Blogging has totally revolutionized the way people make online income.
It has evolved from a casual everyday hobby to a full-scale income-generating business in 2025.
Whether you are just starting out or are an established blogger, there are multiple ways to make your blog into a money-making machine.
The average blogger income was $62,000 a year in 2025, the highest-paid blogger was Timothy Sykes at $1m a MONTH in 2024.
I will try to shine some light on the best blog monetization methods, tips, and long-term success strategies that you can use.
I’ve made this article for those that already have a blog, if you haven’t started your blogging journey, then check out my detailed A-Z article on how to start a blog in 5 easy steps.
Ready? Let’s begin!
Why Blogging Is a Profitable Business In 2025
Before we get into how to monetize your blog, it is important to answer one question first.
Question: Is blogging profitable in 2025?
My answer: YES!
Why? Well, here is my response:
Blogging is becoming more profitable because more people are opening up accounts all over social media each year, more people are searching the web, and more people are fully discovering the online space.
In 2025, more and more people are consuming vast amounts of content, and we all know content is king.
Blogging nowadays will allow you to share your expertise, experience, or ideas with the world while building a sustainable business.
Furthermore, Blogging is an extremely low-starting-cost business. Which is my favorite aspect about blogging (anyone and their grandma could do it).
Now, if you are serious about all of this and want to turn your blog into a money-making machine, here are the best ways to do so.
1. Display Advertisements
Advertisement networks like Google’s AdSense, Mediavine, and AdThrive allow bloggers to monetize their blogs.
They work by digital marketing which is they promote products or services on websites, apps, or social media.
Ads are a form of passive income for your blog and from the day they are applied to your site onwards will require minimal ongoing or maintenance effort, BUT are reliant on your traffic.
As your site traffic grows, so will your display ad revenue.
How ad revenue is calculated
Ad networks calculate your potential in different ways, but the most common ways they will pay you are based on RPM (Revenue Per Mille/Thousand), or RPC (Revenue Per Click).
AdSense switched its payment model from RPC to RPM back in 2023, and in my opinion, that is a good thing.
RPM is used by top advertisement networks like Mediavine and AdThrive.
To calculate the potential ad revue that you could generate from your blog:
- Find out the average RPM that your chosen ad network pays for your niche.
- Divide your monthly page sessions by 1000.
- Now, multiply the two numbers, the result is the potential revenue that your blog could make if you monetized.
2. Sell An Online Product
Selling a product is absolutely one of the best ways that you could turn your blog audience into a consistent revenue stream.
The Key to Selling an Online Product: Audience and Conversion Rate
The number of your audience and your conversation rate are the two biggest factors that will determine how successful you will be in offering an online product.
Be relevant, and offer value in whatever you are selling, but be mindful that selling something that isn’t in line with what your blog is about is a surefire way to fail at this.
Let your product be something you are an expert at and people can see value in it.
After making your digital product, you should make it purchasable on your blog so that viewers don’t have to go somewhere else to buy what you are offering.
To make this process easier, you can integrate an online store directly into your blog using Shopify, Sellfy, or Ecwid (Shopify integrates best with WordPress).
This will enable your audience to browse and purchase products without leaving the blog.
3. Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is easier and shall I say better way of making money blogging.
And why do I say that? Well, in affiliate marketing you don’t have to make a product or worry about how to sell it to your audience.
Instead, you promote other people’s products and all you have to do is direct your audience towards a product aligned to your specific niche.
As long as the product offers a solution to the viewer’s problem, there’s no harm in promoting it for revenue.
This is how I monetized savvyfinancier.com, and it is one of my favorite monetization methods.
Important Tip
Always make sure that the products you are promoting are in the same niche, this will increase the conversion rate.
4. Sponsored Posts
Sponsored posts come in when you establish a strong blog with a good amount of audience.
Try to have a media kit that outlines your reach as a blogger and what you can offer.
As your blog grows, brands may approach you naturally, or you can approach a brand and pitch them your ideas.
How does this work?
The brand and blogger agree on compensation and then work together to come up with a topic for the blog post.
Then the blogger produces the content, and it is his/her responsibility to take care of promotion (social media, or newsletters).
5. Membership or Subscription Content
Some bloggers offer exclusive content to the readers who subscribe to a membership.
Providing them with access to more premium, or additional content that is not available on the free blog site, and it is usually done with Patreon.
Gated content allows certain users to become special members of the blog, and allows a stable income from dedicated followers.
Final Thoughts
Blogging will certainly pay you off, all you have to do is be consistent and believe in the process.
I hope you’ve enjoyed reading this one. Tell me, have you started your journey yet?