How to Make Money Blogging for Beginners in 2024 [Including Our Case Study of $10K/Mo Blog]

Are you a beginner and looking for a one-stop guide on how to make money blogging in 2024? 

Have you ever wondered how few bloggers make thousands of dollars every month? You’ve come to the right place.

If you think blogging is just a hobby, you should think again. Blogging is a serious business.

Did you know that we made more than $160,000 in the last year from the blog you’re reading right now?

If done right, blogging can help you make huge money. 

But keep one thing in mind: blogging is NOT a get rich quick scheme. It took us almost 10 years to build a blog that generates $10,000+ per month. If you’re in a hurry, you should look elsewhere as it takes some time to build a money-making blog.

And… if you’re looking for an in-depth guide on how to make money from blogging, this one’s for you.

Here’s what you’ll discover in this detailed make money blogging guide for 2024.

  • Proven ways to make money blogging in 2024 even if you’re a beginner 
  • Last 2 years earning reports of our blog & case study
  • Pros and cons of each blog monetization strategy and more
how to make money blogging for beginners 2024

Without wasting much time, we’ll now jump into the details of how you can make some REAL money from blogging as a beginner in 2024 and beyond.

How to Make Money Blogging | 10 PROVEN Ways

Although there are a ton of ways to make money blogging but as a beginner, we’d recommend you to focus on the following monetization strategies as they work like a charm.

1. Affiliate Marketing 

Hands down affiliate marketing is the best way to earn passive income from blogging. The majority of the income we earn from BloggersPassion comes from selling affiliate products. It’s the ultimate way to make money blogging as a beginner.

How much can you earn from affiliate marketing?

The sky’s the limit when it comes to affiliate marketing earnings.

We already mentioned our Semrush earning reports, for those who missed them, here’s it again.

semrush new earnings

See that?

$450,000+ and counting. That too from just one affiliate product.

Isn’t it insane?

It’s not just me, but there are also successful affiliate marketers such as Adam Enfroy, who reported over $80,000 in affiliate revenue in June 2021.

Adam Enfroy Affiliate Revenue

That’s the power of affiliate marketing. You can be a product review blogger and If everything is done right, you can make money even while you sleep.

There are a ton of affiliate programs you can pick to promote high-paying products to your target audience. 

We mostly promote the following affiliate products to earn from our blog.

Many bloggers also use the Amazon affiliate program to earn commissions from their blogs. One of the biggest reasons to use Amazon affiliates is that you can find millions of products to promote.

How much can you earn from the Amazon affiliate program?

Your affiliate earnings from Amazon vary from the product category.

Here’s the current Amazon commission structure (ranges from 1% to 20% commission per sale).

amazon commission new

There are bloggers like Nathaniell (who started the blog β€œOne More Cup of Coffee”) who make several thousand dollars a year from the Amazon affiliate program alone.

amazon earning report

As you can see above, he earned nearly $11,000 from Amazon affiliates in one year. 

There are also so many people who’re using the Amazon affiliate program to make thousands of dollars. For example, this guy on the Reddit platform claims to have hit $1000/month from Amazon within just six months.

reddit success

If you’ve good content and bring enough traffic from search engines like Google, you can easily build an Amazon affiliate website that generates more than $1000 per month. 

Few resources that can help you with affiliate marketing:

Pros:

  • There’s no need to create a product or service as you can find and promote other vendors’ products for free
  • You can work and make money from anywhere
  • Low upfront cost (all you need is a website or an email list to start promoting your affiliate products)
  • It’s a great passive income source that helps you make money even while you sleep
  • You can help people by promoting useful products that solve their problems and make money while helping (so it’s a win/win approach)
  • Most of the affiliate programs are entirely free to join and offer an instant account setup facility.
  • Some of the affiliate programs such as the Semrush affiliate program offer a β€œ10-year cookie period”. It means you can earn a commission even when someone clicks on your affiliate link and then buys a Semrush subscription plan 10 years later!
  • You’ll get access to banners and ad copies with most affiliate programs to easily promote their products to your audience 

Cons: 

  • The only drawback with affiliate marketing is that it takes a lot of time (at least 1 to 2 years) to start earning a decent income every month ($1000+ per month) from affiliate marketing. If you’re looking for a get quick rich scheme, affiliate marketing is NOT for you.

2. Google AdSense

Google AdSense is one of the best ways to make money blogging for beginners. In fact, the majority of the new bloggers launch their blogs to make money from AdSense. 

Google AdSense is an ad publishing network from Google that helps bloggers to earn money and allows publishers to pay for showing their ads. 

Here’s how AdSense works (in simple terms).

Google charges advertisers per each ad click. 

