When I started my first blog in January of 2012, I had no idea what I was in for.  I didn’t do it to make money and I definitely didn’t do it for the accompanying fame{who knew I’d become so famous?! 🙂 }.  Instead, the main reason for starting my first personal finance blog was because I sincerely enjoyed talking about money.  I liked saving money, I liked earning money and I wanted to have more of it.  So why not start a blog that talks about all those things?

You might not think of a blog as a business but my blogging career kind of accidentally turned into a viable business.  About 6 months in to my journey, I was happily blogging along when I discovered that people just like me were out there making thousands of dollars off their blogs.  What started for many of them as passion projects, turned into viable businesses.  I guess I got lucky since I happened to pick a passion that evolved into a business opportunity. [Read more…]