It’s easy to make money online by blogging, but it’s not easy to make a lot of money blogging. It takes a typical blog about nine months of consistent writing to start competing on Google, and at that mark you’ll probably see your traffic jump quite substantially even without much SEO effort. As a result, you’ll be able to bring in a trickle of income (primarily through affiliate programs). But that traffic won’t be enough to make a full-time income and run your blog as a profitable business. To get to that point, you need a well-planned traffic acquisition strategy paired with great content that both your readers and Google love.