Do you know what is the biggest motivation of any bloggers?
- No, it’s not traffic
- No, it’s not keyword ranking
- Not it’s not their website loads faster than ever!
One of the biggest motivations for any blogger is to make money from their blog, in the end, that is what matters the most.
But do you know how much time it takes to make money from your blog?
Well, that’s what we are doing to discuss in this post, and for that, I have conducted small research on 20+ successful bloggers who are earning thousands of $$ from their blogs.
Some of the things that we will cover in this post are
- My journey of making the first $100 from the blog.
- Why you should read this post?
- Data with proof of the first income of a successful blogger?
- How much time it takes to make money from a blog?
- Lessons from Successful Bloggers.
Many more things will help you earn your first income from your blog, and this post aims to show you the exact path to earning money from your blog.
Let’s get started without any further delay.
My journey of making the first $100
I started my first blog when I was in college and just like the other aspiring I also have the same dream.
But I used to struggle to make my first income from the blog, the reason behind this is the “lack of guidance” that you have known.
It took me more than 8 months of consistent efforts to make my first income from my blog, and that one income has changed my life now I know
- How to make money from a blog?
- What it takes to make money?
- What are the skills required to make money?
These things have helped me a lot in my blogging journey after that I have grown my blogs and generated thousands of dollars.
In this post, I have shared the exact skills and strategies that have helped me and other successful blogger to make their first income from the blog.
So make sure you read till the end, let’s move into the most important thing.
Why you should read this post?
The number #1 reason to read this post, we have collected the data from the REAL blogger, who are earning thousands of dollars from their blogging business.
But here are some of the other reasons to consider reading this blog post.
When it comes to blogging one of the biggest motivations for any blogger to continue their journey in blogging is their first income but lots of people fail to achieve it.
I started blogging when I was in college and I also used to struggle to make my first blogging income it took me more than 8 months of consistent efforts to earn my first income.
But after that, I never looked back and achieved many things from blogging and generated thousands of dollars don’t worry you don’t have to spend that much time to earn your first income.
In this post, I have shared the data of 20 successful bloggers, about their first income and how much it takes to earn it.
So let’s get started with understanding why you should read this post
Real Data with proof
This is not a usual post that you read on the internet about making money from the blog what I will share in this blog post is based on research and I have reached out to more than 50+ successful bloggers to create this content.
I have also asked them to share their first income and how much time it takes them to earn, and it will help you get the right direction from the star.t
Right mindset
Having the right mindset from the start can accelerate your journey but most newbies don’t have the right mindset and they fail in their blogging journey and are never able to earn their first income.
This post will reveal the mindset of the successful blogger when they have started which help them to earn their first income from blogging.
Set the realistic experience
Most people start their blogging journey with the wrong expectations and tend to take the shortcut to make money but in the end, they fail and feel demotivated.
With the help of this post, you will learn to set realistic expectations so that your dream of earning money from a blog becomes achievable.
I want to be transparent with you so that you can get the real data, and build the right mindset from the start, let’s see how I have collected the data of the highly successful bloggers.
How I have collected the data of 20+ successful bloggers
If you have read my previous post then you know that I have been into blogging for the past 10 years and have generated thousands of dollars with my blogs.
I also connect with the people in the blogging community who are always ready to help me, so I have reached out to the people in the blogging community who are especially doing well.
Process of collecting the data
To collect the data I have a kind of small survey among the successful blogger, and to do that I have crafted a small and crip message and mentioned a few questions that will help me know their first blogging income and the time it takes to make it.
Here is the snapshot of the message
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The response to this message is overwhelming and I have received more than 50 messages from people who are ready to reveal their income so that newbie bloggers and work in the right direction and achieve success in blogging.
Reasons for collecting the data
The main reason behind collecting the data is to help the beginner know what it takes to earn the first blogging income, but here are some of the other reasons.
- It helps people to build the right mindset from the start
- It helps people to understand the time it takes to make their first blogging income
- It helps people to work in the right direction with real expectations
One thing that I have learned from my blogging experience is that if you get the proper guidance from the start, you can earn money from blogging & change your life.
Now let’s jump right into the question & understand how long it takes to monetize a blog.
How long does it take to make money from a blog?
