Advice on monetizing a blog
I have a personal food blog where I publish recipes from my travels. The website is avocadopesto.com. I am interested in further monetizing this site and am looking for some ideas.
Currently I monetize the site primarily through selling sponsored posts - which is not something I am a fan of but the money is good and it does pay the bills right now. Inevitably I would like to move away from this.
I also make about $150/month via adsense, which is strongly correlated with traffic, though it could probably be further optimized if anyone has any suggestions.
Some statistics:
Pageviews: ~50k/month
Newsletter: Only recently started collecting email addresses - 300 or so. I don't send out a newsletter. No idea what I would say.
Facebook fans: 1500
Anyways, I don't feel as though I have a large dedicated/engaged following, mostly search engine traffic. It would also be difficult for me to create my own products/services that require a lot of time, since I am traveling and have other responsibilities. I could probably be an affiliate to other people, but again, not sure how I would market there stuff aside from basic posts on Facebook, etc
I put an amazon store on my navigation menu, which is providing a trickle of income.
I am wondering if anyone has advice for what they would do in my shoes.
Thanks!
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