IamDora:
Yes! As a Nigerian Blogger, Note this;

You should never have a business posting good and relevant news. Always make sure you're good and consistent at posting bad news or evil gossips about Celebrities, you'll thrive so much in it because that's what Nigerians Love to hear.

Good news don't excite them. Good luck

Nazgul:
Blogging is like POS business. It was highly lucrative it it's early stages, but as time went on, it became over saturated. Today you'll find 20-30 POS operators on one street. Surely such business can't be profitable cos they'll have to struggle to share the little customers that comes their way.

Same with blogging. Years back Linda Ikeji made millions from it. But today it's been oversaturated. Hungry bloggers with fake click bait stories have made people dislike anything blogging. So if you go into it, there's a very high possibility that you'll have very little traffic on your blog. Thus leaving you hungry and malnourished.

Nazgul:
Blogging is like POS business. It was highly lucrative it it's early stages, but as time went on, it became over saturated. Today you'll find 20-30 POS operators on one street. Surely such business can't be profitable cos they'll have to struggle to share the little customers that comes their way.

Same with blogging. Years back Linda Ikeji made millions from it. But today it's been oversaturated. Hungry bloggers with fake click bait stories have made people dislike anything blogging. So if you go into it, there's a very high possibility that you'll have very little traffic on your blog. Thus leaving you hungry and malnourished.

saasala:
On the topic, I consider myself an authority. I have been into blogging and I have trained bloggers in the past.

Here is the thing.

There are different types of Blogging.

1. Linda Ikeji's kind of blogging where you have a website where people can type your url on their browser.

You see this one, its not profitable again. Don't waste your time. Your almighty Linda Ikeji and Stella and Olorisupagirl and all of them are losing traffic by the day. The only saving grace they have is the small traffic that comes through Google Search. If you are thinking of having your own website or blogger to start a blogging business, you are in for a long thing. Its not worth your time and effort. People don't visit blogs again.

2. Tunde Ednut kind of blogging where you use social media to post different things that comes to your mind.

Social media is the real thing now. If you know your way around it, you can be the next gistlover or Tunde Ednut. People wont type your url on their web browser but they will like to follow your Instagram and Facebook pages if you have something interesting and stupid to offer. Yes, something stupid because most social media bloggers post stupid stuffs before they can blow. People don't like things that make sense.

And if you want to go through this route, you must be really dedicated because the number of social media bloggers out there is mind boggling. Hundreds of new pages are created everyday with the aim to be like Gistlover or Tunde. The competition out there will kill you. But this one seems like a better route for you.

But if you are my brother and you ask me for advise, I will just tell you to go and do something else with your life.

Benki003:
Nothing is easy in life just do what you love doing 😘❤️

ambale:
I'm also planning to go into blogging fully this year, the thing is there's nothing like easy money anywhere

But with the right knowledge, one can always scale through

If you don't mind we could partner and are how things goes

Topman7:


Forget that blogging stuff and go set up a YouTube channel.

One guy just takes his camera around showing fine houses and mansions and he has blown big time with over a million subscribers. That’s major income.

Just choose your favourite niche and start a YT channel. You can even be sampling Naija food in Buka and be uploading videos on that.

Or you can focus on club scene, or showing new projects and infrastructure, or traditional festivals, etc. Your target audience should be diaspora guys in US, UK etc.

Imagine being in their shoes. What videos would YOU love to see about Naija?

Brainstorm on that, and then supply it.

Be committed. Upload consistently. You will clean up.

macanthony25:
Good afternoon NL

Please I need your sincere and honest inputs in regards to blogging

Do people actually make easy money on blogging?

Is it something you can advise me to go for?

And what are the challenges faced on blogging?

What are the basic tools needed to hit the ground running?

Thanks

IamDora:
Yes! As a Nigerian Blogger, Note this;

You should never have a business posting good and relevant news. Always make sure you're good and consistent at posting bad news or evil gossips about Celebrities, you'll thrive so much in it because that's what Nigerians Love to hear.

Good news don't excite them. Good luck

IamDora:
Yes! As a Nigerian Blogger, Note this;

You should never have a business posting good and relevant news. Always make sure you're good and consistent at posting bad news or evil gossips about Celebrities, you'll thrive so much in it because that's what Nigerians Love to hear.

