The following YouTube.com video is compliments of Jeff Rose, founder of GoodFinancialCents.com, now a "side hustle millionaire" who started stuck on stupid about money and affiliate marketing back in the early 2000's before achieving "side hustle blogging millionaire" status along with Jim Wang, founder of WalletHacks.com and another [side hustle blogging millionaire].
Quora.com question form a site user: How soon can I make money from my travel blog?
Truthful answer: Travel blogging success takes a while to achieve. Why? You’re probably one of those new people just getting into “side hustle travel blogging.” Blogging about the topic of travel is highly searched in Bing.com, Google.com and YaHoO.com. That’s a good thing. As an aspiring “travel blogging side hustler,” your travel blog has the potential to rank high in major search engine results pages without shelling out one dime in advertising costs. But you won’t get there overnight. Quality written content on a daily basis at least Monday through Friday and deploying a blog content marketing strategy known as “Evergreen blogging” will help you rank higher than your competitors in search engine results pages and help you to get closer to the potential of achieving “side hustle millionaire” travel blogging status in as little as three years. But you have to be dedicated to creating consistent [Evergreen blog content].
In case you don’t know what Evergreen content is, it’s a process of producing quality written content in excess of 1500 words or more. Evergreen content is basically considered as how-to articles, list posts, and ways to solve certain things. Those types of content known as Evergreen content never get expired and earn residual traffic from search engines and social networks years to come. Why? Because people are always looking for advice from others how to do something. And if you offer helpful travel tips on your blog such as “how to save money booking airline tickets or hotel rooms,” you can create a separate category for that on your WordPress blog. This way, search engines will better understand the content of your blog and potentially rank you higher than your travel blogging competitors.
If your travel blog is producing fresh content Monday through Friday in excess of 1500 words or more for three years, you could potentially look forward to making good money from your travel blog from Google AdSense and affiliate programs in as little as 6 to 9 months. But mind you, you have to be consistent with your “Evergreen blog content marketing,” because getting traffic to your travel blog takes time. This line of work known as side hustling-freelancing-affiliate marketing is not a get rich quick overnight operation. If you want traffic for years to come to your blog, write “lots and lots of content,” and learn some patience in the process. If you stay consistent with your travel blogging, you can potentially become a "side hustle travel blogging millionaire” in under five years. But it must be something you want to achieve. This line of work has to be something you want to do because you won’t earn $ gUaP $ for a very long time. If you’re one of those people that look to have your instinct gratification needs met “with no delay,” this is not the line of work for you to “get financially organized.”