What's the best way to monetize blog traffic efficiently?

Hi, Warriors! Longtime lurker, first real post.

So I have this blog in the dating/seduction/how-to-be-successful-with-women niche that's more or less a passion project of mine. I just write content there from time to time to help people and I wasn't expecting it to get big or anything, nor to make money from it. I'm posting around once or twice a month since I don't really have the time due to other projects.

However, for several months now it's been getting decent traffic: 850-1050 unique visitors per day. And it's growing steadily. I didn't think much of it, but some of my buddies pointed out that I'm throwing away a couple of thousand dollars every month because I'm not monetizing it. I'm also getting a steady 30+ subscribers to my e-mail list per week. But I don't send out any marketing stuff.

I do have a website where I sell an info product in the same niche which is completely on auto-pilot and gets most of its traffic elsewhere. Which brings me a decent chunk of change each month, but nothing huge. However, even though I link the sales page in each of my blog posts, the vast majority (like 95%) of my sales aren't coming from the blog but other traffic sources.

So here's the big question. How do I monetize such a blog properly? I was even thinking of possibly hiring someone to monetize it for me if it'd be profitable, either for a lump sum or a small percentage of profits. I don't have the time nor the necessary experience to figure this out on my own.

Thoughts? Ideas?