And A Child Shall Lead Us
With the economy in the dumps and so many people out of work, more and more are looking for alternative sources of income.
Blogging has become one of the most pervasive ways of making money online that has come a long way since the birth of eBay. Blogging may not be the easiest way of making money online but it is certainly not the hardest either.
The latest trend is with children under the age of 17 blogging for money. Not just pocket change either. These kids are making money hand over fist. Some are already making millions with just their online business.
Michael Dunlop, Thilak Raj Rao, Michael Castilla, Juliette Brindak have made a name for themselves in the world of blogging and are successful in their own right.
Being young in the blogging world is a novelty that is fast becoming a trend if you ask me. Now I don’t know if youth is an advantage, but it certainly isn’t a disadvantage.
Kids are much more technically advanced than we want to give them credit for. They know more about the computer and internet and aren’t afraid to use them.
They have no inhibitions or worries about trying something new. And the start-up cost is almost zero or low enough that they may not have to even use their entire allowance to get started.
One of the most difficult parts of blogging is the daily maintenance and up keep along with finding the advertising and affiliating to make money. Once you have overcome these obstacles there is nothing to it.
Children as young as 8 and 10 are doing it with great success. It’s their parents that are dumbfounded that it could be that easy.
Kids Prove Us Wrong
As adults we have been taught that “anything worth having is worth working for” and that “if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is” but our children seem to be proving those old adages wrong.
With the use of the internet, making money has become easier than ever. It just seems to the adults that it can’t be true. We are always looking for the catch to these simple ways of making money. We believe that there has to be something in it for someone else for us to make money. They aren’t just going to give it to us for nothing.
Maybe it is time for us to start looking at the world in a different way. This is, after all, the internet generation. We need to start realizing that the computer on our desk can be useful for something other than checking e-mail and sending jokes to our friends. Our children already know this
and we the adults just need to catch up.
We have to be open to seeing the new generation and the changes in our world. Instead of being upset with our children for spending so much time on their computers we need to pay attention to what they are doing and look into new and revolutionary ways of making money the smartest way instead of hard labor – the internet.
This is a new world and the kids seem to be taking the upper hand in it. We as adults have been so resistant to these new advancements that we have cut ourselves off from some of the best sources of income.
Children from 10 years old right on up are doing what we seem to find impossible in this economy. These young entrepreneurs are already making money and having no trouble doing it. Maybe the only adage that we adults need to be concerned with is “and a child shall lead them”.
That is certainly what is happening when it comes to blogging for money on the internet.
PS: If you are one of those kids, lead your mama to this post and tell her, “and I shall now lead you“.
10 comments so far… Leave a reply
Sophie Marston
February 7, 2009 3:19 pm
Very nice. Kids are the future and with every new generation comes a new way of doing things.
Yan Susanto
February 7, 2009 3:33 pm
Thanks, Sophie. I'm pretty much impressed with these young bloggers turned entrepreneurs too. I wish I could turn back the clock.... ;)
Bacall
February 7, 2009 4:16 pm
Nice post! I guess we can say that we must be like children. Children believe, trust, and are resilient. I seem to have heard something like this in the Bible... Yan, as far as turning back the clock, it's never too late. It all begins in how we think, so let's start thinking as children do, and watch what happens.
Yan Susanto
February 7, 2009 4:40 pm
Excellent comment! You have your point. We just need to rediscover "the child in us". Those traits we left behind when we grew up. And I don't regret not being a child anymore. I just wish I could still be one though..... ;)
Shanker Bakshi
February 7, 2009 5:37 pm
There is one more upcoming young blogger growing up around. And you know Yan who he is.
Yan Susanto
February 7, 2009 5:46 pm
Of course I do, buddy. The seat has been reserved for him. You know that, don't you?
Michaela
February 7, 2009 7:12 pm
Yes! The young people have time (they aren't yet slaving for living), their generation was born with computers in house, some are exceptional talented, free spirits, and they produce incredibly valuable work. I gave a gift to a kid in our family, 3000 pieces of K'NEX building toys, no book with instructions because I bought it from eBay, but I promised I got some books as well. After 3 weeks when I gave him 2 books - he didn't need them, he already built a school yard, an amusement park, and grandpa store from his imagination. I was speechless! regards Michaela
tom
February 7, 2009 10:24 pm
That's what I am saying, more and more businesses will be started, and they will be huge successes. Don't be surprised to see teens running these empires.
Robby G
February 8, 2009 9:18 pm
Nice one. It's true, more and more younger millionaires are popping up everywhere. It's mostly thanks to the internet too. Cheers.
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March 26, 2009 2:29 am
Keep working, great job so far :)