Can You Make Money Writing Blogs About Erotica?

I see it happen so many times that it’s almost become cliché. Erotica writers listen, doe eyed, to stories of super successful probloggers who have managed to carve out a six-figure income writing about different topics. They get the idea that they can make money writing blogs about erotica and promptly launch a Blogger blog filled with all sorts of mad scribblings about sex.

But sooner, rather than later, the dollar signs fade from their eyes as they realize that making money blogging is not as simple as the probloggers make it seem. Their posting slows, or stops altogether, and these newbs begin to wonder what the secret to six-figure blogging success is. Well I can sum it up for you in just one word and I won’t even force you to read to the end of article before I bare all.

Hard work.

Okay, so that’s two words. If you are still reading this article rather than clicking away, though, that means working hard doesn’t scare you. That’s good because if you want to make money blogging like the big dogs then you must be willing to spend hours pounding away at the keyboard.

Make Money Blogging About Erotica? Impossible…?

First of all, if this is the first time you are hearing the term, problogger is a portmanteau of professional blogger. It is a person who blogs about a niche topic and lives off the earnings generated from it. So if the internet was a television station like the USA Network, then blogs would be the individual television shows and the problogger would be the show’s creator or director.

It is possible to make money blogging about erotica. The only problem is you have to compete with the terabytes of free porn already available on the internet. If you can find a way to set yourself apart from other free erotica sites and develop a loyal readership then, yes, you can make money writing blogs about erotica. But the real question is:

Do you have what it takes to be a problogger?

As a problogger who makes money blogging in the erotica niche, your job is to draw in a decent sized readership. Why? Like television, the bulk of the money you make will come from advertisement, reader purchases through affiliate links, and maybe even sales of books you have written. The more traffic you can generate to your blog, the more attractive it looks to advertisers and the higher the chance a reader will make a purchase.

Of all the things involved in creating a profitable blog, building a readership will be the hardest and most time consuming thing you will do. It will require ingenuity, dedication, and persistence. Lots and lots of persistence. I mean, your level of persistence has to be off the charts for you to see the six-figure income you are dreaming about.

If you are still determined to become the problogger of erotica, here are a few things you can do to get started making money writing about erotica:

Read blogs. Lots and lots of blogs. What differentiates them? What makes one more popular than another? What can you learn from them in order to help you succeed and avoid the pitfalls that lead to obscurity?

Write up a game plan. Seriously. Without a map we often end up walking in circles. Unless you are planning to create some type of blogging empire, your game plan doesn’t have to be fancy. Simply write down your goals on a piece of paper and list what you need to do to achieve them.

Test your idea by setting up a blog with a free host like Blogger, though I do recommend spending $10 and registering a domain name. If you find the idea is a success, you can then move it to a regular web space. This will give you greater control over the blog.

*Note: If you are looking to make money blogging about erotica, I absolutely do not recommend registering a blog on WordPress.com. Adult material is against their TOS and they will delete your blog.

Treat your blog like a business. Carve out time for working on your blog. Enlist the help of friends and family by letting them know what your goals are and what they can do to help.

Increase your knowledge. You need to know about marketing, SEO, HTML, and writing for the web. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. Luckily, there are tons of places on the internet where you can learn all you need to know about these topics.

You can make money writing blogs about erotica. Find a niche where there is interest and work consistently to build an audience. Before you know it, you’ll be earning cold hard cash for your hot erotic stories.

Daria Black is a fiction writer, blogger, and avid coffee drinker. Visit her website Daria Black - Words By Daria to read fiction stories, talk sex, religion, and writing, or giggle with her at life's quirkiness.