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How I Make $110,000 A Year As A Food Blogger

Last Updated: July 18, 2022 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 9 Comments

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Are you a foodie? Do you want to start a food blog? Today, you will learn how to become a food blogger.

Today, I am sharing an interview I did with Sarah and Laura from Wandercooks, a food blog with over 5,000,000 annual views. They created their blog to inspire readers with fresh new food ideas gathered from their favorite Asian, European and Australian cuisines.How to become a food blogger

Wandercooks is a food blog that currently earns $150,000AU (around $110,000 US Dollars), with just part-time hours.

In today’s interview, questions answered include:

  • What is a food blogger?
  • How much money can a food blogger make?
  • Do food bloggers make money?
  • What are the positives of becoming a food blogger?
  • Where do food bloggers get their recipes from?
  • Where do food bloggers get their traffic and visitors from?
  • What equipment is needed to become a food blogger?
  • What makes a food blog successful?

Plus more!

Today’s interview will help you get started and perhaps even introduce you to a new way to make money from home.

If you want to start your own food blog and learn how to become a food blogger and get paid, this is a great article to help you get started. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Blog, Career Tagged With: Blog, Career, Extraordinary Series, how to become a food blogger, Hustle Series

How We Travel Full-Time On $1,400 Per Month

Last Updated: March 16, 2023 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 22 Comments

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Next up in my Extraordinary Series is Melissa Nance and Wade Smith from The Penny Pinching Globetrotter. They have been traveling full-time for four years and on a low budget of just $1,400 per month. This includes all of their living expenses as well as money spent on travel.How We Travel Full-Time On $1,400 Per Month

In August of 2015, Melissa found out she had cancer and spent lots of time thinking about what she wanted the rest of her life to look like.

Travel was at the top of her list, and she was determined to find a way to make it happen.

Neither her nor her husband had a remote job, so they found other ways to make it work, such as her husband working for U.S. National Parks for free camp stays and income.

They have visited 15 national parks, 20 national monuments, camped in 21 states, visited 7 countries, and more.

And, they have done all of this on a very realistic and low budget.

In this interview, you’ll learn:

  • The big obstacles they had to overcome to getting started with full-time traveling
  • The type of RV they have
  • Their monthly budget and what they spend each month
  • What they do to save money while traveling/living
  • How they make money

And more! [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Budget, Travel Tagged With: Extraordinary Series, Travel

How I Retired At Age 30 with $500,000

Last Updated: February 13, 2023 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 25 Comments

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My monthly Extraordinary Lives series is something that I really enjoy sharing with you all, and I’m back with another great interview. Today’s interview is with Purple, who retired at the end of 2020 at the age of 30, with $500,000 invested.

Are you interested in financial independence and/or early retirement?

How I Retired At Age 30 with $500,000

If so, this interview is for you!

You probably know Purple from the popular blog APurpleLife.com. APurpleLife.com is one of my favorite blogs, so I’m excited to share this interview with you.

In this interview, you’ll learn:

  • How an early retirement amount of $500,000 was chosen
  • Why she chose to retire early
  • The career she had before she retired early
  • Whether or not she still earns income in early retirement
  • The sacrifices that had to be made to reach early retirement
  • Her choice of health insurance as an early retiree and full-time nomad

And more!

This interview is packed full of valuable information on reaching early retirement. [Read more…]

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How This Family Is Overlanding And Driving Across The World In Their Jeep

Last Updated: March 5, 2022 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 5 Comments

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Next up in my Extraordinary Series is Eric and Brittany from Hourless Life. They are doing something very different from the average family – they currently live and travel in their Jeep full-time with their son.jeep overlanding with family

Yes, they live full-time in a Jeep!

This overlanding family is driving across the world in their Jeep. Their plans are to visit South America, Africa, Europe, and all the way to Asia. They plan to see as much of the world as they can.

They have been full-time traveling since 2014, first by RV, and have been on the road ever since. Now, they are getting ready to drive around the world in a Jeep Gladiator truck.

