A Problogger Mom

The New York Times recently ran this article: Can Blogs Become a Big Source of Jobs?

The article points out, that as blogs are becoming more and more popular, there is more demand for employees who can write or support them, from CEO’s on down.

“There’s almost an ecosystem of jobs that have emerged around blogs,” said Paul Forster, chief executive at Indeed.com, a job search engine with postings from more than 5,000 sources. “It’s an emerging area where there are many more opportunities related to the blog rather than being a dedicated blog writer.”

When I discovered at the beginning of this year, that blogging was actually a viable income earning opportunity, I first came across the Problogger himself Darren Rowse. Next I came across John Chow. In searching online for other women who called themselves Probloggers, this information seemed harder to come by. Since then, I have found several popular female bloggers who attempt to earn an income via blogging, and I have many of them listed in my blog roll. Recently, a couple of them have posted their earnings, and in my eyes, they are DEFINITELY successful female Probloggers who are my inspiration! I hope they will inspire you too.

I ran across this post today on Problogger, titled Lessons on Blogging. I think this is a great reference article for those bloggers like myself, who are just starting out.

Darren Rowse, who is the Problogger himself, references a post by John Wesley from Pick the Brain, titled 27 Lessons Learned on the Way to 3000 Visits a Day and 2200 RSS Subscribers. Darren also mentions one of his older archived posts titled 18 Lessons I’ve Learnt about Blogging.

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John Chow has inspired many by his posts on his earnings since he monetized his popular blog last Septermber. His February earnings have been eagerly anticipated by many. Final tally: $7,011.05!!! Who would have thought that he would have more than doubled last month’s earnings? That is some serious dough. I truly appreciate his willingness to share not only his earnings, but a breakdown of where they come from, as well as his Making Money from a Blog series that share how he has gotten to where he is today.

If so, I would love to connect with you to network and learn from each other. I have found blog networks for moms (TheMomBlogs)and blog networks for women (Blogher), but I have yet to find a group or network of moms and or women who are purposely trying to earn money blogging. If this is you, or if you know of a group or network, please post!

I had a New Years resolution to find a way to bring more money into the household. I already sell on eBay and run that business while being an at home Mom. My goal was to find other ways that I could make money online. I stumbled upon Darren Rowse’s Problogger.net site, and I thought this just might be a way. In researching professional bloggers and ways to earn money from blogging, I haven’t really run across many successful women doing this, or mom’s for that matter. I’m hoping to find them though! I know many women who blog, so why not earn money while doing it? I don’t expect to get rich (although that sure would be nice!), but if this becomes a means for me to stick to my resolution and make it happen, than I will feel great about it. I would love to hear from other probloggers, especially women, and hope that we can network and support each other and we’ll just see what happens!