Christian Bloggers: 3 Ways to Earn Income on Black Friday and Cyber Monday

A gift guide is a blog post that lists 10-15 products that would make a great gift for a specific person, niche, or topic.

Gift guides can be complex magazine-like creations, but honestly this isn’t necessary. Think about both your audience’s needs and those for whom your audience will be buying, and you’ll be able to create a meaningful gift guide that your readers will enjoy – and will be profitable for you.

Gift guide possibilities are endless and I encourage you to think outside the box for the type of gift guide you will create. Here are just a few gift guide ideas to get your creative juices flowing:

• Gift Guide for Bible Journaling
• Gift Guide for Book Lovers
• Gift Guide for the Instant Pot Lover
• Gift Guide for Coffee Lovers
• Gift guide for the Man in Your Life
• Gift to Promote Attachment and Bonding
• Meaningful Gifts that Grandparents Will Love

Once you have a topic chosen, plug in the gift ideas from your list or do a bit of research on Amazon and other websites to find popular products. Ten – 20 items is a good goal to aim for with each of your gift guides.

List the product, your affiliate link, and if possible a photo. Including a short description will make your readers more likely to click over and check it out.

I use a program called Easy Product Display to show photos of items on my website. There is a monthly fee for this service but it’s minimal and has been well worth it. (Easy Product Display is $6 a month at the time of this writing). Check out Easy Product Display here.

Don’t forget about including your own or other blogger’s digital items in your gift guides when they fit appropriately.

Also, remind your readers to use Ebates or Ibotta if those are programs you promote.

Creating gift guides is time-consuming, so this is also a project that you might consider hiring a Virtual Assistant to complete for you. The $40-50 you would spend to hire someone for this task might be worth the time you can use to invest in other areas of your website. There are VAs who specialize in creating this type of blog post and can do it quickly for you.

I recommend you publish your gift guide about a month before Black Friday to give it time to gain traffic. Then, re-share the link via email and social media in the days leading up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Gift guides do quite well on Pinterest, too.

A gift guide is a blog post that lists 10-15 products that would make a great gift for a specific person, niche, or topic.

Gift guides can be complex magazine-like creations, but honestly this isn’t necessary. Think about both your audience’s needs and those for whom your audience will be buying, and you’ll be able to create a meaningful gift guide that your readers will enjoy – and will be profitable for you.

Gift guide possibilities are endless and I encourage you to think outside the box for the type of gift guide you will create. Here are just a few gift guide ideas to get your creative juices flowing:

• Gift Guide for Bible Journaling
• Gift Guide for Book Lovers
• Gift Guide for the Instant Pot Lover
• Gift Guide for Coffee Lovers
• Gift guide for the Man in Your Life
• Gift to Promote Attachment and Bonding
• Meaningful Gifts that Grandparents Will Love

Once you have a topic chosen, plug in the gift ideas from your list or do a bit of research on Amazon and other websites to find popular products. Ten – 20 items is a good goal to aim for with each of your gift guides.

List the product, your affiliate link, and if possible a photo. Including a short description will make your readers more likely to click over and check it out.

I use a program called Easy Product Display to show photos of items on my website. There is a monthly fee for this service but it’s minimal and has been well worth it. (Easy Product Display is $6 a month at the time of this writing). Check out Easy Product Display here.

Don’t forget about including your own or other blogger’s digital items in your gift guides when they fit appropriately.

Also, remind your readers to use Ebates or Ibotta if those are programs you promote.

Creating gift guides is time-consuming, so this is also a project that you might consider hiring a Virtual Assistant to complete for you. The $40-50 you would spend to hire someone for this task might be worth the time you can use to invest in other areas of your website. There are VAs who specialize in creating this type of blog post and can do it quickly for you.

I recommend you publish your gift guide about a month before Black Friday to give it time to gain traffic. Then, re-share the link via email and social media in the days leading up to Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Gift guides do quite well on Pinterest, too.

Generating a list of items you personally love is a great first step, but don’t stop there.

The next step is to consider topic areas that are product-specific where you can grow your blog.

I’m going to be super-blunt here. If you want to earn income from your Christian blog, you cannot just link to devotion books at the end of your posts.

This does not mean you have to go way off the deep end away from your blog’s focus, and obviously doing so will scare off your readers.

However, you can veer to the side a bit from your niche and still keep their focus.

Let me give you some examples from my website. I write at The Holy Mess about Faith, Family, and Fitness.

A couple years ago, when a friend gifted me with an Instant Pot, I had ZERO interest in writing about it. I didn’t even get the darn thing out of the box for a month because it intimated me. But after I used it, I was pretty excited about how fast it was to get a yummy, healthy dinners on the table.

