I made colormind.io - it makes about 200 a month. Here are some concrete steps you can follow: 1. market research: think about a field or niche you're interest

I made colormind.io - it makes about 200 a month. Here are some concrete steps you can follow: 1. market research: think about a field or niche you're interested in. Type some keywords into Google keyword planner to gauge search traffic, pick one with at least 10k hits per month. For me this was "color palette generator" 2. build: type the keyword into google and check out the competition. What kind of content are they serving? Could you do better? You want to make something genuinely good, novel or interesting so people will link to you. For me this was the "AI" angle. Key point: use the exact keywords to refer to your site, to prime the discussion when others talk about it. 3: promote: post on relevant subreddits/producthunt/hn. If you're lucky a major general-interest blog or news source picks it up, otherwise you'll have to put in some legwork and do some link building. 4: monetize: it usually takes 6 months or so for organic traffic to trickle in, though it could be sooner. Once you have traffic, you can start to monetize. This is the easy part - google ads/carbon are good options. Affiliate links are less consistent - it depends on your niche and what the affiliate is. if you're not good with design just use a nice looking free template.