I have a website/blog that gets 1-2 million people per year, if I monetized I could get 5-20k/yr
This depends on so many things. For one, there are various ways to monetize. Sure, if you just slapped Adsense on the sight, that may be your earnings. However, if you add in some of your own products, as well as direct affiliations, you could earn $10k+/month. I've heard of people making triple that in a single month.
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Doesnt this just mean your income before was low?
I have a website/blog that gets 1-2 million people per year, if I monetized I could get 5-20k/yr... But I make 150k+/yr at my day job.
Really makes it hard to become a full time writer of technical stuff.
This depends on so many things. For one, there are various ways to monetize. Sure, if you just slapped Adsense on the sight, that may be your earnings. However, if you add in some of your own products, as well as direct affiliations, you could earn $10k+/month. I've heard of people making triple that in a single month.
Sorry, I didn't mean the blog became the income source, but blogging/technical writing in general.
But yeah, I don't make 150k a year by writing.
Thank you for honesty. It makes me glad I didn't double down.
I still write, but I can write for myself rather than the profit.