how much do you make as a blogger?

[laurenpetro]

just curious.  i know there's a huge difference between like, The Pioneer Woman and some lowly cooking blog. 

but say you have run of the mill ad banners.  how much do you make on a click?

ETA: no, i'm not looking to become a blogger. 

[Deleted]

i wonder this. I have a high school friend that blogs about food, even got a cookbook deal and was posting on FB about some photoshoot earlier this week

[pixy0stix]

$0, but I don't have any sponsored ads on my blog or anything.

[IIOY]

eclaires once pointed me toward a site that measures dollar value of YouTube hits. She might also know of blog hits info.

[eclaires]

I feel like I've seen a similar blog info site, but I can't remember where. I do think it depends on what type of ads you have. Some just have those banner ads, but some have other ads that are less obvious. Plus, sponsors, if they sell ad space. My guess is this - no sponsors, minimal money with the banner ads. Sponsors, you choose the cost of ad space, you know?

Also, a lot of fashion bloggers use those rstyle links or whatever with everything and they get money for that.

[Deleted]

My guess is its going to vary widely depending on the blog, so its hard to quantify.

I get annoyed when bloggers become full-time bloggers. I think they lose some of their legitimacy or something, I don't know. (like if someone started a fashion blog on the side and then it becomes super popular so all of a sudden all her posts are for clothes she's been given, it loses something for me).

[redheadbaker]

I don't have ads on my blog. I keep meaning to sign up with Google Ad Sense.

I had an old blog and made peanuts with FoodBuzz (which no longer exists). How much you make is based partially on page views and I just don't have the time to invest in my blog to get more visitors.

[redheadbaker]

Then there are bloggers like Pinch of Yum (who posts their blog income and expenses each month). Most of their income comes from e-book sales and speaking fees, not ads on the blog, though.

[meshaliuknits]

Apr 23, 2014 12:03:01 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

$0, but I don't have any sponsored ads on my blog or anything.

What she said. I post too sporadically to make this a feasible option.

[laurenpetro]

How much do you make per click?

[msmerymac]

It depends on your niche, because advertisers and marketers pay different amounts for clicks, depending on the popularity of your brand. Like a car blog would probably get some pretty good money through clicks if the blog traffic is made of up of people likely to click on ads for car financing or insurance, because those clicks pay pretty well. By pretty well, I mean that someone will pay a few dollars per click for that lead, vs. a few cents or even less than a cent for not-as-popular stuff.

I have no idea what a blogger can average or does average if they do it full time. You need a lot of page views to make a good amount of money, because more views = more clicks, for the most part. I'm only somewhat knowledgeable about the pay per click aspect on the back end. I've never been paid to blog, nor have I blogged anywhere but livejournal.

[moreace01]

I think a blogger makes a lot if they are paid to endorse a product. I think I remember a friend telling me the company she works for paid some teen blogger like $15,000 to do a review of one of their products.

I would also be willing to bet that some of the fashion bloggers get free product - similar to celebrity endorsements.

It amazes me that people are able to quit their jobs and blog full time. I had a blog for a bit and I did get some free product. Worth about $20... Still, free is free and I was excited.

[frlcb]

I get nothing but I do get free 'stuff', lots of tickets to shows, entrances to museums, events, etc.

[ringstrue]

You can blog for others - that's what the professionals I've seen do. If you can establish yourself as a really good writer and an *expert* in a field, you can get a good cent/word rate. But still the # of articles you can church out and how often your people want articles depends too. Then clients come and go as well. There is a lot of saturation in that market right now so it can be tough if you are actually skilled at writing and don't wanna be paid crap.

The other way to do it is that you get interesting enough to get thousands of followers on your own blog, then you attract bigger advertisers who will pay you more decently. IDK what that means in true $$ amounts. Like a PP said its usually complimentary to your books that you are writing, as most pro-writers wanna write publications of some sort.

I know you said you aren't looking to do it but poking around this site might help give more info: www.problogger.net/

There is a big difference between doing it enough be say you are "doing it professionally" vs. being paid enough to quit your FT job, however. DH could make $400-$800/month at one point. 

[darthnbjenni]

I'd make about $300-600/month when I used to blog between BlogHer, adsense, and Amazon affiliate links.

[jlt19]

I think youtube should start charging $.01 for each video someone watches. Disney's Frozen has almost 200 million views, that'd be $2 million! Split that with whoever posted the video and people could be making serious money if/when their videos go "viral". As it is, I wonder how the people with youtube channels and series' make money?

[decemberwedding07]

Apr 23, 2014 13:31:45 GMT -5 moreace01 said:

I think a blogger makes a lot if they are paid to endorse a product. I think I remember a friend telling me the company she works for paid some teen blogger like $15,000 to do a review of one of their products.

I would also be willing to bet that some of the fashion bloggers get free product - similar to celebrity endorsements.

It amazes me that people are able to quit their jobs and blog full time. I had a blog for a bit and I did get some free product. Worth about $20... Still, free is free and I was excited.

Was it the Sea of Shoes girl??  I think she makes a lot of money off of her blog.

[PinkSquirrel]

I used to make $3 for every 1000 clicks. At the time that was a pretty good rate, I think it's significantly less now

[moreace01]

decemberwedding07 - no, it was some girl who had a beauty blog and the product had something to do with acne. I had never even heard of her, but I guess she's popular in the teen-college age group.

[Deleted]

I made about $4000 last year. I have friends who make 6 figures. Mine is mostly from sponsored posts with some CPM and brand ambassadorship.