But.. in case people don't mind. How feasible is it to make passive income by having a blog? I mean by having advertisements or amazon click-thru links.. is it worth the time to set up and use a blog to generate passive income?
-> kind of passive in the long run
For example, I was blown away by how useful & accurate this guy's medium blog was for setting up apache.
https://medium.com/@JohnFoderaro/how-to-set-up-apache-in-mac...
(just used this for a class, I'm not pushing anything for anyone)
It can be done part time and still be profitable, but it can't be done passively unless you're a genius in your fields and everyone is beating down your door to hear what you have to say (in which case you should write a book).
I'd say the amount of time you'd need to spend monetizing & driving traffic wouldn't really make it passive.
Simpler question, do blogs generate at least $100/yr?
You could potentially farm out the work but that applies to a lot of businesses. :)
I have a technical blog/youtube and most of the "profit" is from having that on my resume.
I'm in the process of looking at blogging tools to do something very similar. I'm kinda worried about having a history though in a few years that shows I only post during interview times :D.
I don't post that often. When I get stuck on a problem because of poor documentation or poor explanations I just make a tut off that. Mostly focused on other things right now though. Making a video is a lot of work. Come up with a project, a script, rewriting your explanation, fill in your gaps in info, voice recording, video editing. It adds up.