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Do you have a blog? Is it just personal or do you aim to make money from it? (please post a link too!)”

Asked by Work It, Mom! Team on 21st September 2007 | 10 replies

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I have a personal blog...that I just started. I have another blog (that all my friends and family know about and read). Right now I'm blogging mostly as a self cleansing thing...if it works out maybe I'll put ads on, or start a new one...who knows http://mamasense.blogspot.com

Flag as inappropriate Posted by mamajama on 1st October 2007
I just started blogging six months ago and have become addicted. I started a personal blog www.xiaolinmama.com and then a professional one www.starfishcircle.com focused on helping non profits raise money and tech tips. It has been so fun. I never started out thinking I would make money. Just wanted to find a place to vent and process what was happening in my life. I have not made a ton of money, but have met some women that have really touched me and has made it all worth it!

Flag as inappropriate Posted by xiaolinmama on 27th September 2007
I became a bit of a blog junkie after starting my personal blog. Eli's blog was set up so that family members living far away could track the progress of my pregnancy and Eli's birth: http://BeekleyBaby.blogspot.com. I started a "professional" blog, http://FlexibleWorkforce.blogspot.com soon after returning to work to vent my frustrations about a completely inflexible employment situation. The topic became an obsession and I added a few AdWords ads and listed a few services I could offer, but overall, the purpose was to write, not to make money. Most recently, I started the Return to Work project and launched a blog to track the progress of the project: http://ReturntoWorkGifts.blogspot.com. I enjoy writing for all three blogs and try my best to keep up with demand each week.

Flag as inappropriate Posted by Amy Beekley on 27th September 2007
My blog is a little of both. I started my blog to create a online " ME" - so it is mostly personal. A great thing happened is my blog is very much a stress relief. www.fhhc.blogspot.comrnMy friends and family who live far away can keep up to date. I use it to fundraise, promote my friends books and advertise my business. I even through in a favorite recipe or 2.

Flag as inappropriate Posted by fhhc on 23rd September 2007
Yep - I've blogged for a while... but just got serious about it this last summer. I blog to make money... I am a contributer to a couple of blogs - but, right now I'm focused on a blog that really has nothing to do with my main business. Last year I created a site (www.snacksfortoddlers.com)... and it was getting amazing traffic. so, this summer I added a blog and post to it regularly. My traffic doubled - and my income from the site has almost done the same. the blog is: www.snacksfortoddlers.com/blog -- I love blogs and blogging and can't wait to get more into it with my "real" business :)

Flag as inappropriate Posted by Jenni Hunt on 22nd September 2007
My partners and I blog at www.sweettalkpr.com/blog as part of our communications agency. I'd say its a mix of professional and personal blogging.

Flag as inappropriate Posted by Danielle Walsmith on 22nd September 2007
I'm a professional blogger at Strollerderby at Babble.com ( http://strollerderby.com ) and I blog for fun at http://lionandmagicboy.com , for which I do make a small amount through advertising. In addition, I'm just launching a new spiritual blog at http://springinglight.com . That one will support and be adjunct to my business as a life path counselor at my website LightSpring Transformations ( http://light-spring.com ).

Flag as inappropriate Posted by Talyaa Liera on 21st September 2007
Yes I do have a blog at http://mymyselfandjonna.blogspot.com/rnI would love to get paid for blogging, but honestly I don't think anyone would offer to write me a check!

Flag as inappropriate Posted by The Tattooed Mommie on 21st September 2007
I may put ads on my blog at some point - when the readership is bigger :-) - but it's a non-money-making enterprise now and for the foreseeable future. It's a personal blog for my book reviews and anything else I want to write about. It's at http://pendvasq-readingritingandrandomness.blogspot.com/, where "Reading, 'Riting, and Randomness" pretty much sums up what you'll find - it's not just a title, it's a mission statement (and a tagline).

Flag as inappropriate Posted by Florinda Pendley Vasquez on 21st September 2007
I have a personal blog at http://www.bosphorusramblings.blogspot.com and a blog for work to support students and academics who write called "RedPensForever," at http://www.redpensforever.blogspot.com. I have a third one, just for my students. Nothing to see there. None are money making. I am starting up a new blog about equestrian sports in Istanbul that I am thinking about monetizing.

Flag as inappropriate Posted by KatieK on 21st September 2007