{"id":84832,"date":"2022-07-17T16:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-17T16:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.authorityhacker.com\/?p=84832"},"modified":"2024-04-11T17:12:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T17:12:25","slug":"blogs-that-make-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.authorityhacker.com\/blogs-that-make-money\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Types of Blogs That Make Money In 2024 (with Examples)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Let\u2019s be honest: if you\u2019re going to make it as a professional blogger, you need to understand the types of blogs that make money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s all well and good writing about your passion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But if there\u2019s no chance of making money from it, you\u2019ll only ever be a hobby blogger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fact is, most people don\u2019t <\/em>make money blogging (or at least, not enough to become a full-time blogger).<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to ProBlogger<\/a>, about two-thirds of bloggers earn less than $100 a month from their blogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s less than $3.50 a day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the flip side, about one in 10 earn $1,000 \u2013 $9,999 a month, and one in 25 make more than $10,000 a month<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n Those \u201csuccess stories\u201d are the people who\u2019ve found profitable blog niches and monetized them effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With that in mind, in this article, we\u2019re going to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hopefully, you can take our findings and apply them to your own blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And make a ton of money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sounds good?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Let\u2019s dive in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (N.B. want to find even more profitable niche ideas? Check out our guide to the <\/em>140+ best niches for affiliate marketing<\/em><\/a>.)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Are you crazy about credit cards?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Loopy about loans?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mad about mortgages?<\/p>\n\n\n\n I could do this forever, but you get the picture.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n If any (or all) of those things apply, you could start making money with a finance blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Finance and business blogs aim to give useful financial advice to their audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It could be general advice, or it could be tailored to a specific demographic, like college students, parents, or people approaching retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As its name suggests, Money to the Masses<\/a> doesn\u2019t target a specific audience niche.<\/p>\n\n\n Instead, its goal is to help millions of people make smarter financial choices by steering them toward the best financial products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s how finance blogs typically make money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They recommend financial products that they\u2019re paid to promote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Or they monetize through financial affiliate programs<\/a>, which means they add affiliate links to the credit cards<\/a>, savings account, or loans<\/a> they reference in their finance blogs. When someone clicks one of those links and buys the product in question, they earn a commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Clearly, Money to the Masses does that pretty damn well<\/em>, with Ahrefs<\/a> estimating it attracts 117,000 organic visitors a month with a monthly value of $273,000.<\/p>\n\n\n Ahrefs shows us the site is targeting a bunch of high-intent keywords, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you can rank strongly for terms like those, you\u2019ll be well placed to make money online from a finance blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Given the vast range of financial products and services available, combined with the fact that literally everyone <\/em>has a vested interest in making smart financial decisions, you shouldn\u2019t be short on blogging ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udc49 Check out our step-by-step guide on How to Start a Finance Blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Travel and blogging are natural bedfellows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most people picture a blogger as someone who jets around the world, laptop and smartphone in hand, staying in high-end hotels and sipping cocktails on beaches, then earning money by writing about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of course, the reality isn\u2019t always like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lots of travel bloggers are little more than enthusiastic hobbyists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But plenty of people out there make money by running a travel blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n People like Nate Hake, founder of Travel Lemming<\/a> \u2014 one of the most popular blogs in the travel niche.<\/p>\n\n\n Nate and his team have built a vast library of content offering expert insights on the practicalities of traveling to destinations across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But how does Travel Lemming make money from all that blog content?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Well, it has two main avenues to monetization:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Firstly, it uses AdThrive to run banner ads across its site.