That’s what running a blog is like. Any type of passive income will require some maintenance. Even if you’re collecting royalties from a novel (the most passive of income), you will still have to renew your copyright, watch for infringement, and engage in ongoing tax planning.

That’s what running a blog is like. Any type of passive income will require some maintenance. Even if you’re collecting royalties from a novel (the most passive of income), you will still have to renew your copyright, watch for infringement, and engage in ongoing tax planning.

The way I look at it is, the streams of income for a blog can be passive but the blog is not!

You could leave a blog for a couple of weeks and still be able to make money especially if you have recurring income streams. But you’re ranking etc wouldn’t look as good if they were left unattended for a couple of weeks…

The way I look at it is, the streams of income for a blog can be passive but the blog is not!

You could leave a blog for a couple of weeks and still be able to make money especially if you have recurring income streams. But you’re ranking etc wouldn’t look as good if they were left unattended for a couple of weeks…

I have a blog that runs without me and makes income, not a ton, about $500 a month, but that money comes from a team of volunteer writers who are paid in exposure and other perks, not money. The only person paid is the lead editor who manages all the posts going live to the site.

I wrote quite an in-depth series on professional blogging as a sustainable business model – I think you probably read it already.

Keep up the PDA blogging!

Yaro

I have a blog that runs without me and makes income, not a ton, about $500 a month, but that money comes from a team of volunteer writers who are paid in exposure and other perks, not money. The only person paid is the lead editor who manages all the posts going live to the site.

I wrote quite an in-depth series on professional blogging as a sustainable business model – I think you probably read it already.

Keep up the PDA blogging!

Yaro

Sometimes, it depends on what type of blog it is. If your blog is about a topic that has to stay up-to-date, that is constantly changing, then it’s harder to earn passive income.

Your archives, if they are large enough, informative, and still relevant, can earn a lot of passive income.

Sometimes, it depends on what type of blog it is. If your blog is about a topic that has to stay up-to-date, that is constantly changing, then it’s harder to earn passive income.

Your archives, if they are large enough, informative, and still relevant, can earn a lot of passive income.

In a similar vein, when someone is selling their blog on Sitepoint and includes “pay per post” types of income, I never use that in an evaluation of the domain/ site. At least with CPM and CPC ads, you don’t have to do additional work to earn money (beyond what you are already doing on regular posts).

So in this, CPM + CPC ads are a bit more passive than paid reviews. But without the work you do already to keep the site going, it’s not really passive. And with more emphasis on “momentum” of blogs, not maintaining a site means possible future loss of income. I’ve seen PR5 blogs drop to 0 lately, and PR4 drop 2.

In a similar vein, when someone is selling their blog on Sitepoint and includes “pay per post” types of income, I never use that in an evaluation of the domain/ site. At least with CPM and CPC ads, you don’t have to do additional work to earn money (beyond what you are already doing on regular posts).

So in this, CPM + CPC ads are a bit more passive than paid reviews. But without the work you do already to keep the site going, it’s not really passive. And with more emphasis on “momentum” of blogs, not maintaining a site means possible future loss of income. I’ve seen PR5 blogs drop to 0 lately, and PR4 drop 2.

A blog can earn passive income if your content is unique, highly useful, and is ranked high by the search engines for a long time. By passive here I mean income that you can keep earning even if you are not active for a few weeks. Interfaces like Digg and YouTube too are good passive earning resources because there the users are the ones generating content, and even competing with each other to generate high quality content.

A blog can earn passive income if your content is unique, highly useful, and is ranked high by the search engines for a long time. By passive here I mean income that you can keep earning even if you are not active for a few weeks. Interfaces like Digg and YouTube too are good passive earning resources because there the users are the ones generating content, and even competing with each other to generate high quality content.

If you wanna be a good blogger, then I don’t think it’s a passive income at all.

If you wanna be a good blogger, then I don’t think it’s a passive income at all.

This is not a specific post comment so much as a general blog comment. Just a note to say that you have been knocking the cover off of the ball lately, and that your blog is becoming more and more helpful to me.

I wish I could find your old Amazon Afilliate links so I could buy some equipment through them. Email one to me if you ever get a free moment.

-DH

This is not a specific post comment so much as a general blog comment. Just a note to say that you have been knocking the cover off of the ball lately, and that your blog is becoming more and more helpful to me.

I wish I could find your old Amazon Afilliate links so I could buy some equipment through them. Email one to me if you ever get a free moment.

-DH