Over a year ago, I wrote a guest article about Beginners Guide Before Starting a Blog. In that article, I presented three elements for any blog to get any traction. These three elements were (1) Blog to add value for your readers; (2) Shared Learning is a two way street; and (3) Don’t fool yourself. One of TIPBlog readers, Raja, left a very inquisitive comment. This comment consists of his observations, his dilemma, and few related questions. The size of the comment is long enough to be considered a post in itself. I respect the thought process and effort that went behind writing that comment. So let me jump in.
I will present my discussion in two parts, viz. (1) respond to Raja’s questions in this post, and (2) As a beginner how would I set out in trying to monetize my gardening blog. This will be in next post. Continue reading rest of this article…

Almost all of us have full-time salaried jobs where we work hard. We offer our knowledge and/or time to work for any given company. In return, we get compensation and recognition, and many of us eke out an excellent career from it. This is an active form of generating income. When we look at any company, how many times have we asked what are different types of products or market segments it sells into? It is good to have a company that has multiple products for continued profitability. Similarly, wouldn’t it be nice to have multiple streams of income? A multiple streams of income will provide us a safety net against our jobs!
Determining ROI from TIPBlog