Women Who Make Money Online
It IS possible to make money online.
I first “met” Stephanie Foster when she discovered one of my posts on Stumbleupon a few months ago. We’ve been following each other ever since, but it took me a while to realize she makes money online – as much as $5000 per month – from her websites.
This is significantly more than the average ANNUAL revenue for U.S. blogs ($5000), which is actually skewed by blogs in the top 1% who earn $200k+. The annual MEDIAN revenue for U.S. blogs is $200.
Stephanie’s websites are not high-profile. She doesn’t have 100,000 subscribers or millions of monthly page views. You don’t need any of these things to make money online. You do need to pick a good niche, work hard, be highly disciplined and ignore naysayers.
While numerous “make money online” so-called “experts” are claiming to make 6 figures and trying to scam people into buying their useless products, Stephanie actually makes money online, from her home, quietly and consistently.
Stephanie has agreed to answer a few questions.
What is your professional background?
I started working at home my last year of college, doing medical transcription. That’s what got me interested in the work at home field as a whole. Everywhere I went, when I mentioned that I transcribed at home, people would ask me how I got into that.
When did you start your websites?
I did my first site as a website design class project on a free hosting service, answering the question of how do you get into medical transcription. I figured I could kill two birds with one stone – credit for the class project and something to refer people to when they kept asking me the same questions over and over.
I started Home with the Kids in September 2003. I had decided to expand on the whole work at home concept because medical transcription is really not suited to everyone. It took me a while to realize that I could be earning money from the things I had been talking about for free. I eventually took my medical transcription stuff off the free host, updated it, and added it to Home with the Kids.
How much do you make? What are your sources of income?
My income ranges from $1000-5000 per month. The AdSense income is the biggest part, but some months I’ve done very well with other programs, breaking $2000 in a month in affiliate referrals. While Google AdSense is a major earner for me, I’m trying to dump it so that I have more control. I also do a little bit of ad selling, mostly featured links in the Direct Sales Opportunities directory on my site. It hasn’t been the focus for me that many say it ought to be. That’s just not one of my specialties.
Do you have any tips for getting started with making money online?
Of course!
1. Just do it. Don’t worry about making mistakes: I’ve made plenty of mistakes along the way and that’s OK.
2. Pick a topic you enjoy. Do not pick a topic solely on what you think you’re going to earn. You probably won’t earn that much for a long time. Keep at it and you might just get there. But if you aren’t enjoying what you’re doing, it’s probably not going to work so well. I’ve tried that path. I have a site on credit cards, and while it earns a little, it really has not been worth the time for me. Yet that’s one of the fields people talk about as having great income potential. It does, but it’s a tough one to excel in. My top two sites, on the other hand, are fun for me to work on and bring in more money.
3. Focus on one marketing tool at a time. If you’re blogging, for example, how are you going to promote your blog? You can do blog comments, article marketing, buying ads on related sites and so much more to start getting your traffic. Study that type of marketing as you build up at least the basics of your site or blog. You need something to be sending the traffic to.
It doesn’t really matter if no one reads your posts for the first month or two. Visitors aren’t generally impressed by a single page unless you’re selling just one item and that’s all the page is for. A site or blog that is growing is more attractive for most topics.
Start your marketing as soon as you think your site is ready for visitors. Just work that one marketing skill in the beginning. You’re better off mastering one marketing technique than jumping all around and understanding none of them. Once you’ve mastered one you can pick up another.
4. Do a lot of reading as you get started, and ask a lot of questions before you start any home business. Every single one has its pitfalls, challenges and scams. Even my original career, medical transcription, has plenty of scams.
5. Do not assume it will be easy, no matter the promises made by any person or website. Most of the earnings you see are the exception, not the rule. I earn an adequate living, lower than the best, but better than most who run their own websites.
6. Involve your family. If your children and your spouse aren’t supportive, it’s just that much harder to get things going. I’ve had to deal with naysayers even when I was a medical transcriptionist. My mother-in-law took years before she believed anyone could earn enough money from home for it to be worthwhile. It wasn’t until the first time I had a check higher than my husband’s paycheck that she really believed. But because I kept at it I was able to support my family even when my husband was laid off for six months starting last January.