First of all the answer to this question varies from person to person and everyone has their ability but as per the research it takes at least 6 months to one year to make money from blogging.
This data is available on the internet, but now I will show the data from my research that gives you a clear understanding of the time it takes it make your first income from blogging.
But before that let’s see the list of 20 successful bloggers that we have mentioned here
List of the 20 successful bloggers
First of all, I want to make it clear from the start that they are not famous blogger but successful bloggers and most of them are underground bloggers who are earning good money from the blogging business.
I know most of these bloggers, some of them even my good friends and a few of them have helped me this my journey.
In short: You can trust these people, as they have achieved many things by blogging.
Bablu Yadav
He is a good friend of mine and we both have started our journey at the same time, he also has more than 10 years of experience in blogging.
As you can see his first income from the blog is $300 and it took him 7 months to achieve it to complete the $1000 it took him another 8 months.
Now he doing well and earning good money from blogging, you can note these data to get the average duration that it took bloggers to make their fit blogging income.
Ankit Keshri
He is another good blogger from Bihar, and he is junior to me in blogging but right now he is doing well in blogging.
It took him 3 months to earn his first time and that was $300 but as you can see he mentioned that once he earned his first income he got the confidence and completed the $1000 in less time.
Hayat Ahmed
He is another superstar blogger who has the core expertise in building topical authority and ranking the sites on Google and he started his journey very early in blogging.
To make the first income from the blog took him more than 2 months the first income was $230 from AdSense and he completed the next $1000 in 4 to 5 months.
Himanshu Singh
He is another guy from my college who has worked with me in the past to learn the ins and outs of blogging but now doing very well and earning a decent income from blogging.
It took him more than 4 months to generate this first income which was around $200 and after that, it took him 1.5 years to reach to $1000 milestone.
Neeraj Mishra
He is running a blog named crazy programmer which is related to programming, he is highly successful & earning good money from his blogs.
It took him 2 years to make his first income from blogging back in 2014 and his first income is around $116 from Google AdSense, but now he is doing pretty well.
Sanu Siddharth
He is one of the first mentors who helped me to learn to blog and I learned many things from them, he is highly successful in blogging making some decent income.
It took him 3 months of research and effort to make his first income from blogging which was 8690 INR, and it took more than 1 year to touch the mark of $1000 from the blog.
Sumit Bagga
He is another blogger who is pretty well he started his journey as a content writer and eventually turned into a blogger.
He earned his first income online from content which is around 150 INR and it took him one year to complete the $1000 from blogging and now he is doing great at blogging.
Dinu Das Manikpuri
His story of starting a blog is inspiring, and he did not have an internet connection he did many struggled to reach where he is today.
He started blogging in 2014, he also got fraud at the start of blogging but he generated his first income after two years of consistent efforts his first earning was around $100 and to complete the $1000 it took 3-4 years.
Now he is doing amazing and generated thousands of dollars from the Amazon affiliate, and he has good years of experience in blogging.
Gopi Kanna
Gopi Kanna is a good friend of mine and he is the founder of the domain coaster (a platform for buying and selling expired domains).
It took him 7 months to earn his first income from the blog which was $105 and it took another next 4 months to complete the $1000 from blogging now he is running a company along with blogging.
Rohit Patel
If you are into blogging then you might know this person as he has a YouTube channel named Ask Rohit where he shares content related to blogging.
He is a coder from the background who is doing a full-time job but eventually started blogging and now he is doing well in the field of blogging.
His first income from the blog was $113 and it took 3 months to make his first income from the blog and to complete the $1000 it took him almost 1.5 years.
Abhilash Ranjan
He is a pro blogger and a successful website flipper, and wouldn’t be wrong if I can say that he is the master in website flipping.
He generated his first major income from website flipping which was bought for $50 and sold for $1750, it took him 6-7 months to learn the things and make his first income from blogging.
Kailash Ghodke
He started in journey before me and he did very well when he started blogging mostly in the event blogging and still rocking in the field of blogging.
It took him 4-5 months to make his first income which was 10 dollar and after that, he achieved the milestone of $1000 in the next 3 months with the help of some solid keywords.
Rakesh Chauhan
He is another expert in blogging who owns two hosting companies and along with that, he is also running the blogging business with a team member.