<\/p>\n\n\n And secondly, it earns commission by adding affiliate links to gear reviews and recommendation articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It has a bunch of articles covering topics like the best:<\/p>\n\n\n\n And much more besides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udc49 Read also: 15 Inspiring Travel Blog Examples<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Want to learn more about travel affiliate marketing? Take a look at our guide to the best travel affiliate programs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udc49 Read also: How to Start a Travel Blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Unlike the other blogging niche examples in this article, lifestyle is a pretty nebulous <\/em>term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n By which I mean lifestyle blogs can basically be about anything<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Generally, they\u2019re about the blog owner’s or editorial team’s personal experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That can encompass fashion, dating, culture, careers, travel\u2026 and many other things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many lifestyle blogs that make money effectively build a sort of \u201ccult of personality\u201d around their founder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We think Person X has an incredible life; we aspire to be like them, so we follow them on social media and read their blog content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Camille Styles<\/a> is a great example.<\/p>\n\n\n Camille and her team write about food, party planning, interior design, beauty, and wellness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The only thing tying those disparate blog niches together is Camille herself \u2014 if you didn\u2019t care about her lifestyle<\/em>, you\u2019d have little incentive to read her articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Evidently, lots of people do <\/em>care, because Camille Styles generates 50 million impressions across its website and social channels every month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n With so much attention (and traffic), the site is ideally placed to monetize via ad networks like AdThrive, Ezoic, and Mediavine. Google AdSense is another, but the payouts are so low that we don\u2019t recommend using it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To a lesser extent, it also makes money with lifestyle affiliate marketing programs<\/a>, incorporating links into relevant articles such as a guide to Camille\u2019s fall living room redesign.<\/p>\n\n\n \ud83d\udc49 Check out our step-by-step guide on How to Start a Lifestyle Blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Much like the finance niche, it makes sense to start a fitness blog<\/a> because everyone cares about their health<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That gives you a huge audience to target and a wealth of potential blog topics to cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There\u2019s no single way <\/em>to earn money with a fitness blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Instead, there are multiple avenues of monetization, as we can see by exploring Mind Body Green<\/a>, one of the health and fitness niche\u2019s most popular blogs.<\/p>\n\n\n Affiliate marketing is part of its money-making \u201ctoolkit\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The site\u2019s writers add affiliate links to a wide range of content, covering everything from top makeup tips to the best probiotics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mind Body Green also works with advertising partners to create sponsored posts, like this one on choosing the right pair of leggings:<\/p>\n\n\n It runs banner ads across the website, allowing it to earn a cut from every person that clicks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you like what you read on Mind Body Green, you can pay for an online class covering topics like yoga, meditation, and plant-based eating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As if that wasn\u2019t enough, it also has its own online store selling health supplements and personal care products\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n \u2026and even runs online courses on health coaching and functional nutrition training.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Realistically, you\u2019re not going to offer all that stuff <\/em>from the moment you launch your first health and fitness blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But it just goes to show how many options there are to expand and scale an online business in this niche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udc49 Check out our step-by-step guide on: How to Start a Health and Wellness Blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Inevitably, there can be a fair degree of crossover between beauty, fashion, lifestyle, and even travel blogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For instance, a lot of beauty bloggers will naturally also write about what\u2019s in their wardrobe, while fashion bloggers often cover makeup tips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But there\u2019s plenty of scope to earn money with a blog focused purely (or largely) on the world of beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fleur DeForce<\/a> is one such website.<\/p>\n\n\n A lot of sites in this niche have popular YouTube channels, and Fleur DeForce is no different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Launched back in 2009, Fleur\u2019s YouTube has more than 1.3 million subscribers, so no doubt she makes plenty of money through banner ads in her video content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But that\u2019s only one way to make money as a beauty blogger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Unsurprisingly, affiliate marketing plays a big part. Fleur adds affiliate links to product reviews and other commercial-themed content, such as her L\u2019Oreal\u2019s Skin Paradise<\/a> review.