7. Learn to identify work-at-home scams. I write about new scams periodically. There’s a work at home scams section on my site, as well as blog articles such as Keeping Your Ethics as You Work at Home. There’s also a forum where you can ask questions if you’re ever in doubt about a work at home opportunity.
Scams are actually very easy to spot online. I think it’s the anonymity combined with how cheap and easy it is to get started that brings them out in such hordes. I rarely name names when I talk about scams, not only because I can get it wrong sometimes too, but because they change names so often that it would be a waste of my time trying to keep up with most of them. Better to know the symptoms and to have your B.S. detector set on high.
Keeping up with a home business, even one you love, is a lot of work. But being able to accomplish so much while always being there for my kids has been quite worthwhile.
Thank you, Stephanie, for your tips on how to make money online.
As I said, this woman is worth following. She obviously knows what she’s doing.
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Mike Goad responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 1:23 am →
I do make money online and get a modest AdSense check every month…, and yes, I want to.
However, with the economy, the income has dropped by about 2/3 in the last few months. The sector of the economy that provides the ads for the niche that I am working in has been hit very hard by the economy and interest appears to have dropped off.
With that, though, I am focusing more on adding new material, because I am convinced that interest will rebound fairly soon and my niche’s industry will eventually.
I don’t have a specific plan or goal in mind other than to add good quality content that people will want to read and use for research in their travel plans. I have recently started interfacing with other bloggers who have personal blogs in the niche I am writing for, which is not something I have done before, so my Google reader feeds has probably more than doubled and getting through all of the blogs is taking more time. However, the traffic to my niche site and blog has picked up and the drop in income has stabilized, I think, as a result, of the new contacts.
Davina responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 1:30 am →
Hi Vered. Thank you for introducing Stephanie. This gives me hope. I would like to earn money through my blog. I don’t have a clear plan yet. I will continue blogging as I’ve been doing, encouraging life coaching and writing jobs. Now that I’ve moved to a self-hosted site I will begin investigating how I can monetize appropriately. There are a lot of affiliates that I could sign up with, but I’m not comfortable promoting products that I haven’t tried. The last time I checked my Google AdSense account I had made 2 cents. How is that possible?
I want to investigate article banks to increase traffic — that is my immediate plan. Thanks Stephanie, this has been helpful.
ChasingSanity.com responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 4:35 am →
Great job Stephanie! The post is an inspiration to even hobby bloggers and site developers. Even if we don’t generate huge revenue it’s nice to know that a hobby can – at a minimum – generate enough to go buy yourself lunch.
Betsy Wuebker responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 5:02 am →
We’re making money indirectly via linking to other activities from the blog. Right now, we’re studying what works better and tweaking. Pete has been in direct mail marketing all his career, so he’s the expert in that regard. We do have a plan, but it needs more definition. PassingThru and Adsense don’t seem to be a fit, so we decided not to go that route. Affiliations are probably a better bet, but again, selectivity is the mantra.
I’m thinking of setting up some additional sites to see how they do. The problem in getting started seems to be my perception of myself as a jack of all topics, master of none.
Thanks for introducing us to Stephanie. I’m going to subscribe to her site. Perhaps in the future I can be a work from home granny.
Dominique responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 5:13 am →
I too am hopeful to earn some cash through my blog. Adsense has not been really working out for me with only $2/mth earnings, affliate products also has not been really moving with the odd sale of one e-book here and there. Writing gigs have been very difficult to find since the last quarter of 2008 and I am still looking on ways to improve revenue from my blog.
Ruth responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 5:16 am →
I’ve been slowly building some affiliate-focused niche sites in my spare time (with a fair amount of background research done first, etc). Recently, one has started paying off and I find that very exciting! I try to put in plenty of content so a) the person will be likely to stick around and b) the search engines have something to pick up on.
