Professional blogging is a situation when a person takes blogging as a full-time profession. He indulges in the blogging activity in such a way that he has no time to do any other work.
It means that only blogging become a source of bread and butter. So the discussion is, Is it really worth to resign from a current job and to go for professional blogging?
Some persons always remain in the dilemma that what is the correct time to start with professional blogging. Quitting your current job which is paying you some decent recurring money is a tough decision. Here I am describing some points which you should consider before getting into professional blogging.
Money
Money may be the most important factor for tending you towards professional blogging. If you are earning some decent amount of money from blogging, maybe slightly less than your income, then you should consider yourself to off from your job.
It is foolishness to left everything for blogging because it may be possible that some life depends on you. In the case, if your earning becomes very less any period then it would be very difficult for you to come back from the shock. From my personal experience, sound advice would start blogging with your job, once you start making enough Recurring Income you can consider switching to full-time blogging.
Also, as soon as your quit your job for blogging, ensure you have more than one blog. You can’t put all the eggs in the one basket.
Freelancing
If you have some freelancing abilities like writing articles for money, web designing, web developing then it will prove as a proper backup at a time when you will have nothing to do. If your blog income sucks for a time being then, you should go for some freelancing work to earn some extra cash. This is the best thing that can happen to you, try and find out the hidden qualities of yours, if you are good with blogging, you can consider starting a blog consultancy service. Options are unlimited, you only need to find out what is best for you.
Job sucks
Do you hate Monday or are you getting annoyed by the rude and bad behavior of your boss?
Are you not become fit in the environment of your office?
Is your job you are working right now is not related to your field of work. Tired of Office politics and want to get out of it asap. Â In this condition, you may think to go for professional blogging. But refer to point no. One before you takes any decision.
Health sucks
It may sometimes happen that you cannot cope with the current schedule of your current job, and you may indulge in some bad eating habits. These practices may let you bring some bad health to you. It may be possible that you get exhausted after returning from the office and get very less time for blogging work. Â
You may be affected by some disease like Jaundice, cholera or may be affected by migraine. These conditions may improve if you go for professional blogging but you must take care of these points.
Spend potential time on internet
Are you able to spend some potential time on internet because after resign from your job you will have only your computer as your companion, so make a practice to love your computer before going for pro blogging.
Make sure you can handle the stress of working 12 hours a day. This not only involves writing articles but also getting into a conversation with other bloggers, commenting, participation into forums.
Proper infrastructure
Proper infrastructure for blogging is must. Infrastructure means you should have proper resources like your own PC, internet connection, own workstation like your own home, table chair, internet connection, mobile phone, pen drive, power backup that can help you to get your work done without any interruption.
Family support
Don’t quit your job without informing your parents because your parents are those persons who make you stand in a crowd. Don’t make any decision which could hurt them.
Try to convince them and make them understand what your work is all about. Try to show some checks from Google AdSense or show your PayPal account to prove your ability. Another thing is, your family is not used to seeking you 24 hour sitting at home, so explain to them, what could happen, once you will get into professional blogging. This will help them to understand your work, and they will give you enough space, even if you are working from home.
Writing habit and marketing potential
Writing habit and marketing potential are the pillars of blogging. If you are lacking these abilities then you must gain these abilities before going for pro blogging. You should be ready to write 5-10 articles a day (this may not happen every day, but sometimes). By marketing I mean, reaching to the target audience, tweeting, and also getting into a conversation with fellow bloggers.
Friend’s support
Friend’s support is very important if you are going for professional blogging because they can help you to promote your blog posts via Twitter, Facebook or any other social media websites. Also, they can help you to get some freelancing work in case when you would run out of money.
You are ready or not
The last and most important point is you are ready for professional blogging or not. Don’t make any quick decision, don’t get impressed with other’s blogging income because there are lots of hard work and sacrifice involve behind huge income. Give at least 6 months to grow your blog and once you start to earn some decent money then make any decision.
Despite all the points I have mentioned above, that should not be the only criteria, these are some points which I consider to be important before I have taken Blogging as a full time profession. Â By the end of the day, it is you who need to take the decision, so consider all the aspect before you become a professional blogger.
Do check out this video where pro-bloggers are discussing about career as a pro-blogger:
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This is brilliant. I’m a freeblogger who needs to become a problogger.
I consider patience as contributing factor. No matter how passionate you are, if you dont see traffic and money for few months, you will definitely get frustrated and discourage.
I think the last point is perfect for me. I’m not ready to be “one”… BTW, great tips Harsh
Himanshu great points listed out,well done,I feel this could also be a good time for for people during the recession who lost their job, or looking for one to start their career to try something like blogging in the mean while and checkout problogging as an alternate career.