Publishers such as bloggers and website owners get 68% of the click amount (or 51% when it comes to AdSense for search). 

Your AdSense earnings totally depend on the competition and CPC in your industry. Usually, the commission per click can range from $0.20 to $15 and more. You need an AdSense account to start showing ads on your website and earn money from ad clicks. 

How much can you earn from AdSense?

Bloggers like Harsh Agrawal earned more than $50,000 from AdSense alone. 

Have a look;

harsh adsense

Many bloggers earn a few hundred dollars a month if they are getting a minimum of 1000 visitors a day.

As mentioned earlier, your AdSense earnings depend on the competition and CPC of the keywords in your niche. For instance, your average AdSense earnings can be much higher if you’re running a credit cards related website (when compared to a technology site).

Few resources that can help you with Google AdSense:

Pros:

  • Firstly, it’s free to join, and Google creates your ads, so you don’t have to do anything else to attract ads as Google does it automatically
  • You can place ads on multiple sites from a single AdSense account (extremely useful if you’re running multiple niche sites)
  • You can control the ads you show (you can change the text, color, backgrounds, and borders of your AdSense ads to match your website’s design)

Cons:

  • Google can close your AdSense account anytime they want (in case of fraudulent cases such as generating automated traffic, artificially inflating the impressions or clicks, and more)
  • Honestly, AdSense pays you peanuts (even if you generate a ton of traffic or clicks every day, you earn peanuts and your earnings also depend on CPC of keywords)
  • AdSense ads will impact your page loading times which ultimately affects your website’s user experience

3. Selling Digital Products

Do you have any expertise in your industry? Or do you want to sell something directly to the audience? Then, you should definitely try selling digital products.

People love to buy digital products such as eBooks, checklists, themes, plugins, tools, stock photos, swipe files, and so on.

They can be easily downloaded from a smartphone or a desktop and can be used instantly. Thanks to the recent rapid growth of digital marketing, there are so many payment gateways that provide easy access to sell your digital products such as eBooks.

How much can you earn from selling digital products?

We made over $10,000 selling our premium eBooks in the last one year alone.

razorpay sales

The best part? We never sold any of our own products before on BloggersPassion. 2020 was the first-ever year we got into selling our own products and we’re pretty much happy with the profits. 

Similarly, there are so many bloggers and online entrepreneurs who make a ton of money every year selling digital products. 

Helpful resources on creating and selling digital products such as eBooks:

Pros:

  • It’s a great passive income source and you can price your products such as eBooks however you want (there’s no limit on the price tag!)
  • You don’t have to deliver the products physically as they can be downloaded as zip files or PDF files (such as eBooks)
  • There are so many payment gateways like Razorpay that helps you easily accept payments from customers (we’re also using the same gateway to sell our eBooks)
  • You can use Facebook ads to reach new customers to make daily sales

Cons:

  • Possible for piracy as people can buy your products and then distribute them for free on various platforms or forums
  • If you create a product without validating the idea, it can backfire. People may not buy just because you’ve created something for them. Product validation is a must!

4. Make Money Selling Online Courses

make money selling courses

The best way to make money blogging in 2024 and beyond is to sell online courses. 

Selling online courses is the most effective way to earn passive income. Unlike affiliate marketing, you don’t have to depend on any service or product vendor as you’re the boss.

There are so many influential bloggers like Brian Dean, Derek Halpern, Ramit Sethi etc earn the majority of their blogging income by selling online courses. 

How much can you earn from selling online courses?

Bryan Harris from Videofruit generated over $220,000 within 10 days after launching his new course.

videofruit online sales

Ramit Sethi often generates millions of dollars selling his online courses. He also shares his secrets and strategies to boost your online courses earnings.

If you’ve expertise in your field and create great online courses that are useful to your target audience, you can earn millions of dollars from online courses. Yes, it does take time to reach to that level but it’s possible.

Helpful resources on creating and selling online courses:

Pros:

  • Easy to use platforms have made online course selling easy (platforms such as WooCommerce, Teachable, Thinkific etc)
  • Great passive income source
  • You’re your own boss and you can change the pricing of your courses anytime you want
  • You can upsell, downsell, or cross-sell any product to boost your online course profits
  • You can establish yourself as an expert by launching online courses

Cons:

  • They are time-consuming and you often need to update your courses with new information
  • You need to build an audience to be able to make huge profits and people should consider you as an authority in your niche (otherwise, it’s hard to convince them to pay for your courses)

5. Offer Consulting 

Did you know that successful online marketers like Brian Clark from CopyBlogger and Laura Roeder from Edgar started their online journey by offering services before launching their online ventures?

