[anon_mouse]

Nobody is gonna just dump their secrets into something like this :D

But.. in case people don't mind. How feasible is it to make passive income by having a blog? I mean by having advertisements or amazon click-thru links.. is it worth the time to set up and use a blog to generate passive income?

[danellis]

That's not passive. You have to keep writing content to keep people coming back.

[nfin]

not very passive, but in some cases blog posts can be popular for years and therefor generate revenue for years (but not in many fields/topics)

-> kind of passive in the long run

[anon_mouse]

I guess this might be true more for technical blogs, ie,. a dev blog explaining how to download a piece of software or repeat a case study discussed in the blog.

For example, I was blown away by how useful & accurate this guy's medium blog was for setting up apache.

https://medium.com/@JohnFoderaro/how-to-set-up-apache-in-mac...

(just used this for a class, I'm not pushing anything for anyone)

[freehunter]

There's such a thing as passive blogging and there's such a thing as profitable blogging but they're mutually exclusive. You have to write a ton, push it hard across a bunch of different platforms, re-post old content to keep it fresh, keep up with SEO and social media changes, and most of the time you're posting on all your social media outlets (combined) a dozen or more times per day.

It can be done part time and still be profitable, but it can't be done passively unless you're a genius in your fields and everyone is beating down your door to hear what you have to say (in which case you should write a book).

[noer]

>is it worth the time to set up and use a blog to generate passive income?

I'd say the amount of time you'd need to spend monetizing & driving traffic wouldn't really make it passive.

[anon_mouse]

How much time do you think it would take to break even for hosting / domain licensing ?

Simpler question, do blogs generate at least $100/yr?

[Jemmeh]

A really profitable blog isn't passive at all. You spend a lot of time creating content and optimizing things.

You could potentially farm out the work but that applies to a lot of businesses. :)

I have a technical blog/youtube and most of the "profit" is from having that on my resume.

[anon_mouse]

How often do you post to your technical blog / youtube channel?

I'm in the process of looking at blogging tools to do something very similar. I'm kinda worried about having a history though in a few years that shows I only post during interview times :D.

[Jemmeh]

Eh, I don't think people will look that closely at the time. Probably more like "How long has it been since they last posted" at best.

I don't post that often. When I get stuck on a problem because of poor documentation or poor explanations I just make a tut off that. Mostly focused on other things right now though. Making a video is a lot of work. Come up with a project, a script, rewriting your explanation, fill in your gaps in info, voice recording, video editing. It adds up.

[smlacy]

There are no secrets.