That was an amazing post ! Really convincing factors that need to be considered.Thanks for the tips himanshu!
Great analysis post Dude…i think i’ll be ready to become full time blogger after 1 or 2yrs from now 🙂
Family support is a big deal! It’s really tough to explain to them that the work isn’t fruitless, even if the big checks aren’t coming in yet. Without a good support system, it’s really easy to question yourself and lose motivation.
Also, I think that six-month mark is key, since I think 80-90% of bloggers fall off the map by then.
nice post buddy, are you a full time blogger?
leaving day job for blogging in INDIA is not an easy decision…requires lot of thinking
Really Nice Post, I am doing it for becoming my own boss. These are all very good steps for professional blogging, i am lacking a few but over a period i will gain it.
Wow! This is a very thorough breakdown of things to consider if you want to become a professional blogger.
I think a lot of it does come down to responsibility. If your living quarters are secure because you live at home with your parents or live at college, you should have the flexibility to blog full time without worry of financial backlash.
Also, if you have a spouse who is able to make enough money to support your family financially, that also could allow you to blog full time.
If you don’t already have the financial backing, then blogging part time to “test the waters” is probably a good idea. You’ll be able to see if you can generate enough traffic and build a large enough reader base to make money without risk of losing your home.
Becoming a professional blogger is a time consuming process. Not only does it take a lot of time invested, but it also takes time (sometimes months or years) to develop.
Totally agree with you Blake and already mentioned this part in my article, Blogging brings almost everything in life, Money , reputation, global exposure and lots of love, try to make it authority of life, never try to make it the dream which can’t be chased. Making proper money backup before leaving job for full-time is a great decision rather than go for any quick decision. Thanks Blake for your insights.
“Spend potential time on internet” Yeah forums and participation on logs are good way of learning, i learnt alots on forums and friends support in social sites are also great ways to build authority, thanks for the great tips!
Excellent post on professional blogging 🙂 . To be a professional blogger you need to have passion of writing and ofcourse health should be also taken care of.
Great post, Harsh… I realized I chose the right decision for myself… I found myself not yet ready for professional blogging… I am still considering my current job as an active source of income… Blogging is passive for me as of these times… Maybe sooner, as what you’ve said, I’m ready for full-time blogging… It depends on our passion, actually…
Hi himanshu,
Every pro-blogger was noob in his initial days. But they learn and do things in better way. I mean they are the best. If you can do things better then other and different from crowd. You will be a pro-blogger.
Great Post.
I think deciding to become a pro blogger is a ver big decision to make. As most of us are part time bloggers we are happy with what we are earning, but if you really want to turn to pro blogging then you need to make loads of importent decisions and think about how it will impact your life.
Also are you really passionate about it and will you be able to blog every single day?If yes then go for it.
If you do take the plunge then there is lots of money to be made.
Thanks for your kind words, Professional blogging is really a very tough decision as it is a kind of business and every thing depends on a revenue generated by a blog, if no body depends on you then it is easier to make such decision because hardly you can earn that much amount of cash from blogging so that you can survive of your own, but if there are dependents then you must think 100 times before leaving your day job and enter into professional blogging field.
You are right.
One should follow all these points to become a successful full time blogger.
Eespecially we have to win our parent’s trust, they are expecting much from us.
Thanks for this post himanshu.
This post will surely help me to take right decision.
There is indeed a lot of considerations before going pro blogging. As a freelancer myself, I’ve been through those struggles and definitely, still am. ^^ Between work and health.. ha.. Maini said it, it’s hard to balance the two, eespecially online is your venture now but we still NEED to. I would recommend those who’s about to enter the challenge to think through of those points mentioned. Well written!
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Thanks Ching Ya, yes Working continuously with a good health is always a tough job for peoples , they should follow certain measures like exercise, yoga, outdoor games etc. to maintain a good health.
certainly gave me some things to consider before going ahead
Job and health! huh..most of the time we try to balance these two but we never succeed. These days girls are getting into this full time blogging because of their marriage committments and late after giving birth to baby. Hopef this will help many and you always rocks himanshu! All the best for your up coming articles.
Thanks Maini for your insights for Girl’s blogger and your kind words about me.
Nice topic to post , completely these points are must to be considered and surely health sucks but most of all passion and satisfactions are a must for long run
Yes Kalyan, totally agree with you, there are some bad aspects of blogging with day job we should take care of, eespecially we should take care of our health
Hi Himan, that was really a cool post on Professional blogging which i was about to post in shoutmeloud but i have some added points (pros and cons). But np, i think i can hire a few extra points from your post as well as from my experience to give it more value. Nice move.
Happy Blogging Friends 🙂