Money and blogging

More and more people start using blogging to communicate about their interests. Whether it is the fashion industry or on topics they would like to write about. In Norway there are 350,000 bloggers. More and more people see the chance to cash in on their blog. Especially young people seem to let themselves be tempted by this opportunity. Although not all bloggers can be "top bloggers", there are some who earn some money at blogging. A "top blogs" can make millions in business.



Isabella Löwengrip (17) should, according to Swedish media, earn five million dollars on advertising revenue in the year. Although most do not earn such amounts that income may be from a few hundred dollars a month to up to 100 000 per month. It makes it attractive for many to explore this possibility.
For the most part, these money came from various advertisers. You can blog about a website, a product or service. Simple huh?
In principle, this seems like easy money, and thus many are tempted by this. Even children as young as 12 years of age and perhaps even lower, are tempted by the opportunity for what they believe is easily earned money. Advertisers have found a new way of hitting the target even better than ads in magazines and newspapers. One of the primary and most fundamental goals of a blog is not to monetize the blog, but the freedom to express what one thinks without limitations. The blog is about to become something else? Can capitalism be a threat and an obstacle to freedom of emergency in the future? Will we be more interested in writing about topics that makes us earn money, rather than what occupying us? Is there a limit to this and if so where does it go? Do we want such a development?

Children and blogging

Children can make money on their blog. Anything from a few hundred dollars to several thousand within a month. What they need to do is to blog about a website, a product or service. You can write blogs about products your advertiser sells. For example, it may be that they must be willing to post pictures of themselves in certain types of clothing. Using a special makeup and so on. We see examples of bloggers post videos about their makeup and how they are styling. Readers seem to love this. Each week, "cliché child" has up to 60,000 views a week. Advertisers know that this is a good way to hit the target. What is the problem with this? As I have mentioned earlier, children in 12 years of age (and probably less) attracted to what they believe is easily earned money. Children want to be older and they want to do as the adults.



Children and young people can easily do things they don’t understand the consequences of. There will always be someone out there who are willing to misuse children and young people's naivety for their own gain. Maybe the girls are most vulnerable since it´s makeup and fashion that gives the most views of the blogs. Focus on body and appearance is a product that can be bought and sold. Warning lights are flashing!