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May 01, 2009
Trouble Finding Work? Join the Blogger Workforce
According to an article in this morning’s Wall Street Journal, nearly 2 million Americans get paid for blogging. About 2 percent of all bloggers are making a living this way, some of them through advertising revenue and others paid directly for posts.
The article, America’s Newest Profession: Bloggers for Hire, details what its author calls “the fifth estate” – bloggers in all fields generating revenue for their opinions, and supplanting journalists on the way.
“It is hard to think of another job category that has grown so quickly and become such a force in society without having any tests, degrees, or regulation of virtually any kind. Courses on blogging are now cropping up, and we can’t be far away from the Columbia School of Bloggerism… Not since eBay opened its doors have so many been able to sit at their computer screens and make some money, or even make a whole living.”
Bloggers now outnumber firefighters, CEOs, computer programmers and even bartenders, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The majority of them are well-educated white males who report above-average incomes. Bloggers with 100,000 unique monthly visitors can generate $75,000 per year in income.
Read the full article for more details on the ups and downs of this burgeoning profession.
Posted by staff at May 1, 2009 04:55 PM
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