Confessions of a Six Figure Professional Blogger

How Much Work is Being a Professional Blogger?

November 20, 2008 | Blogging

radio-controlled-office-clock-cwc300-blk-large As another part of my wife’s interview of me this week had to do with how much I work. She said in her post:

I guess one of the downsides of having a spouse as an entrepreneur is that he works a lot.  Forget 9 to 5, it’s more like 8 to 10 with food breaks in between.

This is true. Of me anyway. My typical day starts with getting up around 7:30 AM. I usually do a quick email check, then attend to normal personal things like breakfast, walking the dog, and spending a little time with my daughter. I usually start my day around 9AM and work until around 6PM, with a lunch break in the afternoon. Then, at nighttime, after 8PM, I usually spend a little time on the laptop working on something. So, I guess I’m working, on average, a 10 hour day.

But, that’s me. It doesn’t mean everybody does it this way nor does it mean I have to.

See, I’m not just trying to maintain the status quo. I am proactively working to grow my business. This means improvements to the websites. It means working on new projects. It means staying informed, networking, etc. These things take time. But, if I were just trying to maintain the status quo and just give us enough money to live, I could work less than I am.

Being a truly successful problogger means doing a lot more than just blogging. It means creating products, doing marketing, building lists, and SELLING. The most successful bloggers out there do much more than just write and hit the publish button.

Being a successful problogger IS a lot of work. For me, it is an evolution. I work more now so that I can work less later. When I want time off, I take it. When we want to go on a vacation, I can do it. And, if my long-range plans materialize, then ultimately I will have a web-based business that pays me a nice income stream while not having to work more than a part-time schedule.

If one is a short-term thinker, then this business will prove to be depressing for you. If you see the forest through the trees, you realize it makes a lot of sense and that you are fully in the driver seat. I do what I do, but it doesn’t mean every problogger does it the same way.

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  • Thanks for your informative and honest post. I appreciate your honesty in saying that being a successful blogger takes a lot of work. So often on the internet, you see promotions for money making opportunities claiming how you can make a lot of money in a short period of time ....and do it with only working a few hours a day.But in reality as you say, you have to work hard and put in the time first, then you will reach the point where you will have more free time if that is what you choose.
  • Thanx for this inspiring post, I myself a blogger.....i agree with most of your point .....and i think...Professional blogging will be the safest job in coming days
  • I completely agree! You've inspired me to tell my side of this story so look forward to the linkback!
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