Yes, that’s true. If you want a stable income and be seen as an expert in your niche, offer consulting.

How much can you earn as a consultant online?

It depends on your expertise and niche. For instance, fitness consultants get paid according to the brand they build and customers they target. Obviously, you can earn more by targeting customers from the US and Canada (and less in Asia). 

Did you know that SEO experts like Neil Patel charge up to $5,000 just for an hour-long consultation? So there’s no cap on how much you can earn as a consultant. 

Have a look at the following image to see some of the consulting services he offers;

neil consulting

As you can see, he offers a wide range of services ranging from SEO to paid media to content marketing to help brands and he charges A LOT.

Build a personal brand, attract high-paying clients and deliver results – that’s how you keep getting long-lasting customers who pay for your value. 

Helpful resource: 

Pros:

  • You can add huge value to the companies, brands or people you work with. You can share your expertise to grow their business rapidly.
  • You can work with handpicked people (or brands) you like. You’re your own boss.
  • You can work remotely. You don’t have to attend offline meetings as everything can be done online through emails, Skype or Zoom calls.
  • You often get paid more for every hour you work with your clients. 

Cons:

  • It’s not a passive income source as you need to constantly spend your time to make money. Also, results matter. If your clients are not getting desired results, it’s hard to attract more clients in the long run.

6. Sell Your Own Services

If you’re looking for the fastest way to monetize your blog, offer your services. You can build a portfolio on your website sharing the projects/companies you’ve worked with. That way you can attract high-paying clients.

Here’s a list of  some of the demanding services you can offer from your blog.

  • Freelance writing (such as content writing, editing, ghost writing, guest posting and more)
  • Web design
  • SEO (such as keyword research, paid ads, link building, site audits and more)
  • WordPress installation 
  • Logo design and the list goes on

How much can you earn by offering services?

There are a lot of prolific freelance writers who charge several thousands of dollars per each article they write. Writers like Jon Morrow charged upwards $3000 to $5000 for every blog post he wrote.

Side note: Jon Morrow is NOT writing for anyone as he now built a successful blog called Smart Blogger which generates thousands of dollars each month.

That said, most freelancers earn according to their skills and experience. As a freelancer, you can earn at an average of $50 to $100 per hour which is not bad especially when you’re starting out. 

Helpful resources:

Pros:

  • You can work anywhere, anytime, and for anyone. You can fire clients if you don’t like working with them. 
  • Unlimited potential. There’s no cap on how much you can earn. It depends on skills, how you market yourself, and how you attract high-paying clients.
  • You don’t have to commute anywhere as you can work remotely
  • A better work-life balance and you can stay connected with your family and friends
  • You can also work on your own projects such as a YouTube channel, eCommerce store and grow your income (or you can also create and sell your own products sharing your freelancing experience)

Cons:

  • Your income is directly proportional to the clients you pick. There are a lot of people who don’t pay you even after finishing your projects. So you should know how to deal with your clients. 
  • It’s NOT a passive income source. Your income stops once you stop working. 

7. Sponsored Posts Or Paid Reviews

Sponsored blog posts (or paid reviews) are promotional reviews of the product or service.

They are usually written by the blog owners (in some cases, companies provide you content for free) and they publish those reviews on their blog in exchange for money with a link back to the advertiser’s website. It is undoubtedly one of the best ways to generate income via blogging.

Here’s an example of a sponsored post (on the β€œQuick Sprout” blog).

sponsored ads

How much can you earn from sponsored posts?

Typically most bloggers charge upwards $100 to $1000 for each sponsored post. The money you make from sponsored reviews depends on the niche, your site’s authority and competition.

Pros:

  • You’ll get paid without much work involved as most brands give you both content (that contain reviews about their product) and money.
  • You’ll often get paid fully before you even publish sponsored posts on your blog
  • You’ll have full control over what type of sponsored posts to approve and what to decline as you own the blog
  • Often times, when you’re reviewing a paid product, you can ask for a free trial or free copy (most companies would be happy to provide lifetime licences for free)  

Cons:

  • There’s a risk of people losing trust in your brand if you promote mediocre products or services. So make sure to pick informative and high-quality brands that actually help your audience. 

8. Sell Banner Ads On Your Website

You can use publishing platforms like Ezoic, Adsterra, Taboola etc to find ways to monetize your banner ads. 

Or you can also sell banner ads directly from your website by listing all essential things like your website traffic, domain authority etc to attract other brands to place ads on your site.

How much can you earn from banner ads?

It depends on several factors such as your niche, the authority your website has, the amount of traffic you get and so on. 

At an average, you can expect to earn $50 and more per banner ad depending on the size. If you’re getting huge traffic, you can even charge $500 to $2000 per month for selling banner ads. 

