While searching for reviews of Cloudways, I found mainly generic comparison tables or super nitpicky technical reviews (“which host is 3 milliseconds faster?!”, oh dear). I thought instead I’d share my hands-on impressions as a Cloudways customer. I initially hesitated to move my sites to Cloudways. This was mainly due to Reddit threads where some … Read more
Thinking of starting a travel blog? Here I’ll be sharing with you my best tips that will help you get started — and avoid the biggest mistake you can possibly make in your initial blog setup. But wait… who am I to tell you about travel blogging? Well, at Indie Traveller I’ve been doing it … Read more
I thought I’d answer one of the most common questions I get specifically about travel blogging: is there too much competition these days? After all, this is a very popular niche, for the simple fact that it’s an exciting topic and almost everyone loves to travel. Just like food blogging has exploded in the past 5 … Read more
When we think of blogging we normally think of written articles. But text is only one way to communicate — and adding images or video has been proven to increase engagement on your blog. There’s just one thing: videos can be so much more time-consuming to make! And they require a totally different skillset from … Read more
If there’s one thing I’ve learned about blogging over the years, it’s to never be overly reliant on any particular monetization method. The reality is that income sources can be volatile, algorithms can change, and what may be an extremely lucrative channel one day can easily disappear overnight. There is honestly not a whole lot … Read more
One of the most important technical health aspects of your blog is to ensure your image file sizes are never bigger than they should be. Overly big image files means slow blog. And slow blog means worse rankings on Google. It also generally just helps the user experience when pages load fast and images appear … Read more
Whenever I’m travelling and I mention that I’m a travel blogger, I know exactly how the next few minutes of conversation will play out. Literally 9 times out of 10, the first question people ask me is, “so how do you make money?”. Most people actually have trouble imagining travel blogging being a real job, … Read more
Stay22 is a hotel affiliate solution that I’ve been using at Indie Traveller since March 2021. It’s still somewhat of a newer company, so even if you’re in the travel niche it’s possible you haven’t heard of them yet. Lately, I’ve been seeing various discussions in travel blogger Facebook groups about Stay22, so I thought … Read more
Ever since the death of RSS, the best direct way of letting readers follow your blog is with a mailing list. I love email as it is one of the last algorithm-free channels on the internet — not to mention one that you can fully own and control. What I don’t love is just how … Read more
Is your blog part of a premium ad network such as Mediavine, Ezoic, or Monumetric? Then congratulations! You can now monetize any content with display ads. Not having to exclusively rely on affiliate links or product sales makes it so much easier to earn money from your blog. But as much as you might want … Read more