Blogging is like a “National Sports” in India.
Young individuals, specially trained professionals like engineering students and medical students are damn crazy to adopt blogging as their final profession.
MBA and Law students are also not far behind.
In the last 4 to 5 years the trend has picked up. These young guys & girls are ready to ditch their professional careers as a doctor, engineer, lawyer, etc. They are in a frenzy to gain name, fame and huge amount of money in a short period of time, with the help of blogging.
If you ask them personally, the main 4 reasons they are attracted towards blogging are:
- You will be your own boss by blogging.
- You can work from your home.
- You can be a famous person (Blogging Superstar).
- You can earn big bucks in a short period of time.
What these young professionals don’t know about blogging is – The real truth and insider things for adopting “Blogging as a professional career.” Should they really sacrifice their glorious professional careers (future) for blogging? Is it that easy to be a successful professional blogger to earn sufficient money to lead a decent life?
The Reality
Last week, I met a group of young doctors in a conference in Mumbai. They were around 8 to 10 in numbers. Recently completed their interns after successfully completed their 4 and ½ years of MBBS career. Now it’s a lull period for them before getting busy with their Post Graduation.
During conversation, when they knew about my blog; few of them started surfing Blog AddSense on their tablets and mobiles. Appreciated for the looks (of my blog), and started asking – Should they take blogging as a career? How much time it usually takes to be a successful blogger? How much money a professional blogger can earn? And, bla, bla, bla…
I told them the reality about blogging, and as a blogger in India. There are about 8,00,000 to 10,00,000 blogs and bloggers in India alone. And, out of that number 50,000 blogs are just average; where bloggers actively posts – at least once in a week. But 1,000 blogs are above average and have the potential to earn big bucks. But in reality – Only 20 to 25 bloggers/blogs earn sufficient money to lead a decent life. That is at least US$ 2,000 to US$ 3,000 Per Month.
Point to be noted – we’re talking about pure blog here. Not any form of website selling goods or services of any type. And don’t think the rest of the non-earning or low-earning bloggers are not so talented. At some point of time they were also actively blogging and thinking of pursuing blogging as a career. After 2 to 3 years of blogging when they realized it’s not an easy job;they either quit or became less active.
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