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Hey,
Todays' issue covers two travel blogs, how they make money and what’s their income and expenses. So, let’s dive in;
Blog#1: Living the Dream
Living the Dream was founded by Jeremy, who has been sharing travel, blogging, and lifestyle advice on Living the Dream (along with his wife, Angie) for over 13 years! Since founding Living the Dream, Jeremy has visited 75 countries on five continents.
October Revenue: $9,129 ($8,332 ads + $797 affiliate)
October Expenses: $290
Most of their October budget was spent on Mailerlite, Social media ads, and Domain.
Tools/Services used and recommended by the guys at Living the Dream;
BigScoots - Premium managed hosting with plans as low as $35/month. GeneratePress - A customizable theme designed for site speed. AdInserter - A widget logic plugin that is quite powerful. WP Rocket - An image and caching optimization plug-in. Mailerlite - Free newsletter service up to 1000 subscribers. Keysearch - Keyword research tool for SEO.
Blog#2 Amyfillinger.com
This blog was founded by Amy. She is a travel blogger, photographer and homeschooling mom of 3. On her blog, she mainly share Hawaii travel tips and other tropical travel destinations.
October Revenue:$2595.61 ($1728.02 ads + $867.59 affiliate)
Her affiliate income mainly comes from;
Discount Rental Cars Amazon Shareasale CJ
Expenses: She hasn’t quoted her exact expenses, however, she does spend on siteground, adobe, and tailwind, to name a few.
Free Tools
Substack: A free platform for blogging and newsletter creators Answer the Public: A free keyword research tool Pexels: For royalty-free images and videos Tiny PNG: A free image optimization tool for bloggers Loom: Free browser extension that lets to record and save videos of yourself and/or your screen, and then easily share the videos as links or embed them into your blog
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