💡 Travel Blogging Tip of the Week 💡 How Stephanie Turned Flipboard Into 60,000 Monthly Sessions When an algorithm update hits, whether it’s Google, Pinterest, Facebook, or anywhere else, it can feel like someone just pulled the rug out from under your blog.. ..and more importantly your income. And with so many bloggers relying on their blog income to support their lives, it’s crucial to remember how much control these platforms really have. Aside from starting and growing your email list...
about 1 month ago • 7 min read
💡 Travel Blogging Tip of the Week 💡 The Blogging Mistake I Made in Q4(Learn From My Mistakes) Brought to you by Travelpayouts 2019 was the first year where blogging finally “clicked” for me. Traffic was climbing fast, my income replaced my English-teaching salary, and I remember thinking, “Okay… I can actually do this.” July was incredible. August was solid. September dipped a little, but nothing alarming. Then Q4 hit. And my traffic absolutely tanked. Logically, I should have known that...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
💡 Travel Blogging Tip of the Week 💡 The One Blogging Strategy No One Talks About And How It Made Me $200+ With a 10-Minute Video A few years ago, my sister was planning a trip and scrolling through Google looking at pictures of French Polynesia. She stopped, zoomed in on a thumbnail, and screamed: “Wait… is that YOU, Laura??” And sure enough, it was a photo from one of my old Mo'orea blog posts. Then she asked the question every blogger hears at some point: “So if I click on your blog post…...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
💡 Travel Blogging Success Stories 💡 4 Blogging Success Stories You’ll Actually Relate To(And Why 2026 Is NOT "Too Late" To Start Your Blog) When I first started blogging, it was just for fun. I went on an epic backpacking trip in Europe with a good friend, and from that moment forward, I *knew* life wasn't what everyone was trying to convince me it was. After blogging as a hobby for a few months, I quickly realized that bloggers were making money doing this. And I'm the kind of person that...
about 2 months ago • 6 min read
Hey! I still laugh thinking about this one time when Mike and I were coming back from French Polynesia. We’d been there for a month — part work, part adventure — and got stuck in the customs line at LAX. When it was finally our turn, the immigration officer looked at our passports and said, “French Polynesia for a month? What were you doing there?” “We’re travel bloggers,” I said. “We were researching for our blog.” He raised an eyebrow. “What’s your blog?” *Which one?* I thought to myself.....
3 months ago • 5 min read
💡 Travel Blogging Tip of the Week 💡 How Kristine Turned Her Love for Italy Into a Service-Based Blog Business Blogging success stories are my absolute favorite. Because they show what's possible for all of us. But when most people think of succeeding as a travel blogger and making money, they typically think about display ads (like Mediavine or Raptive) or affiliate marketing. And don't get me wrong.. Those are great ways to earn money from your blog. But one blogger in our Scale Your Travel...
3 months ago • 4 min read
💡 Travel Blogging Tip of the Week 💡 How One Blogger Grew to 160,000 Pageviews (and Replaced Her Teaching Income With Blogging) When I first met Kristin, she was teaching in a classroom full-time and completely exhausted. Fast forward just two years, and after joining Scale Your Travel Blog, her main blog, Tiny Footsteps Travel, now gets over 160,000 monthly pageviews and earns her a six-figure income. She’s fully replaced her teaching salary and built a business that gives her freedom and...
3 months ago • 4 min read
💡 Travel Blogging Tip of the Week 💡 How One Blogger Turned a Quirky Day Trip Into a Paid Service I used to say that bloggers were some of the most creative professionals in the world. And while it’s true that we’re scrappy and tenacious, I’ve noticed many bloggers have gotten comfortable sticking to the same three income streams: ads, affiliates, and sponsorships. But the truth is, we have the entire world at our fingertips. We can create products, services, or experiences in any shape or...
4 months ago • 4 min read
💡 Travel Blogging Tip of the Week 💡 How Small Adjustments Helped Me Double My Affiliate Income In 30 Days Brought to you by Travelpayouts If you’ve been blogging for a while, you probably remember when Mediavine launched their RPM Challenge. Basically, it was a simple checklist that showed you exactly how to squeeze more money out of the display ads already running on your blog. Bloggers who thought they were earning “decent” ad income suddenly saw their RPMs shoot up by making small tweaks...
4 months ago • 3 min read