Why You Can't Make Money Blogging

There are so many people out there who will tell you how you can make money blogging. Whether they want you to buy their PDF files or they want you to stay hover around their blog for a few more minutes, you are going to find them. That I can guarantee. I have a blog too and I talk about making money online. I know you must be wondering why I am writing this article. If I can make money out of my blog, why should I tell you you can't?

There are many reasons why people cannot earn a living out of their web logs. If I were to list most of them I would most probably put attitude at the top of the list. Success in any field comes with the right attitude. You know the saying, whether you think you are right or wrong you are right. That is the law of auto-suggestion. It applies in all aspects of life and believe you me, blogging is not an exception. If you are going to believe the losers who have tried making money blogging with no success, and have concluded it doesn't work for everybody, you won't make it. That I can guarantee.

The key to success in this field, ask any problogger is patience. You might have read those get rich quick schemes but if you have decided to go down this road, learn to wait. Building a faithful readership takes time. Optimizing your site for the search engines takes time too. All I can tell you don't quit your day job yet. You won't earn anything for the first two months. Not even a few dollars to feed your coffee habit. The actual benefits of blogging come in the long run.

If you are lazy, keep doing whatever you are doing right now and forget about blogging. It takes effort. It means promoting you blog to gain visitors. You won't write and sit waiting for people to notice your site. There are millions of blogs out there. You have to make a difference to stand out. You should also understand you must have the ability to keep on writing good articles. Keeping your site updated and giving your readers something new everyday.

You can't make money blogging if you are easily discouraged. You will meet negative comments, criticisms and many other setbacks and if you can't rise over them you won't get far. You must learn to take negative criticism as stepping stones to success. In fact getting negative comments shows your blog is growing. Another good thing about negative comments is that they stir debate and this can bring traffic to your site. So learn to handle them. If you can't, look for something easier that would suit you.

Those are the top reasons why you can't make money out of your blog. Maybe you fall into one category but remember you can work to improve everything. If you think you can change any, then you can make it here, trust me.