Forrest

I acknowledge that my list of highest-paid bloggers is slightly wonky because there are loads of blogs that make more money than the folks below.

But the people I list as my personal heroes in the blogosphere are here for a reason.

(Note: did you know the Huffington Post makes $40,000,000+ monthly?) Stay tuned, next month I’m anticipating earning roughly $50 million… kidding.

And let me make a distinction… because “paid” seems like the wrong word.

How Much Do the Highest EARNING Bloggers Make?

High earning bloggers… that’s more like it. Because bloggers have no boss.

Earning vs. Paying – There’s no one “paying” these folks a salary, guaranteeing the longevity of their paychecks.

Some of the blogging heroes I share below earn more than $100,000 monthly, but not all of them do.

Each of these bloggers is holding considerable risk, and that’s something that both inspires me and sobers me about all forms of entrepreneurship, self-employment, and especially blogging.

So, How Did I Choose These Bloggers?

To make the list that I’ve created, to become a hero of mine, the main qualification is that people overcome obstacles.

Legends are not born from ease, comfort, and safety. Heroes must be tested– by dragons and dangers.

Like Jeff Proctor and Ben Huber.

Breaking the One Percent (& DollarSprout)

$100,000+ monthly earnings.

When I first stumbled upon Jeff and Ben, my honest reaction was, “Woah, these guys are wayyyy more successful than I’d expect them to be”.

My first impression, based on the videos I watched, and the things I read, was a damn-near shock.

They just didn’t come across to me as out-of-this-world brilliant dudes.

Competent, yes, hard-working, no doubt… but they didn’t strike me as geniuses up in ivory towers.

Now, modesty and humility go a long way, and I would say that was a big part of why I wasn’t floored at first glance. And since those first days that I discovered these guys, I would say they’ve impressed me more and more with their depth of research and overall intelligence.

But they are on my list partially because of the above. They made it here because of the adversity they’ve faced AND the fact that they still aren’t excessively intimidating, beyond reach sort of people.

An ordinary person can still imagine themselves following in their footsteps.

I’ve joined their Facebook Group, and religiously read most of what they write.

The two revenue charts below demonstrate the journey these two have been on since February of 2015.

When you look at the graph above, you can see the struggle and the breakthrough.

Kind of.

But then, in their typical transparent (and encouraging) style, these guys pull back the curtain and show you a more comprehensive behind-the-scenes look.

Jeff got a (shitty) job at a psych ward for under $12 an hour to survive the low blog earnings.

Talk about an underdog story, right?

Thanks, Ben and Jeff, for continuing to share your story, and all the lessons that have come along the way, with an honesty that makes you accessible to beginners.

The Flooring Girl (Debbie Gartner)

$20,000+ monthly earnings.

There are a few things that put Debbie on this list.

1. She’s unconventional
2. Exceptional (and growing) earnings
3. The debt she’s overcoming
4. Debbie’s (132 page) book * (Easy On-Page SEO)

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Note: If you’re reading this and you are ready to get serious about on-page SEO…  Check out Debbie’s book. Her book covers everything you need to know to write great long-form articles that rank and gives lots of practical, easy to understand examples. (Buy the book)

I’m a member of several blogging communities that Debbie is also a member of, and she’s a voice I pay attention to.

Of course, I learn from her knowledge (Debbie often hops into conversations with beginner bloggers to help with beginner’s questions).

But what caught my attention and earned her a spot on this list was two things:

• She gets straight to the point (helps my trust)
• She’s mentioned her challenges (debt)

Debbie has referenced a large sum of debt she’s working to pay off a few times.

Something about that stood out to me– the struggle of her life made her more human to me… and easier to relate to.

Debt isn’t fun. But it can be a serious motivator. I respect people who amass large debts and then pay them off.

Debbie, I hope you crush that debt soon and enjoy the beach (or… the marble floors of some European architectural beauty).

What’s Unconventional (About Debbie)?

Well, her blog is about flooring… but she also puts content on the site about blogging, writing, SEO, and other unrelated-to-flooring topics.

That’s kind of unusual these days. And that felt (and feels) strangely empowering to me.

Also… her blog isn’t sexy.

Debbie focuses on what she needs to and she practices what she preaches.

Why do I like that so much?

I can be a perfectionist with how things look… Debbie’s blog is inspiring to me because it’s like a big “F-You” to the standard, perfectly polished look we see on so many of the internet’s successful brands these days.

