How I Made My First $100 Online with My Blogging Goal (And How You Can Too)

Wondering how to earn your first $100 blogging? Here's my real story - how I started, what worked, what didn’t, and step-by-step tips to help you start earning. 

Like many novices, I began writing online with no expertise, no readership, and no concept whatsoever about how money would ever come from. But I had one modest, specific objective in mind:

👉 Blogging helps me to make my first $100 online.

That objective transformed everything.

I'll guide you exactly how I got my first $100 online with blogging in this post, including the tools I used, the approach I followed, the mistakes I made—and how you may accomplish the same, even if you're just starting out.

Why I Decide to Make Money Online via Blogging only 
Online there are countless ways to earn money: 

1. YouTube 

2. freelancing 

3. dropshipping 

4. questionnaires, etc. But for three key reasons I decided on blogging:

    Low start-up cost: You might start from a very limited budget or for free.
    Content works for you even while you sleep, so consider passive income potential.
    Creative freedom allows me to simultaneously serve others and write about what I love.
    It was about creating something real that might expand over time, not about getting rich fast.

First step: I choose a niche I like.
I tempted myself at first to cover everything. But I soon discovered that fast growing blogs typically have a distinct niche, or particular topic of emphasis.

     I therefore started to ask myself:
     In what area do I find interest?
     About what do I know something?
     For what do people search for?

I finally choose Like a focus in personal growth and efficiency. I'm enthusiastic about this, and I realized that by sharing what I had discovered I could benefit others.

Second step: I produced easily navigable, searchable material.

Traffic for my first few blog entries was non-existent. The reason is...

Though no one was actually looking for them, I wrote on arbitrary subjects that I believed would be intriguing.

     1. I thus modified my strategy:
     2. I began utilizing Google Trends and Uber suggest among other keyword research tools.
     3. I searched Quora and Reddit for answers to questions others were posing.
     4. I read what effective bloggers in my field of expertise produced.

Then I began producing helpful, keyword-rich pieces addressing actual questions such as:

    1. "How to keep concentrated while studying?"
    2. " Best daily routines for productivity"
    3. "Morning behaviors that transformed my life"

This change enabled my blog to start drawing natural Google traffic.

Third step: I signed up for affiliate programs.
I registered for affiliate programs once I started a few postings generating some activity.

This is how it turned out:

     1. I listed books on habits, a time-tracking app, and a calendar or other tool I really used.
     2. I posted using my special affiliate link.
     3. I made a meager commission when someone clicked the link and purchased the good.

     4. I signed up on : Amazon Associate Program

The affiliated program of a productivity app

Some digital product sites, such as Gumroad,

I just included links where they made sense and gave value; I never spam links.

💡 Pro Tip: Create "how-to" or "list" pieces in which you might naturally suggest tools.

Fourth step: I posted my works everywhere.
Half the work is writing; promotion is the other half. I posted my free blog entries as follows:

      1. shared them in Facebook groups—only where it was permitted.
      2. answered questions on Quora and connected back to my blog.

      3. Posted Pinterest pins using a blog link and a compelling title.
      4. Share my more professional entries on LinkedIn.
      5. joined threads on blogging sites including Reddit, Bloglovin, and Medium.

Every click mattered even if the traffic at first was light. One of my first commissions came from a Quora response I had forgotten I wrote!

Step Five: I Create Explicit, Minimal Objectives. I reduced it from attempting to "make money blogging" to:

😯 "Make $100 from affiliate links by writing 5 helpful blog posts." That aim was trackable, clear, and practical. I also dissected it more finely:

   First week: produce and publish Post #1.
   Week 2: Write Post #2 and highlight Post #1.
   Third week: add affiliate links, test forms, Pinterest share-worthy material
   Week 4: Track clicks, examine what's working, encourage more

Maintaining one tiny aim enabled me to remain constant and avoid early giving up.

Step Six: tracked everything.
I worked with basic instruments like:

     1. Google Analytics: to find out from where users of my blog came from and how many visited overall.
     2. Bit.ly: Counting the times somebody clicked on my affiliate links
     3. Google Sheets allow one to monitor which postings were most successful.

This information enabled me to drop what didn't work and double down on what did.

One blog article on "Productivity Tools for Students," for instance, started drawing more hits. I changed it, gave it a nicer title, and then once again advertised it. That post brought me roughly sixty commissions.

How I At Last Get My First $100? That did not happen over night.

It required:

    1. six blogs entries
    2. five auxiliary goods
    3. Thirty plus hours of writing, editing, and promotion.
    4. About six weeks of persistent work.

But one morning I checked my dashboard and discovered:

✅ $104.12 is the total commission.

I felt wonderful. Not only for the money but also since I showed myself it was feasible. That modest victory gave me the assurance to keep on. and I did. What I discovered—so you avoid making my mistakes?

Here are some salient features of my path:

✅ What worked—writing for search purpose rather than merely passion?
✅Selecting affiliate goods I actually used and enjoyed
✅Regularly promoting posts on several platforms
✅Emphasizing one unambiguous objective ($100)

❌ What Didn't Work: Originally writing too broadly—no traffic—then

       Links without context, or low conversions, spamming
       Seeing my site compared to others too soon caused burnout.
       Anticipated outcomes in a few days—takes time!

Finally, you are capable too.
Making your first $100 from blogging calls for plan, patience, and tenacity rather than luck.

You might begin like this:

       Choose a niche in which you enjoy and know.
       Create valuable material people are looking for.
       Provide natural affiliate links.
       Regularly advertise your material.
       Establish reasonable, little objectives.

Never stop learning, testing, and getting better. You can do it too, if I can with minimal experience.

👆 All set to get started?
If this post served you well:

           Save it for later access like a bookmark.
           Tell someone beginning their blogging adventure about it.
           Comment down below: Right now, what is your blogging objective?

Recall—the first $100 is always the toughest. Once you arrive, though, it opens the door to far more.

You really have it. 😊

Watch this space for the forthcoming piece, "How to Start a Blog in 2025 (Step-by-Step Guide for Beginners) "