In this interview, you’ll learn:

  • How they live in a Jeep with their son
  • How they afford to travel
  • What overlanding is
  • Where they sleep, cook, and use the bathroom
  • What an average day living in a Jeep is like
  • How much overlanding with a family across the world will cost them
  • Their tips for traveling with a child

And more!

This is a great article to read whether you are interested in overlanding with your family, or if you’re more interested in RVing as well. Both are great options depending on what you are looking for.

You can find Hourless Life on Instagram.

Please enjoy this interview. I really enjoyed reading it and learned a ton – so I know you will too. Enjoy!

[Read more…]

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How This Couple Reached Financial Freedom Before 40 And Live On A Sailboat

Last Updated: March 21, 2021 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 7 Comments

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Do you want to reach financial freedom and live your dream life?How This Couple Reached Financial Freedom Before 40 And Live On A Sailboat

In my Extraordinary Series here on Making Sense of Cents, I like to feature people who are doing things a little differently.

Today, I have a great interview with Fleur and Ronald. In only eight years, they were able to reach financial freedom and now they live on a sailboat.

They have been able to save enough money to invest in three real estate properties, buy and live on a 42 foot sailing catamaran, build a passive income stream, and more.

In this interview, you’ll learn:

  • How they reached financial freedom and FIRE
  • How they afford to travel and live on a boat
  • What an average day is like for them
  • How much living on a sailboat costs them
  • All about their passive income stream
  • How they saved money to purchase real estate properties

And more! This interview is packed full of valuable information.

I’m very excited to share this interview with you. Enjoy!

[Read more…]

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Filed Under: Budget, Travel Tagged With: Extraordinary Series, Living on a sailboat, Travel

How I Make Money On TikTok – How I Grew To 350,000 Followers and Made $60,000 In 6 Weeks

Last Updated: February 19, 2023 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 16 Comments

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Do you want to learn how to make money on TikTok and how to get paid on TikTok? Here’s how Tori grew from 0 to 350,000 TikTok followers and made $60,000 in just 6 weeks. 

how to make money on TikTokUnless you’ve been living under a rock, you have probably heard something about TikTok. TikTok is one of the most popular social media networks currently, and it is growing like crazy.

There are already over 500 million active monthly users on TikTok around the world.

So, you may be wondering if you can learn how to make money on TikTok, and any TikTok tips so that you can see success too.

That completely makes sense!

Today, I want to introduce you to Tori Dunlap.

Tori Dunlap is a nationally-recognized millennial money and career expert. After saving $100,000 at age 25, Tori quit her corporate job in marketing and founded Her First $100K. She has helped over 200,000 women negotiate salary, pay off debt, build savings, and invest. [Read more…]

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How Susie Grew Her Email List By 29,000+ In 9 Months

Last Updated: December 29, 2020 BY Michelle Schroeder-Gardner - 16 Comments

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Today, I’m excited to introduce you to Susie Moore.

I had the pleasure of meeting Susie last summer and we had a great weekend in New Hampshire hiking, rock climbing, doing yoga, and more! She is so much fun to be around- seriously one of the most upbeat and positive people I have ever met in my whole life.

Her work has been featured on The Today Show, Oprah, Business Insider, The Huffington Post, Forbes, Time Inc, Marie Claire, and more.

Susie’s work and insights have been shared by celebrities and thought leaders including Arianna Huffington, Paulo Coelho, Kris Jenner, and Sara Blakely.

Recently, I shared in a blog post that I am currently taking a course on how to get more media mentions so that I can grow my page views.

This is something that I have always been a big believer in.

I’ve been featured on Forbes, The Huffington Post, Yahoo Finance, CNBC, and more.

Nearly every day I am asked how I have so many features….

Well, today, you will learn how you can make this a reality for yourself too! [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Blog, Career, Extra Income Tagged With: Blog, Career, Extra Money, Extraordinary Series

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