Those beautiful blogs add fuel to the fire of my self-criticism.

On one hand, I can count the number of “out of fashion” looking blogs that I know are successful, and Debbie’s is one of those.

I hope she never updates her theme to some beautified version of what it is now!

(Just kidding, Debbie, you can do whatever the hell you want).

TracieFobes.com (LearnGrowEarn)

Tracie isn’t a fan of sharing income reports, but she makes 5-figures a month…and that’s all she says about that)

I’m a member of Tracie’s Facebook Group (Blogger Education Network) and have a few things to say about Tracie that made her stand out.

1. She’s a real person
2. Tracie is the most eager-to-help blogging teacher I’ve found

What do I mean by “she’s a real person”?

Similar to the heroes listed above, something I like about Tracie is that she’s normal. One day, I messaged her a question on Facebook, and not-with-standing-the above fact (that she’s eager to help), Tracie told me she was going for a walk and she’d be back to answer my question the next day.

I go on 3-4 walks a day.

It’s not healthy to sit staring at a computer screen all day– I don’t care if you’re a digital nomad traveling full time or if you work from a home office. You can still spend 24/7 working from Santorini, squinting your eyes to look at the screen, and so on and so forth.

We need to get on our feet and get our eyes on nature. Frequently.

And that’s hard to do if you don’t respect your body’s needs. I love that Tracie told me she was going for a walk. She told me she does it every day to take a break.

Are you seeing the common theme in my list of heroes?

They are all human. Tracie is that.

And I will say, out of my list of heroes, they are all very helpful people that want to share their lessons with others.

But Tracie gets the Gold-Star for being the most helpful human. She’s so fast! She gets back to her students at super-human speeds. (Unless she’s on a walk, of course).

I have a growing number of friends that I’m beginning to help step into the great adventure of blogging, and Tracie is my first reference point for them.

Join her Facebook Group, and follow her. She’ll deliver on her promises.

If you’re looking to get started blogging, Tracie has an educational course called “LearnGrowEarn” that helps beginners roadmap their entire journey.

I recommend it to any new blogger. But even bloggers that have been trying to grow for some time can benefit from the course, especially if they haven’t found the success they are looking for.

How Do These Bloggers Make Money?

There are three primary monetization methods.

• Advertising
• Affiliate Partnerships
• Selling products/services

The blogging heroes above employ all three of these methods.

Still, most of them emphasize one method.

Ben and Jeff mostly stick to Affiliate Partnerships, Tracie focuses on digital products and services, while Debbie strongly believes in the diversification of income streams: she makes money with affiliate marketing, digital products + ads.

Concluding Remarks

I’ve enjoyed learning from all of the bloggers mentioned in this article, and just want to say explicitly to each of them:

Thank you.

Thanks for being authentic, real humans, even as you’ve found the measure of success that you have.

And here’s to your futures, which I hope stay humble, but get bigger, and bigger, and bigger…

Who Are Your Blogging Heroes, Reader?

What about you? Do you follow any particular bloggers? Tell me about them in the comments.

And remember… Heroes become who they are because of a journey.

Are you ready to begin YOUR journey, and write your own story? You could become a legend too, you know.

Get Started –> Begin Blogging Now

Check out some of these blog posts I’ve written to begin your own adventure.

• Blogging Tools, Investments and Resources
• How to Write a Blog Post
• How to Start a Blog (in 15 Minutes)
  
• Make Money Writing Online
• The Future of Blogging

While there are tens of dozens of ways to make money writing online, we’re going to focus on three of my favorites.

But First… Coffee (and a quick backstory): or Skip the Backstory

I’ve been a deep-thinker for most of my life. I enjoy reading, thinking, and diving into the depths of the adventure of life.

I like to be creative and live free.

But in 2015, my daughter was born over 3 months early (while her Mom and I were in a city 2,000+ miles from home).

Amidst the fear, questioning, and uncertainty, I found myself reflecting on those big existential questions… “What am I doing here? Who am I? Is there any meaning in my work?”

I’ll spare you the scenic route of jobs I tried, and just tell you the commitment I made to myself: I am going to stop doing work that I don’t care about.

My zest for life was trickling like a leaking faucet, and I needed a plumber. My energy was plummeting at work.

I was constantly trying to find a way to conserve.

“I’m going to be a writer”

After my quarter-life crises, it took me at least 6 months to discover what I really wanted to do.

