Last night I was up late blogging and surfing-as usual-and I caught an interesting story on ABC’s Nightline.  The did a featue on a Mommy Blogger named Heather Armstrong from Utah.  She is actually making $40,000 per month from advertising on her blog http://dooce.com/ !  Her husband even quit his job to help her run her site.  I have a goal about what I would like to make online to help around here.  Between ebay, my blog and articles online I would like to make $3000 to cover our mortgage payment.  Now, I just started so I know that I have work t

I know that there are moms out there that do make quite a bit from advertising on their blog.  Both Trish Berg from http://simplifyingmotherhood.blogspot.com/  and Dawn from http://mom2my6pack.blogspot.com/ I found by watching Dateline about Mommy bloggers.  (They are both on my blogroll, you should check them out!)  Dawn was said to make $4000 each month from her advertising space.  All this from speaking her mind in her unique and entertaining way each night about the craziness that goes on in her house! 

What exactly does it take to have a blog so popular that it can help pay your bills?  Here I am checking my stats each night and getting excited when it hits double didgets.  Do you have to be racy and controversial like Heather or offbeat and selfdepricating like Dawn?  The last thing that I need is to try to sound or be like anyone else.  I want to write quality content and develop my voice.  But how do I get the people to come and check me out and hopefully get hooked?

Any of you mommy bloggers out there got any ideas to get me jumpstarted in building an audience?  How about some stories about how you are getting some income from your blog?  I love to hear!