03. Create a blog

03. Create a blog

The wonderful thing about blogging is that you can create content about absolutely anything as long as there are people interested in reading it. After some time, your free blog will attract website traffic and offer monetization opportunities. This is one of the reasons blogging is a great digital nomad job.

Once it starts to take off and grow an audience, that will be the perfect time to examine the many money-making opportunities available to successful bloggers. For instance, you can advertise within your blog using Google AdSense or offer paid subscriptions to die-hard fans for exclusive access to your content.

Whichever avenue you choose to take, always think about the preferences and interests of your readers. Check in with them and see what they want by sending an email blast with a survey. Then, you’ll be able to pinpoint what strikes their fancy and how to monetize those ideas directly on your site.

Pros

• A blog is a low startup venture, with the right blogging platform you can often start one for free.

• It's a great way to make money online for writers who want independence, flexibility and creativity in what they do.

Cons

• Depending on your blogging niche, it can be a competitive way to make money as blogging has grown in popularity and scale. And as your blog grows revenue can fluctuate from month to month.

• Blogging, while flexible, can be time intensive. Content creation takes time. Blogging is also about more than being a great writer, you'll also need to create a website, distribute your content and engage with your community of readers.