Intro
If you’ve ever had the intention of enjoying an endless vacation whilst blogging about it, then listen up. There are many travel blogs out there that make enough money to fund their vocation, or vacation, whichever way you want to look at it.
However, these blogs LOOK much easier than they actually are to setup and maintain. Have you ever thought about the time it takes to keep a blog updated with current content? What about how the website is monetized, and what adverts or content brings in the cash.
Well, I’m going to give you an idea of what is involved, and how to set up a travel blog that can be profitable, in simple steps. You’ll want to pay attention, as there’s a few tips in here that you won’t want to skip.
So, lets begin and get you on the path to a successful travel blog.
You can skip to any of these sections if it helps:
- When To Begin Your Travel Blog
- Step 1 – Your Blog Name & Plan Ahead
- Step 2 – Choosing Where to Host Your Blog
- Step 3 – Building Your WordPress Site & Theme
- Step 4 – Building Your Brand
- Step 5 – Your Content Foundation
- Step 6 – Tools For Ranking Highly
- Step 7 – Making Consistent Money
- What Are The Startup Costs
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Don’t Start a Blog The Day You Leave
My first piece of advice, is to never leave it until the last moment to get started. If you intend creating this website to fund your travels, then it won’t be just for family and friends to view it. You’re going to want the world to see it.
If you intend getting loads of traffic (which will be your main source of revenue), you’re going to either have to rank highly in search engines such as Google, or pay for traffic. In my experience, paying for traffic is still a gamble, as any visitors that see your adverts still need incentive to click on your ads. Targeting your audience is also more difficult than the experts suggest.
When you’re just starting out, you probably can’t afford paid advertising either, and there’s a steep learning curve with this traffic form. So, stick to organic traffic until you’re earning enough to progress to the paid alternative.
When To Begin Your Travel Blog
I’d certainly advise building your blog at least 6 months before you leave on your adventure. You’re probably thinking ‘6 months!! That’s a heck of a long time’. Correct, it is a fairly long time, but let me explain.
Google and co. don’t just hand out rankings to anyone that starts a blog. They will boost your rank over time, once they see you start becoming an authority in a particular niche. If ranking was easy to obtain, everyone would be starting a blog, and monetize it.
This is the way it has to be, so that every blog is on an even footing. All blogs start off small, and gain authority and rankings over time.
Now, I don’t just mean 2-3 months. Your posts will start to gain more traction after about the 6 months mark. Nobody knows for sure exactly what Google’s algorithm states as this first stage’s of rank boosting, but it’s approximately this time frame.
If you attempt to start your blog a week or so before you leave for your vacation, I can bet that you’ll stop maintaining your website within 1-2 months because you’re not gaining any traction. You’ll be doing so much work on your blog without seeing any results, and there’s a good chance you’ll give up.
So what do you place on your travel blog before heading off on your journey? Well, there’s so many things you can do to get it setup, including content. The content part can be airline information, aircraft information, transport or cruise information. Tips on travelling, packing, finances/budgeting, equipment to take or links to local guide sites.
In fact, you’ll probably learn a good amount of information that can help with your own trip as your writing this content. I’d suggest writing 50-100 good quality articles before leaving. You may think this is overkill, but let me say this. Google loves content and longevity. This is the best way to gain free organic traffic.
I’ll mention this further down the track, but before you head off on your journey, I’d suggest signing up to the Amazon Associates affiliate program. Don’t do this at the beginning, here’s why.
If you don’t get 3 sales through Amazon in the first 6 months of being a part of their affiliate program, they will cancel your account. I’ve already mentioned why you won’t rank in Google in this 6 month period, so what makes you think that a sale is possible, let alone 3 sales. Anything is possible, but unlikely. Oh, and Amazon knows if your friends make a purchase. Don’t ask me how, they just know. The 3-4 month mark is a good time to sign up.
I certainly hope I haven’t put you off creating a travel blog. Unfortunately, nothing comes easily when it comes to creating wealth online, a blog included. I could tell you what you’d prefer to hear, that you’ll be making loads of cash within 3 months, but it just ain’t going to happen.
I’d prefer to give you the honest truth, rather than just try to entice you to build something with no knowledge of how long it will really take. You need to know what you’re heading into. The name of the game he is patience and persistence. That’s why you need to start the website well before travelling.
So, here’s the process you should follow to begin your new blog.