One weekend I decided to bang out a quick series about getting started with your Instant Pot. That quickly written series is one of the biggest drivers of income for my site due to Amazon sales. Obviously, this topic is easy to market for the Instant Pot itself, accessories, cookbooks, and more.

Another area on my website that has grown steadily is Bible journaling. When I was first introduced to Bible journaling, I didn’t think it was for me. (I’m not the DIY or crafty sort.) But as I continued to learn about the popularity and faith-nurturing possibilities, I wrote a short introduction to Bible journaling post. That one post has developed into a large Facebook group, speaking at online conferences, and so much more. Today I have a VA (virtual assistant), Jade, who handles the Bible journaling aspects of my site. I am able to pay her from to the income that Bible journaling content brings. Bible journaling naturally includes products that are easy to link to such as Bibles, pens, digital products, books, and more.

Spend some time brainstorming topics of these types that will be a nice fit into your website. Pray for direction into areas where God wants you to grow and challenge yourself as a writer.

Here are some blogging topic areas to consider:

• Hobbies and interests. Do you garden, craft, knit, or some other hobby? While not all of your readers will be into your hobby, some will be and you will also draw in new readers if you delve into this topic on your website.
• Family interests. Perhaps you are into saving money on groceries, you have special needs children, or you know how to shop for educational toys for your kids.
• Ministry areas. Could you write about running a successful VBS, leading a group mission trip, or setting up a women’s ministry event at your church? These topics lend themselves to being super-practical (which readers love) and are easily monetized.
• Other bloggers. Have you figured out a way to have success with one aspect of your blogging? Other bloggers are forever looking for guidance.
• Your career. Do you have skills from your work or past career that could be helpful to readers?

Don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone a bit.Generating a list of items you personally love is a great first step, but don’t stop there.

The next step is to consider topic areas that are product-specific where you can grow your blog.

I’m going to be super-blunt here. If you want to earn income from your Christian blog, you cannot just link to devotion books at the end of your posts.

This does not mean you have to go way off the deep end away from your blog’s focus, and obviously doing so will scare off your readers.

However, you can veer to the side a bit from your niche and still keep their focus.

Let me give you some examples from my website. I write at The Holy Mess about Faith, Family, and Fitness.

A couple years ago, when a friend gifted me with an Instant Pot, I had ZERO interest in writing about it. I didn’t even get the darn thing out of the box for a month because it intimated me. But after I used it, I was pretty excited about how fast it was to get a yummy, healthy dinners on the table.

One weekend I decided to bang out a quick series about getting started with your Instant Pot. That quickly written series is one of the biggest drivers of income for my site due to Amazon sales. Obviously, this topic is easy to market for the Instant Pot itself, accessories, cookbooks, and more.

Another area on my website that has grown steadily is Bible journaling. When I was first introduced to Bible journaling, I didn’t think it was for me. (I’m not the DIY or crafty sort.) But as I continued to learn about the popularity and faith-nurturing possibilities, I wrote a short introduction to Bible journaling post. That one post has developed into a large Facebook group, speaking at online conferences, and so much more. Today I have a VA (virtual assistant), Jade, who handles the Bible journaling aspects of my site. I am able to pay her from to the income that Bible journaling content brings. Bible journaling naturally includes products that are easy to link to such as Bibles, pens, digital products, books, and more.

Spend some time brainstorming topics of these types that will be a nice fit into your website. Pray for direction into areas where God wants you to grow and challenge yourself as a writer.

Here are some blogging topic areas to consider:

• Hobbies and interests. Do you garden, craft, knit, or some other hobby? While not all of your readers will be into your hobby, some will be and you will also draw in new readers if you delve into this topic on your website.
• Family interests. Perhaps you are into saving money on groceries, you have special needs children, or you know how to shop for educational toys for your kids.
• Ministry areas. Could you write about running a successful VBS, leading a group mission trip, or setting up a women’s ministry event at your church? These topics lend themselves to being super-practical (which readers love) and are easily monetized.
• Other bloggers. Have you figured out a way to have success with one aspect of your blogging? Other bloggers are forever looking for guidance.
• Your career. Do you have skills from your work or past career that could be helpful to readers?

Don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone a bit. Try writing a blog post that is a bit out of your niche and see how your readers respond or if you draw in new readers. You have nothing to lose by trying it.

Generating a list of items you personally love is a great first step, but don’t stop there.

The next step is to consider topic areas that are product-specific where you can grow your blog.

I’m going to be super-blunt here. If you want to earn income from your Christian blog, you cannot just link to devotion books at the end of your posts.

This does not mean you have to go way off the deep end away from your blog’s focus, and obviously doing so will scare off your readers.

However, you can veer to the side a bit from your niche and still keep their focus.

Let me give you some examples from my website. I write at The Holy Mess about Faith, Family, and Fitness.