His first income from blogging was $422 which it took 8 months to earn but after he achieved the milestone of earning $3-5K dollar per month, he is now killing blogging and earning decent money.
Siddardth Soloanki
He is my blogging partner and we have started many blogging projects together and still working on some of them together sold sites worth more than $200K and it was the biggest breakthrough of my life.
He earned his first income from the blog in 2012 and it took him 8 months to earn it and it was $75 and it took him 6 months to complete the $1000.
Satish Kushwaha
If you are into blogging and making money online things and don’t know this person then you missing a lot as he is the first person who spread the awareness of blogging in the Indian community.
He started his journey by blogging but currently focuses on YouTube he has a team who is working for him.
In short: He also knows the ins and outs of blogging and has good experience.
It took him 1.5 years of consistent efforts and belief to make his first income which was $127 and to reach the $1000 it took him 6 months.
Now let’s compile the data of all the bloggers and see what we can learn from them.
This includes the bloggers who are earning millions of dollars and there are a few bloggers from the given list of are earning 7 figures of income from blogging I cannot highlight the names directly but I hope you got the point.
Lessons from Successful Bloggers
Focus on making first income
The first thing that you should focus on is earning the first income from blogging, and stop chasing the thousands of dollars from the start.
From the above list, you can see that no one has earned thousands from the start they started and they focus on making the first $100, and once they achieve it then making the next $1000 will be easy for you.
In short – Focus on earning the completed $100 from blogging.
Time Frame for the first income
If you see the list carefully you will notice that every person has invested the time they have earned a single penny from the blogging.
And not that only some of the people got their first after 2 years and on the other, some person also get their earning within 3 months.
But If I observe the data, then you have to accept that it will at least 6 months to complete your first income from the blogging.
A small amount of earning
If you notice one thing from the data you will see that most people have small earnings at the start so what does it mean to you.
It means you need to set the realistic expectation that your first earnings will be a small amount it can be $100, $60, or even $45 but don’t get demotivated.
Because you learn the know what it takes to make money you will grow it way faster than you ever thought possible.
Now let’s see some of the things that one needs to focus on to get the first income from blogging and what it takes to make money from blogging.
What new blogger should focus on?
In this section, we will be discussing the things that successful bloggers suggest for beginners that can help them to monetize their blogs.
Focus on learning skill
I know it might sound the overrated advice to you but that’s what works for successful bloggers and no one can earn money with these copy-pasting things.
Nowadays I see most of the new bloggers use AI tools & ChatGPT and think that they can make thousands of dollars.
But here is the reality check: You will fall flat and not be able to earn a single penny from blogging.
In these past 10 years of blogging, I have not seen any person who succeeded without learning any skills so you should focus on learning essential skills.
Some of the skills mentioned below can change your blogging journey.
- Niche research
- Keyword Research
- Content Writing
- On-Page SEO
These are the 4 most important, and if one can master these no one can stop them from making money from blogging I can guarantee that.
Build the Right Mindset
After talking with more than 50+ successful bloggers one thing that almost all have said is that “Blogging is not a quick rich scheme“ and it’s a way of making money and one should accept it will take time and effort.
In the upcoming post, I will be covering the blogging mindset in detail so that you can succeed with blogging, but here are some of the things you should know.
- You should focus on learning the skills
- Pick the right mentor from the start
- Focus on learning the skills of content writing (most important)
If you want an in-depth post on the blogging mindset, be sure to comment blogging mindset in the comment section.
Build the patience
This is not any skill but as far as my experience, it’s the most important skill, but most people don’t focus on this.
In blogging, everything will take time and that is true for life also so whenever you are putting hours of effort into something and not getting results don’t feel demotivated.
One tip from the side – Be impatient with your actions and patient with your results.
That’s my mantra and that is what I believe and follow in my life and blogging career and it works for me.
Conclusion
From the above article and data, now you have the idea and answer to your question about “how long does it take to make money from a blog” I have shown you the exact and real-time data of the successful blogger that will help you work in the right direction.
Last tip – Making is not easy as you can see on the internet, so work hard and achieve that.
It post took many hours of research and effort and I hope you like it, and if you have any questions please mention them in the comment section 🙂