Big publications sites like Forbes charge thousands of dollars for showing ads on their site.

For example, β€œCapital One” placed this ad on the Forbes homepage, through an ad network:

forbes ads

Useful resources to sell ad space on your website:

Pros:

  • Unlike display ad networks such as AdSense ads, you can control the β€œbanner ads” showing up on your blog or website. You can also remove them if you find them inappropriate to your target audience. 
  • You’ll earn more with banner ads when compared to AdSense
  • If you’re getting enough traffic, you can earn money consistently from banner ads

Cons:

  • Showing inappropriate ads can kill the user experience and if you’re showing a lot of banner ads on your site, it reduces the overall website page loading times.

9. Make Money by Website Flipping

Website flipping is one of the best ways to make money blogging.

Website flipping is where you buy an existing website, improve it, and then sell (or β€œflip”) it at a higher price. 

It is similar to the real estate market where people will buy a house, renovate it and sell it for a high profit.

make money website flipping

How much money do you need to start website flipping?

Well, it depends. It can be as cheap as $100. 

Be ready to pay at least 10x to 20x of a website’s monthly revenue.

Let’s say, if you find a website that’s generating $100 a month, you’d need to pay at least $1000 to $2000.

The value of a website depends on several things including;

  • Domain age
  • Backlinks
  • The monthly income it generates
  • The number of visitors it gets in a month
  • Content, design, and more

Obviously, if you find a website with decent earnings with lots of content on it, you’ll need to pay more.

Did you know that we sold one of our website on Flippa for around $35,000?

Have a look;

flippa

See that? Flippa is a great platform to buy and sell websites at a great price.

Where can you find websites to flip?

You can use websites like Flippa to find websites that are making money.

If you’re looking for a premium platform like Flippa to purchase expensive websites or domains, you can also check out “Empire Flippers”.

You can also use Facebook groups to find inexpensive domains or websites for sale.

For instance, there’s a Facebook group called β€œFlipping Websites” that currently has over 21,000 members.

flip fb

No matter whether you buy a domain or website, just make sure to verify all the things like website owner, email, traffic stats etc before paying any money.

Useful resources on domain and website flipping:

Pros:

  • You can start small. You can buy websites on sites such as Flippa for $100
  • You don’t have to build and grow a blog/website from scratch as you can buy established or high-traffic sites (or domains)
  • You can make 10x or 20x returns if you find the right domains or websites to flip (that too in a short time)


Cons:

  • If you’ve never worked on websites before, you may have a steep learning curve
  • You’ll need to be aware of hidden costs of running a website (if you plan to hold it). Costs such as hosting or outsourcing content, SEO etc can be expensive. 

10. Event Blogging

Event blogging is NOT dead. There are a ton of bloggers who start event blogs to earn huge money in a short time.

Even blogging is where you pick an event and create content only specific to that event. For instance, you can pick the β€œNew year event” and create a blog, start sharing royalty-free images or stock photos to drive traffic from search engines. 

You can then use affiliate links or AdSense ads to generate income from your event blog.

How much can you earn from even blogging?

It depends on the events you choose and the number of blogs you run. Every year, we pay special attention to Black Friday season which comes in November.

We regularly generate $10,000 to $15,000 during the Black Friday week. 

Impact bf sale

As you can see above, you can earn thousands of dollars from event blogging if you’ve the right strategy.

Few helpful resources around event blogging:

Pros:

  • You can make a lot of money in a short period of time (within a week or month depending on the event)
  • It won’t take as much efforts as building and growing a regular blog
  • A ton of ways to monetize your event blogs and it also helps you diversify your income sources online 

Cons:

  • Event blogs provide you income only during the event (for instance, you can generate Black Friday season affiliate commissions only once a year because the Black Friday week comes only once). The same is the case with other major events like Christmas sales, New Year, and more.
  • There’s huge competition out there. You’ll find event blogs on almost every single topic. To get first page rankings on Google is ONLY possible if you improve your website’s SEO regularly.

How to Start Money Making Blog as a Beginner

So you want to start a blog on WordPress. Although you can use platforms like Blogger to create free blogs but we do NOT recommend it.

Why? If you want to earn real income, be professional from day 1.

Use WordPress.

Did you know that WordPress powers 43% of all websites on Internet in 2023?

It’s also the #1 CMS (Content Management System) in the world. WordPress is used by some of the biggest brands like Sony Music, Tech Crunch, The New York Times Company, Mercedes-Benz and many more.

So if you want to build a money-making blog, use WordPress.

You need two things to start a WordPress blog in 2024.