Good news don't excite them. Good luck

Nazgul:
Blogging is like POS business. It was highly lucrative it it's early stages, but as time went on, it became over saturated. Today you'll find 20-30 POS operators on one street. Surely such business can't be profitable cos they'll have to struggle to share the little customers that comes their way.

Same with blogging. Years back Linda Ikeji made millions from it. But today it's been oversaturated. Hungry bloggers with fake click bait stories have made people dislike anything blogging. So if you go into it, there's a very high possibility that you'll have very little traffic on your blog. Thus leaving you hungry and malnourished.

AlexBells:

Yes creativity and niche is also important in blogging.

HopeGying:
An expert blogger is here!

Do people actually make easy money on blogging?

Absolutely! People are making money on blogging through different monetization channels such as Ad display, banner display, affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, guest posts, etc.

Is it something you can advise me to go for?

It depends on your skills. If you're someone who loves writing, blogging is the number one method I will recommend for you to make money online.

The major reason you see many people start blogging and quit soon is because they don't have the skills. They're just after money not to offer value.

If you're willing and ready to dedicate your time to expressing your knowledge, interest or passion with others through writing, then go for blogging.

If you don't have a passion for writing, you may want to consider alternatives that align with your skills such as

- Vlogger e.g. YouTuber and TikToker (if you love talking).
-Social media manager (if you love gisting or chatting).
-Affiliate marketer (if you love marketing or influencing people).

And what are the challenges faced on blogging?

There are different challenges in blogging that can be categorized into three:

1. Time-demanding: You need to be frequently updating your blog with new content which is the whole idea of blogging. The content creation process can be time-consuming as it involves researching, writing, editing, publishing, and sharing your content. Although you can use tools and automation to save time on some of the tasks, you will still be actively involved in most of the process.

3. Traffic generation: There are two major ways you can attract traffic to your blog — organic (free) and Ads (paid). The free method allows you to explore options like SEO, social media networks, guest posts and other organic ways to generate free traffic to your blog. The popular free option is SEO. With SEO, you position your blog content to suit humans and search engines like Google. That way, when someone searches for something on Google, for example, Google will recommend your blog on the result pages (SERP). But this channel requires fundamental knowledge of SEO. Another top free method to generate traffic to your blog is social media. This has much to do with understanding social media marketing. Finally, if you want to get fast traffic to your blog without much stress, then you should run adverts on search engines or social media networks. Contacting influencers in your niche is another popular paid method for traffic generation.

3. Slow earnings: It may take 3-6 months to start generating significant income from your blog depending on your monetization methods and commitment. The easiest way to monetize your blog is through Ad display using Ad networks such as Google Adsense. But Ad display earnings are usually lower as they depend on the number of visitors your blog has. The higher the traffic the more your earnings. As a beginner blogger, it may take time to start generating significant traffic from your blog. That's why you want to diversify your blog monetization options by using affiliate marketing, sponsored posts and guest posts which can earn you quick and higher earnings than Ad display.

What are the basic tools needed to hit the ground running?

Before you hit the ground running, seek knowledge first — not tools. Visit Google or YouTube to learn "how to create a blog as a beginner." You will learn about the core blogging tools through the guides.

But generally, you only need a hosting and domain name to get started.

After that, you can connect your blog to WordPress (the easiest content management system).

From there, you will design your blog and add plugins that can help customize and improve the performance of your blog.

Other major tools you need for blogging include:

-Keyword search tool like Ahrefs (for researching what your target audience is looking for on search engines if you want to attract traffic through SEO)
-Grammarly (for grammar corrections)
Canva (for designing unique images for your blog posts)
-Google Docs: (for drafting and writing your content if you don't want to do so directly on WordPress like me).

If you want inspiration and writing ideas, you can use ChatGPT. I don't recommend using AI 100% to produce a blog post. You can get your ideas from there and write yourself or generate the entire content from AI and thoroughly edit it to give it a human tone.

My two cents!

IamDora:
Yes! As a Nigerian Blogger, Note this;

You should never have a business posting good and relevant news. Always make sure you're good and consistent at posting bad news or evil gossips about Celebrities, you'll thrive so much in it because that's what Nigerians Love to hear.