Step 1 – Your Blog Name & Plan Ahead
The fun now begins! You get to choose a name for your new travel blog that will stand out among all the others. A name that grabs a reader’s attention and screams ‘read this’ to any visitor that comes across your blog posts.
What do you need to look for when choosing a domain name? Is there a criteria to go by? My advice would be to follow some of these simple guidelines.
Try to think of a name that is fairly catchy, and sticks in the mind. Finding out how to pick a domain name that pops, is not always easy, but achievable. Although this is not always a simple task, it will pay off, if and when you’re site becomes successful. If a reader can remember your site domain name, there’s a good chance they’ll come back. There’s no chance of finding your blog if they can’t remember the name.
I’d also advise against a crude or crass domain name. Don’t pick something stupid or smart-arsey! Clever is great, but it has to also be classy and in context of what your blog is about.
This is part of your planning ahead strategy. If for instance, your blog gets noticed by a media company, you could collaborate with them and write reviews. This could mean pitching for them to pay for your trip. You may feel a bit unsure of yourself when introducing yourself as Bill from ‘Endless Erotic Endeavours’.
Your blog name also wants to be evergreen, meaning it will still be relevant in years to come. So don’t go calling it ‘My 12 Month Meander’, as you may travel for 24 months, or 5 years.
Make your site name unique, inspiring and trendy to appeal to anyone that comes across your blog. Placing ‘traveller, adventurer or backpacker’ in your site name can be a bit lame nowadays. Every other blog has already used these terms to death, so use your imagination.
Make your website and domain inspiring
The last thing to keep in mind, is to make sure you get the .COM domain. These are still the ‘daddy’ of all domains which most people turn to when typing in a domain. If you find a great domain name but there is no .COM available, get it anyway, the name is more important. Just check that the .COM of that site name is parked, and not currently used. You can possible pitch to purchase that domain later down the track.
Step 2 – Choosing Where to Host Your Blog
When you’re just starting out, it can be so tempting to just go for the cheapest hosting available. This will be shared hosting from any of the major hosting providers, it’s cheap, but you get what you pay for.
By this I mean that you won’t get fast internet speeds, you will get drop-outs from time to time and I know from experience, the support will not be that grand. Having said that, you can always upgrade your hosting once your blog starts to take off.
Here’s a list of some major hosting providers that will offer you cheap hosting on a budget:
- Bluehost
- GoDaddy
- Liquid Web
- SiteGround
- Hostgator
- Amazon Web Services
The average cost for shared hosting is roughly $100-$200 per year, depending on which provider you sign up with, and which plan.
I’ve found a better solution for my circumstance. Because I have become an affiliate marketer, I wanted to learn from the industry leaders in this field. That’s why I signed up with Wealthy Affiliate.
The great thing about this training platform, is that they also host websites. What makes this even better is that the hosting is so much better than the shared hosting offered at the other major hosting providers.
So, not only do I get great hosting (with amazing support that fixes issues within minutes), but I also have access to all the training courses, tools and resources that are part of the platform. I pay a little more for this, but it means I don’t need to pay for similar tools (such as a keyword tool) or resources elsewhere.
Righto, let’s move onto step 3.
Step 3 – Building Your WordPress Site & Theme
The largest CMS (content management system) that is used by bloggers across the internet, is WordPress. Basically because they have an easy to use interface, and the library of third party plugins is extremely extensive.
If you sign up with one of the larger hosting companies, they usually have an integrated WordPress installer in their control panel. I remember installing WordPress via Bluehost in 2015, there was a number of steps involved but was not as simple as I figured it would be. I understand it’s a little easier these days, but Wealthy Affiliate have a brilliant solution.
Using the WA Website Builder couldn’t be easier. It’s a 5 click process that will have your blog built in under 1 minute. I created a video of how easy it is, which you can watch below.
The use of this tool made building my website foundation a breeze. After this, it’s just a matter of learning what all the actions on the WordPress dashboard do. This is another reason why you don’t want to create your website the week before heading off on your journey. You need to learn how to use WordPress!
Once you’ve started and have your website foundation built, it’s a matter of getting stuck into some content.
Step 4 – Building Your Brand
Although your brand will be built over time, you do need to start setting up your hallmark look. A logo is a must, but this can just be the name of your site, maybe in a unique font. If you’ve ever heard of a favicon, this is probably not necessary early on, but you may want one down the track as it’s one of the key elements of a brand. So, What is a favicon image you may be asking? It’s that little image at the top of the internet browser tab.