I’ve earned money in a more traditional through selling advertising on one site in particular. But if a site isn’t suited to advertising, I don’t even bother. (Once [insert profundity] gets higher traffic levels, if it does, and a greater percentage coming from Google, I’d consider adding AdSense, but right now it’s not suited.)
Miranda responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 6:04 am →
Thanks for sharing this interview! It shows that blogging is becoming a viable form of business — for those who are committed to doing a good job and putting in the work it takes to create a quality product. I’m a freelance writer, and my P&L this year shows that I made close to $75,000. Almost $50,000 of that came from the blogs I am hired to write for companies. Additionally, providing Web content for companies accounted for about $20,000 of my income. Which means that only about $5,000 of my freelance income comes from writing for print publications offline. There are many opportunities to make money online — you just have to find them.
MizFit responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 6:18 am →
wow.
that is all.
Don Mills Diva responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 7:37 am →
Lots of great tips here – thanks Vered. I’m definitely feeling inspired!
Tabitha (From Single to Married) responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 8:08 am →
Loved this post – I’m always interested in working from home and in expanding my blogging potential while possibly earning money so this really hit home.
Marelisa responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 8:16 am →
Hi Vered: What a great interview! Making money online is definitely doable, it’s just not easy. It’s great to get advice from someone who’s doing well with her blogs and web sites.
Writer Dad responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 8:38 am →
LOVED IT. I love that Stephanie is just a person and not a guru. Right on, Stephanie. Congratulations and good job. I’m sure you’ve given a lot of hope to all of us trying to make it at home on our own terms. Thanks.
Stephanie - Home with the Kids responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 8:49 am →
Hi everyone, I’m glad you enjoyed the interview. It was fun. It amazed me when I discovered the possibilities, and I continue to be amazed. Now I just have to keep making the most of them.
Suzie responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 9:13 am →
Ive done add sence and I havent even made $2 and Ive had it up for months. Im not sure why no one clicks. I try to click on lots of sites. Id love to make some extra bucks.
Jannie Funster responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 9:34 am →
I am currently right around that U.S. median line of $200 per year via Google ads only but am intrigued by the “Direct Sales Opportunities” she mentions and am going to look into that more. This is one great post, thanks, Vered!
MomGrind responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 10:34 am →
@ Mike Goad: I remember a recent post of yours where you said you made over $3000 last year from your websites.
“I don’t have a specific plan or goal in mind other than to add good quality content that people will want to read and use for research in their travel plans.” – I think this is actually a very good plan. Content is still the first thing people should focus on when building a website. People are not idiots. They can usually see right through a spammy made-for-adsense site.
@ Davina: As far as I know, Adsense doesn’t work well for all websites. It depends on your niche, and if you’re being smart priced, you’ll see ridiculous earnings such as 2 cents per click.
@ ChasingSanity: Lunch is nice.
@ Betsy Wuebker: “PassingThru and Adsense don’t seem to be a fit” – I agree. Even for this site, it’s a challenge, because while some of my posts are doing very well with Adsense, others are doing poorly, and the ones that do poorly cause the entire site to be smart-priced.
A work from home granny sounds like a good plan.
@ Dominique: “Writing gigs have been very difficult to find since the last quarter of 2008” – the recession will be over at some point. We all need to take a deep breath and find a way to survive it, because better times WILL come.
@ Ruth: I agree that a site needs to have enough search engine traffic before you can add Adsense.
@ Miranda: $75,000 is impressive. “blogging is becoming a viable form of business — for those who are committed to doing a good job and putting in the work it takes to create a quality product.” – exactly, and the key here is willingness to work hard and stick with it, rather than hoping to invest a minimum amount of work and make a fortune right away.
@ MizFit: Well, as I told you before, you have a good thing going with your website. It’s high quality, you have a unique voice, it’s a great niche, and you got yourself a highly targeted demographic (women, ages 25-45, looking to become healthier) – I’m sure you could earn decent money doing affiliate programs for fitness clothing/ equipment/ health food etc.
