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10 Writing Niches That Actually Make Money, AI Prompting & Productivity Tools

10 Writing Niches That Actually Make Money, AI Prompting & Productivity Tools

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Tirupati Rao
July 05, 2025

Table of Content

10 Writing Niches That Actually Make Money
Today’s AI Tool
This Week’s AI Tool Updates
AI News Highlights
Productivity Tools
Useful Resources
Digital Products by itirupati.com

10 Writing Niches That Actually Make Money

Feeling stuck picking a niche? You’re not alone.

Some writers chase passion and end up broke. Others chase money and lose motivation.

But here’s the sweet spot: curiosity that pays 💰

You don’t need to be an expert or have a 10-year plan. Just pick something you’re excited to explore and that people already spend money on.

Here are 10 writing niches that still work in 2025 (even if you’re starting from scratch):

Personal Finance
Budgeting, investing, debt-free stories—people will always pay to fix money problems. Even beginners can monetize with affiliate tools and honest stories.
Real Life Health & Wellness
Not medical advice. Think: walking for clarity, gut health, minimalist fitness. Keep it relatable and real.
Productivity That Doesn’t Suck
No billionaire routines here. Write for new parents, ADHD creatives, or digital minimalists. Bonus: affiliate links galore.
AI & Tech for Non-Techies
Be the friendly AI guide. Show how tools save time and simplify work. Think "human-first" tech tutorials.
Freelancing & Remote Work
Share what you're learning—better clients, burnout tips, real-life lessons. No need to be a guru, just be honest.
Digital Writing & Content Creation
Writers love learning from other writers. Skip the guru talk. Share what’s actually working on Medium, Substack, etc.
Tiny Side Hustles & Micro-Businesses
Help people earn an extra $500/month. Focus on low-risk ideas, case studies, and quick wins.
Honest Parenting & Family Life
From single dad chaos to screen-time sanity—combine humor, empathy, and authenticity. No perfection needed.
Travel & Location Independence
Think beyond sunsets in Bali. Talk slow-travel with kids, budget hacks, nomad tools. Words build trust—photos just help.
Self-Improvement (With a Twist)
Niche it down: stoicism for side-hustlers, confidence for overthinkers, clarity for creatives. Make people say, “That’s me.”

Final takeaway?

You build your niche, you don’t find it.
Start with curiosity, follow the money trail, and tweak as you go.

Today’s AI Tool

Problem: Developers want slick AI integrations within their terminal workflows without opening web consoles.

Solution: Gemini CLI lets you chat with Gemini models straight from the terminal—generate code snippets, explain functions, debug issues, even run agents for research or video creation. Completely open‑source under Apache 2.0, and includes 1,000 free daily calls read more…

This Week’s AI Tool Updates

Bright Data’s AI Data Suite

Debuting Deep Lookup (NLP-powered web search for entity insights), Browser.ai (cloud-based web browsing for AI agents), and Bright Data MCP (open-source Model Context Protocol)—designed to streamline data collection for AI training. Read more…

Claude Code Hooks

Anthropic’s Claude Code just added “Hooks”: deterministic triggers within coding workflows to auto-run tests, log results, format code, and reduce unpredictability. Read more…

xAI Grok‑3 Updates

xAI’s Grok‑3 Reasoning rolls out advanced math and science reasoning, DeepSearch, multimodal voice support—and Grok‑2 is soon to be open‑sourced…

Google Veo 3 Enhancements

Google DeepMind’s Veo 3 can now generate videos with synced audio (tracks, sound effects, dialogue), marking a leap from silent AI videos. Read more….

Manus: Autonomous Agent

Singapore’s Monica released Manus, an autonomous multimodal AI agent able to execute online tasks like deploying code or creating content—no human prompts required. visit here…

AI News Highlights

Apple explores ChatGPT/Claude for Siri

Apple is reportedly talking to OpenAI and Anthropic to power Siri via their private cloud—marking a major shift from its traditional in-house voice assistant strategy. Read here

EU AI Act enforcement moves forward

The European Commission confirms enforcement timelines: general-purpose AI regs start Aug 2025, high-risk rules by Aug 2026—no delays allowed. Read here

Publishers file antitrust claim over AI Overviews

EU publishers allege Google’s AI-generated summaries steal traffic—legal complaint filed June 30 aiming to give content creators more control. Read here

Tech giants win crucial copyright rulings

US courts ruled that training AI on publicly available text doesn’t infringe copyright—boosting giants like Anthropic, Meta, Google, but sparking debate on content rights. Read here

Cloudflare tool for AI crawler monetization

New "pay-per-crawl" tool lets content owners monetize or block AI scrapers, backed by Reddit and Condé Nast; response to search traffic drops. Read here

Productivity Tools

Fathom – Auto record, transcribe, and highlight key moments in meetings.
Notion AI – A holistic assistant for documents, brainstorms, and summarization.
Supernormal – One-click meeting recording, transcription & summary generation.
SaneBox – Smart filtering learns your email habits to declutter your inbox.
Magical – AI autocomplete and snippet expander built for sales and recruitment workflows.
AI Prompt Builder - Build the prompt with ease based on your profession.

Useful Resources

Synthesia’s “40 Best Free AI Tools in 2025” guide, all free or trial-based
Cloudflare “pay-per-crawl” breakdown – dive deeper into site rights and monetization
ArXiv: Manus AI paper – technical deep dive on autonomous agents