Part of your brand is choosing colours to use within your blog. These colours will probably be used in your logo and across the board of your website. Take my site for instance. I use 3 colours, white, black and burgundy. Using more colours than that, can seem a little messy, but that’s up to you. If done right, 4-5 colours can look amazing.
I use 2 programs to create visuals, Visme and Canva. You can learn how to create a banner for free with this free online presentation maker. Visuals are so good for your blog, as they break up content and make your articles more presentable to read. As you’re building a travel blog, you’ll have some amazing images to embed on your site.
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Step 5 – Your Content Foundation
Learning how to write website content for your blog comes with experience, but you need to get started anyway. As I’ve previously mentioned, written content is going to play a large part in your blog, for a number of reasons. Firstly, you’re going to want to express your travel stories anyway, which is so great because people love to read about new travel experiences like this.
Secondly, the best way to have your website rank in the search engines, is via organic content written with keywords in mind. Because you’ll want to write about your travel experiences anyway, all you need to do is find a keyword that people are searching for to rank that article. That’s where a keyword tool comes in handy.
Step 6 – Tools For Ranking Highly
Keywords are simple to find, especially if you are a member of WA because they have their own keyword tool. This will advise you how much competition there is for this keyword and your chances of ranking highly for it.
The longer this goes on, the higher your articles will rank. But as I’ve stated earlier, a foundation of content, is what you need to do to get started. Begin writing about other travel interests before you begin your actual adventure. This will advise Google that you’re serious about this travel blog.
Step 7 – Making Consistent Money
Obviously the aim of this travel blog of yours, is to make money to fund this lifestyle. The way to achieve this can be done in a number of ways, but I’ll be suggesting the affiliate marketing route.
This won’t need to be implemented until you’re at least 2-3 months into your website. Remember what I said about the Amazon Associates affiliate program!
If you’re unsure how to go about this, I’ll give you a brief description.
- Sign up to affiliate programs.
- Once approved, get links from these affiliate merchants.
- Place affiliate links on your website in text, banners etc.
- When readers click on affiliate links, they’ll be taken to merchants website.
- If your reader purchases a product, you make a commission.
So here’s an example. Let’s say you write an article about lightweight backpacks, and how using one helped you on your travels. You’ll write a review on lightweight backpacks and suggest your favourite.
You sign up to a survival store affiliate program, and they accept your invitation. You’ll be shown where your affiliate links are stored within the affiliate section of their website. You’ll have a new account for this.
Copy these affiliate links, and link it to parts of your text. Also show images of the best lightweight backpacks that you suggest, and add your affiliate links to these also.
That’s it! If you’ve done your SEO correctly with good keywords, your post should start to rank in the coming months. All that’s left to do is wait for visitors to read your articles and click on the links.
The name of the game here, is loads of small commissions can add up to a large sum. That’s why patience and persistence is required to succeed. You need to keep writing content, whether its reviews or travel stories. If you have 200-300 ranked articles all bringing in commissions, imagine the potential.
There’s also the opportunity to search for high ticket travel affiliate programs where the commissions are much larger. Check out airline affiliate programs or other travel site affiliates.
You’re in the box seat doing a travel blog, because after each day, you’ll have so much to write about. Your travel stories can be an inspiration to others, to travel the world and document it.
What Are The Startup Costs
As I mentioned earlier, web hosting can cost a few hundred dollars per year, even the cheapest shared hosting will cost over $100. A domain name is cheap as chips, anywhere between $10-$15 per year.
The thing I don’t particularly like about some of these hosting companies, is they always offer 2-5 up-sells with your hosting. Would you like fries with that! The only extra you’ll want is ‘domain security’, often known as WHOIS security. This protects your purchase information so developers don’t hassle you.
I found the better option for me, was to join Wealthy Affiliate, and get the all inclusive solution. You’ll only pay a little more, but what’s included is astounding. Affiliate training, high level hosting, site support, community support, resources, tools, website builder and loads more, such as various social media courses.
You can check it out for free. In fact their free membership will last forever if you like. You can take the first of 5 affiliate marketing courses to find out what it’s all about. After this, it’s up to you if you’d like to become a Premium member.
