Started a blog + testing AI tools to earn income — here’s what worked (and didn’t)

Hey everyone, Just wanted to share something small I tried. Over the past week, I used a few free tools like ChatGPT, Canva, and Harpa AI to build a blog from scratch.

My goal was to make a simple content site and test if free traffic + ads/affiliate links could actually bring in any real income. Here’s what happened:

✅ Tools I used: – ChatGPT (writing articles) – Harpa AI (Google keywords + Reddit/Quora scraping) – Canva (for blog banners & Pinterest) – Blogger (free hosting to test)

⚠️ Mistakes I made: – Picked high-competition keywords at first – Didn’t track my clicks – Tried to promote too early on some platforms 😅

💡 But I saw a small win: a few hundred visits from Reddit & Pinterest, and a couple of ad clicks.

I’m still testing and will be sharing more if this works. Has anyone else here tried combining AI + blogging like this?