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This article is all about making money this year – We’ll focus on scaling your blog like a startup by choosing your niche, scaling your content, and monetizing your blog to make $5,000/month.

Let’s scale your new blog like a startup.

Hobby bloggers are just new bloggers that don’t know how to make money yet. In any creative digital field – whether it’s design, web development, photography, copywriting, or video editing – there are beginners and experts.