Ask HN: How to Make Money Blogging?

It seems like a lot of people are turning blogs into Newsletters via SubStack or similar. Maybe he could look at that?

There’s three ways:

1) Ads.

2) Affiliate links. Affiliate links work well if your blog is an authority on products, especially for expensive products like musical instruments.

3) Promoting your own product, like an ebook, course, etc.

Which monetization method you use depends on how it fits into your blog’s content and audience.

Personally, I would do all three to maximize revenue.

Tell him to set up a Patreon (or similar -- it is not the only one) and tip jars (PayPal, Venmo, Stripe). Look up services like Buy Me A Coffee.

What does your friend do for a living, can he monetize his blog by promoting himself?

Make a product and link to it