DISQUS

Zath · 2 years ago

It's probably always going to be a tough decision to make for a blogger, but especially where your day job is going well and you're not 'hating going into work everyday'.

At least now you've come up with this strategy you've got time to further build the site with that in mind and therefore further increase the income before then going full-time.

You've done a great job with the site already in your spare time, it will be interesting to see where you take it in the future.

Dennis Bjørn Petersen · 2 years ago

I guess it all comes down to what you really want. I know I want to make a living out of blogging, but I'll wait until I'm earning as much as I do from my job.

If you are used to both incomes I think it'll be tough to only get half as much, on the other hand you might as well make more if you focus on CI. It would probably take a couple of months, but the content quality would improve and so on.

The good ol' entrepreneur dilemma: What happens if I quit my day job and become a pro-blogger?

Chris · 2 years ago

When making the descision i would not compare your current blog earnings to your day job for the following reasons.

It is likely that you put more work into your job.
You spend more time at your job than you do blogging

If you transfered the time you put into your job and the effort/work input over to your blog is it realistic to expect a larger return? - I think so.

This would allow you to;

Write posts of a good length (i'm not saying all your posts are short but sometimes we never get your full opinion.)
Write more articles
Write 'Breaking' News stories
Attend Events and then blog about them!
Increase article output to 2-3 a day
And of course branching out and developing the Everton brand.

In the end the descision is of course yours! GoodLuck.

Angie · 2 years ago

I'm just trying it for a year, until my daughter enters kindergarten. We shall see. I don't make that much, but it pays my health insurance, car insurance, etc.

Everton · 2 years ago

@Chris

Totally agree with what you saying, which is why I've set the threshold at the level that pays my 'bills' as who knows what I could earn if I went full-time.

Although it might turn out that I earn exactly the same, at least I'l get to have a lie-in each morning and go to the gym more!

Brown Baron · 2 years ago

Sounds interesting. I'll be here for sure to see what you decide on. Good luck EB!

John Bennett · 2 years ago

That would be great. I agree completely that it would be completely different if we were able to post up to date information and had greater time to spend on the posts themselves. The overall quality of the sites would increase tremendously.

Bush Mackel · 2 years ago

Great post Everton! I think I gotta agree with Chris that I don't know that it's fair comparing blog income to work income because blog income usually takes less work (in one manner of speaking). In any event, I do think it's school that you're lookin' out for your boss who has looked after you. Loyalty is def a good thing. *nod*

3gp · 2 years ago

Blogging is full time job and i think you are planning it right. If you have commitments that full fill them first. work on traffic and if you think your traffic is consistent that it would be great.

Still i see you dont have loyal reader base that respond and participate in more constructive way.

Everton · 2 years ago

Still i see you dont have loyal reader base that respond and participate in more constructive way.

I agree, my feedcount could be higher - one thing that would improve if I developed the EB brand more, and posted better quality posts more often that aren't 'rushed'

Luke · 2 years ago

Interesting post there, and is a thing I ponder on quite a lot.

I think they day I give up my job, and become a full time blogger is when I am making as much from the internet than I am in the real world. I look forwards to the day I can wake up when I want, and sit around replying to reading emails, blogging and anayzing web stats for a living. I think we all do :D

A. Adam · 2 years ago

You have to look at it from a wider perspective. Too many people have left their job to try to become full time bloggers & internet marketers and failed; that's where poor planning and bad understanding gets you.