@ Don Mills Diva: Glad I (or rather Stephanie) inspired you.
@ Tabitha: Glad you found it helpful.
@ Marelisa: This is exactly the problem – people expect it to be easy but it actually takes a lot of work.
@ Writer Dad: “I love that Stephanie is just a person and not a guru.” – this is exactly why I asked her for this interview. I wanted to show that with hard work and picking a good niche, anyone can do this.
@ Stephanie: I will continue following your journey.
@ Suzie: Your site can’t work well with Adsense. You might want to look into mom-related affiliate programs.
@ Jannie Funster: $200 is better than $0… good luck with growing your income!
Chris responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 10:57 am →
Like Miz said, WOW!
@Miranda: could you please guide me where to find these online writing jobs are?
Maya responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 12:42 pm →
Vered,
You have done an awesome job by discovering Stephanie for us – I am a little tired of reading posts from people who think they have made it big in a short time! I do think it is possible, but certainly not sustainable ….
People forget how long Problogger has been blogging for!
I love number 3 – focus on one marketing tool at a time – I am doing this now and I think it works really well. I think it is a great pointer for any marketing effort overall ….
And nothing beats doing what you love and consistency/hardwork.
I love how you keep your blog realistic!
Carla responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 2:09 pm →
Thank you for this very informative interview. Right now I am making a little money online, but its mostly from greenandchic.com sales. I actually only made about $3 since I placed affiliate ads on my blog in December. I made nothing from AdSense yet.
Miranda responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 2:42 pm →
@Chris: You can find them through online job boards like Problogger.com, online-writing-jobs.com, freelancewritinggigs.com, sunoasis.com and others. But watch out. You have to sometimes wade through crap. And you have to be careful of who you do business with. I’ve been burned. It took me five years to get to this point, though. It didn’t happen overnight.
Vincent responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 7:38 pm →
Hi Vered,
Thanks for posting this interview. It is inspiring to see people making using the internet and in the comfort of their own home.
Cheers
Vincent
Personal Development Blogger
Evelyn Lim responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 7:41 pm →
Thanks for doing the interview. It’s certainly an inspiration to me to keep at what I’m doing. I now realize that it is important to establish where my interests are and to build a site around them. I made a bunch of mistakes in the past due to following some bad advice and not knowing what I really wanted.
Sara at On Simplicity responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 8:56 pm →
I love Stephanie’s down-to-earth approach. It’s a balance of doing something you enjoy and doing it with a purpose. It may not guarantee success for everyone, but I’m glad it’s working wonderfully for her. We all need a bit of inspiration now and then!
Barbara Swafford responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 9:00 pm →
It’s nice meeting you Stephanie. Thank you for sharing your tips with Vered’s readers.
I especially like the part where you said, ” You’re better off mastering one marketing technique than jumping all around and understanding none of them.” I think as bloggers we have a tendency to give up on something because we don’t see results right away.
Just like Problogger, Steve Pavlina and others, you have also been doing this for many years. Knowing it doesn’t happen overnight helps to keep me motivated to stick with it.
Thank you Vered. This is a very valuable post.
F responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 9:04 pm →
(Raising hand).
Question.
Approximately how many hours of work does it take Stephanie to earn her $1000-$5000 per month?
Friar responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 9:20 pm →
Oops. That last comment should have said “Friar”. (I mis-typed).
Stephanie - Home with the Kids responds:
Posted: January 22nd, 2009 at 10:14 pm →
Oooh, let me think. My work hours are so erratic it’s hard to count them up, plus a lot of the income comes more from pages that were developed long ago, as opposed to current efforts. So much is due to the hours I’ve put in through the years, not just now. Passive income, as they say.
Not that it’s all that passive since I do work at it. But my best earners are older.
