Is There a Way to Monetize Your Followers?

I used to write my initial writing was all about like finances and stocks and stuff. But I hated writing about that for the general public because I didn't feel that's what people needed. So it became different from my usual writing. Yes, it was a way to monetize it. That is one of the big success stories online for people who have built fairly large followings but haven't monetized it in any way.