An online blog in general is a great way to fund a lifestyle, a travel blog has got to be one of the more exciting opportunities. Once setup correctly, you can get on with your travelling!
Wrapping Up
Although creating a travel blog can be an amazing journey, I don’t want to give you the impression that it’s simple to do.
Actually, it not that difficult if you’re just wanting to blog to your family and friends that already know your domain name.
Making money from a blog is more difficult, as there’s the waiting factor and a learning curve for ranking in search engines. Getting this education is vital to succeed, and luckily enough, I came across Wealthy Affiliate.
Because they offer an all in one solution, I only need to login here to access everything I need.
I hope this post helps you out, if you intend creating a travel blog. Please add to the discussion below if you have any suggestions, questions or comments to make.
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Starting a blog can be really complicating as much as it is fun. This article has a great guide about how to create a travel blog in the right way. Most people just create blogs in a fairly scattered way and they don’t get success in them. This article really helps anyone that intends creating a travel blog to make money.
Thank you for posting this.
Appreciate your thoughts Sujandar.
You’re comments regarding how this should be fun is spot on. Of course we all want to make money, but if you can’t enjoy the journey as you’re going alone, then is it really worth it. For those wanting to learn how to set up a travel blog, don’t dismiss that your journey is to be enjoyed.
Hey i really enjoyed your article, it was very informative and full of details. I have 2 websites right now and i am trying to do better with my second website. It would be nice to travel and have a blog just for that, and even better if that site would make money in order to allow me to travel. It is a dream to get away for a bit and to go see different things!
Absolutely Justin, I think this is a dream for many.
To have the ability to travel and earn funds concurrently is awesome. It’s always difficult running 2 websites at the same time. In my opinion, I’d just work on the one until its a success, then begin a second one. You’ll be able to pay for outsourcing your content by this time, which is a huge time saver.
Best of luck to.
Wow, literally soup to nuts on how to set up a blog. I like how you linked to other pages that give more details about the various aspects of setting up the blog, and your recommendation to try Vis me is wonderful, I am definitely going to give it a whirl since it’s free. I already use Can va. Thanks for sharing such great information – it is so appreciated.
Gee, I like your analogy of ‘soup to nuts’ Babsie!
Visme and Canva are both great programs. Don’t you just appreciate getting these kinds of tools for free!
This is a super-helpful, highly informative article for anyone who is considering setting up a travel blog. You’re so right that the best time to do it is waaaay before the travels start. Anyone who follows your advice — especially if they follow your advice to utilize the hosting, training, and invaluable resources at Wealthy Affiliate — will be well on their way to creating a successful travel blog before they pack their bags. I love that you tell it like it is: a successful, money-making blog takes work, and it helps to find ways (through domain name, etc.) to set yourself apart from the crowd. There’s so much excellent guidance here! Thanks for sharing your insights and expertise, Nudge.
You’re welcome Cheri, and thanks for chiming in.
I believe there’s too many blogs out there, that are not prepared to tell it like it is. They’d rather tell people it’s simple so that they can lure people into an upsell. I’d rather advise my readers of what to really expect, and they can make their own mind up whether to sign up to something.
The majority of the hard work is all at the beginning though. Once you’re well on your way and there’s plenty of traffic coming your way and the sales are coming, there’s not much more motivation needed to keep going!
Thanks
NudgeI am absolutely floored by how well your site is constructed. The side menu bar is very well set up. The wording and overall flow is fantastic. I am also impressed by the pics in the site and how well the colors flow. Very well done!
I am new to the business and plan to get where you are in the near future. Thanks my friend.
Appreciate your kind words Brak.
Anyone can achieve success in this business if they are determined enough. Let me give you a tip on design. Don’t make it too complicated. Keep plenty of white space, use 2-3 colours, don’t make the font too small and use small paragraphs. This just makes posts easier to read. Read this post on affiliate marketing techniques, it may help you out.
Thanks for dropping by Brak
Great looking site and very informative. I am pretty sure I found a typo in section 7. It reads remember what a said and I think you meant to say remember what I said about amazon affiliate program. Bound to happen when your dang near writing a book. Really is a great looking site and have no other things to add as per improvements. I cant believe it’s so complex and so many steps involved but it looks like you have it all wrapped up in one neat little package. Kudos!!!
Well picked up Ray, you found my deliberate mistake!
Now corrected.
