My blog actually makes me money?

Many of us blog for fun. Most of us don't think that what we write will be noticed and then end up big, making us a ton of money. This, however, happens more often than we think.

Blogs that start just for fun, or something that we are passionate about, sometimes turn into huge phenomenon's. This was the case for the Eric Nakagawa, founder of "I Can Has Cheezburger," a blog that posts pictures of animals doing funny things. Nakagawa started it as an inside joke with a picture of a funny cat with the caption "I can has cheezburger?"

The blog was a way for him to have fun, he never thought it would actually become something.

The blog soon turned into something that brought in revenue and became a way for him to make money. Hits to the site began to double each month and now gets 500,000 hits a day. The least expensive ad for about $500 for a week.

When Nakagawa started this blog he was a computer programer, after his blog took off, he quit his job to help see where the site could go. Probably a good choice. The site now makes him a lot of money and the content is contributed by the users. Nakagawa found something that many people enjoy and gave them a way to help make it their own.

This happens not just with comedic blogs, but with blogs such as Talking Points Memo (a political blog), Boing Boing (a money making blog), as well as many others.

The Internet has allowed so many more job opportunities. It has allowed a world in which, something that starts off as a joke, or a passion can become how we make our living. It has allowed bloggers to make a decent living and has allowed for a direct connection between creator and reader. It has allowed blogging to be taken seriously and even sometimes grow so big that it becomes its own business.