A couple years ago, when a friend gifted me with an Instant Pot, I had ZERO interest in writing about it. I didn’t even get the darn thing out of the box for a month because it intimated me. But after I used it, I was pretty excited about how fast it was to get a yummy, healthy dinners on the table.

One weekend I decided to bang out a quick series about getting started with your Instant Pot. That quickly written series is one of the biggest drivers of income for my site due to Amazon sales. Obviously, this topic is easy to market for the Instant Pot itself, accessories, cookbooks, and more.

Another area on my website that has grown steadily is Bible journaling. When I was first introduced to Bible journaling, I didn’t think it was for me. (I’m not the DIY or crafty sort.) But as I continued to learn about the popularity and faith-nurturing possibilities, I wrote a short introduction to Bible journaling post. That one post has developed into a large Facebook group, speaking at online conferences, and so much more. Today I have a VA (virtual assistant), Jade, who handles the Bible journaling aspects of my site. I am able to pay her from to the income that Bible journaling content brings. Bible journaling naturally includes products that are easy to link to such as Bibles, pens, digital products, books, and more.

Spend some time brainstorming topics of these types that will be a nice fit into your website. Pray for direction into areas where God wants you to grow and challenge yourself as a writer.

Here are some blogging topic areas to consider:

• Hobbies and interests. Do you garden, craft, knit, or some other hobby? While not all of your readers will be into your hobby, some will be and you will also draw in new readers if you delve into this topic on your website.
• Family interests. Perhaps you are into saving money on groceries, you have special needs children, or you know how to shop for educational toys for your kids.
• Ministry areas. Could you write about running a successful VBS, leading a group mission trip, or setting up a women’s ministry event at your church? These topics lend themselves to being super-practical (which readers love) and are easily monetized.
• Other bloggers. Have you figured out a way to have success with one aspect of your blogging? Other bloggers are forever looking for guidance.
• Your career. Do you have skills from your work or past career that could be helpful to readers?

Don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone a bit. Try writing a blog post that is a bit out of your niche and see how your readers respond or if you draw in new readers. You have nothing to lose by trying it.

Generating a list of items you personally love is a great first step, but don’t stop there.

The next step is to consider topic areas that are product-specific where you can grow your blog.

I’m going to be super-blunt here. If you want to earn income from your Christian blog, you cannot just link to devotion books at the end of your posts.

This does not mean you have to go way off the deep end away from your blog’s focus, and obviously doing so will scare off your readers.

However, you can veer to the side a bit from your niche and still keep their focus.

Let me give you some examples from my website. I write at The Holy Mess about Faith, Family, and Fitness.

A couple years ago, when a friend gifted me with an Instant Pot, I had ZERO interest in writing about it. I didn’t even get the darn thing out of the box for a month because it intimated me. But after I used it, I was pretty excited about how fast it was to get a yummy, healthy dinners on the table.

One weekend I decided to bang out a quick series about getting started with your Instant Pot. That quickly written series is one of the biggest drivers of income for my site due to Amazon sales. Obviously, this topic is easy to market for the Instant Pot itself, accessories, cookbooks, and more.

Another area on my website that has grown steadily is Bible journaling. When I was first introduced to Bible journaling, I didn’t think it was for me. (I’m not the DIY or crafty sort.) But as I continued to learn about the popularity and faith-nurturing possibilities, I wrote a short introduction to Bible journaling post. That one post has developed into a large Facebook group, speaking at online conferences, and so much more. Today I have a VA (virtual assistant), Jade, who handles the Bible journaling aspects of my site. I am able to pay her from to the income that Bible journaling content brings. Bible journaling naturally includes products that are easy to link to such as Bibles, pens, digital products, books, and more.

Spend some time brainstorming topics of these types that will be a nice fit into your website. Pray for direction into areas where God wants you to grow and challenge yourself as a writer.

Here are some blogging topic areas to consider:

• Hobbies and interests. Do you garden, craft, knit, or some other hobby? While not all of your readers will be into your hobby, some will be and you will also draw in new readers if you delve into this topic on your website.
• Family interests. Perhaps you are into saving money on groceries, you have special needs children, or you know how to shop for educational toys for your kids.
• Ministry areas. Could you write about running a successful VBS, leading a group mission trip, or setting up a women’s ministry event at your church? These topics lend themselves to being super-practical (which readers love) and are easily monetized.
• Other bloggers. Have you figured out a way to have success with one aspect of your blogging? Other bloggers are forever looking for guidance.
• Your career. Do you have skills from your work or past career that could be helpful to readers?

Don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone a bit. Try writing a blog post that is a bit out of your niche and see how your readers respond or if you draw in new readers. You have nothing to lose by trying it.