To the financial bloggers out there: Why do you write these blogs? Would you still blog about personal finance if there were no monetary incentives from it?

I've been blogging since I was 12 and only started SGBB 4 years ago, a year after I graduated from journalism in university. I couldn't become a full-time writer because #AsianParents, so I needed an outlet elsewhere. It was only recently that I started accepting more sponsored posts...for the ones I would already have wanted to write about anyway (but no time / not too of my agenda. Money can push a topic to the top of my editorial agenda 😂). Having said that, 90% of the content I write are unpaid. I wish more brands would pay us to write, but the sad truth in Singapore is that even finance brands would ask us financial bloggers to write for free while paying a dozen IG influencers $1k+ for an IG post on the same which actually barely skirts the surface of the financial product or service la. Not gonna name names but people with eyes can see 👀 why like that? I also dunno 😂

Would I still blog about personal finance if there were monetary incentives from it? Yes, definitely! And I think all the SG financial bloggers will say the same. Anyone who started out for the money in this space will soon find out that there isn't much 😂 we're not lifestyle bloggers you know.

For a writer, a blogger, the biggest reward is in having an audience who are reading your words.

Nice question. I have been working on finance blogs from long. I do it because I love to write and my interest area is finance and trading. I am currently associated with a reputed financial advisory firm.

Ofcourse, money is a priority. It would be difficult to work if my priorities are not taken care of. And I guess it is the same for all finance bloggers.