Appreciate your comments. And yes, beginning a travel blog, or any other blog for that matter, does have many steps to achieve success. That’s not to say it’s way too hard, on the contrary. Anyone can do it, it’s just take patience, education and persistence.
I have to say, this is brilliant! I had a friend who went off to start a travel blog and canned it because he tried to start it as he left for his adventure. Sure it sounded like a great idea but planning and execution suffered.This post is basically the step-by-step roadmap for starting a travel (and really any) blog. Your tips and insights are spot on.It’s funny you mention Wealthy Affiliate here. I am a member myself and have to say I love it. Not only does the hosting rival that of other offerings but they are on Amazon servers to boot so you get the redundancy and power behind AWS.Thanks again for this post. I’m going to share it with my friend to see if he wants to give it another go.
Appreciate the kind words.
As you say, planning and execution are key points to starting a travel blog. It’s very hard to begin a monetised travel blog a week before leaving on your big adventure. It’s hard enough to find the time to post everyday, or every second day as it is. You need to be motivated and determined to achieve success, but anyone can do it.
You’re correct in regards to the WA hosting. It’s powerful and offers as much, if not more, than any other hosting. And it’s all included in the WA membership.
Hi this is an excellent idea for making sure you keep and share the great memories of your vacation with your friends and family and anyone else who may wish to know what your upto. You provide all the info that anyone needs to get started. Including a great platform with free site creation! Thanks.
You’re welcome Kenny
You are spot on with the idea of keeping all your memories in one place. To have the opportunity to build your own travel memorial and make and income from it still amazes me. The internet has given us all this amazing opportunity, but it still requires hard work.
Cheers
I must say that I found yor article to be very helpful and informative. I have a friend who would like to start travel blog as she is very motivated and encouraged because she enjoy travelling and she know what to write about but it is hard to find reliable and trusted affiliate network with high commission rates. I would gladly share this blog with her and I am sure that it will help her to make a final decision.
Hey Daniel
If your friend is motivated and already knows what to write about, I’d have no hesitation to advise her to get stuck in. There are many affiliate programs in the travel industry, too many to choose from in fact. If you’re after high paying affiliates, check out Bill’s website on High Paying Travel Affiliates.
Happy for you to share my blog.
Cheers
Hey Nudge,
I’ve really enjoyed reading this article on “Setting Up a Travel Blog” as you’ve provided us with tonnes of valuable information. I completely agree with the fact that it takes 6 months for your content to get well ranked in search engines like Google. Actually, I started a blog a couple of weeks before traveling but this method did not work and I had to start all over again but this time, I started a blog 7 months before I traveled. It became successful and I’m really happy for it. One must have patience in order to be successful in this field.
Thanks a lot for taking your precious time in writing this post and I’ll be sharing this with my friends. Keep up the good work Nudge!
Hi there AV, thanks for your comments.
I believe this is the hardest thing for new bloggers to get their head around. To be blogging for up to 6 months and not see any results, no traffic, no sales, it’s very disconcerting. This is the pain barrier that needs to be pushed through, the 6-9 month mark. Some niches may even take longer. But the results will come if you follow the ranking rules. It can all be learnt at Wealthy Affiliate.
Thanks
Dear Nudge,
Wow, what an extensive guide indeed! I thoroughly appreciate the research you must have done to gather and compile so much information.
I am a full-time blogger and my blog is on make money online niche. I am planning and love to have my second blog as a travel blog so your post means a lot to me. I got great insight from your post and for anyone who wants to start a travel blog your post is going to be a guide and blueprint.
Thanks a lot for loads of valuable information covering all the aspects from the start to the end in detail.
I do have some of my friends willing to start a blog and I am going to share your post with them.
All the very Best!
Paul
Appreciate your kind works Paul
Feel free to send this page link to anyone you know that wants to start a travel blog. I hope the information I’ve provided can help your friends out.
Thanks for dropping by
This is great! Not only is this great information about how to get paid to travel witch dude we know I read a lot of blogs I don’t know why I never thought about that before! But this is great information on building a Blog and getting paid and how to do all of it. Well put together great article!
Thanks for your comments Johnny.
I hope it’s helped you out some what. I’m all for travelling, especially if you’re between university years. Earning that bit of income whilst doing it can be really beneficial.
Hi Nudge,
This is a very nice article with lots of interesting details. I just realised i did a mistake with Amazon i registered with them when my site was just born, its been 2 month and I haven’t earned a single penny, so they will close up my account?