Good news don't excite them. Good luck

saasala:
On the topic, I consider myself an authority. I have been into blogging and I have trained bloggers in the past.

Here is the thing.

There are different types of Blogging.

1. Linda Ikeji's kind of blogging where you have a website where people can type your url on their browser.

You see this one, its not profitable again. Don't waste your time. Your almighty Linda Ikeji and Stella and Olorisupagirl and all of them are losing traffic by the day. The only saving grace they have is the small traffic that comes through Google Search. If you are thinking of having your own website or blogger to start a blogging business, you are in for a long thing. Its not worth your time and effort. People don't visit blogs again.

2. Tunde Ednut kind of blogging where you use social media to post different things that comes to your mind.

Social media is the real thing now. If you know your way around it, you can be the next gistlover or Tunde Ednut. People wont type your url on their web browser but they will like to follow your Instagram and Facebook pages if you have something interesting and stupid to offer. Yes, something stupid because most social media bloggers post stupid stuffs before they can blow. People don't like things that make sense.

And if you want to go through this route, you must be really dedicated because the number of social media bloggers out there is mind boggling. Hundreds of new pages are created everyday with the aim to be like Gistlover or Tunde. The competition out there will kill you. But this one seems like a better route for you.

But if you are my brother and you ask me for advise, I will just tell you to go and do something else with your life.

platymus:

I stand to disagree with this view! Blogging is more lucrative now than ever before. I own a tech app where I also blog and also own a geolocation app where users from a particular location get info and talk about happenings around them.

saasala:


Whatever app you own where people talk whatever they like is not blogging.

With this statement I doubt you even understand what blogging is

konshency:
Can we work together, because am also planning going into blogging

Abbeytoy:


Also interested.

IamDora:
Yes! As a Nigerian Blogger, Note this;

You should never have a business posting good and relevant news. Always make sure you're good and consistent at posting bad news or evil gossips about Celebrities, you'll thrive so much in it because that's what Nigerians Love to hear.

Good news don't excite them. Good luck

GloriousGbola:
Also, it took linda years to hammer. Anyone who followed her blog then could actually see the slow growth. From camry to murano to range rover and then (in 2015 ) to banana island

It did not happen overnight. And she was also obviously positioned in the right place at the right time

The lessons from her success are you need drive, patience and passion. None of these new bloggers have this. All they want is to hammer

macanthony25:
Good afternoon NL

Please I need your sincere and honest inputs in regards to blogging

Do people actually make easy money on blogging?

Is it something you can advise me to go for?

And what are the challenges faced on blogging?

What are the basic tools needed to hit the ground running?

Thanks

saasala:
On the topic, I consider myself an authority. I have been into blogging and I have trained bloggers in the past.

Here is the thing.

There are different types of Blogging.

1. Linda Ikeji's kind of blogging where you have a website where people can type your url on their browser.

You see this one, its not profitable again. Don't waste your time. Your almighty Linda Ikeji and Stella and Olorisupagirl and all of them are losing traffic by the day. The only saving grace they have is the small traffic that comes through Google Search. If you are thinking of having your own website or blogger to start a blogging business, you are in for a long thing. Its not worth your time and effort. People don't visit blogs again.

2. Tunde Ednut kind of blogging where you use social media to post different things that comes to your mind.

Social media is the real thing now. If you know your way around it, you can be the next gistlover or Tunde Ednut. People wont type your url on their web browser but they will like to follow your Instagram and Facebook pages if you have something interesting and stupid to offer. Yes, something stupid because most social media bloggers post stupid stuffs before they can blow. People don't like things that make sense.

And if you want to go through this route, you must be really dedicated because the number of social media bloggers out there is mind boggling. Hundreds of new pages are created everyday with the aim to be like Gistlover or Tunde. The competition out there will kill you. But this one seems like a better route for you.

But if you are my brother and you ask me for advise, I will just tell you to go and do something else with your life.

edlion57:
Anything u do with passion is lucrative

macanthony25:
Good afternoon NL

Please I need your sincere and honest inputs in regards to blogging

Do people actually make easy money on blogging?

Is it something you can advise me to go for?

And what are the challenges faced on blogging?

What are the basic tools needed to hit the ground running?

Thanks