One of the top growing trends in the home based Internet business world is professional blogging. There are countless people who making a extremely lucrative income by blogging and yet if you tell someone on the street you are a professional blogger most will say, "what's that?" It's a good question, because a lot of people don't know that you can actually make a living by simply starting a free blog. It takes a little patience to become a full time blogger, but once you build a solid readership, you can earn a lot of money.

Some of the top blogs make well over $10,000 per month. Could you make anywhere near that by working your current full time job? With a little patience and a subject you love blogging can become a full time job for you. However, like a lot of people you are probably wondering just how bloggers actually make money. They actually make money in two ways. The first is by advertising and the second is by writing paid reviews on their blog.

The key to making a good living by placing advertisements on your blog is building a strong readership and having a high traffic site. People don't want to spend money advertising on a blog that no one visits. This is why it takes patience to be a full time blogger. It takes time to build a successful blog. you have to build an online persona and gain the creditability. Once you accomplish this, you will be able to reap the profits of your home based Internet business.

Bloggers also make money by writing paid posts or sponsored reviews. These are normally short reviews of other websites. The same thing applies to writing reviews though. The longer you build your blog and the more successful it becomes, the more advertisers will pay for a review. Since building the blog is the first step to seeing your home based Internet business succeed, it's wise to start writing on a topic you enjoy and not expect to make any money at all. Gradually as your blog grows in popularity, you will find yourself making more money than you had ever dreamed about making, with only a blog.