But when I did… I found myself full of energy, purpose, vision for my life. Finally, I could start living those dreams lying dormant in my heart.

But I had a big problem.

I had no clue how to make an income from writing.

With a family that relied on me for provision, I couldn’t see a way forward.

My crystal clear dream quickly started to feel like sand slipping through my fingers.

Can you imagine? Maybe you can.

It feels like you’ve been searching for a long lost lover most of your life, and when you finally see him or her, at that exact moment you realize you just stepped into a pool of quicksand.

Talk about disheartening.

So I tried something risky. I needed to skip the whole “Writing for Pennies” thing… and accelerate my online earnings.

In less than 18 months, I invested  $650,000+  in online businesses.

My Online Business Acquisitions

• I bought 5 blogs for a sum total of just over $338,000
• And I acquired two e-commerce businesses for $296,000
• Then tallied an additional $30,000 or so in losses on the e-com stores

Within months, I knew I’d goofed up. Big time.

Things got pretty bad. The e-commerce businesses tanked to 20% of their revenue watermarks, and I was losing upwards of 5-figures monthly on them. (I’ll likely share more of my online stories in another post soon).

I also realized I was neglecting the one thing I wanted to do most: Write and do things that mattered to me every day.

Success is failing and over and over again, right?

Damn, I hope so.

Despite all of the “failing” (reframing that… LEARNING), in 2018, I also created  $147,000+  of revenue blogging.

If you’re a math-nerdo like me, you just did the math. $147,000 of revenue on $338,000 of invested cash (on the blogs) ain’t too shabby.

This blogging thing is cool. I learned that much. (But I don’t advise e-commerce unless you know what you’re doing).

What Would I Do Differently This Time?

I don’t live my life with regrets, but if you’re looking to learn from my mistakes, I’ve got some advice for you.

I would highly suggest anyone who wants to make money writing online to consider these three options:

3 Ways to Get Paid for Writing (Online, Remote Work)

1. Start Your Own Blog
2. Freelance Writing
3. Self-Publish Books

And I would recommend just starting from scratch.

Don’t go sell the farm and pour everything into blogs you don’t love, that you didn’t create, and that pull you away from whatever your true passion is.

After all, blogs are content. The content needs to be close to your heart, or you won’t be able to get behind it with passion and bliss.

1. Start Your Own Blog

Last week, I heard a quote by Alan Watts that said, “…sensible people make money doing things that make them happy”.

If your passion is writing, and you’re looking to monetize that bliss, I’ve put starting a blog at the top of my list intentionally.

Am I following my own advice? Well, you’re at ForrestWebber.com right now…

*This post contains affiliate links, click here to learn more.

Here’s Why Making Money Blogging Works

The dawn of the digital age has decentralized consumer trust, and more than ever– two distinct shifts have created a massive opportunity for bloggers:

(A) People are turning to blogs for information, education, and answers.
(B) Advertisers are turning to blogs for the attention of their prospective customers.

Here’s How the Blogging Thing Earns Cash-Money-Money

The Simple Version: You write content, you draw in readers, and you get paid.

A More Complex Version: You can make money by showing ads on your site, linking to affiliate partners, or selling products/services (e.g. your Freelance Writing services).

The bottom line is that you no longer have to be a New York Times best-selling author to make a million dollars writing. (See my post on the Highest Paid Bloggers… hint: $100,000+/mo)

In fact, starting a blog can be an incredibly lucrative writing career for young aspiring writers.

And in the future of blogging, I speculate that all content creation will become decreasingly focused on business logistics and increasingly hinge on creativity.

2. Freelance Writing

While starting a blog can be lucrative, the money doesn’t come in a hurry. It’s a long-term play.

On the other hand, with freelance writing, you can earn your first $1000 online this week… if you do it right.

How does freelance writing work?

As someone who hires freelance writers every week for my blogs, I am privileged to see firsthand how this industry operates.

It’s a service-based business model that doesn’t have many moving parts, compared to a blog.

You sell a skill, in this case, writing. Plus, you only need an email and internet connection to start making money (keep reading for a step by step guide).

It sounds simple – it is –  but make no mistake, unless you’re treating freelance writing as a real business, you won’t see the results you’re hoping for.

Why do most freelance writers make $0?

I said you can make $1000 this week. It’s true if you already have a marketable skill.