Here’s an idea of what I do throughout the month, which is more how I count things rather than daily hours. I have a goal of a post a day for the Home with the Kids blog, plus two posts or articles for other sites. Throughout the month I try to have one article written for article directories each day. I’m 38 weeks pregnant right now, and that one has gone by the wayside due to energy limitations, as I need more rest time even from the computer. Hoping to get that back up around March or so.
I do the bulk of my blog reading and commenting 3 days a week. Daily interrupts the productivity for my own sites too much.
I interact with people on Twitter. That one can be a time waster, but also productive. I’ve had blog posts retweeted by others and gotten traffic through it. It’s all in how you use your time.
I very carefully do not check stats obsessively. That’s a time waster unless there’s something specific I need to keep an eye on. Most stats I just check on Fridays. I do keep a slightly sharper eye on my best keywords in the relevant search engines, not because it helps, but because it really feels good. Very motivating for me.
I’m on the computer doing at least some work just about every day. A day off to me means just checking my email, comments on my blog and forum.
All this is of course interrupted by just being there for my family. I have the energy most days for maybe two uninterrupted hours at night after the kids go to bed. Hours during the day are scattered unless the kids are with their grandparents. Then I see how much I can get done.
If I had to guess, I would say 30 hours a week average. My husband thinks it is more.
Bamboo Forest - PunIntended responds:
Posted: January 23rd, 2009 at 8:53 am →
Congratulations to Stephanie for succeeding at doing what is so very difficult to do online!
Daphne responds:
Posted: January 23rd, 2009 at 9:27 am →
Hi Vered and Stephanie,
This was a very informative interview. I love the whole understated tone which is so different from the marketing hype that I see in so many other places. And very realistic too, not promising thousands of dollars within a few weeks of following your method… Bravo to both of you!
MomGrind responds:
Posted: January 23rd, 2009 at 9:54 am →
@ Maya: I wanted this to be realistic. I wanted it to be about someone who’s been working hard for several years to grow a real, if not huge, income. Glad you enjoyed it.
@ Carla: Theoretically, Adsense should be easier than affiliate ads, because Adsense pays you for views and clicks while affiliate ads pay you only when someone actually buys something. Especially now with the recession, people are much less likely to click over to an affiliate site, and they are even less likely to make a purchase. But Adsense has its problems too of course, some of which are smart pricing, low-quality ads that are not very well targeted.
@ Vincent: Glad you liked this article.
@ Evelyn Lim: “establish where my interests are and to build a site around them” – sounds like a good plan.
@ Sara: “I love Stephanie’s down-to-earth approach” – I agree. I also agree that her approach will not work for everyone, and there’s definitely luck involve and also the fact that she started very early – competition now is fiercer than ever – but it’s so inspiring to see someone build a business and make it work for them.
@ Barbara Swafford: “Knowing it doesn’t happen overnight helps to keep me motivated to stick with it” – exactly. This was one of the main points I was trying to convey here.
@ Bamboo Forest: I’ll join your congratulations.
@ Daphne: Glad you liked it. Stephanie’s down-to-earth approach is what got me thinking that I need to interview her.
Kim Woodbridge responds:
Posted: January 23rd, 2009 at 10:37 am →
I really like the “quiet and consistent” aspect of Stephanie’s approach. She’s also being honest and is not trying to convince people that she is earning millions. It is wonderfully refreshing to read about a “real” person earning money this way. Thanks for the article.
Carla responds:
Posted: January 23rd, 2009 at 12:35 pm →
@Vered – You’re right about Adsense. I actually did earn money recently, but didnt check the “all time” option when checking my stats so I had no idea.
J.D. Meier responds:
Posted: January 24th, 2009 at 1:36 am →
I’m a fan of the build your own information products path.
Mostly, I’m still learning how to blog and finding my rhythm. The big learning for me is hopping domains from the tech to personal excellence and skilled living.
Lance responds:
Posted: January 24th, 2009 at 3:21 am →
Hi Vered,
This is great information again!
I tried adsense when I first started blogging. What I found was that I wasn’t happy with the ads being displayed. And then I decided that I would focus on building a site that I liked, and really focus on the content. Maybe it’s times to rethink the whole monetization piece. Like you said to Jannie, even $200 per year is more than $0.