<\/p>\n\n\n Fleur also (kind of) runs her own eCommerce store, giving readers the opportunity to shop her wardrobe \u2014 although it\u2019s worth noting her online store is actually a bunch of affiliate links to products she recommends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udc49 Check out our step-by-step guide on How to Start a Beauty Blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n We\u2019ve looked at beauty and lifestyle, now let\u2019s take a look at the adjacent \u2014 and sometimes overlapping \u2014 the world of the fashion blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019ve got a passion for fashion and love keeping abreast of all the latest style trends, starting a fashion blog could be the perfect way to bring in some passive income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s why some of our favorite blogs that make money are in the fashion niche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Who What Wear<\/a> is one of the best-known fashion blogs.<\/p>\n\n\n According to Ahrefs, the three million monthly organic visitors it attracts are worth a cool $1.8 million a month.<\/p>\n\n\n Now that\u2019s what we call a profitable blog niche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you want to know how the people behind Who What Wear make more money in a single month than the average NFL player earns in an entire season<\/a>, take a look at the affiliate disclosure<\/a> in the website footer:<\/p>\n\n\n If, like me, your eyesight isn\u2019t great, it basically says that if you buy something through an affiliate link, it might earn a commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No shocks there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The fashion niche is a perfect fit for affiliate marketing, because it\u2019s literally all about recommending products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In every fashion blog you write, there should be multiple opportunities to link to physical products \u2014 and every time someone buys one, you\u2019ll make a cut of the sale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udc49 Check out our step-by-step guide on How to Start a Fashion Blog<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n Full disclosure: I don\u2019t have children (yet).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n But even I know that parenting is difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From maternity fashion to choosing a birthing plan to find the best baby products<\/a>, there\u2019s so much to think about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Which explains the huge popularity of the parenting blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The parenting niche<\/a> covers a whole range of blogs. There are mom blogs, dad blogs, co-parenting blogs, and probably plenty of others I haven\u2019t listed here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once again, there\u2019s a fair amount of crossover here with lifestyle blogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are plenty of examples of bloggers who started out running a fashion or lifestyle-themed site and then pivoted into parenting or mom blogs when they got a little older. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One day, they\u2019re writing about the hottest bars in Williamsburg, then the next, they\u2019re discussing the pros and cons of water birthing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the same time, there are plenty of blogs that are solely dedicated to parenting, like Lucie\u2019s List<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n The website\u2019s goal is to \u201cmake your transition to parenthood as painless as possible\u201d, which essentially means providing lots of advice, information, and product reviews to soon-to-be parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the most successful parenting blogs around, it brings in an estimated 112,000 organic visitors a month, with a monthly value of close to $50,000, according to Ahrefs.<\/p>\n\n\n That\u2019s a whole lot more than a job replacement income.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lucie\u2019s List appears to make most of its money from affiliate marketing:<\/p>\n\n\n It publishes guides on things like the best infant car seats and baby carriers, plus lots of informational content about the stages of the parental process, from pregnancy to preschool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udc49 Read our step-by-step guide on <\/a>How to Start a Mom Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Marketing is an extremely attractive blogging niche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Because any <\/em>online business might need marketing-related tips or services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n They might want help with keyword research, link-building, social media, or countless other topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you\u2019ve got expertise in any of those areas, starting a marketing blog could be a smart move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Authority Hacker is a prime example of a marketing blog geared toward online entrepreneurs without tooting our own trumpets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Specifically, it\u2019s a marketing blog aimed at helping would-be affiliate marketers<\/a> build profitable websites, covering everything from choosing the right niche to learning how to build links at scale without resorting to black hat tactics.<\/p>\n\n\n That gives us a wealth of monetization opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whenever we publish a product-related blog post \u2014 such as reviews of WordPress themes and keyword research tools \u2014 we\u2019ll incorporate affiliate links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We also have a whole page of our website dedicated to our favorite marketing tools \u2014 the ones we use time and again across our own portfolio of authority websites<\/a>. Again, we earn a commission if you click our affiliate link and buy one of those tools.<\/p>\n\n\n Of course, that\u2019s not our primary means of making money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our main raison d’\u00eatre <\/em>is to promote our premium affiliate marketing training courses, The Authority Site System<\/a> <\/em>(aimed at beginners) and Authority Hacker Pro<\/a> (for affiliates with established websites).