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Any ideas besides doing a paid substack on how I can monetize a tech blog?
Just curious how other people do it. Only thing I could think of was to do adds on the site for a store where I sell tech related tshirts.
Thanks :)
https://maxrozen.com, where I write about React, and sell an extremely condensed book on a single function that few understand (useEffect), I use Gumroad for this.
https://onlineornot.com/articles, where I write about common issues webmasters have and ways to improve your team's incident management, and sell a SaaS product (via Stripe).
In both cases, I have a newsletter that folks sign up to, and I slowly convince folks that I know what I'm talking about by sending them my articles, and eventually pitch for a sale. Folks that don't like this approach opt-out by unsubscribing, and the newsletter gets stronger for it.
You could look at other payment providers - no reason to pick the ones I used.
I long for the early days of the Internet, when you published because you wanted to, and things didn't have to be "monetized".
Yes, you do have to make a living, but let's be honest: you won't make a living "monetizing" a tech blog anyway.
- Sell weekly/monthly sponsorships directly (https://daringfireball.net).
- Write an ebook about a topic you are an expert in.
- Curated job posts if you are blogging about a niche.
- Affiliate links for products / services.
I'm not sure regular display ads would work well for a tech audience just because of the amount of ad blockers you'll encounter.
I don't! I long for the early days of the Internet, when you published because you wanted to, and things didn't have to be "monetized". Yes, you do have to make a living, but let's be honest: you won't make a living "monetizing" a tech blog anyway.
I’m privileged with a well paid job though.
Alternatively see it as community building for your next idea to bootstrap on top off
1) ads on the site or via email
2) subscriptions
3) build a rep via the blog then sell high value consulting and/or build an agency around it
4) affiliate links or lead generation
I think that’s all there is. So the list of possible options is pretty small.
One thing I will say is that whatever you think you might do, start building an email list today.