  • Domain name
  • Hosting

We’ll show you a simple tutorial so you can start a WordPress blog within a few minutes. 

Step 1: Register a domain name

You need a domain to get started with a blog.

Fortunately, Hostinger offers a free domain so you can only pay for their hosting.

Click here to visit the Hostinger site and click on the β€œClaim Deal” button to continue.

hostinger bp deal

As you can see above, you’ll be getting an exclusive offer for BloggersPassion readers and you can get their hosting plans starting at just $2.69 per month.

You’ll be taken to their hosting plans which look like this;

premium web hosting from hostinger

Step 2: Buy hosting

Once you click on the add to cart button, you’ll be taken to the final payment page.

Here’s what it looks like;

hostinger deal

As you can see above, if you go with the Premium web hosting plan, it will only cost you $2.69/mo. That means, for the next 48 months, you’ll be just paying around $129.17!

Once you’re done with the payment, you’ll get a confirmation email from Hostinger along with your account details.

That’s it, you’re done.

Important: If you need any help in installing WordPress on Hostinger, you can contact their customer support and they will help you. You can also email me at [email protected] if you need any assistance.


6 Blogging Tools that Help Make Money Blogging for Beginners

Blogging is a business. Just like any other serious business, blogging also needs investment.

You need to get access to the right blogging tools if you want to save time, get better results, and make profits. Here’s a handpicked list of 6 of the best blogging tools we’ve used to get massive results.

Note that some of these blogging tools are premium. So we’ll also provide you free alternatives to them. Let’s get started!

1. Semrush: The ONLY SEO Tool You Need!

Semrush is the go-to SEO tool that we use for almost everything including keyword research, competitor analysis, backlink building, on-page optimization, brand monitoring, and the list goes on.

It’s also the world’s #1 SEO tool used by over 6 million people including thousands of big agencies and SEO experts. 

But Semrush is a premium SEO toolkit and it offers 3 pricing packages which are listed below.

  1. Pro starts at $108.33 monthly
  2. Guru starts at $208.33 monthly
  3. Business starts at $416.66 monthly

If you’re wondering about which Semrush plan to go for, check out our detailed post on Semrush pricing plans to find out the suitable pricing package for your SEO needs.

What if you don’t have money to spend on Semrush?

Semrush is a premium SEO toolkit that costs you at least $120 per month and if you don’t have that budget when starting out, you can try the following SEO tools.

  • Ubersuggest (it has a free version that’s more than enough for most people to perform keyword research, site audits, competitor research, and so on)
  • KWFinder (great for keyword research which gives you 5 keyword lookups in 24 hours)
  • SEO audit from SEO Mastering (a free tool that helps you perform SEO analysis) 
  • Screaming Frog (has a free version that checks for oversized image files, broken links, duplicate pages, and many more)
  • Keywordtool.io (its free version gives you more than 750 keyword suggestions including long-tail keywords)

2. WP Rocket: The #1 WordPress Caching Plugin

Want to speed up your WordPress website to get more traffic and conversions? Then, you should definitely try WP Rocket.

WP Rocket is a premium cache plugin for WordPress and it comes equipped with the most powerful features such as page caching, lazy loading, static file compression and more.

It’s the #1 premium caching plugin used by over 1.4 million websites around the world and we’re also using the same plugin on BloggersPassion for the last couple of years.

WP Rocket comes in 3 pricing packages which are listed below.

  • Single (costs you $49 where you’ll get 1 year of support and updates for 1 website)
  • Plus (costs you $99 where you’ll get 1 year of support and updates for 3 websites)
  • Infinite (costs you $249 where you’ll get 1 year of support and updates for unlimited websites)

What if you don’t have money to spend on WP Rocket?

Although WP Rocket is an exceptional caching plugin but it doesn’t come for free. So if you’re looking for a free caching plugin, you can go with W3 Total Cache

W3 total cache improves your website performance and reducing load times by leveraging features like content delivery network (CDN), page caching, browser caching, and more.

3. Rank Math: #1 Optimization Plugin for WordPress

Rank Math is one of my all-time favorite blogging tools because it helps you easily optimize your blog posts for target keywords. If you’re looking to get more traffic from Google, you must install Rank Math SEO plugin.

Rank Math Pro comes in two pricing plans which are;

  1. Pro (costs you $59 per year and you can install their Pro versional on unlimited personal sites)
  2. Business (costs you $199 per year and you can use it on unlimited sites and you will also get support for up to 200 client websites)

You can also check out our in-depth Rank Math SEO review where you can find all the details.

What if you don’t have money to spend on Rank Math?

Rank Math also offers a free version which can be downloaded from here. Although the free version doesn’t offer a lot of features but it is enough for beginners who’re getting started.

