This Travel Blogger Went From 0-$10k Per Month in 1 Year By Switching Her Blog's Strategy to SEO
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2024
- Would you like to take a blog from 0 to $10,000 per month in 1 year?
Me too 🤝.
And today's guest on the Niche Pursuits podcast is here to show how it's possible!
Nina Clapperton started a travel blog as a hobby which she'd been trying to grow with social media and Pinterest.
She did everything except SEO, but after 4 years, she had no traffic or income to show for it.
In 2021 she shifted her strategic focus to SEO, and everything changed.
She gave herself an ultimatum, did a content audit, and got to work.
Within 1 year, her site reached 100,000 monthly pageviews, earning an average monthly income of $10,000 - mostly from affiliate income.
And she dives into exactly how she did it, sharing tons of actionable tips and tactics you can use to grow your sites.
Great stuff like:
* How she builds high-quality links for free with the outreach and guest posting approach she's found to be most successful
* How she completed an internal linking strategy expected to take 1 month in only 3 days (hint: using Link Whisper)
* Her competitor analysis approach for finding topics
* And a whole lot more...
So definitely take notes and enjoy!
Topics Nina Clapperton Covers
* How she tried everything but SEO
* Her goal to get on MediaVine within 6 months
* What ultimatum she set for herself to stay motivated
* What got her into SEO
* The problems with relying on 'short-term' social media traffic for niche sites
* Why she's diversifying out into other niches
* Updating old non-optimized/monetized content
* How she found her niche within the broader travel niche
* Her content audit process and how deleting and de-indexing content helped
* The importance of staying inside the site's niche and covering a topic completely
* Determining what people want from the site based on the top posts
* Her competitive analysis approach
* How she goes beyond tools to find new opportunities
* Her publishing calendar
* How builds links without ever paying
* How she doubled her traffic in 2 months
* The importance of internal linking to her success
* How Link Whisper 'saved' her life
* Why anchor text is so important
* Using Reddit, Quora, Trip Advisor, etc., to find topics with little to no competition
* Her effective outreach and guest-posting approach
* A great Google search 'hack' for finding Mediavine sites in your niche
* Her revenue breakdown
* The huge difference between Canadian vs USA ad RPMs
* How she monetizes her email list
* Her affiliate auditing process
* Why she likes to test around 3 affiliate offers on a post
Links & Resources
* She Knows SEO - sheknowsseo.co/
* @NinaClapperton on Instagram - www.instagram....
* SEO for Travel Bloggers - / seofortravelbloggers
* Free Content Audit Guide & Checklist - sheknowsseo.co...
* Stupid Simple SEO - www.nichepursu...
* Keysearch - www.nichepursu...
This Episode is Sponsored by Link Whisper - www.nichepursu...
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I've used Nina's courses and they are fantastic. You (for real) see results, and pretty quickly! She really is an SEO expert.
Is it only for travel niche?
I'm a bit late, but just wanted to say that this is a great episode. Nina has a lot of knowledge and her story is definitely one of the most inspiring ones! Thanks for this episode.
Such a great episode! I've learned SOOOOOO MUCH from Nina these past few months of doing her courses and being in her Facebook community.
Congratulations Nina!! So proud and excited to see another female kicking butt in this space . You show up everyday and share your tips and knowledge with your community - this CZcams video is just a fraction of the tips she shares y’all! You are meant for big things ❤️❤️
Just sa your podcast before this lol. Keep up the good work Aisha
Thank you Aisha
@@sheknowsseo can you please tell me the SEO class you took? I really need to learn... thank you.
Love love love Nina! She has made a huge impact on me and my blog! This is a great video. Thanks!
Nina is AMAZING! I learned so much in this one hour. Please bring her back soon!
Really good tip to hear about the link building. Thanks
Always love Nina's story!! She consistently shares practical tips with her community and it's made such a huge difference with my own site.
Aw thank you so much
Loved this episode! Thanks Jared and the niche pursuits team for the quality guests! I’ve learnt so much from Nina by being in her courses and her membership. With any luck I’m about to have my first $500 month from affiliates and that’s pretty much thanks to Nina 🥰🥰
I love your channel!! I listen to it while working and also hope my parents overhear so they can see that this is indeed a valid career choice! Thanks for your helpful content and all you've taught us!
Woo hoo Nina! Loved this interview!
hi, Jared, where have you been? Very informative video, thanks for doing what you do. BTW, the blue background is great.
Summer is NOT the only Travel Season! :D
This interview is one of the best.
Thank you for this!
yeah, relatives are making fun and not being supportive until you see the success. It's funny because they should be the ones supporting.
Go girl!
Hey, I am new to blogging... Should backlinks point to specific blogposts? I thought i should point every backling just to my homepage. like... the main intropage to my brand. And suggestions? Great content ond the podcast!! Very interesting!
Hi Nina, Could you tell me were I can find the SEO course that you took?
Excited for this!
super helpful!
Really enjoyed this!
Great interview...nina
Wish you had time stamped this conversation
What do you think. In the ERA of AI when everyone has access to free AI tools to write content. Is it good idea to start with a niche blogging website?
I think so
The difference is you can now start 50
An authority site is probably a better long term strategy rather than a niche site
@@eal1 yeah but that would be waste of efforts if none rank :D
AI sometimes put wrong content... there are no shortcuts...its Hard work... i publish nearly every day an article (in german)...but epmv is Bad.. so i trie to translate my article and Publish in english... you must be willing to post 100 articles and get the time...
Hey are related Post links in or under an article as good as Text internal links in content? I try do Set 3 internal links from every Post and 3 to this New Post....but so sometimes its only possible as related Post link
yet another travel blogger selling systems to teach other bloggers how to make money travel blogging. does anyone make money blogging without selling a make money blogging course? Also she has almost the same system as another travel blogger that was on this show (Aisha Preece).. one of her sites even has a domain with "out and" in it. Maybe they know each other? 🤣 To top it off they both studied law.
I think you just saved me an hour.
100% lol should have read your comment before watching would have save me an hour
I separate my income report by sites. That's all made from my travel blog. I apologize if that wasn't clear in the interview. I make much more from my SEO business that I started post hitting my first $5k on this site.
You don't have to buy a blogging course to learn blogging, but if you do it's best to buy it from someone who's be successful at blogging. You see tons of CZcams videos that promote courses from scammers who don't even blog.
What's her travel blog site?
Did she say putting her dog in daycare was the game changer?
hello cheif, if you read this comment, pliz try to add time stamps, they help us a lot . thanks
Omg girl, stop it with the dog. You're really acting like life was hard because you have a freaking dog to take care of? I can't take her seriously because of that.
Facts! Totally agree 😂
dear,how excellent content.would you like a promo?,🎥
She put her dog into dog care... Why woman, why. ... 😮
so she is coming off as an expert SEO but she is an expert email affiliate marketer instead ?🤔
She makes 10k/month but wont upgrade drive and keep three drives?? She is lying. She is misleading people.
5.000 visitors per month, currently i would be happy for that... well i have a few hundred and i have been spending 2,5years no life coding Bitculator.(om... currently i am building a section for articles and a backend where i can drag/drop create articles and save templates... hope 2023 Q1/Q2 and 2024 will be better for me