Blog Monetization

If you’re thinking about learning how to start a travel blog then one of the first questions you probably have is “How much money can I make from travel blogging?” Your second question will probably be “Is there still room for new blogs to earn money, or is the market too saturated?” And lastly you’re probably ...

Sponsored content, sponsored posts and sponsored reviews have long been one of the most controversial aspects of blog monetization. Firstly, Google clearly states in its strict guidelines that being paid to place “do-follow” links on your blog is against the rules and bloggers who actively pursue this type of blog monetization may be penalized. Secondly, ...

When people find out we’re professional bloggers, they always wonder how blogs make money, and how they can build a blog to the point that it can actually earn a decent living. And, fair enough, those are great questions.  Of course the prospect of heaps of money while sitting on a laptop in Fiji is ...

When we tell people that, as travel bloggers, we’re often invited on fam trips, their stare goes blank and they often look back at us in disbelief. “You mean a company flies you out, puts you up in a fancy hotel, pays for all of your travel experiences for a couple of weeks and then ...

Affiliate marketing is the single best way to earn money online, mainly because it’s a set it and forget it type business model. Spend time creating great content that recommends something that your readers are interested in, use an affiliate tracking link, build up that article’s traffic through SEO and social promotion and boom, start ...

We receive countless emails from eager travel-blogging readers who ask “When should I try to monetize my blog?” and “What is the best way to monetize my blog so that it will make money?” These are the very same questions that I plugged into Google a thousand times when we first started this blog. Today, Goats ...