I noticed a few years back that a lot of people who don't know how to make money blogging are always telling not showing. They go for the hardcore sell by reviewing products, recommending products or services, or promoting the latest trend.
This is the hardest way to make money blogging and it never really works. The easy way to make money by blogging is to show not tell, to teach not sell, to be a story teller not a product seller.
I don't know about you but I can't stand blogs where people review products all the time (like there's not enough reviews online already). Have you tried story telling? Do you know how it works?
