Basic Needs To Run A Blog To Make Money Online
This topic was posted by Jorge at this post and she wanted to know what are the basic needs to run a blog to make money online. To help you get started here are some basic stuff you need for your blogging business.
- A Domain Name (US$7.95 per year at Godaddy)
- A Website Host to host your blog (US$7.95 per mth at Hostgator)
- An Autoresponder (US$17.95 per mth at Getresponse)
- At least 3 hours of spare time per day
- Willing to learn and try new things
Total startup cost: US$25.90 Per Month (US$310 Per Year) + US$7.95
IF you think that paying US$310 is too much for you to do a full time blogging business then I would strongly encourage you to keep on staying at your paid job.
You Need To Take Risk
Because in order to be really successful online, the first thing you need to learn to do is to take risk 
So if you are not comfortable with paying that sum I highly recommend you would stick to what you are currently doing.
Because I have lost well over about US$10,000 in software and courses before I was where I am today. You need to be willing to invest and take risk in order to succeed in business.
Can You Make $25k A Month In Your First Month Of Blogging?
DREAM ON my friend! Let’s face the facts, if it’s that fast and easy wouldn’t every blogger online be rich by now? How long will it take to make $25k month will determine how willing you are willing to work hard on your blog.
Just remember this and remember it well, YOUR SUCCESS is determine by YOUR HARDWORK and time spend marketing your blog to get MORE TRAFFIC! (There is no magic pill to riches, if you are still looking for that! stick to your paid job please)
Can You Run A Full Time Business Alone?
Well for a start you can, you will be surprised even after 2 years of doing this I am still doing this on my own But I am looking to hiring some people to help me as I am getting more popular now 
It will be very tough to do it on your own, but if you have the budget start to hire freelancers to help in your business.
How Much Man Hours Do I Put In?
When I first started learning Internet Marketing, it took me 4 months to really understand all the Internet Marketing terms and I started spending about almost 5 to 8 hours EVERY DAY learning and trying new stuff.
I did that for nearly 6 months, posting every day on my blog consistency and most importantly also trying to drive as many traffic as possible to my blog.
But all that changed now, I am now spending less time on marketing and earning much more. I only now spend only 8 Hours a WEEK P The rest of the week would either be going out or shopping with friends
Does My Business Have An Exit Strategy?
I would NEVER recommend anyone to plan for an exit strategy and looking for short term profits only. I would prefer to do a long term business and I never once thought of selling away my business unless someone offer me $1 Million for my blog.. haha
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I agree with you, it’s really hard to make a lot of money blogging, but it’s possible. As long as you work a few hours every single day, buy some ebooks and join a few courses in order to learn, it don’t think it will take you that many months before you understand how.
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Just remember this and remember it well, YOUR SUCCESS is determine by YOUR HARDWORK and time spend marketing your blog to get MORE TRAFFIC!
A great slogan and one that I will try to remember always! Thanks again for your continual sharing of knowledge…
Yes, it is true that we need not give up but keep on learning new things.
Nice post, I need to learn from you further, have a great life.
Alright. I will try to learn and “touch” WordPress. I stop it because I found it is very lag as my home line is not so good.
Alvin,
I’m relatively new at this blogging and unfamiliar with some of the terms…Plugin’s, what are they, where do you position them and will they work on Blogger? WordPress, if I understand correctly, is a freebie like Blogger right? You said they have less restrictins can you give me some examples?
Thanks so much for your help…
We’ve to treat blogging as a business or a job.
Then only, its possible to achieve success.
The main problem is regularity
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This list is very imformative and let me know what I was not doing to make money with my blogs.
I will implement your steps one step at a time.
Can you explain more about web host to me? Can I use blogger host to continue my blogging and learn internet marketing?
Yea, I am willing to spend time on blogging, I can spend at least 1 hour although I have exam or other school activities, I still will spend at least 1 hour per day on blogging.
However, I now still a newbie T_T
Web host is basically a service you can use to setup a website or blog site.
Blogger is free, the one I am referring is called WordPress which needs a web host to setup.
You can use blogger, but there are many limitations to that.