When Are You Ready For A Full-Time Blogging Career?

This is a guest post by Anil Gupta from ScopeForMoney.

Everyone dreams of earning a steady and handsome amount of income online. All bloggers start out part-time and all full-time bloggers you see today are the people who once handled a day job as well in the initial days of their blogging career. But effective time management and determination saw them through the tough phase where they had to manage a job, blogging and personal life.

But becoming a full-time blogger is risky and you should be sure that you have the caliber in you to take your online income to great heights.

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So when do you know that it is time to take your blogging career to a whole new level by becoming a professional blogger? This is a post that will discuss this question.

Stability Of Your Current Income

When it comes to making money online, there are no guarantees. To show the instability of online income you can take the example of moneymakerinfo.blogspot.com – this is an authoritative blog which enjoyed top ranking for “make money online” and other related keywords in Google for over four years. This had a Page rank of 5 and a great Alexa Rank. Then all of a sudden, this month Google Blogger has deleted his blog and with that goes all the hard work of years which he had put it (Although Alan was able to restore his blog from Blogger Team after some days).

This is one case which shows how risky and unstable the online world can be. So when you make the jump to a professional blogging career. You should have enough back-up cash or some other plan in place to buffer such a mishap.

Varying Income Every Month

One point which you must keep in mind when you blog full-time is that your income is never going to be constant. Your income will keep varying every month – although it can go up, there is also a high probability that your income goes down.

So you should also be okay with the high degree of uncertainty in income that you will face. However, you can obviously estimate the minimum money that you will be earning in one month – this way the varying income can be tackled.

Get Into The Role Of An Entrepreneur

Another important thing which you have within you while going full-time into blogging is waking the entrepreneur within you. If you are leaving your day job for making a full-time income online then you are basically an entrepreneur who is taking a great deal of risk. The point is that you must not have a closed thinking. You must expand your horizons and invest the money you earn.

There is no point going full-time and then simply sticking to the income that you earn from your blog. You will have a lot more time left even after blogging. So you can put the money you earn from blogs into investing in other ventures online. This way you will not be over-dependent on income for a single source. Moreover, the whole idea of leaving your day job to become a full-time blogger is so that you can nurture your online ventures so that you can earn many times more than you may be earning from the internet right now.

Benefits Of Full Time Blogging

The reason why working as a full-time bloggers is such an attractive option for many is that it allows you the freedom of a home based business. Working from home means that you have a flexible work timing, you can work at what time you feel like and enjoy leisure activities at your comfort – there is no hard and fast working time.

Apart from that you also get a lot of time to spend with your family and friends. Working online from home will also eliminate you stress and other health aspects. No more office politics, irregular schedules and piles of documents. These points make becoming a full-time blogger an amazing option for those who have achieved success as a part time blogger.

Seek Advice From Other Bloggers

You should remember that while working online from home means that you are responsible for yourself. There is no boss above you to ensure that the work gets done on time. You are your own boss and the success or failure of your decision will completely depend on you.

There are many part-time bloggers who have turned full time and it will help you to contact them for advice and suggestions on how their life has changed after becoming a full-time blogger. Ensure that your decision to become a full-time blogger is not air-headed.

Are You Taking The Right Decision, At The Right Time?

The biggest gamble you will take by going Full-time blogging is that if you take the leap too early and at a wrong time – then you can regret the decision for your whole life. This is one decision that you should take not simply based on your confidence level – but also weigh other factors carefully; you should also have an alternative planned out just in case your decision fails to work out.

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21 thoughts on “When Are You Ready For A Full-Time Blogging Career?”

  1. I dream of becoming a full-time blogger. However, I still feel I am very young and need many chances to improve myself. So, until now, I can’t get into the role of an entrepreneur.
    Of course, I hope I can have my own career on the Internet.
    .-= Duia´s last blog ..Professional Los Angeles Movers =-.

    1. Surely earnings can change our decisions in near future. But one should not make such decisions on seeing your earnings for few months only. And you should have more than one revenue stream for your blog so that in case one revenue stream gets down, you can use other earning streams. Suppose you have blog with lots of traffic from search engines and you are using Google Adsense as the only medium to monetize your blog traffic. But will happen in case Google bans your Google Adsense account. So you should mentally prepare for such situations.
      .-= Anil Gupta´s last blog ..How to speed up your wordpress blog (Load time) =-.

  4. It’s true, diversification and self-motivation are key. If you have the drive to succeed and the mindset to try many different things to avoid putting all your eggs in one basket, you will eventually be successful.

  5. Freedom, it’s sure attractive but beware it could also be your downfall.

    I haven’t totally dive in to full time blogging because I know the risks. It’s pretty easy to do it when you are single but it’s a different story when you have dependents.

  8. It’s very important to consider all of the possibilities when it comes to full time blogging. Just like freelancing, you should have a core set of skills you will use to generate the main of your income.

    You should also set aside a bit of money to pay for bills when you’re first starting out. It’s generally good to keep at least 3 months worth of bill money at your disposal as you’re starting off. If possible, you could also see if you can keep a part of your job strickly to online so you can transition into blogging full time.

    Another consideration is to figure up your last few months of income you’ve generated from your blogging efforts. If they are stable or reaching the point it covers all of your monthly bills, go ahead and take the leap.

    Because you’ll be working full time as a blogger, you’ll be able to place a great more deal of time into your blog. If you were gaining a substantial amount of income before a part time blogger, you should be able to make it seeing you have twice the time now.

    I hope anyone that’s serious has the success they’re seeking.
    .-= Murlu´s last blog ..An Introduction To Blogging =-.

  9. I happen to really like the freedom most of all. To say that I am my own boss is music to my ears. But I plan to just make a partial living out of it.

    1. Going for full time blogging is one of hardest decisions to made. I himself thought of living my current job and start doing full time blogging. But after some time, I find it unreasonable going for it right now. I hope I will be able to make this bold decision in the coming months if everything goes fine as per my expectations.
      .-= Anil Gupta´s last blog ..How to speed up your wordpress blog (Load time) =-.

  10. The example of moneymakerinfo.blogspot.com is good. I think we should always use the paid hosting for our websites. I will only shift to full time blogging, when i will be earning the same as i m earning from my day job for many months. For every good thing to achieve one have to face some risks.

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