It’s no secret that I’ve been testing display ad networks for months and ever since switching over to The Blogger Network, I’ve been been singing their praises. A lot of people have been asking me a lot of questions about the network and so I figure why not get one of the co-founders directly on the line and ask him why the rock. : Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS
Alright today I’d like to introduce to you a super simple tool. It probably won’t change your life but if you’re leveraging Google AdSense to display ads on your site, you may want to check this out. Google account confusion You’re probably thinking that you can easily go to and yes you’d be absolutely correct. But if some of you are like me, the primary Google account you’re usually signed in with normally is not the same as the account that’s tied to Google Adsense. As a...
Hey everyone! Welcome to the March 2015 income and traffic report for Going Awesome Places and Travel Blog Breakthrough. Well another month’s gone by and it’s another month that I’ve continued to crack the $1000 threshold. Through this report, I hope to give you insight on how exactly I make money with the hopes that it’ll spark some ideas. I also talk about my traffic numbers to give a sense of what kind of traffic is needed to make the money that I do. My...
I’ll tee up this income report as my most successful month yet! A lot of things are starting to click so hopefully you guys’ll pick up on a few things to help with your own blog. As most of you know, I started doing these income reports back in October and I think out of everything on the site has been the most successful and insightful for readers. I really want to show you guys that it IS possible to make money blogging. The key is really to shift your mindset and start...
With new year comes new expectations. A great amount of progress was made last year and the goal for this year is to continue to grow and diversify sources if income for my travel blogs. I started these income reports because it was a great way to see how I did every month. Ive said it before, doing these is totally therapeutic. The other reason I put these together each month is really for you guys. If you haven’t noticed, the travel blogging community seems to have a little bit...
If I could sum up my experience at Affiliate Summit West 2015 (ASW15) in two words, it’d be “eye-opening”. The 3 days in Las Vegas for me introduced me to a whole new world of affiliate marketing. Between meeting some of the most successful internet marketers to meeting affiliate companies, and so many like minded entrepreneurs made the whole trip worth it. While ASW15 isn’t going to make me rich overnight, what it did was plant the seed for two things. 1) ideas...
A ton of Canadians are making money online. That’s a good thing and I am happy to say I am one of them. However, once you get into it, you realize that we get into a bit of a pickle because of two things. One, Paypal is the easiest form of payment and the majority of clients prefer it over wire transfers. Two, you will most likely get paid in US dollars. The problem for Canadians with USD balance in Paypal On the onset this doesn’t seem like that big of a problem. In...
Happy New Year everyone! 2014 marked a great year of progress and I’m so grateful for all of you that have stuck by me along this journey. I’ll share with you a quote from a fan that I just got today that really made my day. A big thank you for your travel blogger toolkit series, they are THE most useful thing I have read over the last few months In reading that, it really brought me back to my original purpose of helping all of you out. It’s all about pushing that needle...
Well it’s the most exciting time of the month again! It’s time for November’s income report. I’ve been busy tabulating the results of this month and reflecting on how the month went for both Going Awesome Places and Travel Blog Breakthrough. Overall, I have to say that it was a successful month with the publishing of the second episode of The Travel Blog Breakthrough Podcast and my very first interview with Mapping Meg. Number wise, the money earned this month...
Hey everyone! To kick off Travel Blog Breakthrough’s blog posts, what better way to do it than to reveal everything I’ve made so far with Going Awesome Places up to October 2014.
As travel bloggers we all love to travel and I think for most, if not all, that’s the reason why we start writing and sharing our stories. Eventually things get a bit serious and aside from building a following, getting more viewers to your site (i.e. religiously refreshing Google Analytics) and well travelling some more, the only other thing is this… The ultimate question: “How do you make money while blogging?” That’s a gosh darn good question and to be honest...
