Blogging is a wonderful career, I should know! But few people ever talk about one of the biggest problems that you can face when you start out. That problem is that you will need to wait while you build your brand and gather followers before any money starts to come in.
Remember monetized blogs need to have as many follow as possible because companies want their products seen by as many people as possible. But what do you do to make ends meet, while you are in this waiting period? Read on to find out.
Keep Your Old Job
The first way of keeping financially afloat as you are setting up your blog and working on making it successful is to consider keeping your old job for the time being. Yes, I know everyone’s raves about how once they become a blogger they gave up their old job and spent their days waxing lyrical about anything and everything under the sun that they find interesting. But most people transition from full-time employment to part-time and then to being totally self-employed.
This is a valuable piece of information to know. As it can certainly help you stress levels to be sure that no matter the success of your blog at that moment, you still have some money coming in that will allow you to pay the bills.
Freelance In Others Areas
However, it may be that things are so bad in your current employment, that it is precisely getting out of it, that is driving you to start a blog in the first place! In that case, another option to consider is to offer your skills as a freelancer.
For example, if you are blogging you should be able to write well, so you could do come copywriting for an agency. Or, if you have an eye for detail why not pick up some editing work as a proof reader? There are lots of freelance sites out there that can connect you with the right job too. So it should be to hard to pick up work here and there.
Save Where You Can
Another way to ensure that you stay afloat when your blog is getting off the ground is to be sensible with you money. Plan ahead and try and have some savings that you can fall back on, for if things take a little longer to get going than you planned for.
Also, try and save on items that you would be buying anyway with a discount from sites like PlusVoucherCode. It is surprising how much money you can save by just looking for vouchers online.
Watch Your Spending
This is not a time to be free and easy with your spending. In fact, you need to keep a tight reign on your outgoings by setting a realistic budget and keeping to it.
Yes, it may be hard to sacrifice life’s little luxuries. But remind yourself why you are doing it, and that if things work out, you will be able to get them later. As well as receiving some for free as promotional items from manufacturers.
