Are Blogs a Passive Income Source?

There is some significant debate in the passive income community over the passiveness of blog income.  In general, my view is that blogging is not a real passive income source.  Blogs take effort to manage and require new posts to attract traffic.

This blog is not designed to generate passive income (or much income for that matter).  Rather it is intended to provide a place for discussions and networking.  It will provide a place to flesh out ideas and try concepts.

There are some aspects of blogging that can be passive income oriented though.

1.  Old blog posts can still attract traffic.  A Google search proves that - try Googling something and add the word blog.  Chances are some of the top sites will be inactive or dead blogs. There must be millions of dead blogs out there and some are still earning adsense revenue and maybe affiliate link revenue.  However, a dead blog can not be expected to consistently or perpetually earn income.

Sell Blog Posts and On Line Writing

For bloggers who enjoy writing blog posts or articles, did you know you can actually get paid (again) for doing what you enjoy?  My research on how to make money writing online lead to several good places to submit writing to, but the best for selling blog posts and online articles is by far and away Constant Content.

What is Constant Content

Constant-Content is an online consignment store for written work.  Authors can write on any topic they like and submit the work to Constant-Content for review.  Accepted work gets posted up for buyers to see.  Sometimes it sells right away, other times the articles need to sit and wait for the right buyer.  Experienced writers in the forum, and the editors, report that 90% of articles sell eventually

There are a few great features that set Constant Content apart from other content providers.