Types of Blogs that Make Money in 2021

 Blogging is an attractive activity because it can be a creative outlet for sharing your unique perspective with the world. Best of all, the opportunities are endless.

At the same time, you want to add value for your readers (and maybe even turn your passion into income). 

In this post, we lay out how to monetize a blog and provide examples of the most popular (and lucrative) types of blogs, all with the goal of helping you find inspiration as you get started with your own blog.

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How Do Blogs Make Money?

Line any labor of love, blogging is still labor. Good news is that there are a number of ways to make money from that labor, including: 

• Advertising - Advertising networks such as Google AdSense will pay to show ads to your visitors. You get paid a commission for the clicks you earn. 
• Affiliate Marketing - You can get paid to promote products to your audience by joining an affiliate program such as Amazon Associates. You earn a commission from sales generated by your blog. 
• Lead/Demand Generation - You can always use your blog to promote your own business whether you provide a service, run an ecommerce store, sell digital products such as online courses, or run a subscription/ content model for exclusive content. 

Keep in mind, though, that none of these can work if you don't first create valuable content that attracts an audience. The last thing you need is to make your blog a billboard in the middle of a desert. 

With that said, there are some popular niches that do really well with blog monetization when implemented effectively.

Types of Blogs That Make Money

1. Fashion
2. Food
3. Sports
4. Travel
5. Lifestyle
6. Parenting
7. Gaming
8. B2B/Marketing
9. Health and Fitness

1. Fashion

In this category, readers can find posts like fashion obsessions, back to school looks, makeup tutorials, and more. A common practice is to include sponsorships, like the one shown below with Vooray. The two brands collaborated on a gym bag, releasing it on the LSF blog and website:

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With brand partnerships, companies usually seek out heavy hitters in their industry and offer the brand the ability to design a product exclusively for base pay and a percentage of the profits. And, while this happens a lot in the beauty industry, it's definitely not an industry-specific idea.

2. Food

As a self-proclaimed foodie, food blogs are my favorite types of blog. They usually follow a similar content format of categorically-organized recipes. Some have videos to pair with those recipes, as well as social media channels that all connect to the blog in some way.