Comments on: The Process of Going Pro as a Blogger

By: Kevin Kuzia

Kevin Kuzia — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:20:56 +0000

I love JD’s site and it’s nice to see it get some richly-deserved (pun fully intended… awful, I know) love for this post. I am hoping to move in the direction of gradually building my own blog and taking it in steps. I am just hoping to get to the step of $100 per month and then see where I go from there. $5K sounds great.

By: online entrepreneur

online entrepreneur — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:56:07 +0000

I became full time with the help of my employer………….meaning they implemented a retrenchment.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:20:00 +0000

Great Post. Thank you for the link and the info Darren.

I always get torn between those to emotions, fear and Excitement. I get SOO excited about something, and then as soon as that emotions fades, even just a little, I get a bit scared.

So thank you again.

By: Carlo Selorio

Carlo Selorio — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 08:23:27 +0000

This is an awesome post!

I’m actually going back to the work force since my wife is about to give birth to our first child.

I’m hoping to get to your level so that I can quit working once and for all.

Cheers,
Carlo Selorio

By: Mike Huang

Mike Huang — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 05:18:50 +0000

JD’s blog brings forth some great inspiration to some of us little bloggers.

-Mike

By: Fiar

Fiar — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:19:26 +0000

I’ll have to try the article later. I’m getting an error page at the moment. JD must make pretty good money at his day job. I would quit my job at about 2k per month. Maybe even $1500, considering Child care would no longer be an expense.

5k/month is twice what I make at my day job. You can bet I wouldn’t be wasting my time on that pointless job if I could make twice that from blogging.

By: Inhibitor

Inhibitor — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 23:22:05 +0000

Thanks Darren…you give me hope. I actually just started my first-ever blog at the end of September just for fun. I decided that the almost pathetic amount of time I spent daily reading about one of my favorite subjects (MMORPG games) should at least be for something, and off I went.

Now, after a month and a half, I find myself with a pagerank of 3, a small but decent amount of readers, and the hope that one day far down the road I may actually be able to turn a buck off the concept of blogging.

I’ve got a long way to go, but ultimately it doesn’t matter…I’ll still be doing Lag-O-Rama ten years from now if I never make a penny on it…I enjoy it.

By: Melissa Donovan

Melissa Donovan — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 22:28:27 +0000

J.D. certainly has presented a very well thought out plan for making the transition. I found this article to be incredibly useful and only wish it had been written before I made the transition myself. -Melissa Donovan Writing for Writers

By: Darren Rowse

Darren Rowse — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:27:50 +0000

Gyutae Park – check out this post which describes my own story – some similarities to JD’s story.

By: i-endeavors.com

i-endeavors.com — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 20:43:55 +0000

What’s exceptional about this story that is goes to show you that if you do what you love while finding a way to provide some value to others, you’ll be rewarded – and often times rewarded big.

By: Max Powers at http://ConsumerFight.com

Max Powers at http://ConsumerFight.com — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:06:27 +0000

What makes this easier is if you have skills that are in demand that would allow you to go back to your field should something go wrong with your new adventure.

It takes a certain amount of built in “entrepreneurship” for some to consider going on their own. I admire those that go for it and love it when they succeed.

By: Gyutae Park

Gyutae Park — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:00:30 +0000

Great read.

So Darren, did you go through a similar process? I’d like to see a post on how you went through it. From day job to pro blogger.

By: Sean McGoldrick

Sean McGoldrick — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:38:04 +0000

I made the decision to quit my full-time job as well. My job was paying me $45,000 a year which was enough for me to live on comfortably but I just got tired of the hum-drum and quit at the end of October. Also I have no responsibilities so I thought I might as well do it while I still have the chance.

I am nowhere as well organised as JD. I just decided to quit and give it a go. In my first week I made $7. In my second I made $35. In my third I made $81. This is my fourth week and I’m on course to top that again so things are going ok.

It is hard work though. Especially when you’ve got zero talent like me! JD definitely has it better worked out.

By: James from justhuntingtips.blogpsot.com

James from justhuntingtips.blogpsot.com — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:34:40 +0000

I would say once you make 60% of your day job salary by blogging then you should definetly switch right then. At about 40%, i would start making the transition but maybe keep your job part-time until the pay equals 60%.

Or you could cut back on living (going out to eat, movies, etc.) for a little while until you get some more Cash :)

By: Nelson

Nelson — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 15:33:13 +0000

I read JD’s post and I subscribed to his feed after reading it. No doubt, JD is a very smart person, and he actually knows what the heck he is doing.

I think is not an easy task to make the decision to quit the day job to become financially dependant on a medium so uncertain like blogging. But he basically has everything figured out; good luck to JD and wish him very much success on his new career.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:52:36 +0000

That is a question I want to get the chance to ask myself! thanks for sharing!

By: Men Mind

Men Mind — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:32:05 +0000

Thanks for sharing this, really interesting read. What I’d like to add from my personal experience tho is you gotta be really devoted to your blogging goals to success – I tried running a blog several times only to lose interest to it some time later… surely thease things don’t work that way

By: Debo Hobo

Debo Hobo — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:08:00 +0000

He has a really well thought out plan for his ‘hop of faith’ into the pro-blogger field. I not at that point yet, no where near but I am looking forward to time when I and my readership are ready to go pro.

By: Dan Schawbel

Dan Schawbel — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 13:15:52 +0000

We all wish we could do that. The problem is that our full-time jobs take up most of our time that we could spend on writing content and promoting our websites.

By: Marko Novak

Marko Novak — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:50:37 +0000

Stephan don’t feel bad. I’m doing a lot worse at my company and I’m doing at least 5 different jobs here (web designer, coder, handheld devices programmer, admin, ….)