If you’re like a quarter of the women surveyed in 2015 , your answer would be, “Heckity heck yes!” Blogging seems to be the ultimate flexible, lifestyle-friendly, work-from-anywhere-anytime job. And a whopping 11% of the bloggers surveyed earned more than $30,000 per year.

Heyyyyy, hang on just a sec. Say what? Did I just say eleven percent?
Only about one in ten bloggers makes more than $2,500 per month?

Before you toss away your keyboard in despair, let’s talk about reasons and rewards for blogging and what it really means to get blogging success.

Buy a domain name, set up your website, and write, write, write. Optimize your social media, opt in for every webinar under the sun, and agonize over every detail. You work late nights and promote your blog, self-promote, and promote six ways to Sunday in hopes of driving traffic. You’re putting your heart and soul into your new online business.

But then … wait. What’s that sound? Crickets?