Suzanne responds:
Posted: January 24th, 2009 at 4:07 am →
Thanks for a little bit of motivation.
I have been building sites and doing SEO for about seven years now and got that part down. During my last office job, I had to work on a blog of a customer and was instantly hooked to blogging. After that I have worked on corporate blogs for clients for a while until I felt that I got all the theory down.
Now, I am at home and trying to make my own blog work. I do know the princliples of blogging, internet marketing and SEO. And I know that it takes time. But when working for myself it is harder to sit out that time then when I’m working on 5 or 6 corporate blogs at the time. Now it is all up to me and my blog to make it work.
Three months down the road so far and a begin is there. But I can’t wait until my blog is a few years old and I can pick the fruits of my hard work. It is nice to get it confirmed here once more that all it takes is dedication and time. I just keep on going…
the weakonomist responds:
Posted: January 24th, 2009 at 8:07 am →
I started making money from my blog last year, but have limited marketing to polish a writing style. I think in the 2nd half of the year I’ll start to actually promote the website through more traditional means. Thanks for the post this was very interesting.
Juliet - LifeMadeGreat responds:
Posted: January 24th, 2009 at 8:29 am →
Hi Vered
thank you for organising such a useful post
Hi Stephanie
I like your tip of focussing on one marketing tool at a time. I think that is what I have found the most overwhelming. There are so many, they tend not to be very user-friendly and I seem to end up spending so much time on it!
Thank you
Juliet
Alik Levin | PracticeThis.com responds:
Posted: January 24th, 2009 at 12:57 pm →
Great insights!
I am not making money now but it is my intention.
I made few iterations – like writing content, designing the blog, making relationships, digging on marketing channels, and some more.
This post definitely helps to focus on what really matters to make money online/
Good stuff, thanks for sharing!
MommyNamedApril responds:
Posted: January 24th, 2009 at 6:49 pm →
Hi Vered!
It was interesting to read about how Stephanie started (and continues to!) make money via the internet.
Wonderful article! I’d call it a blog post, but you don’t write blog posts, you write real, grown-up articles
I’ve made a little bit of money (and would certainly love to make more!). On my food site, I’m a ‘Featured Publisher’ for FoodBuzz.com and, so I earn a little bit through them (very little!) but they also send me free food (yum!) and give me neat foodie opportunities. On my family site, I have Amazon Associates, but haven’t earned anything from that (although I just started it a few weeks ago) and I also advertise my Etsy merchandise (which is where I’ve made the most money).
Right now I’m trying to concentrate on building a reader base and also, trying to keep it personal… since it was really started as an online family journal. Making money is secondary at this point. Although, I would welcome opportunities elsewhere to contribute material and make money. I think, eventually, that’s what I’d like to do… if the market’s not saturated!
-April
MomGrind responds:
Posted: January 24th, 2009 at 8:21 pm →
@ Kim: I love Stephanie’s honesty too.
@ Carla: Yay! That’s great news.
@ J.D. Meier: “build your own information products” – I agree this has great potential, but to have people buy them, you’ll need to establish yourself as an expert first. That’s a lot of work. But hey, everything is a lot of work.
@ Lance: “I wasn’t happy with the ads being displayed” – this is the biggest issue with Adsense: the lack of control, and the low quality of some of the ads.
@ Suzanne: “I can’t wait until my blog is a few years old and I can pick the fruits of my hard work” – I think it’s great that you have that vision – that you know it will pay off. Glad I conformed it for you.
@ the weakonomist: Sounds like an excellent plan.
@ Juliet: Glad you liked it.
@ Alik Levin: Sounds like you’re doing all the right things.
@ MommyNamedApril: “if the market’s not saturated” – I’m sure there’s always room for good writers.
Natural responds:
Posted: January 26th, 2009 at 2:06 pm →
I checked out her site. That’s a great income per month, wow. I would love to do something like that, but not right now with my blog.