Alternatively, you can also check out Yoast SEO free plugin that also helps you optimize your content for target keywords.

4. Elementor: No.1 Page Builder Plugin for WordPress Sites

Your website design plays a key role. Your design is the first thing people will see when they arrive on your site.

Did you know that 38% of website visitors stop browsing a website if it is unattractive?

web design stats

As a blogger, it’s your job to build a website that’s fast and attractive. 

You can hire someone to custom design your website including landing pages but it’s a smart idea to get a page builder plugin like Elementor as it makes it easy to customize your pages however you want.

Elementor Pro only costs $59 and you can get access to amazing features like;

  •  50+ Pro Widgets
  •  300+ Pro Templates
  •  10+ Full Website
  • Template Kits
  •  Theme Builder
  •  Form Builder
  •  WooCommerce Builder
  •  Popup Builder and more

You can also check out our review of Elementor where you’ll find all the details including its features, pricing, and more.

What if you don’t have money to spend on Elementor?

Elementor offers a free version which can be downloaded from here. Elementor’s free version offers you the following things.

  • Drag and Drop Editor
  • Responsive Editing
  • 40+ Basic Widgets
  • 30+ Basic Templates 

5. ConvertKit: An Email Marketing Platform Made for Bloggers

The money is in the email list. 

Whether you know it or not, ROI for email marketing is HUGE (as high as 4400%). That’s $44 for every dollar spent on an email marketing campaign.

email list roi

So if you want to make money blogging in 2024, build an email list from day 1. Here’s where you need an email marketing platform like ConvertKit. It’s the same email software we use at BloggersPassion and it’s a great choice for bloggers and marketers.

You can read our in-depth ConvertKit review to find more details along with its features.

What if you don’t have money to spend on ConvertKit?

ConvertKit also has a free plan where you can manage up to 1000 email subscribers for free. 

If you’re looking for other free email marketing platforms, you can also try Mailchimp as it offers a free plan that lets you manage up to 2000 subscribers. 

6. GeneratePress: A Widely Used Lightweight WordPress Theme

GeneratePress is a lightweight WordPress theme that is used by a ton of bloggers worldwide. 

Since it’s a lightweight plugin that’s primarily built with a focus on speed and performance, you will not face any loading time issues. 

If you’re planning to make money from blogging, you should seriously consider investing money in getting a premium WordPress theme like GeneratePress. 

The best part is its premium version costs you just $59 and you can use it on up to 500 websites.

What if you don’t have money to spend on GeneratePress?

If you don’t have money to spend on the premium version, you can grab their free version from here. Although you’ll miss out on the typography, backgrounds, spacing, secondary navigation etc but the free version is an excellent choice for starters.


How We Built a $10,000 Per Month Blog? [Case Study]

The blog you’re currently reading makes over $10,000 per month.

Yes, you heard it right.

Most of our blog’s income comes from affiliate marketing. 

In 2023, we generated more than $160,000 from BloggersPassion alone.

Here’s the earning report with a monthly breakdown of our earnings for 2023.

bp earnings new

Quick note: We get our payments (be it affiliate commissions or eBook sales) from various ways such as Paypal, bank account, Razorpay, and more. That’s why showing our overall earnings in the spreadsheets where we log everything. We’ll also try to include as many real-time earning reports as possible below.

Here are the earnings I received into my PayPal account in 2023

Payments into PayPal account

As you can see above, we received more than $81,000 into my PayPal account in 2023.

Earnings from affiliate networks

impact sales new

As you can see above, from the Impact affiliate network, we generated over $74,000 in 2023 (which includes various affiliate commissions such as Bluehost, AppSumo and Semrush to name a few).

So there you go. We shared with you all the latest earning reports for BloggersPassion and some PROVEN ways on how to make money blogging for beginners πŸ™‚

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FAQs

How long does it take to make money from your blog?

There’s no certain answer to it. But from our experience, we can safely say that it usually takesΒ 6 to 8 monthsΒ to start making money from a new blog. It also depends on your niche, monetization strategy, traffic levels, content quality, and more.

What is the best blogging platform to make money?

Self-hosted WordPress is the best blogging platform to make money. The platform is free to use but you just need to grab a domain and web hosting to create your blog or website.

How do beginner blogs make money?

If you’re running a new blog, there are two best ways to monetize your blog. One is through AdSense and other is to offer services such as freelance writing, design and more. If you’re looking for passive income sources, go with affiliate marketing, selling your own products or courses as they work great in the long run.

Is Blogger good for making money?

