How to Make Money Blogging in 2022
If you want to learn how to make money blogging, you need to ditch the cookie-cutter advice you've been reading.
“Expert” bloggers tend to give you generic advice like write about your passions, stay consistent, form good writing habits, and create great content.
Then, a few years from now, you’ll finally have enough website traffic to monetize your blog with affiliate programs, Google AdSense, online courses, podcasting, or selling digital products.
The hard truth is, it doesn't have to take you years – there's just a lot of bad advice out there.
To make life-changing money from your blog as fast as possible, you need to start thinking like a CEO and developing systems to scale your blog like a startup, not a hobby.
I’ve worked for high growth startups, and some of the best CMOs, VPs, and Growth Marketers out there. And what did I learn?
Most blogging advice is harmful, not helpful.
You’re sold the dream of passive income and the ability to make money online while you sleep, all while 95% of bloggers still fail. And yet, these “experts” that started over 10 years ago are the only ones profiting the most from blogging.
So I started this blog in January 2019 to track my progress as a brand new blogger using everything I learned in the startup world.
Here's the first thing I learned – you need to focus less on writing and more on creating systems to scale your blog at startup speed.
Remember, you’re a business owner, not just a blogger.
There are a lot of things I wish I knew before I started my blog. I hope this post helps give you some fresh ideas.
This guide covers SEO, keyword research, content marketing, WordPress, and affiliate marketing so that you can make more money blogging this year.
Let's get started.
How to Make Money Blogging in 2021.
Before anything else, you need to learn how to start a blog. The first step is getting web hosting and a domain name. I recommend Bluehost as it's the #1 recommended host by WordPress and has more than enough features to do everything outlined in this guide.
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This article is all about making money this year – I won't give you a vague list of options like affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, online courses, or advertising.
Instead, we'll focus on scaling your blog like a startup by choosing your niche, scaling your content, and monetizing your blog to make $10,000/month in 90 days.
Let's scale your new blog like a startup.
Choose Your Blog's Niche Based on Market Factors, Not Your Passions.
There's a reason that 95% of bloggers fail, and it's not why you think.
The current myth is that bloggers fail because they aren't “passionate enough.”
“Push through failure to succeed,” they say.
Google “why bloggers fail,” and you get the same answer from the #1 result: bloggers fail because they aren't passionate enough.
I officially reject this notion.
The real reason bloggers fail is the same reason that any business fails: it's not profitable.
Take my passions, for example.
I'm passionate about a lot of things – drumming, flying airplanes, traveling, astronomy, distance running, personal development, Detroit-style pizza, etc.
However, if I wrote an endless amount of blog posts about one of these topics without making any money, I'd burn out 100% of the time.
Additionally, some bloggers claim, “I'm not in it for the money” or, “It's just a hobby.”
Hobby bloggers are just new bloggers that don't know how to make money yet. In any creative digital field – whether it's design, web development, photography, copywriting, or video editing – there are beginners and experts.
And since most bloggers start as beginners by writing about a passion and try to figure everything else out later, they're destined to fail.
Source: Google.com
Plus, blogging advice is outdated, written only to rank on Google, and encourages a generalized approach to appeal to the broadest possible audience.
Bloggers don't fail because of a lack of passion (they have that in spades).
Bloggers fail because they can't transition from blogger to business owner.
So they choose a non-lucrative niche targeting a low-value audience. New bloggers forget to leverage networking and connections to their strategic advantage. And they don’t have enough market demand to scale traffic.
I want you to succeed.
Before launching your blog, it’s crucial to choose your niche based not on passions, but three business factors: audience budget potential, professional leverage, and market demand.
Check out the below guide, everything you need to launch a new successful blogging business. Click on the book to find out more.
