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How I Grew a Travel Blog to 100,000 Monthly Readers

Last Updated: September 3, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 9 Comments

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Hello! Today, I have a great guest post to share from Alex Kroeger from ViaTravelers about how they grew a travel blog to 100,000 monthly pageviews in less than 12 months. Enjoy!

If you read travel articles or follow travelers on social media, chances are you’ve deliberated about starting your very own travel blog. But, of course, the daily grind of a desk job makes us daydream sometimes. But that dream can be a reality!

If you travel for your hobby, you likely have a pretty easy way to monetize your hobby. You don’t need to travel full-time to make money from travel blogging. You can do it even if you only travel sparingly.

When you travel, you likely build a massive repository of photos, food experiences, hotel experiences, lessons learned, frustrations and so much more. These memories make for an excellent way to journal your memories, document them and make some money along the way.

Why not put some of these memories to work and earn from passive income (at the very least) along the way?

Who knows? It may just turn into a full fledged online business…

Don’t let the existence of literally thousands of such blogs discourage you from starting your own. With the right tricks up your sleeve and a true passion to see the world, you can turn your blog into a real money maker. There will come a time when you can finance your travels through that very blog. [Read more…]

Celebrating 10 Years Of Blogging – What I’ve Learned and Love After Earning Over $5,000,000

Last Updated: August 23, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 31 Comments

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This seems completely crazy – it has been 10 years since I started Making Sense of Cents!

10 years ago seems like so long ago, but then it also seems like just last week at the same time.

10 years ago, I had no real dreams or goals for this blog. I was completely anonymous and I had no idea what I was doing. It was all just for fun.

Today, I have grown this blog into hundreds of thousands of monthly readers, I have formed great friendships through this blog, have earned an amazing income that allows me to retire whenever I’d like, and I love what I do.

I never would have guessed this for myself back when I first started Making Sense of Cents 10 years ago.

I have never been more grateful, especially lately.

My blog has grown into a wonderful business that has allowed me to enjoy my work, have a flexible schedule, and earn a great living.

Plus, knowing that I have a baby on the way and with how sick I was for the first few months, I have been able to take time off. And, I’ll be able to take a lot of time off when the baby comes as well. [Read more…]

Best Blogging Courses & Resources That Helped Me Make $100,000+

Last Updated: July 23, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 5 Comments

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Are you looking to grow your blog and make more money blogging? Then you need to check out the best blogging courses and resources to grow your traffic and income.

Since I started my blog 10 years ago, I have earned over $5,000,000. I have also helped countless people improve their financial situation, make extra money, travel more, pay off their debt, and more.

Blogging changed my life for the better, and it allows me to earn thousands of dollars a month, all by doing something that I love.

The funny thing is that I created my blog on a whim after reading about a personal finance website in a magazine.

At first, my blog was just a hobby to track my own personal finance progress.

I honestly didn’t even know that people could make money blogging when I first started this site back in 2011.

My interest in blogging quickly grew, but like I said it was all just a hobby. I wanted a space to write about my financial situation, have a support group, to keep track of how I was doing, and more. [Read more…]

How I Became A Full-Time Travel Blogger

Last Updated: June 25, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 2 Comments

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Hello! Today, I have a great story to share from Isabel Leong. She will be talking about how she made the transition to become a full-time travel blogger. Enjoy!

I’m Isabel, digital nomad and full-time travel blogger at Bel Around The World. Since its inception as a hobby blog when I was in university in 2015 until now, I’ve earned over $79,000 from it.

This is excluding sponsored 5-star experiences such as skydiving and going up on ice glaciers in New Zealand, doing white shark cave diving, paragliding and going on luxury safaris in South Africa, flying over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, glamping in Australia, visiting overwater villas in the Maldives and more.

At its peak, the site fetches a monthly average of over 55,000 page views monthly. Thanks to the quality, consistent, passive traffic and income, my dream of travelling full-time is now possible through this travel blog.

It was not always like that… [Read more…]

8 Things I Did That Helped Me Get Over 200,000 Pageviews in 1 DAY (no ads)

Last Updated: June 21, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 9 Comments

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Hello! Today, I have a great article from Grace Moser about the things she did to reach 200,000 pageviews in one day on her blog. Enjoy!

Hello! I’m so happy to be able to write on Making Sense of Cents again and share some incredible tips with you all.

Quite a bit has changed since 2017 when I last wrote on here, but it’s definitely been a lot of good change.

And as a recap, my husband, Silas, and I started our blog (Chasing Foxes) back in 2016.

After just a few months of hard work, we were able to make our site blow up in late May.

But honestly, none of this would have come around if it hadn’t been for my husband. He had been looking for a way to work online so that he could quit his toxic job and we could travel the world full-time (our dream).

And once we found blogging, we made a plan.

He would work outside the home full-time for a corporate job (since he had a college degree & could make more), and I would stay at home and work on the blog. Then, once he got off work, he’d come home and help me with the blog.

We were super poor, and during that time of us working on the blog, we could have used the extra income (from me working). Our car kept on breaking down in the middle of winter and it was honestly pretty depressing. [Read more…]

Affiliate Marketing Tips For Bloggers – Free eBook

Last Updated: April 26, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 1 Comment

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Would you like to learn how to make affiliate income on your blog?

Today, I have a free 36-page ebook to share with you.

Affiliate marketing is one of the most popular ways to monetize your blog because it’s somewhat passive, and it’s something that can truly help your readers when done well.

That’s why in this ebook, I answer questions such as:

What is affiliate marketing and how does it work for new bloggers?
How did I personally get started with affiliate marketing on my blog?
What is the best affiliate marketing program for new bloggers?
How do bloggers get paid?

In this ebook, 26 affiliate marketing tips for bloggers are shared as well.

Please download the free ebook by signing up below.

Enjoy!

10+ Of The Best Free Blogging Resources

Last Updated: July 19, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 9 Comments

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Are you looking for the best free blogging resources?

If so, then you’ve come to the right place!

Maybe you are thinking about starting a blog, or maybe you want to work on growing the blog you already have.

I love to help people start and grow their blogs because starting my blog is something that truly changed my life for the better, and I now love what I do.

I started Making Sense of Cents and have built a great business with it. It has allowed me and my husband to leave the day jobs we disliked to pursue something that we love.

Now, we travel full-time, make a great living, have a flexible schedule, have more time to spend with loved ones, and we are able to retire early.

But, it definitely didn’t start out that way.

I randomly started my blog and had no idea what I was doing. I didn’t know how to make money blogging, how to get traffic to my site, what SEO was, and more. My blog started as a hobby, and I was completely clueless. [Read more…]