I like your step by step guide. Especially the first and main step …You are so right about domain name, actually thats what google loves, catchy and easy to remember name, it’s very important in case you want to brand your name. I registered my domain thru GoDaddy and found some domain names for incredible amount of money up to 1000 dollars. It was short easy to remember and mainly that’s why it was so expensive…
How much actually the hosting cost in Wealthy affiliate company?
Hi there Snap Brisk!
Firstly, here’s where you can read all about the WA hosting.
Secondly, yes, you will find domain names that people have snapped up years ago. They know that these domains are great, and are also highly searched keywords. I recommend NOT wasting money on any of these domains. Any domain can rank highly, it’s the content of the website that ranks.
Thirdly, ahh yes, you did join Amazon too early. You’ll have 4 months left to get 3 sales before they close your account. This is possible though, I’d suggest creating a Pinterest account and pinning all your offers there. Currently, you can use affiliate links with Pinterest (not sure if Amazon will allow it though). If not, use Pinterest to send readers to your website posts.
Pinterest is the best social platform for selling products
Hope this helps.
Hello Nudge
Nice article. I really enjoyed the content and in the manner that you presented the steps required to get a travel blog up and running. I see that you put in a lot of affiliate links to monetize your blog which is great. Just curious if wanted in include in your travel links to sites which are also travel related. ( Flights hotels etc or that is not required here.). Maybe Adsense will help there to bring in more passive income.
I am in the Affiliate Marketing niche and would like to use your article style to help readers with issues like squeeze pages or setting up an auto responder. All in all good job I see a lot maturity in this particular post.
Cheers and Happy travels
Jake
Thanks Jake.
My blog here is about teaching others how they can make money online through affiliate marketing. The affiliate links I use are related to educational platforms or helpful resources for beginning a blog. You can see many of the tools I use here.
This article is NOT to promote flights or airlines etc. That’s for the travel bloggers to do. However, it may just be on the cards for me one day!
Cheers Jake.
Great information, you have really given a lot of value here. I like that you mentioned WA they are a great resource for people that are just starting the blogging experience. I think adding a YouTube video is a great touch as well. Not everyone likes to learn by reading.
Thanks Michael
I see you’re also a WA member, obviously you understand the benefits that this platform offers. They truly do have the most amazing tools, resources and helpful group community.
Cheers Michael
What a great topic because I would really never have given much thought to this. I am a seasoned blog developer, but the time it takes to build and promote really has to be done all before you leave.
I’m surprised because I would have been caught off guard.
If no one knows I have a travel blog, who’s going to read it?
Correct Stew.
Especially if this website is to make money online. You require visitors to make purchases, this can only happen organically if you put time into a site and build it from the ground up. Over time, the site will mature and become more authoritative.
I’d rather advise the truth, than have my readers expectations deflated because they just think it’s going to happen overnight. It just doesn’t work that way.
Appreciate your thoughts Stew.
I love this post! Not only because you detail how to get around setting up a website with Wealthy Affiliate, but how you emphasize on getting this all set up before you go travelling. I went travelling around the world for 6 months back in 2002 – no smartphone and not even a digital camera…still the best times of my life to this date! I often think that I’d have about 30 times more photos if I’d done the same trip 5 years later and I’d definitely would have done a travel blog. I remember I used to write weekly travel emails to my family and closest friends instead. Well done on a great post!
cheersKarina
Appreciate your comment Karina.
I did similar to you, spent 3 years in the UK & Europe from 1997-2000. As you say, no smartphones then and digital photography was in its infancy. I started getting my 35mm camera rolls put onto a CD, some people were astounded I could do that back then.
Today’s technology makes travel blogging so much easier. This cameras in phones, uploading to social media is a simple task, laptops are more reliable and affordable, the opportunities now are amazing.
All the best Karina
My friend Ian just started a travel business and I’ve been looking for tips to give him so he can start a blog and this post is pretty much a one stop shop! So glad i came across this post.
Although he will be very interested in step 7 i think i’ll force him to read your entire post prior to jumping to step 7.
Thank you so much!
Absolutely Barry.
The money will come once everything else falls into place. There’s some work involved before thinking about joining the affiliate programs, but never forget the bigger picture of the rewards later down the track.
Happy for your to forward this post to your friend.
Thanks for dropping by Barry.