Although Blogger is a free blogging platform created by Google to start free blogs but it’s not recommended. Unless you’re blogging for fun, don’t opt for Blogger as it doesn’t give you full control over your site. Pick WordPress.org if you’re serious about making money from blogging.

How can I make $1000 a month blogging?

Be prepared to work hard for 1 or 2 years if you want to make $1000 a month from blogging. Remember, blogging is not a get rich quick scheme and don’t fall for overnight success stories.

Create quality content, choose your keywords smartly, drive more search traffic and use proper monetization strategies like affiliate marketing or selling your own stuff – and you’ll be on your way to making $1000/mo from blogging.


Final Thoughts on How to Make Money Blogging

Making money from blogging is doable if you’re consistent.

Create great content, pick a profitable niche, and choose the right monetization strategy – these things will help you build a money-making blog in 2024.

Do you have any questions? Let us know in the comments.

About Author
Anil Agarwal is the Founder of Bloggerspassion. He is a full-time blogger and SEO expert who has been helping people build profitable blogs for over a decade Now. He has been featured in Over 100 Publications including Forbes, The HuffPost, HubSpot, Shopify, Semrush, Kinsta, Bluehost, Hostinger and G2.com etc. Know more about Anil Agarwal from here.

Reader Comments (57)

  1. Hello Sir,
    My essential methods for profit from my blog is associate showcasing and supported posting. These two choices works incredible for me. In not so distant future I am will offer my own particular stuffs like my eBooks and so on. A debt of gratitude is in order for raising these extraordinary cash making thoughts.

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  2. Anil: I will sell my expertise via my new blog on tea, new media and self-publishing, and my upcoming umbrella site, Tea Party Media. I have been blogging since 2002, so it is time to make some money in 2018! πŸ˜‰

    Have you heard about the course, Start a Blog that Matters?

    All the Best,

    Martin

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  3. Hello Anil,
    I actually did not have any luck with AdSense, May be my niche doesn’t work very well with it. My primary ways of make money from my blog is affiliate marketing and sponsored posting. These two options works great for me. In near future I am going to sell my own stuffs like my eBooks etc. Thanks for bringing up these great money making ideas.

    Have a great day πŸ™‚
    Vishwajeet

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  4. Hey Anil

    awesome Guide written by. Frankly speaking i have no words to say.

    But, i’d like to mention my favourite make money online mathod is selling your own products.

    Again i’d like to appreciate your efforts in this post.

    Thanks for posting.

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  5. This steep by step tutorial on how we can make money online is really good. Yes first of all we have buy a domain then a hosting and then working on it and then monetizing our blog with Google adsense. These steps look very simple but practically these are so hard to implement. thanks for sharing this post.

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  6. Nice post Anil, domain along with hosting is very important. But EMD domain are not getting that much importance these days.

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  7. Hi Dear Very Beautiful Post about to make money online Thanks For Sharing.Most Of All Your Post Very Close My Heart Because I Am Daily Visitor Of Your Website And Getting More Knowledge From Here. I Am Glad To Find A Lot Of Useful Into Right Here In The Article. Real Dear if I Am Use This All Fact I Can Be A Successful Blogger. thanks for inspired me.But Can You tell Me how i can get organic traffic

    Thanks

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  8. If you had asked me a year back, I wouldn’t have given importance to domain names and might have chosen one at random. But after reading various articles and this one, I knew how important it was to have a great domain name.
    And yes, like Dean Saliba said, this is indeed a very fantastic and useful guide. Keep posting, Anil!!!

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  9. HELLO ANIL,
    awsome write up as ususal and I want to say here is that you are the good blogger as well as marketer this is reflecting from your this post clearly.
    Selecting write domain is the very first step for making blog popular. I think selling the product of your own is what bloggers have to do now. Thanks

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  10. What a fantastic guide, I’m really impressed with how much detail you went into. I would suggest maybe ading a bit more and then offering it as an ebook in exchange for people signing up to your mailing list. πŸ™‚

    I like to have my fingers in lots of pies and would never suggest putting all your eggs into one basket, so I make money the following ways:

    – Freelance writing
    – Sponsored posts
    – Sponsored social media posts
    – Private advertising
    – Ad networks
    – Forum posting
    – Blog commenting
    – Paid guest posts (published on my blogs)
    – Blog building and maintaining
    – Referral

    That is just of the top of my head.

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  11. Awrsone guide Anil. FROM the list above only method that a newbie can opt is Google adsense and that’s too becoming harder these days and when it comes to affiliate marketing, direct advertising, bsa etc the blog should have massive traffic that newbie don’t have and it may take a year to build so.
    No traffic means no money.

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    • As a newbie blogger, you can start selling your services to start earning some revenue automatically. You can sell your writing services, web design or web development or any service you are really good at.

