Final 12 months Michelle Schroeder-Gardner made virtually $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 affords recommendations on saving and earning profits — and publishes revenue reviews. Schroeder-Gardner mentioned: “I had truly began my weblog in August 2011, earlier than I graduated with my finance MBA. I obtained the concept at some point after I was studying Cosmo they usually had an article that includes the private finance website Every day Price. I began studying that web site and I turned super-interested in private finance blogs. I began my weblog as a interest. 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 related me with an advertiser. I didn’t even know blogs might earn money.” She retains growing her running a blog interest 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 eventually he made near $1 million final 12 months. (forbes.com)