<\/p>\n\n\n\n We charge money for those courses, and with more than 9,000 happy customers (and counting), we think we\u2019re doing a pretty good job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We even run our own affiliate program<\/a>, paying up to $990 commission per sale, with a lifetime commission on other Authority Hacker products purchased by each referred customer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At the end of the day, we\u2019ve all got to eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And therein lies the appeal of food blogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Whether you\u2019re teaching people how to cook amazing cuisine, recommending high-quality kitchen appliances, or reviewing the best restaurants in your hometown, a food blog can help you explore your passion while earning a little (or a lot of) cash on the size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Like travel, food is increasingly seen as aspirational and a way to show off our unique knowledge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Just as travelers are always looking for the next hot off-the-beaten-path destination, foodies are searching for some obscure regional cuisine they can learn how to perfect to amaze their friends on Instagram and at dinner parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dominican Cooking<\/a> is one of our favorite food blogs. If you\u2019ve ever tried bollitos de yuca<\/em><\/a>, you\u2019ll understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When it comes to monetization, the website has a few tricks up its sleeve. <\/p>\n\n\n\n For starters, it sells its own cookbooks. That\u2019s an obvious opportunity for anyone who creates their own recipes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What\u2019s more, the site monetizes all its recipes by incorporating affiliate links to Amazon,<\/a> which runs the world\u2019s biggest affiliate marketing program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n So if you hit one of those links and buy any of the items listed in the site\u2019s Amazon affiliate store, Dominican Cooking earns a small commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And, like lots of other blogs that make money, it runs banner ads \u2014 in this case through the CafeMedia network (rather than Google AdSense).<\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83d\udc49 Read our step-by-step guide on How to Start a Food Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Furry, feathered, or scaly, we simply cannot get enough of pets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to the latest APPA National Pet Owners Survey<\/a>, 70% of households in the US own a pet, equating to more than 90.5 million homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As any pet owner will tell you, having a pet isn\u2019t cheap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Partly because they\u2019re just so damn cute<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Combined, US pet owners spent more than $103 billion<\/a> on their pets in 2020, with just under half going on pet food and about one-fifth on accessories and medicines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All of this means there are a whole lot of ways to make money from pet blogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Spruce Pets<\/a> is an example of a high-quality pet blog with bags of earning potential.<\/p>\n\n\n According to Ahrefs, it brings in a whopping 7.2 million organic visitors every month, and its organic traffic is worth an estimated $3.4 million a month.<\/p>\n\n\n Some of its revenue comes from advertising, with banner ads above the fold and along the sidebar in most articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And this is clearly also a website that brings in a lot of cash through pet affiliate programs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A whole section of The Spruce Pets is dedicated to pet product reviews, all of which are monetized through affiliate links.<\/p>\n\n\n \ud83d\udc49 Read our step-by-step guide on <\/a>How to Start a Pet Blog<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Choosing a niche is a key part of figuring out how to make money blogging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But while it\u2019s important, it\u2019s still only one piece of the puzzle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If your blogging journey is going to be a success, you\u2019ll have to discover an effective and consistent way to bring in revenue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here are four options to explore:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Keyword research is one of the most crucial steps in monetizing your blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your task at this stage is to look for keywords with commercial intent \u2014 that is, the things people might be searching for just before they make a purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But you\u2019re a new website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You likely don\u2019t have a ton of backlinks or authority at this stage, which limits your ability to rank for highly competitive terms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That\u2019s why you need to search for less-competitive niche keywords.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are various ways to do this. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But on a basic level, if you want to find high-intent keywords fast<\/em>, your best bet is to use a tool like Ahrefs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Start by finding a website in your niche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In this example, I\u2019m going to use Travel Lemming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Use Ahrefs\u2019 organic keywords tool to search for keywords with commercial intent, such as terms including the word \u201cbest\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then limit the keyword difficulty to a maximum of 15.<\/p>\n\n\n That gives us a bunch of juicy high-intent, low-difficulty keywords to target, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n
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10 Types of Blogs That Make Money<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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