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  12. Hi Anil,
    Read your post that was amazing for make money blogging guide.
    I’m still working on my blog and making plenty of mistakes. One big lesson learned is you need to distinguish the end goal of your blog and understand the difference between a niche site and an authority site. It took time to realize what my end goals were, once you realize the difference between niche and authority sites you will have better direction.
    Thank for posting.

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  13. A very useful guide to make money from the internet. But, the main and the very first problem that each new blogger face in their blogging career is the selection of the niche. I have saw many blogger who don’t know enough about blogging, SEO, still they start their blogging on this niche and soon they will demotivated it and stop blogging. But a wonderful guide to make money online. Thanks anil for sharing this on this popular blog.

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  14. Highly enjoyed reading this post. I agree with the individual who mentioned you should turn this into an EBook. I personally use affiliate marketing, adsense, and my own services – but that’s just me. My services are currently the best seller, but I’m hoping someday that the affiliate programs and adsense start making more money.

    Once again, thanks for sharing. Very helpful, especially to new bloggers and internet marketers.

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    • I think affiliate marketing should work for you as you already warn from your services. Marketing a product in same niche would actually help.

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    • Hey John

      Recently only I published my first eBook around make money blogging. You can get a freed copy of it from sidebar where you have to share your name and email address. And thanks for sharing your methods of making money from your blogs.

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  15. This is truly a wonderful piece. Well nice post about Making money with blog, I have read many blog posts about this topic, and I always leave my comments Yes!

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  16. Thanks for the many suggestions. I think having a product is certainly a easier way when you have good traffic and a quality product

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    • sir You have written this article in such a simple language that anyone can understand it easily.sir i have searched many topic I see that your website always comes first. that is your hardwork or patience which will you give that results.thank you sir

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  17. Such a nice share thanks a lot. I am agree with you Make money is only done by hard-work. Best tip is Content SEO and earn. CMS is best for it. Blogger and worpress are the most useful platforms to express yourself to the world.

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  18. Wonderful and informative post! Well yes, WordPress is really an awesome Content Management System (CMS) to get started with, as it has lots of customizations and lots of plugins to make the work much easier. And no doubt, good quality content is very important to drive targeted traffic from search engines and also readers love to read interesting and useful content. You have mentioned the good list of Monetization programs, especially clickbank/amazon affiliate programs and buysellsads, . Thanks Anil for sharing this excellent info πŸ™‚

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  19. Thanks for the many suggestions. I think having a product is certainly a easier way when you have good traffic and a quality product. That way you have complete control. Instead of working with companies as an affiliate and waiting for a payout.

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    • That’s dream come true kind of situation for a blogger if he has a killer product along with decent traffic.

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  20. Blogging is one of the most popular ways to express our feelings and share information to other people around the world. In addition, blogging is also the best way to make money by sharing your knowledge and doing what you love. You can create food blog, photography blog, news blog, health blog, technology blog, and more! The most popular way to make money by blogging is by putting text link ads throughout your content. Of course, you also need to create and post useful information to your blog to achieve this. You also need to have an extensive knowledge about SEO or Search Engine Optimization.

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  21. Anil, you have show all the tools needed to build an amazing blog and monetize them. Thank you so much.

    I personally using wordpress, and monetize using amazon, clickbank, own product, UIBC affiliate and donate. Will look into the rest you have mention.

    Interesting blog. I love it. πŸ™‚

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    • Good to know you are finding this guide useful and thanks a lot for sharing your current monetization methods.

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  22. What a fantastic post to help people who are just starting out. I’d suggest adding a bit more and turning this into a free ebook, I think it would become very popular. πŸ™‚

    If I started again the only thing I think I would change is when it comes to buying a domain name, I bought one that doesn’t really have anything to do with my niche. πŸ™‚

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    • Hey Dean

      Few days back only, I published my first eBook on my blog.I hope you will check it and share your honest feedback about the same.

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  23. Clickbank is a great affiliates network for us to start making money online through blogging, thanks for share great stuff πŸ™‚

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  24. It’s important to pick a niche that you love and are passionate about, it will make it a lot easier to succeed.

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  25. I used to only use google adsense. Let’s face it. My blog had decent traffic but not that much in order to give me a considerable amount of money.
    I then tried selling direct advertisements and banners and my bank account was immediately happy!
    The thing is that my own blogs are location specific. So businesses around me, already knew me and then… advertising.
    Thank you! It really is a very comprehensive article.
    Top Job!

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    • That’s true. I have also enjoyed decent success while selling direct advertisements on my blog. So its a good idea to set up an advertising page on your blog.

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