Hello and welcome to my blog, Bloggasaurus : How to Make Money with Your Blog . For the curious, I named my blog after an imaginary dinosaur-like creature. Dinosaurs had voracious appetites for whatever they consumed and I am, similarly, an enthusiastic consumer of blogs, so, the name seemed appropriate. There is much more to this blog than a single theme. This is also a blog about blogs and blogging; about building an online community, about discovery of new information and about exploring any fascinating topic that comes along.

     The reason why I centered my blog around how to make money is because the people around me, lately are so focused on earning a decent living and on keeping their jobs in these very difficult economic times. People are stressed out because they are finding that conventional wisdom is not working for them. There are practical limits to how wisely you can spend and how smartly you can budget, and still maintain a comfortable standard of living.

     This theme is one in which I am especially interested, myself, because I know that making a lot of money does not guarantee happiness, but not having enough to do the cherished things you want to do and pay the expenses you need to pay, most assuredly will not guarantee happiness either and often results in frustration, anxiety and a lot of stress.

     Many of my friends are employed but find that their pay is no longer adequate to cover all their expenses. They feel that, far from progressing in life and becoming more prosperous, they are losing ground; slipping down the slope to economic limbo; spiraling downward toward the virtual line defined by currency amounts, that represent a border between the middle class and poverty level.

     If this is how my employed friends feel, how about the unemployed? These people are hurting and need to find some means to earn a living. Neither my employed friends nor the unemployed, it may be said, know how to turn their situation around. If they could have done that, They would have done that already.

     I believe the answer is simple and maybe that is why it is overlooked: People have to develop an income that is not controlled by someone else, other than themselves. Employed people cannot force their employers to pay them more when they need more money. They dare not leave to find another job because so many are unemployed that your job would be quickly filled and you would find it very difficult, right now, to find another.

     Therefore, my friends’ employers control their employees’ money and, by extension, their quality of life. Doesn’t it bother you to know that someone else’s evaluation of what you are worth, determines the quality of your life, (speaking now of material things)?

     This is why I have concluded that Internet business, online business, if you prefer, offers the best opportunity to “hire yourself” or to create a business that can earn extra money ( sometimes a very substantial amount.)

     There are a few different ways you can earn income online. By setting up a simple web site, you can take advantage of the commercial possibilities offered by your blog. We will discuss these possibilities in greater detail in the coming posts.

Take Care and Be Well,

–Wil