Unfortunately, because there isn’t a barrier to entry, most people assume it’s a get-rich-quick scheme. They don’t invest time in their craft, and their dreams about location independence come crashing down.

(But that’s a good thing for the people who are serious and passionate about writing.)

So, before you start typing away, there’s one more thing you need to know:

What kind of freelance writer are you?

• Do you like writing long-form, educational blog posts?
• Are you good using words to persuade and influence people?
• Are you passionate about building brands or making the most sales?

See, there are two kinds of freelance writers:

1. Content writers
2. Copywriters

This is a gross oversimplification but you get the point.

Content writers focus on blog posts, articles, and whatnot. If you choose to be a content writer, you might benefit from learning SEO.

The purpose of copywriters is to sell via the written word. Product descriptions, emails, etc.

Of course, you can do both! It comes down to whether you want to find a profitable niche or have your options open.

It’s true that copywriters tend to earn more. In fact, a 300-word email could generate thousands of dollars in sales, netting its creator a hefty chunk of that.

But don’t get discouraged if you like writing blog posts like this one. If you’re hard-working and passionate, you can earn upwards of $700 per post.

Now that we’ve got the theory down, let’s get down to business.

A 1-Step Method To Become A Successful Freelance Writer (without a website or social media)

There are many different opinions about breaking into the industry.

Use LinkedIn, take advantage of Facebook groups and content mills, use your network, etc.

These are all viable options but you’re competing with 1000s of other freelance writers. Chances are, you won’t find your ideal client that way.

Instead, I propose this:

10 cold emails per day.

Yup! You’ll find a company/brand/blog you *really* want to work with and you’ll pitch your services to the decision-maker (usually the marketing director or the founder).

I know it sounds like a lot of work, but at the end of the day, cold emails work — about 1% conversion rate if you’re targeting the right people.

That means you’ll land a client every 100 emails you send.

Freelance writing can be a profitable business model if you’re willing to put in the hours. Most importantly, if you need cash right now and you’re a decent writer, you could start earning right away!

How Much Can You Make Freelance Writing?

I’ve paid a wide variety of prices for writing services, but I’ve seen an even wider cost displayed in my research.

Some freelance writers charge by the word, some by the article.

I’ve seen rates as low as $0.02 per word, and as high as $0.25 per word.

3. Self-Publishing (Your Own Books)

Want to know what originally got me thinking about wedging my way into the online space? Yep. Self-publishing books.

I had several friends with some “semi-success” stories, and I was itching to get in the game.

Moreover, in Tim Ferriss’ book The Four Hour Workweek, he mentions the drastic cannibalization of Kindle sales (compared to physical book sales), and that instigated a bit of my thrill as well.

(Pssst… this section of the blog post is incomplete. I’m planning to circle back to this third suggestion in the next week or so with more details on self-publishing… stay tuned)

How Do You Get Started (right now)?

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.” 

Mark Twain

It’s time for you to pause, take a deep breath, and ask yourself if you really want to do this. Are you ready?

Are you ready to get paid for your thoughts, your words, and your style? Do you want to write for a living?

It won’t be easy. But nothing worthwhile is.

It will be meaningful, a major shift in your life, and it could be fantastically lucrative.

To Get Started…

• Tell someone supportive that you want to start writing for your career
• Read my guide to starting a blog
• Write down on a piece of paper why you want to write, and why you think you’d be good at it
• Place the piece of paper somewhere visible in your home

You Might Be Interested In…

• Blogging Tools, Investments and Resources
• How to Write a Blog Post
• How to Start a Blog (in 15 Minutes)

As of today, blogging has been around for at least 25 years. But things have evolved a lot.

What about the next 25 years? What does the future of blogging have in store for us?

Big Picture Giveaway: Jump to the Answer (skip Forrest’s ranting)
Practical Stuff for Bloggers: Jump to the Practicals (skip even more B.S.)

Additional Reading: Some practicals for you if you’re considering starting a blog.

I considered titling this post The Future of Content, to immediately give away some of the goodies of the post.

I want to jump in and address the difference between content and blogging, but before I even do that, I want to tell you why I think you should blog (and/or create content) in the first place (from a Futurist Mindset).

Your Future (if it’s to be Happy) Must be Meaningful and Authentic

I know the words “meaningful and authentic” get tossed around a good deal these days. But stay with me.

Your blog is a resource that can provide you a place to work out the pursuit of meaning.

