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Casting the digital equivalent of a message-in-a-bottle into the Internet\u2019s vast sea of content, many people start Web sites or blogs hoping that they will find an appreciative audience for their precocious parrot videos, cupcake recipes or pithy commentary on everyday life. The dream, of course, is that they will develop a large and loyal following \u2014 and potentially profit from it.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

While most of these self-publishers don\u2019t attract the attention of anyone other than indulgent family and friends, there are those who find wider recognition and some income. What the successful have in common is a passion for their subject and a near-compulsion to share what they know. Advertising, merchandising, offline events, book deals, donations and sometimes sheer luck also play a part. \u201cMy advice is to choose a topic you\u2019ll never get tired of,\u201d said Stephanie Nelson, 47, of Atlanta, a homemaker who founded CouponMom.com in 2001 to share tips on saving money by using coupons. \u201cThe first three years I made no money at all, so I had to love what I was doing to keep going.\u201d <\/p>\n

Ms. Nelson said her Web site now has more than 3.8 million visitors a month, and the income it generates supports her family of four \u2014 allowing her husband to retire early from his corporate job five years ago. \u201cI\u2019m still not tired of it,\u201d Ms. Nelson said. Half of the site\u2019s revenue comes from Google\u2019s AdSense service, and the other half is from companies like Groupon and LivingSocial that buy ads directly from her. AdSense generates ads based on the words that appear on Web pages. For example, if a blog post is about dogs, ads for dog food or dog grooming might appear beside it.<\/strong> <\/p>\n

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