#09writeoff: Emma interviews a fashion blogger…
June 22nd, 2009 • 2009 Write-off, Emma's Posts - #09writeoff
For Day 13, Emma interviews fashion blogger Zephyr of CollegeFashion.net about blogging and its difficulties. CollegeFashion.net is a site aimed at offering fashion tips, trends, and deals for college-age girls. I can’t say I’ve ever seen this site before, but I’m not exactly its target audience. From the article:
7. Do you have any advice for someone starting out with trying to move their blog to a full-time employment opportunity?
Work hard and don’t expect success to come overnight. So many people start blogging because they think it’s a “get rich quick” thing, and nothing could be further from the truth! To be honest, I think blogging is one of the LEAST easy/quick ways to make money online. You have to work really hard, write well, motivate yourself, stay creative, and update as often as you can to see success, and even then success isn’t guaranteed. It’s definitely not for everyone – you have to be willing to work hard for next to nothing for a few years before you’ll see real income.
Interesting thoughts from a full-time blogger. One of the things that I’ve always thought you’d have to be able to pull off as a full-time blogger would be living on a reduced budget, because Zephyr definitely has a point regarding it being incredibly difficult to make money blogging. If any of you have been thinking about writing or blogging as a career, this post is a good read for some of the pitfalls or issues to expect.
Emma’s certainly winning the creativity portion of this content – in her 7 days of posts, she has a picture, a video, and an interview among her content, where I just have myself blathering on. Go check her posts out if you haven’t yet already!
