Thank you for the helpful post @bitcoinflood I too was previously under the impression that there was no way I could earn money from blogging (I previously had tried and failed by starting my own website). However, once I learned about steemit it has seriously changed the way I think about blogging and social media in general. It's crazy to see how much people are earning on here but more importantly the amount of information I've learned this past month from reading others post has been truly invaluable.