Early morning, well, it is not that early, on my first log in I get this message on goole talk, “why don’t you update your blog?” completely surprised, I write back, “yeah, but who gets the time to really blog!”.
But who knew then I was talking to someone who has devoted his life to just blogging. “well, I am a professional blogger,” says Nayar afaq, who now blogs on “Autumn Green”.
For Nayyar, it all began after he had finished his MPhil and, unlike most of us, he never wanted to do a job, “I had problems with working because of my socially isolated nature. I always knew it would be difficult for me to cope with the day-to-day pressures.”
And it was at this juncture that Nayyar decided to turn to his natural ability- of writing and thinking. He started his blog on wordpress with “Autumn Green”. “Autumn Green” marks the 5th season for me,” he says. “Season of smiles, regrets, fears and tears…it’s like a journey down memory lane, while I shape my feelings in to words…?
His blog comprises original material-poems, teasers, prose and issues of global concerns such as poverty, war, anger and violence.” it was last year that I discovered that blogging was also a money-making proposition. Through an American blog-hosting website I started earning. In a matter of a few months, I was ranked among the top 50 of the site. Still I never took it seriously. ”nayyar is right. After all, whoever takes mails like “you have won 750,000. founds in the British forum, seriously? At least I don’t. Why would any one want to pay me for just surfing a forum?
"this was exactly my outlook towards the whole pay-thing, but after three or four emails i got to know that it was no joke," he relates his experience to us. "they were actually paying me for y writungs. to date, he has earned Rs 0.1 million from his blogging spree and the story doesn,t end here. the 5th season of the "Autumn Green" is out!
while nayyar calls blogging a silent revoluton, muhammad zeeshan terms it as an alternate medium which is not being used by vibrant audiences like those of TV and newspapers. last year if he rarned Rs 0.1 million, this year the earnings won,t be more than 20,000 to 30,000," says zeeshan, CEO of a software house in karachi.
"you get paid per click, like 10-20 cents and for that also the system varies from source to source. currently there are two major hosts yahoo search marketing and Google AdSense who facilitate our bloggers to gat a fair chance of earning," says zeechan who also blogs at "change pakistan".
The idea is-the more ads you get the more you earn-applying the context-based advertising that makes the bloggers utilise the phenomena and strategically according to the nature of their blog. "blog about pak-india relations might pick up keywords like Pakistan, America and Terror then you will get ads according to these keywords. Any visitor who blogs on your blog will automatically click on the advert too," he says.
Similerly techcrunch blog about technology and Google has placed ads related to technology and is ranked the top blog of the world. Most of the ads on this page is about software and technology. Those visitors who click on any ads on this page its revenue will automaitcally goes to him on the per click basis.
But insteade of adsense there are some other sources also that provide the same nature of facilities to its customers or users. For example there are some websites, and when you apply for those, they will send a message of approval to you on your email, and after approval you will be able and will be allowed to place their ads on your webpage. The mechanism is that when the peoples click on these ads and buy some of it on your page you will be paid on the commission basis. As the peoples buy more, you will be paid more, and if there is no buying then there is no money. But for this purpose you must use some social websites like twitter and facebook to meet with more peoples and tell them about your blog. As a result the numer of your visitors will increase and you will be paid more as peoples buy more.
There are some peoples that left their full time jobs for blogging and now earning a considerable amount of money from blogging. For example beenish sahar, a software engineer, earning more than three times than that of their salary. Similerly a blogger in usa left his full time jobs and now blogging about technolgy and Googl has placed ads on their page, and he theirself says that i am earning several times more than that of my previus job.
Thus it become cleare that blogging is all the way to the bank. And you will get surprising amount in a matter of few months after a you start blogging on regular basis.
But who knew then I was talking to someone who has devoted his life to just blogging. “well, I am a professional blogger,” says Nayar afaq, who now blogs on “Autumn Green”.
For Nayyar, it all began after he had finished his MPhil and, unlike most of us, he never wanted to do a job, “I had problems with working because of my socially isolated nature. I always knew it would be difficult for me to cope with the day-to-day pressures.”
And it was at this juncture that Nayyar decided to turn to his natural ability- of writing and thinking. He started his blog on wordpress with “Autumn Green”. “Autumn Green” marks the 5th season for me,” he says. “Season of smiles, regrets, fears and tears…it’s like a journey down memory lane, while I shape my feelings in to words…?
His blog comprises original material-poems, teasers, prose and issues of global concerns such as poverty, war, anger and violence.” it was last year that I discovered that blogging was also a money-making proposition. Through an American blog-hosting website I started earning. In a matter of a few months, I was ranked among the top 50 of the site. Still I never took it seriously. ”nayyar is right. After all, whoever takes mails like “you have won 750,000. founds in the British forum, seriously? At least I don’t. Why would any one want to pay me for just surfing a forum?
"this was exactly my outlook towards the whole pay-thing, but after three or four emails i got to know that it was no joke," he relates his experience to us. "they were actually paying me for y writungs. to date, he has earned Rs 0.1 million from his blogging spree and the story doesn,t end here. the 5th season of the "Autumn Green" is out!
while nayyar calls blogging a silent revoluton, muhammad zeeshan terms it as an alternate medium which is not being used by vibrant audiences like those of TV and newspapers. last year if he rarned Rs 0.1 million, this year the earnings won,t be more than 20,000 to 30,000," says zeeshan, CEO of a software house in karachi.
"you get paid per click, like 10-20 cents and for that also the system varies from source to source. currently there are two major hosts yahoo search marketing and Google AdSense who facilitate our bloggers to gat a fair chance of earning," says zeechan who also blogs at "change pakistan".
The idea is-the more ads you get the more you earn-applying the context-based advertising that makes the bloggers utilise the phenomena and strategically according to the nature of their blog. "blog about pak-india relations might pick up keywords like Pakistan, America and Terror then you will get ads according to these keywords. Any visitor who blogs on your blog will automatically click on the advert too," he says.
Similerly techcrunch blog about technology and Google has placed ads related to technology and is ranked the top blog of the world. Most of the ads on this page is about software and technology. Those visitors who click on any ads on this page its revenue will automaitcally goes to him on the per click basis.
But insteade of adsense there are some other sources also that provide the same nature of facilities to its customers or users. For example there are some websites, and when you apply for those, they will send a message of approval to you on your email, and after approval you will be able and will be allowed to place their ads on your webpage. The mechanism is that when the peoples click on these ads and buy some of it on your page you will be paid on the commission basis. As the peoples buy more, you will be paid more, and if there is no buying then there is no money. But for this purpose you must use some social websites like twitter and facebook to meet with more peoples and tell them about your blog. As a result the numer of your visitors will increase and you will be paid more as peoples buy more.
There are some peoples that left their full time jobs for blogging and now earning a considerable amount of money from blogging. For example beenish sahar, a software engineer, earning more than three times than that of their salary. Similerly a blogger in usa left his full time jobs and now blogging about technolgy and Googl has placed ads on their page, and he theirself says that i am earning several times more than that of my previus job.
Thus it become cleare that blogging is all the way to the bank. And you will get surprising amount in a matter of few months after a you start blogging on regular basis.