Final 12 months Michelle Schroeder-Gardner made nearly $1 million — $979,000, to be actual. Guess how this 27 year-old made $1 million in a 12 months. That’s proper, running a blog. From an article in Forbes, her ticket out of debt and into monetary freedom has been her weblog, Making Sense of Cents, the place she provides tips about saving and creating wealth — and publishes revenue reviews. Schroeder-Gardner stated: “I had truly began my weblog in August 2011, earlier than I graduated with my finance MBA. I received the thought in the future after I was studying Cosmo they usually had an article that includes the non-public finance web site Every day Price. I began studying that web site and I turned super-interested in private finance blogs. I began my weblog as a passion. I didn’t begin it pondering I’d make an revenue from it. Six months later, I made my first $100 from my weblog when a blogger good friend who was already taking advantage of her weblog linked me with an advertiser. I didn’t even know blogs may earn money.” She retains growing her running a blog passion right into a profession and her incomes retains going up: In 2013, she earned $117,000. In 2014, that elevated to $164,000. In 2015, her earnings jumped to $321,000. And at last he made near $1 million final 12 months. (forbes.com)