Hi! I have been a long-time lurker of this forum but I have never joined the community so I guess it was about time.
As many of those who are here, I want to change my lifestyle and quick my job so I decided to start a new travel blog and push me hard to reach $5k per month and quick my job.
In 2019 I created my first travel blog, wrote 10 articles and sold it on March 2021 for $300 when the pandemic hit. At that time it was huge for me, my first online money! so I decided to keep the momentum going and start a new one in a different niche (renters advice)
The first site really took off, I created 15 articles, and never touched it again, however the site managed to get +25,000 visitors per month during its peak time and earn around $215. Last September I started to see some traffic decrease and I really needed the cash for my personal live so I sold it for $7.000 which again was HUGE FOR ME. I couldn't belive I was able to cash that amount of money with something that took me so little effort.
Why did I choose such an over-saturated niche? well, I am ready to put the commitment but I need to be realistic about it, I won't tolerate spending hours and hours of my day writing in another language about something that I don't give a shit about, so I think it is better to choose something that I am passionate about even though it will take me more time to succeed with it.
I know it will be a challenge but my past experience showed me that I am actually not that bad with keyword research and understanding if and how can I outrank my competition so lets see if I can replicate that success again or not!
I will focus on trying to write and rank as many posts as I can in the beginning but once I am seeing some traction I will move forward Instagram Reels, TikTok, and Facebook. Overall the 2023 strategy should look like this:
As many of those who are here, I want to change my lifestyle and quick my job so I decided to start a new travel blog and push me hard to reach $5k per month and quick my job.
About me and my past projects
I know, I know, the first thing that you are wondering is how the hell $5k per month is such a huge milestone for me enough to quick my job. Basically, I am from the best country in the world but the bad thing about the best country in the world is that we can't be winners al the time so our economy is shit. I am actually lucky enough to earn $1.7k per month (which is huge here, trust me) so $5k is a great start to resign the stability of my full time job and level up a little bit my current lifestyle.In 2019 I created my first travel blog, wrote 10 articles and sold it on March 2021 for $300 when the pandemic hit. At that time it was huge for me, my first online money! so I decided to keep the momentum going and start a new one in a different niche (renters advice)
The first site really took off, I created 15 articles, and never touched it again, however the site managed to get +25,000 visitors per month during its peak time and earn around $215. Last September I started to see some traffic decrease and I really needed the cash for my personal live so I sold it for $7.000 which again was HUGE FOR ME. I couldn't belive I was able to cash that amount of money with something that took me so little effort.
Why a travel site
After seeing how much money I made with some little time invested I decided it was time to really put myself to work and dedicate hours and hours to really change my life through niche websites.Why did I choose such an over-saturated niche? well, I am ready to put the commitment but I need to be realistic about it, I won't tolerate spending hours and hours of my day writing in another language about something that I don't give a shit about, so I think it is better to choose something that I am passionate about even though it will take me more time to succeed with it.
I know it will be a challenge but my past experience showed me that I am actually not that bad with keyword research and understanding if and how can I outrank my competition so lets see if I can replicate that success again or not!
The strategy
I think that the future of niche websites is outside Google. Yes, Google is still our lord and master but with all the AI buzz around I really think that people will need to start putting more and more effort into diversifying their traffic.I will focus on trying to write and rank as many posts as I can in the beginning but once I am seeing some traction I will move forward Instagram Reels, TikTok, and Facebook. Overall the 2023 strategy should look like this:
- Next 3 months: write and post +30 posts (I will be traveling for a month during June-July so I have to be realistic about this number), create 1 Youtube video to complement the post that is performing the best (this will be done at the end of the month)
- Aug-Sept-Oct: write at least 40 posts, and add one lead magnet and 1 youtube video to the best-performing post
- Oct-Nov-Dec: let the first 70 posts sink (ok, maybe write 12 more posts) and focus on TikTok and Reels (same content at least for the start). Create a lead magnet or use the existing one to get emails from these social media accounts
- 2024: In an ideal world the social media accounts should be getting me mail subscribers who I will monetize through a newsletter (paid spaces and affiliate links) and will drive traffic to the site that will also be monetized by ads. Let's cross fingers that this will work and that by January 2023 I will be earning at least enough money to outsource more articles and keep the social accounts alive.
