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
Would you believe me if I said I’m a successful full-time blogger with multiple blogs and a 6-figure income and I don’t pay any attention to SEO? That I will literally ignore my SEO tools, not do any keyword research, and create content purely by intuition? Well, you shouldn’t believe it. I’m sure that every … Read more
I chose to build Boost Your Blog using the GeneratePress theme because it’s known for being lightweight, multi-purpose, and above all fast. Sadly, it doesn’t look that great out of the box. I spent some time sprucing it up and thought it’d be fun to show you my exact process… Why I’m using plain GeneratePress … Read more
Affilimate is an affiliate analytics platform that aggregates all your affiliate commission data in one place. I’ve been trialling it on my main blog for just over a month now. While looking for reviews of Affilimate I found just a few that didn’t seem to be based on real user experiences. I thought I’d write … Read more
One of the biggest issues that newbie travel bloggers face is having the wrong mindset when creating their content. Because travel blogs often get their start as side projects or personal blogs, they are often highly focused on the author instead of on the reader. Even experienced travel bloggers can fall into the trap of … Read more