Blog your way to riches in 2012

In Nigeria, Blogging is growing and I guess this year, there would be a lot of young internet savvy people rushing into this sort of internet business in order to make money. But is it right to start blogging just for money? Well the motivation to getting paid can be a good catalyst for starting blogs but as time goes on, you would find that blogging offers you a much more better incentive than just making money - It allows you to be heard.

The success of a blog does not really depend on when it started, how good the writers are or the frequency of it being updated but all those things can add up. I think the success of a blog depends mostly on how helpful it is to people who use it.. If you blog is exciting and keeps people alive, then it is already on its way to success. The amount of money one can make with blogging mostly depends on that - People power. The more people that visit your blog, the more money you are likely to make.

Of all internet businesses I've seen springing up in Nigeria, none is a more effective means of generating passive income than with blogs. A blog post you make today may be meaningless but may later be very useful for a growing number of people in the future.

In 2012, if you don't have a blog yet, then you better get started now and blog about Nigerian content. There is a need for a lot of Nigerian content on the world. We need to tell our own story and share our own opinions and not allow ourselves be brainwashed by the rest of the world. Blogging for the Nigerian community itself can be a very effective means of making internet income in 2012.