We have all heard of people making profits from blogging. This does not need to be the dream of the few, in fact it's not beyond the reach of any one with average intelligence, and a disciplined work ethic, together with a basic grasp of blogging technology.

However, that said few people manage to reap the profits they want from their blog. For Most making money with their blogs remains elusive for two main reasons.

When setting out with any venture On-line realistic expectations need to be set from the onset. However too Often, bloggers do the complete opposite and find that they have set themselves unrealistic expectations of how fast their readership will grow and how much money they will make.

In truth they set themselves up for a fall, and when these expectations are not met the disappointment can destroy the appetite and desire to continue blogging.

With all things On-line a common theme has to do with the lack of planning, unfortunately Bloggers are no less guilty in this regard.

If you truly wish to turn a profit from your blogging, the key to success is to ensure that a realistic plan is in place and once in place that you stick with it.

To ensure that you succeed in making profits from blogging, the main requirement is that you will need to secure a large readership.

The higher your volume of traffic the more advertisers will agree to pay you. However, as with all things worthwhile, growing the regular visitors that you will need in order to make a profit isn't easy.

With the advent of more and more blogs by the day, it is not enough any longer just to have a great idea, coupled with an eye catching writing style, more is needed to secure the readers attention.

Of course content is and will remain important to the blog, but all too often too much time is spent on the actual writing of posts, with little regard to effective marketing of their project.

Certainly, updating regularly will assist in keeping your blog high on blogrolls and high in blog search engines like technorati.Once your readers know that you update frequently they will return to your site on a regular basis.

However, no matter how often you update it will not help if nobody is reading your page, so don't skimp on the time that you spend drawing visitors to your site.

So your dreams of blogging for profit can become a reality, ensure that you maintain a balance between your duties in writing posts, and your responsibilities to yourself to draw new visitors into your blog.

So how can this be achieved? to start with decrease your number of posts and spend some of that time to draw new visitors to your blogg by setting up link exchanges with other bloggers, making contacts in the blog community, and following other established modes of gaining traffic.

What ever your level of expertise, newbie to marketing genius success will take work and dedication and is unlikely to be found overnight.

Building the kind of readership that blogging for profit requires will take time, and in all likelihood it will be at least several months before you are able to turn much of a profit.

When the going gets tough as it will undoubtedly, keep your chin up and stay committed to your blogging project and the plans and goals you have set. Stay motivated, revise your goals based upon your experiences, in time you will be able to reward yourself for sticking with your plan of action.

I hope that this provides you with a broad outline as to some of the areas for consideration when looking into blogging for profit.