What kind of blogs make money? Popular ones! That is the simplest answer! Traffic converts to making money blogging.
Besides being popular and having lots of traffic, WHAT you blog about is important, and some topicsdo better than others. But it is not the topic that drives it, it is the audience. So to determine what kind of blogs make money, you have to know what audience converts to advertising sales! And the top answer for that is…Moms.
Any blog whose primary audience is Moms will have the most potential to make money with advertising. So, some of those types of blogs are:
Home Decor, Food, Lifestyle, Kids, Beauty, Health
These are also the blog categories most saturated with blogs. So it is more difficult to stand out. You could have a blog in one of the most beloved Mom-niches, but if you don’t get traffic, you won’t make money.
In my blog post “How much Money can I make Blogging”, I say that if you can get your traffic to 2,000 pageviews per month, then you should expect to make around $10 per month in advertising with Adsense. But if you have an E-book or some kind of helpful printables to sell, you could make $10 per month way before you even reach the 2,000pvs.
There are many other ways to make money from a blog besides advertising, but I think that the “passive income” from advertising is what most of you are most curious about in answering this question!
What I want you to get from this post is that if you have a passion to blog about something, you can make money. I started blogging in photography because I am passionate about it. I am a Mom and I love being a mom and have a ton of creative mom ideas. But the mom-blog place just doesn’t fit me. You have to know what you love and blog about it with passion. THAT is what will bring in readers, and eventually you WILL make money at it. ALL KINDS of blogs CAN make money. But passionate bloggers make the easiest money, quicker!
That was a helpful post. I’m a mom blogger but my kids are older and I’m past a lot of the things mom bloggers typically write about so I’ve struggled with how I can monetize. But I am definitely a natural health blogger. I’m just trying to write my voice and passion now and see what happens.
That’s where I am at. My oldest has children! My youngest is 19. So I feel your pain
Hi Jill,
Your blog is simple and awesome. We can’t achieve anything without passion. Just posting content in a blog doesn’t matter. Blog is a gateway to help and share our knowledge to others, Blogging is a mixture of SEO, SMO, Affiliate Marketing etc… We have to use all these things to attain success.
Anyway thanks for your share. Keep updating. Classi Blogger
Great post. Honest yet hopeful. Anyone can do it, but it takes consistency. Thanks!
Jill, I have to say I have really enjoyed your pins on Pinterest and your blog articles. So glad I followed ya!
Amy! Thank you so much for saying that! Sorry it took me so long to answer back…had a vacation and some time off!
Thank you, I think passion and authenticity show through and create connections…
I’ve noticed a number of blogs that just seem to be about selling stuff. Their blogs have very little in the way of real, heartfelt content. It seems to me, that building an audience is the foundation of a successful blog not just traffic ‘cos in these cases, very soon, they’ll have to rely on new visitors for their traffic volume. That seems like hard work.
Cheers.
Blogging is hard work…no question! And yes, authenticity is hard to come by! Thanks for reading!
Making money blogging… it sounds elusive but, really, it’s not as tough to do. My take is we could make money blogging we’ve got to have readers. In the beginning (especially!) focus on creating great, original content, and build your relationships with your readers. Your readers are the most important part of your blog. Plus, the readers are what makes blogging fun! Otherwise you’re just typing into the abyss which is completely not fun. Readers, and the relationships with those readers are the most vital part of the success of any blog. Blogging is about the long-term, not the short-term.
Thank you for this information! I am just starting to learn about monetizing my blog and am a bit overwhelmed with the details. However, I believe it is totally possible. I will find my audience and create a community-subscribers. Because I believe so strongly in my mission, it is inevitable! Best to you as well in the blogging world. And thanks again for your advice:-)
I was looking into starting a blog and I would want it to be about me and what I am doing and how I am changing and evolving and growing. I am about to start nursing school, I am a step mom, work full time, and I am also modifying my body from being average to becoming healthier and have more muscle. I want to be a step mom her lifts more than just her kids, so that’s what I am changing myself into. Doing all this at once is very challenging and I know that there are a lot of people out there trying to do everything like I am so I would like to be a blogger that people can relate to. So my question is do you think I have a shot at making it? And if so where do I start?
Well after reading it I guess I have jumped into the right niche for blogging and afterall I am passsionate about it. Hope this passion helps me in consistency and creating quality posts to attract quality audirnce. Thanks for motivating. Happy blogging.
This is great information. I am passionate about being healthy, food, families, budgets, recipes, menus and organization. I’m just beginning to get started.
Nicole
Thank you, i have passionate in art, book and, science. Can i blog and make money from these passion
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