How To Make Money Blogging (The Practical Guide for 2026)

Can you make money blogging?
What are the various ways to make money from blogging?
How much can I earn?
Can I talk about my life and make money?
What should I blog about to make money?

If you are asking any of the above questions, well you have come to the right place. In this mega guide to make money from blogging, you will learn all the aspects that will help you get started.

These methods are based on my 14 years of professional blogging experience. I have also shared screenshots of payments of a few income streams to give you a wider perspective.

If this is your first time here at ShoutMeLoud, I recommend you to read our about page to know what I do (Opens in a new tab).

A few years back, blogging was just another hobby that some people did in addition to working full-time jobs. Today, blogging still functions in that way, but a lot has changed.

In 2025, blogging has become a profitable online profession, and people at large start a blog to get into this noble profession.

How much money can you make from blogging?

Just like any profession (Doctor, Lawyer, financial advising), there are different levels of bloggers who are earning anywhere from $1000-$2 million a year. I make close to a million dollars a year with the help of blogging.

How much money you can make depends solely on a few factors such as:

Which niche you are picking?
How much time you are dedicating to learning and implementing?
How much traffic do you drive to your blog?
What digital marketing techniques do you implement?

There are various other factors like consistency, your network, personal motivation, and goals that also contribute a lot.

However, niche and your digital marketing skills alone can help you move really fast in the field of blogging.

You can browse other articles on ShoutMeLoud to learn more about mindset and motivation, but in this guide, we will purely focus on making money from the blog.

Just to make things easier for you, I have answered many frequently asked questions related to blogging at the end of this guide.

What are the ways bloggers make money (Various Income streams)

There are various methods that you can use to monetize your blog. Depending upon your level of blogging and the kind of blog, you could pick the method that matches your style. Do check the end of this article to get the answers to many important questions asked by bloggers like you.

Ad Networks like AdSense, Setupad
Direct Advertisements
Affiliate marketing
Native Advertising
Paid reviews/Sponsored posts
Sell Digital products (eBooks, Blueprints)
Launch an Online Course
Offer Online consulting
Offer Services based on your skills

Apart from the traditional forms of advertising, you can work on other monetization tricks. Instead of just adding ads, work on adding value for your advertiser.

Here is a detailed webinar on how to make money blogging in 2022-2025. This masterclass will help you learn about the various stages of blog monetization:

1. Ad networks: (Beginners)

There are ad networks that are the simplest and most widely used method for monetizing a blog.

The two Ad networks which are most popular are:

Google AdSense (Offered by Google)
Setupad
Monetag

You need to have a blog to get approval on these ad networks. They show ads automatically based on the context of your article and also based on user interest. Most of the new blogs use these methods to monetize as it gives recurring income. Since the ads shown are of high quality, they don’t affect the user experience.

If your blog is having less than 300 views/day, then there are other ad networks that are listed here that you can use. However, your goal should be to get AdSense or Setupad approval as soon as you could.

The below screenshot is from my AdSense account to give you a clear picture of earnings:

If you are using contextual advertisements and are not making enough that way, you should try moving to direct advertisements or affiliate advertisements.

2. Affiliate Marketing: (Most profitable method): Intermediate + Advanced

Affiliate advertisements are one of the best ways to make money since a single sale will make you a lot more money than a single click on a contextual ad.

Million dollars from blogging – ShoutMeLoud

That is more than a million dollars, and I have not spent even a single penny on paid ads.

I have already covered affiliate marketing in depth:

And of course, ShoutMeLoud’s affiliate marketing eBook.

Here are some of the popular Affiliate marketing marketplace that you could join:

Another great thing about Affiliate marketing is, that you can use this technique on any blogging platform such as BlogSpot, Wix, Squarespace, Medium, or even LinkedIn. However, I prefer self-hosted WordPress, as it gives better advantages over other blogging platforms.

All you need to do is, share your unique affiliate link of the product you are recommending, and when someone makes a purchase, you will end up earning a huge commission on the sale amount.

Affiliate marketing is the way, how a lot of bloggers are making millions of dollars every year from their blogs.

If you are wondering how much money you can make from affiliate marketing, below is my first 5-year earning report on affiliate earnings:

My 5-Year Affiliate Earnings

3. Sell your own eBooks: (Intermediate)

If you notice, the business model of top bloggers has to do with selling their own products such as an eBook.

All you need to do is pick a topic, compile an eBook on that topic, and put it on sale on your blog or on Amazon. Once you are used to this process, you can earn a decent amount of money by selling eBooks online.

Moreover, having your own product to sell is the best thing that you can do to generate passive income.

You can compile your articles into a well-structured book and sell it on your blog or on other platforms such as kdp.Amazon.com to earn money. This will also give you the credibility of becoming an author.

I have created three such books and have been selling them on various platforms. Here at ShoutMeLoud, I use EDD WordPress plugin to sell books and you can see an example listing here.