She Made $5M From Her Blog While Traveling the World On a Sailboat

Learn tips from a blogger whose made millions while traveling the world, save big on content, check out the best video marketing tools, and more...

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Our guest today on Niche Pursuits is a very special and inspiring guest.

Her name is Michelle Schroeder-Gardner and she started a personal finance blog to share tips on how she paid off $40,000 in student debt in 7 months.

She knew nothing about blogging - and even started her blog on Blogspot. She even admits in the interview that she still isn't too savvy with SEO and only gets around 20% of her traffic from it...

But following her strategy has made her a self-made millionaire!

Two years after starting her blog she was making around $10,000 a month. After 4 ½ years, she made $50,000 a month, and after 5 years, she earned $100,000 a month. Since she started, she has made more than $5 million.

Now she travels around the world with her family on a sailboat!

And today she's here to share all the great details about how she did it all!

She has some amazing monetization techniques absolutely plus:

  • What inspired her to get started
  • How she diversifies her income
  • Her strategies for growing her email list
  • How to craft a good email
  • How much time she spends on her blog at the moment
  • Michelle’s greatest accomplishment
  • Her favorite tools
  • The biggest mistake she’s made
  • Her advice for other entrepreneurs

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How A-Z Animals' Traffic Just Exploded Up To 6.9 Million Monthly Visitors

A-Z Animals is an online encyclopedia of animals covering wild animals, birds and fish as well as domestic pets like cats and dogs.

For years they were flat at around 1 million monthly visitors but they recently jumped up closing in on nearly 7 million. So let's take a look at what they're doing and what tips they can show us!

Learn more about A-Z Animals here!


39 [Mostly Free] Video Marketing Tools to Help You Grow Your Audience

Video is a compelling medium for many businesses, including niche and authority websites. To help with your video marketing efforts, it's critical to work with the best video marketing tools.

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How A Great Content Strategy Can Make You Money: 11 Do's And Don'ts

Did you know that studies show, businesses that blog receive 67% more leads per month than those that don’t? The benefits of a great content strategy are clear: more leads, lower costs, and better ROI.

But how do you create a content strategy that will make you money? Well in this article, we'll actually show you 11 ways for how you can do it!

Check out all of the ways here


The 11 Best IFTTT Alternatives That Will Help You Automate Your Life

Automation tools are great for saving time and energy, and they can help you get things done that you wouldn’t otherwise be able to do. One of the most popular automation tools is IFTTT which stands for “if this, then that”. It allows you to create simple tasks called “recipes” that automate your life.

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Being in Facebook jail can mean losing access to critical marketing tools, such as the ability to post updates or run ads. As a result, businesses need to avoid breaking the site's rules!

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Thanks for reading!

Spencer

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