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The exact template that helped my site earn $95,000 in affiliate income last year

August 10, 2018 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 57 Comments

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Hello! I have a great guest post from Mike Pearson. He is very knowledgeable when it comes to SEO and used his expertise to earn $95,000 as an Amazon affiliate, with 88% of his traffic coming from Google. He only works a few hours per week on this and has had huge success! Below is what he did and he teaches you this in this HUGE guide that is over 5,000 words. Enjoy!

Hi all, my name is Mike and today I’m going to show you how you can really increase your affiliate income by following the SEO and keyword research blueprint that I’m about to lay out below.

If you can execute on the steps I’m about to show you, then your SEO will improve and your Google rankings will go up and your organic traffic will increase, allowing you to make more affiliate sales for your blog.

By the end of this post, you will know …

What a user’s intent is when they’re searching in Google and how to capture them along the sales funnel
Why your blog’s “relevance” is so important to ranking in Google and how to use this to your advantage
How to uncover dozens of keyword ideas that are perfect for generating affiliate income
How to find keyword ideas that your competitors are already ranking for
How to analyze a keyword’s competitiveness and whether it’s worth going after

(Also, I have a bonus at the very end that will help you create epic pieces of affiliate content that rank in Google). [Read more…]

How This 25 Year Old Earns $10,000 A Month From Her Blog

July 13, 2018 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 44 Comments

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Hello! Today, I have a great article from my sister, Alexis Schroeder at FITnancials.com. This was edited this morning to reflect an update. Below is her story.

A little over a year ago I decided to go full-time on my blog, FITnancials.

This was incredibly scary since I was used to working for someone else for over 8 years. Becoming an entrepreneur never even crossed my mind in school.

Then, I started a side hustle, my blog, which eventually turned into a website that earns over $10,000 and over 150,000 page views per month.

I remember telling Michelle that I would be grateful for $10,000 per month, and that I'd be content with that amount of money for the rest of my life. It's crazy to think that I hit that number at 25 years old, while a senior in college.

If I can do it, you can, too. Seriously. A lot of people say that but it's true. I never thought I'd be my own boss, and look where I am.

Get rid of the negative mentality and stop telling yourself you can never meet your goals. You'll complete your goals a lot sooner when you get rid of that way of thinking. [Read more…]

How I Made $100,324 In June 2018 Blogging

July 10, 2018 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 42 Comments

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How I Made $91,324 In June 2018 Blogging #incomereport #howtostartablog #waystomakeextramoney Welcome to June 2018's business income report where I show you how I made money online last month. It's time to look at this month's update and see how I did.

If you're new to Making Sense of Cents, you may be wondering why I would want to publish my income report each month. You can simply skip to the next section if you're not new here.

This all started out as my extra income report because, in the beginning, it was all about the money I was earning from my side jobs. In my side income reports from the beginning, I included all of the income I made except for what I made at my day job.

However, I left my day job as a financial analyst in October of 2013 and now my monthly income reports consist of the many ways I earn a living.

Many have asked why I would ever want to publicly post my income each month. Some think I'm crazy, whereas some are glad I'm open about what I'm doing. Whatever you think, I enjoy publishing my monthly online income reports and I share them publicly for three main reasons: [Read more…]

How I Made $136,807 In May 2018 Blogging + Tips For The Summer Blogging Slump

June 11, 2018 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 50 Comments

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How I Made $136,807 In May 2018 Blogging + Tips For The Summer Blogging Slump Welcome to May 2018's business income report where I show you how I made money online last month. It's time to look at this month's update and see how I did.

If you're new to Making Sense of Cents, you may be wondering why I would want to publish my income report each month. You can simply skip to the next section if you're not new here.

However, I left my day job as a financial analyst in October of 2013 and now my monthly income reports consist of the many ways I earn a living.

Editing And Writing Strategies That Will Take Your Content To The Next Level

May 18, 2018 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 36 Comments

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Hi, I’m Ariel, and for the past two years I have been editing nearly all of the new content on Making Sense of Cents. Along with editing this blog, I am about to graduate with a degree in English Literature from Washington University, and I’ve been accepted into their highly competitive Honors program. While the academic writing I do is very different from the posts on Making Sense of Cents, I follow the same strategies for writing and editing my papers that are discussed in today’s post. I have also sought extra writing and editing help through my university to continue growing my skills.

Professionally, not only am I an editor here, I also write knitting patterns and provide technical pattern support for other knitwear designers. You could say that I have a lot of experience in several different writing fields.

Blogs are a unique type of writing as they allow for a conversational tone, while also providing your readers with professional level advice. We’ve all read blog posts, online articles, and social media posts, where the writer makes a mistake and suddenly leaves you wondering why you should be trusting them in the first place. Editing, as the last step of the writing process, can turn the message you want to impart into a professional and cohesive piece of writing that shows your readers they can trust you. [Read more…]

How I Made $104,065 In April 2018 Blogging

May 7, 2018 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 70 Comments

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Welcome to April 2018's business income report where I show you how I made money online last month. It's time to look at this month's update and see how I did.

If you're new to Making Sense of Cents, you may be wondering why I would want to publish my income report each month. You can simply skip to the next section if you're not new here.

However, I left my day job as a financial analyst in October of 2013 and now my monthly income reports consist of the many ways I earn a living.

How we went from $0-$10,000/month blogging in less than a year

May 4, 2018 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 32 Comments

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Hey! Today, I have a great article from Alex Nerney and Lauren McManus, owners of one of my favorite courses, Six-Figure Blogger. Alex and Lauren, former personal trainer and CPA, are now full-time bloggers that own Avocadu.com, where they write about health, wellness, and weight loss for women, and Createandgo.co, where they teach others how to blog. They've been extremely successful, and earned $818,105 in 2017 blogging. Below is their story.

My boyfriend and I met in Dallas, Texas on a tinder date three and a half years ago. He was a personal trainer at the time and I was an accountant studying to get my CPA license.

Our jobs couldn’t have been any more different, but we were both motivated and hard-working young professionals looking for success just like everybody else.

Alex always knew that he wanted a different kind of life. He wanted to stop “trading his hours for dollars” as he put it and he wanted the financial freedom to design his work days and travel when he wanted to.

All of that sounded great to me, but I was honestly just fine with climbing the corporate ladder. I was subscribed to the idea anyway, because I had been indoctrinated to it early on in life. Go to school, major in something that you can make a career out of, and them work a 9-5 until you can build up a solid retirement fund.

That’s what everyone does, right?

Alex and I discussed a lot of “what-ifs” relating to working from home, starting your own business, etc., but we only really entertained the ideas. I know that I didn’t take them all that seriously because I couldn’t do anything like that, surely (aka the fear was talking me out of it).

There were a few really important steps that we took along our journey to becoming six-figure bloggers before the end of our first year. [Read more…]

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