2008 was a very good year for me, in that year I got promoted to a higher position in my day job. I also got my master's degree that year. But these things were expected so it's only natural for them to have come to me in 2008.
But something in 2008 made it special. In that year I started blogging. I started my first real blog (not meant for earning) in February. Then in March I stumbled upon some Filipino blogs that talk about earning online so I got interested in earning online. I came upon Berry's blog and learned so much from her posts about earning online with her blogs. During that time she was in her fourth month of earning from her blogs (though she was blogging since 2005) and she was just too happy about it. I frequented her blog and we became friends. I started more blogs and by July 2008 my very first online income came into my Paypal account. Money came in slowly but surely and it became bigger and bigger each month. I never really kept track of how much I was earning from my blogs, all I knew was that every two weeks some money comes into my credit card from my Paypal account. I was also able to convince my wife to blog and she got to it immeditely, she learned fast the technical side of blogging and in a few weeks she was as addicted to blogging as I was.
A while ago I got curious about how much I and my wife has earned from blogging in 2008. I opened my Paypal account and got to the History and filtered it to show just the list of money that came in. I then computed the amount we earned in Philippine Peso and I was surprised to learn that in the last five months of the year 2008 we've earned approximately P29,011.20. I computed it using the average P46 to a dollar. This amount came from paid posts and does not include what I earned from Adsense and AdBrite and the freelancing jobs (which is quite good but could not be considered as blogging income) I took from GAF and oDesk and other companies.
What made me addicted to blogging is the fact that I earn from what I write. This brings a very good feeling to a writer. When people read what you write and pay you for it, you get more than just money, you get this feeling of fulfillment that can only be had when you know that you at least matter to the outside world. Seeing the number of flags in the flag counter in my main blog (this blog) and the number of people coming into my blogs and leaving good comments gives me some kind of high, it makes the world, which is known to be cruel, a better place to live in.
I made many good and worth treasuring friends in the blogosphere like Malou, Gem, Pchi, Umma, Joops, Chubskulit, Calvin, Sammy, Meiyah, and all the bloggers who frequent my blog silently (I always see their avatar in my MyBlogLog and BlogCatalog widget, and I have memorized the images of their avatars). I also got to know other bloggers from around the world through Entrecard. The thing is, I earned more than just money from my blogging, and that's what makes it very good.
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Oopps ako yata nauna dito ngaun ah!
January 2, 2009 at 2:58 AMBro ako naman ngayon ang bida sa article mo, thanks!
Bro good for you na dahil sa angkin mong talento sa larangan ng pagsusulat ay pinagkakakitaan mo rin ito, isang bagay din yan na malaki ang tulong sa buhay. Pag igihan mo ito at mas lalo mo pang payamanin. Isang malaking bagay din ang blogging sa pagkakaroon ng mabuting kaibigan na kagaya mo bro.
Kaibigan saludo ako sayo!
apir!! mga ganyan din kinita ko this year. :) di ko lang nababantayan kasi madalas din akong bumili online using paypal. astig talaga kumita sa pagblolog. here's to more success sa 2009!
January 2, 2009 at 7:07 AM@Sammy matagal na kitang naging kaibigan sa internet Bro, sa forum pa, sa tingin ko 2 years na tayong magkakilala :) Cheers!!! here's to many more years of friendship!
January 2, 2009 at 3:14 PM@Calvin yes, masarap mamili online, iba ang feeling kesa traditional na pagbili sa mall he he he at ang sarap every time may papasok na pera sa Paypal kasi di mo iniisip na trabaho ang blogging pero kumikita ka. Cheers to all of us bloggers!!!
wow!
January 2, 2009 at 11:53 PMI am so glad 008 had been great for you with all the income, promotion and a masters degree
thanks for the mention too!
i hope that 009 will be more wonderful for you and your family though!
god bless!
Hi there,
January 3, 2009 at 3:58 PMI was just wondering the money that you earned in blogging is taxable income, how are they going to tax you? he he he he.. just curious.
I am not sure how are they going to tax my income too as 2008 is the year that I have earned from blogging.
Nice earnings for your blog. I hope I can have that income in the future.
January 3, 2009 at 9:58 PMHave a great year ahead.
@Beth No tax at all he he he, I don't know how they tax it but it is something that they have to figure out.
January 4, 2009 at 4:56 AM@Vlad I visited your blog and it seems that it is a good earner too :)
This article describes exactly how i feel about blogging. I do not earn much yet but I just love the fact that I receive a check in the mail from google every month
January 4, 2009 at 2:26 PM@ naysh if you receive money from Google every month, it means your blog is performing better than mine or it is just that you really took the time to read Adsense's blog and learned everything Adsense optimization. I wish I can earn from Google as much as you have :)
January 4, 2009 at 3:13 PMHi,
January 4, 2009 at 5:08 PMPastilan this is Hezron, i stumble upon your blog via entrecard and have read your articles specially this one. Yes, it's a good feeling everytime bloggers received money from their blog. Last year, was a bad year for my blogging career cause within that year i have not updated my blog often because of very complicated schedule.
I started to blog since september 2006 and have received my first payment by november courtesy of Google Adsense, i think i've already earned $700 from Adsense in just more than a year.
Balik ako ulit sa pagboblog this 2009 and hope marecover ko ulit yung nawalang momentum ng blog ko. Dati 1000 unique visitor ako everyday pero nung hindi ako ng-update lagpak ulit.
Yung blog ko makikita dito www.iblogall.com pero sira yung DNS management ko kaya dito muna sya makikita.
And yung bago kung blog makikita dito about my Internet Connection.
Not bad, not bad at all. The blog I have has only earned a little over $10, and that's from adsense clicks alone for the past 4 or so months. :) .... now that makes your numbers look better and my numbers, inferior. :)
January 5, 2009 at 12:32 AMGlad to know that Blogging can indeed make good enough, BEER Allowance for those who can find ways and means to earn to tweak the circumstances to their advantage.
Cheers to you then!
- Ez of Barako Brew
@ Herzon Mariano, how did you make it to 1,000 hits per days? Tha's quiet good. I am averaging $1.07 per day with Google Adsense. I know that this is bad and that this could be improved. I just don't have time to really study adsense optimization. I also have problems with the ad units I have because many of them are "inactive" and i do not know what to do with them. The new ad units I make do not reflect in the table of ad units in my Adsense account so i could not really track them. I keep on telling my self that one of these days i will look into the hood of Adsense and really make it a gold mine but I am too occupied with other things, i am too busy to study. I wish to have a chat with you sometimes and learn from you about Adsense. I can share to you also some of the things I know.
January 5, 2009 at 2:23 AM@Barako Brew your blog is not inferior to mine, I always visit it and I think it's a good blog. I agree that $10 in four months with Adsense is really heart-breaking. try putting your ad units higher up in your layout.
As for me, i have a lot to learn about Adsense. Ask me about other things about blogging I amy be able to help you, but with Adsense it seems that we are in the same boat :)
richer ka na ngayon! hopefully mas madami for all of us for 2009. cheers!
January 5, 2009 at 5:51 AMCongratulations on your great 2008! I found your blog through Entrecard. I'm new to blogging myself gonna stick to it and work hard after hearing encouraging success stories like yours. Keep up the good work!
January 5, 2009 at 1:43 PMwow pastilan laki na pla earnings nyo thru blogging and to think 5 months old pa lang kau ngbloblog ha.. that's great.. congratulations and sa promotion mo rin.. wow... 2008 been a good year to you, i'm happy to know that... well, thanks for mentioning me here ha.. lol... good luck in your blogging life and to your wife ice too... God Bless!
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