Ask for donations. Say you have a blog with a thousand regular users, what do you get maybe $1 for that many views on an ad? One user donating $20 once a month

Ask for donations. Say you have a blog with a thousand regular users, what do you get maybe $1 for that many views on an ad? One user donating $20 once a month otoh would make you a lot more money per user on average than relying on ads.