Patricia responds:
Posted: January 26th, 2009 at 8:39 pm →
Thank you Vered, a very good post and I learned a great deal. My primary work has been to get my Internet server up and running consistently again – I am assured that by Wed. the 28th of January that will be the case – having no phone has not made as much difference in my life. But no Internet!! Yikes!
I feel though that I am now running a race to catch up to all that I missed this past 7 weeks, and I was behind before this tech crisis….I am taking a deep breath here and working on relaxing… I am encouraged by Stephanie and her know how – thank you for the introduction.
I am the “little engine that could”, I will figure this out…now I have more connections….
I can honestly say I have never had more FUN than blogging…
MomGrind responds:
Posted: January 26th, 2009 at 9:54 pm →
@ Natural: I was impressed with Stephanie too. I think she found a great balance between staying home with her children and earning an income.
@ Patricia: Blogging IS fun.
Tyler @ Building Camelot responds:
Posted: January 27th, 2009 at 9:16 pm →
The thing I struggle with is the marketing part of building my blog. It was good to read that I should just focus on one kind @ a time and go from there. I’m at a loss as to how to get more people to comment more regularly…I think it’s a guy thing…we’re just bad at commenting and building relationships like the moms out there.
MomGrind responds:
Posted: January 27th, 2009 at 9:36 pm →
@ Tyler: The only way to get people to regularly comment on your blog is to comment on their blogs, or to be a celebrity blogger.
People WILL occasionally comment on blogs because the content has moved them to do so, but generally people are too busy to write comments. Just like anything else in life, they will ask themselves “what’s in it for me?”
Happiness Is Better responds:
Posted: January 29th, 2009 at 7:59 am →
I hadn’t really put much effort into making money from my blog and perhaps my blog income reflects that. I would like to make a meaningful income from my blog to help diversify our income stream. Currently, we have a nice income from our two jobs, but we also have a nice stream of income from dividends and hopefully Forex in the near future.
Great post and awesome blog! I need to make this a regular blog stop!
Shabbar Suterwala responds:
Posted: February 1st, 2009 at 5:38 am →
Great Article.. very informative and insightful tips.
Thanks for sharing
Regards
Shabbar Suterwala
Corporate Soft Skills Trainer
Robin responds:
Posted: February 1st, 2009 at 7:56 pm →
Thanks for this Vered – you come through with the goods, as usual. I’ve made about $5 so far.
MomGrind responds:
Posted: February 2nd, 2009 at 8:24 pm →
@ Robin: $5 is better than $0…
Michelle @ What Does Your Body Good? responds:
Posted: February 3rd, 2009 at 8:35 am →
$5,000/month? That’s way beyond what I ever would have guessed. I’ve avoided ads or any kind of money-making on my blog because I thought you needed a million hits a day to make it worthwhile. Soon I’ll be transitioning to a blog/website to accompany a new health counseling business. I’m not sure if ads make sense when you are also selling your services….but I’m not sure. Thanks for the inspiring post!
Supermance responds:
Posted: February 4th, 2009 at 3:26 am →
thx for this interview, yeah many kind of scams right know, we have to be more cafeful …
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Posted: February 5th, 2009 at 5:33 am →
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Is there money to be made in freelancing? | Girl On The Write Freelance responds:
Posted: February 19th, 2009 at 3:34 pm →
[...] The pro: I started Home with the Kids in September 2003. I had decided to expand on the whole work at home concept because medical transcription is really not suited to everyone. It took me a while to realize that I could be earning money from the things I had been talking about for free. I eventually took my medical transcription stuff off the free host, updated it, and added it to Home with the Kids. [...]
CutieGirlDiva responds:
Posted: June 22nd, 2010 at 5:08 am →
Great post Vered! I think it was a great idea to interview somebody (slightly) famous. Maybe you could interview some more people in the future?
P.S. Stephanie is a very smart woman in my opinion. Of course, so are you. Maybe soon you’ll be the new Stephanie Foster!
Hey, people can dream right? 