hopeful.
Again great tips Nandita
I think if anyone want to choose blogging as full time job, than first he needs to take a risk of 1 year. If his luck not work than he should apply on regular job.
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I don’t think personally, you have to spend 1 year. My blog domain is 9 months old, and I am writing article since 4 months. Still I am making something around 500 to 600 dollars per months. That’s something 2 to 3 times the money which I get as pocket money. And I am not wasting my time, I am an engineering student at NIT ( Jamshedpur ) : mechanical..
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Well done Vivek!
G8 success in such a short period. Wish you tons of traffic in coming days.
Thank you Nandita…
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Yes i agree with your statement. I own a 1 year aged blog, few months back only, i started blogging regularly, now that time onwards, i m seeing good result in my earnings. Hope blogging will be one of the best make money online tool.
I m going out to be your regular visitor since 2 weeks ……
Don’t know what’s, its ur articles headings or your Writing skills pulls me again n again….
Just read ur post 1000 reasons why bloggers quit….got some inspiration n Passion . thanks…it was Perfect article for newbies.
Help me, I m a newbie N wanna learn from you …
Welcome to MoneyCTL, and it’s my pleasure to help newbie bloggers for any blogging needs.
Thanks.
Just One word..
Awsome Post.!!
Thanks a lot for sharing the advantages, Earnings and Tips..
Thank You!
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Blogging needs passion and hard work of years,then your earnings rush into your pocket .
I am of the view that to take it as a profession is risky because of inherent uncertainties it has.
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It depends on the type of blogger……that is he serious or not for his blogging career…..
read out more:-http://www.webwarbegin.com/qualities-of-a-successful-blogger/
Yes, its true. Many people are turning as bloggers in India but most of them don’t find proper guidance on how exactly they can earn from blogging.
One of the main reason behind not getting success is they focus more on money rather than writing quality content. Just like any other career where you spend 3-4 years in learning, you have to spend at least 1 year just for learning here also.
But most of the leave much before they could actually get the success.
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Hi There,
Thanks for the wonderful information. One thing that always runs in my mind, whether we can have earn a good revenue out of our blog?
So please can you tell me how much you are able to earn from moneyctl.com. This will be really encouraging me and also many other bloggers.
Thanks,
Charles
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HI Nadita,
To become a Professional blogger is my dream but i guess it would be not possible soon as being from a middle class family and a graduate student. But iam doing hard work to be a professional
thanks for the awesome article.
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Hi Rajkumar,
Blogging does not require high investments or big thoughts, you may start your blogging career by choosing any of niche in which you are expert. Let it be seo, blogging tips, tech reviews etc. just be passionate, update once or twice in week (only requires few hours in week).
Hopefully this article will let you fulfil your dreams in becoming professional blogger.
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Hey Nandita,
You did the best job on this article as always.
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well the content and everything else above is very appreciaple….new hope for the new webies…
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Blogging has become a favourite hobby of youth in India. It is very easy to start and every tom dick and harry can do it. But very few can earn money from blogging because it is much more complicated than it appears. It requires a lot of patience and technical know-how besides hard labour.
Think seriouly before making it as your career.
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Hello mam, Actually my blog has 200 to 300 visitor per day . I put BidvVrtiser and Clicksor Ad, but revenue is very low what should I do?
Yes the competition is very high but the scope of blogging in India is very nice. This is a great idea to generate good amount of revenue.
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