Writing about a topic, becoming an authority and a thought-leader will be a crucible that both accelerates and challenges your purpose.

Communicating with 7 billion people has a way of calling bullshit on your authenticity. If you don’t really care about what you’re saying, you’ll find out quickly.

If you do care about it, you will have discovered a long-term sustainable way to market something that brings you fulfillment, joy, and money.

Now, What Exactly is Blogging?

This definitely deserves an entire post of its own. But for the time being, an abbreviated definition of a blog will have to do.

Blogging is distributing content using the medium of words.

What is Content?

Not content-ment, but content.

Broadly (perhaps philosophically), content is:

• Content is the water inside the bowl
• Content is the air inside the atmosphere
• Content is what you see (vs. seeing)

Written content is a sum of words that convey an idea to an audience

What is a Content Creator?

Someone who shares what is within them with others, typically as a profession to earn money or pursue vocational fulfillment.

And What is a Blogger?

A blogger is a content creator who focuses on the written word as their chosen instrument of communication.

Now, certainly there are many bloggers who also record podcasts, vlogs, graphically design images to enhance their message, and so on and so forth.

A Few Famous Content Creators…

Throughout history, humanity has been shaped by the ideas of Great Minds. Or perhaps one might say, by courageous minds (those willing to create).

I like to emphasize the difference, because while we are born with a certain level of intelligence, I’m not so sure that the metrics we use to gauge “greatness” are all that fair. Or accurate.

I’m of the opinion that we’re all best off embracing a growth mindset.

But have you ever considered the fact that these individuals listed below were content creators?

• Plato (I leave out Aristotle because Plato recorded his works)
• Jesus (apparently he created so much it couldn’t all be written down)… remember, this was even before the floppy disk’s debut
• Michelangelo
• The Beatles
• Rumi
• Mary Oliver
• Walt Whitman
• Mr. Money Mustache

In the days of yore, content creators were some of the greatest artists of all time.

What is a Content Consumer?

Well, it’s what all of us are! Unless we ignore the rest of the world.

The reason I mention this, is because it’s an important shift to look at yourself as both a content creator and a content consumer.

Most people go about their lives never creating content. They just consume it.

But lasting joy and fulfillment come when we offer value to the world– not just receive it. Or consume it.

Pause and take a look at your last month of life… when did you feel alive? My guess is that you were showing up and contributing.

The Future is Creative

By 2030, it is estimated that between 30% and 45% of all present-day jobs will be automated. There is no competition between big-data algorithms and human beings, we lose to the robots.

Sorry about that if you were confused. 

We already cannot compete with the capabilities of machine learning.  It is astounding to witness the sheer volume of data being collected today.

Feeling down? I have great news for you.  You don’t really want to be competing for the jobs these robots are automating anyways.

You just want to be creating!

Your life is truly remarkable.

Even the stuff of your subconscious is creative, pulling raw material from your day life to form imaginative dreams.

What Will the Crowd Demand in the Future?

The most cherished resource for humans is not money, but time.  Of course, this isn’t new information.

Philosophers like Seneca have said as much for millennia.

The most precious commodity of the 21^st century is attention. 

Attention is the first currency of marketing

This is the Z-axis of Time and Space. (Consciousness/attention)

Not just humans but robots will be itching to get our attention.  “Watch our YouTube!  Look at my Instagram!”

Did you know that robots are already composing music?

So what content will people want? That’s up to you to figure out!

The Future of Search Engines

Building Short, Medium, and Long-Term Blogging Strategies

Before I go deep-future on you, and every next step in your short-term strategy feels dismantled and deconstructed, I want to clearly articulate that it is my opinion that blogs will be around for a good while, even if the only medium they distribute is words.

The Future of Blogging is Expansion

If you jumped down here, you skipped some good stuff. So scroll on back up, and read the intro, it’s going to help contextualize much of what I say.

Expansion is the future. What do I mean?

Practically, I mean that humans desire to consume the best content (see also: give their attention to).

And that means more than just words.

We’re already seeing this happen today, in 2019. Consumers of content don’t just want to read words, they want to watch videos, listen to podcasts, and more.

Surely there will be even more vivid enhancements to content creation in the coming 5 years, with virtual reality making huge strides into the digital marketplace.

This expansion is bringing the form of the content outward into more mediums– not just words.

Facing Reality with Courage

When we look at the future with a futurist mindset, we recognize the infinite, unlimited possibility before us.

