Reality Check: You're Not Going to Make Money from Your Blog

Almost everyone should forget about making money directly from blogging. It's so unlikely that it's a total waste of your time trying. I am actually shocked at how ubiquitous the idea is that blogging is a get-rich-quick scheme. Or even a get-rich-slowly scheme. It's not. Blogging is a great career tool for creating opportunities for yourself. But here are eight reasons you should stop thinking about money from blogging.

Trunk, Penelope. Brazen Careerist (2009). Careers>Web Design>Blogging