I always tell people making money online is easy but how easy is that? Let me tell you my own experience which makes what am I today. I started blogging with nothing but a free host, the famous Blogger (I still love it). I kept on blogging on it, tried different search engine optimization methods and many monetization ways. One thing that I couldn’t forget is how I got to know paid posts or more widely known as sponsored posts. I am a lucky boy, I don’t know how I became friends with Google and my blog got a PR5 last time.
With a PR5 blog, you know what I can do? I can make myself money enough to host a blog myself. Is this a small number? Definitely not. I am now making MYR2000+ per month (only MYR500 lower than an accountant’s starting pay), which is equivalent to USD583 per month and for a college kid with nothing to do but blogging, this is a lot! There are many Malaysians out there earning up to MYR10,000+ from paid posts like Aunty Lilian and gang, which I admire.
My reason to self-host my blog is to get respect from everyone, including advertisers. Advertisers is so picky nowadays until they say have the trend of arrogantly highlighting “You don’t own a domain? Get lost!”. I wonder why they don’t like free host. My self-made explanation is that advertisers want to know if you are serious about blogging, if you are serious about it, get yourself a domain. Those with free domain feel like flaming me right? Wait, then what are the reasons advertisers don’t like free-hosted blogs?
Did you see any sponsored posts around Wayne Liew Dot Com yet? No right? This is because it is still in the 90 days probation period and thus only my “if-you-know-then-you’ll-know” blog is having paid posts, low pay high pay all in! I am making tonnes of money with it now and I am not enough! I want to prove to those who wanted easy money to see how easy blogging for money is!
I am sure many is trying, dig hard and keep doing it. Google PR update is just around the corner (it’s late this time round because Google is doing some minor alterations to its algorithm), see my PR go up (I don’t know how backlinks will help with Google algorithm change) and advertiser will pay me for their own respect! 
I am always on the middle road when people talk about the pros and cons of writing paid posts. When people say, writing is not good, betraying your readers, betraying yourself yadaa yadaa… I feel like supporting but they pay me the most! What can I do? When people say “Yeah, lets write and write and write!”, I am thinking “Will readers get pissed off?”. Where should I fall? Your views on paid post please! Do you write and how much you have earned? More than me?
