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Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to monetize a tech blog? by rozenmd on Friday February 25, 2022 @08:14AM (#30466872)
If you've managed to build trust with your audience (like, they subscribe to your newsletter and read it eagerly), you could sell them another fix for their problems (like a book, workshops or software)
Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to monetize a tech blog? by codingspot on Friday February 25, 2022 @11:10AM (#30468775)
so you don't count on google AdSense to monetize your blog?
Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to monetize a tech blog? by soulchild37 on Friday February 25, 2022 @12:23PM (#30469661)
My guess is that tech savvy audience will use Adblock mostly, hence Adsense revenue might be low for tech audience
Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to monetize a tech blog? by codingspot on Friday February 25, 2022 @02:12PM (#30470954)
I understand, Thx. But my experience is focusing on software technology and I'm new to blogging. I will try to learn what can be done to improve the revenue
Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to monetize a tech blog? by lurn_mor on Sunday February 27, 2022 @09:17AM (#30488627)
Sling products you sell directly, instead of allowing other advertisers distract your audience with off-topic products. Simple Logo T-Shirts, Stickers, anything than improves brand loyalty - consider what value you're offering with your blog, and capitalize on that.
Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to monetize a tech blog? by nada_ss on Friday February 25, 2022 @05:29AM (#30465735)
Try to provide affiliate marketing for well-known products and services to boost your revenue
Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to monetize a tech blog? by codingspot on Friday February 25, 2022 @02:14PM (#30470990)
I will try to learn about this topic
Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to monetize a tech blog? by bumpkinjunkie on Friday February 25, 2022 @12:06PM (#30469445)
A few ideas that I've seen out in the wild: - Engage with your most consistent readers and find out what makes them such big fans. Use that to create premium/paid content. - turn into a paid newsletter (or paywall for the blog). Keep some content free but write additional content for paid subscribers. - add a premium content tier that could include: slack community, monthly "mastermind" or guest events, job board access, etc - turn each article into a podcast episode, youtube video, twitter thread, etc. to earn more advertising revenue and/or grow audience
Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to monetize a tech blog? by codingspot on Friday February 25, 2022 @02:13PM (#30470972)
Thx for sharing the ideas. I'm new to blogging, I don't think the premium subscription will work in my case. Maybe turning the articles to YouTube videos would be good in my case.