We have to face…

• The reality of uncertainty. No one knows exactly what the future holds.
• Death and destruction. Empires rise and fall. (ideas, humans… mortality)
• Terrifying expansion. Going beyond what’s current… with courage.

When I say terrifying– I also mean exhilarating.

With this terror, this fear, as an energy source, we are well equipped to create.

Because it’s not fear that’s the problem. It’s fear of fear.

It’s being unwilling to move forward. Crippled, debilitated, we get stuck. We blame the fear. But it’s not the fear’s fault.

It’s our choice not to create. Create what? The future. Now.

But when you hold fear, and let it bring the dangerous smile to your face…

It’s damn near addicting to live. To live with boldness. To expand. To grow.

The Future of Blog Monetization

At present, blogs are typically monetized three ways:

• Advertising
• Affiliate Partnerships
• E-Commerce (sell your own products or services)

Even with roughly 1 million monthly page sessions, there are some affiliate blogs out there earning over $100,000 per month. (net profit)

In blog-o-speak, that’s an RPM of $100.

That’s important because at a per-site-visitor ratio, advertising doesn’t make nearly that much money.

It’s certainly possible with e-commerce websites to make this much.

But in the future, it’s likely that algorithms and big data will reverse this.

Why?

The selective choices that the blog-owners are making are rational, calculated choices.

• Which products to create
• Affiliate partnerships to promote to their audience

In a future where algorithms know us better than we know ourselves, (and certainly better than bloggers know their audience), these choices will be handed over to Artificial Intelligence.

Moreover, offering only one product or one affiliate link to an entire aggregate body of consumers/readers/audience members will miss opportunity.

Collective vs. Individual Offerings in Advertising

When an Affiliate Blogger composes an email (hypothetically to 10,000 email subscribers), they choose a piece of content and link it to something of value for the reader.

They use their knowledge of things like…

• Who the audience is (generalized)
• What this type of audience is looking for (generalized)

… to determine what would be valuable to their audience.

But this is determined collectively. About the “audience as a whole”.

The example above shows the power of algorithms in the context of email subscribers, but what about blog posts themselves?

I’m sure you can guess, but it will be no different.

Rather than products, services, and offerings being selected by humans for their audience (aggregate data, generalized experience), in the future, the RPM’s for blogging will be highest for pure advertising sites.

(Glass ball predictions anyone? I’m throwing out 10 years)

What Should Bloggers Do About This?

We focus on content. Content is the asset.

• Content is the honey that draws in the bees
• Content is the foundation for the blogging world
• Content is the commodity

Now there are plenty of opportunities to become a Data Scientist or Data Engineer and create these algorithms if you’re just looking for opportunity.

But if you’re into blogging, and you’re looking to create profits, this post is meant to reinforce the fact that what you’re really doing is creating content.

So keep creating the best content you can. Make this your focus.

Here are a few things you can do:

• Keep creating the best content you can
• Dive deep into the heart of humanity
• Write authentically
• Don’t do stuff that doesn’t matter to you (especially blogging)

Additional Reading: Here are some blogging tools and resources I recommend.

Back to the Practical Future of Content

(And why blogging isn’t going away anytime soon…)

As we speak, machines are learning to speak the language of pictures and video.

But you know what? Humans don’t speak those languages.

And sure, in the future, it’s probable that machines will be purchasing your products. They are already reading your words, listening to your voice, and recording a lot of your moves.

But for the near-term, the economy is still driven by purchasing decisions made by the race of yours truly.

And that means that we humans will be searching with words.

We speak words, we write them, and that’s how we’ll be looking for stuff.

When we blog, we build on the primary foundation of words.

We also create pictures and video. Pinterest and Google can find these other mediums quickly because we assign words to those other mediums with meta tags.

But did you know that machine learning algorithms are learning to understand our pictures and videos as well? In the present, and more so in the future.

Concluding Remarks

Remember that when we look to the future, we don’t know. We must admit our own frailty to imagine all the possibilities.

This post was super fun to write, because I love imagining possible futures. Please think of my ideas not as prophecies, but as possibilities.

I hope this post is helpful to you as you ponder the future of blogging.

If so, please tell me in the comments.

If you were helped, please say so (and be specific on what helped you).

And if you REALLY liked this post, Share it with others! Tell them about it, link to it in your own blog, and/or email me to say thanks.

I’ll appreciate it.

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