Laura Peters is the owner and author of Mike & Laura Travel, a blog that helps travelers find unique destinations and travel experiences on a budget. She is also the CEO of Scale Your Travel Blog, a coaching program that helps travel bloggers start, grow, and scale their travel blog income. When she isn't writing blog posts about her favorite travel destinations, she is serving her audience through Scale Your Travel Blog and her live/virtual events, Travel Blogging Summit.
I Wrote 100+ Blog Posts Before I Learned This
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Brought to you by Travelpayouts Back in 2018, before I really knew how to make money from blogging, I wrote a post about our many trips to Moab, Utah. It was one of those super helpful posts, packed with details. I shared our favorite hikes, the hotel we stayed at, the car we rented, where we ate, and even a few things we wished we’d had time to do. The post did great. It started pulling in big traffic and for the first time, I thought: Maybe this is it. Maybe this blog could finally support us. At the time, I was working 50+ hours a week as an online English teacher. I actually enjoyed it, but I was totally burned out. All I wanted was freedom:
But… nothing came from that post. Not because people weren’t reading it. Not because it didn’t rank. But because none of the links were affiliate links. They were just regular hyperlinks. No tracking. No income. The post did very well, and it still made us $0. Later, when I finally understood how affiliate marketing actually worked, I had already written hundreds of posts. At that point, what I really needed was a magic wand... something that could go back and turn all those helpful links into affiliate links that could finally start earning me blogging income. The Affiliate Shortcut I Needed Years Ago​LinkSwitcher is a free tool from Travelpayouts that does exactly what I wished existed back then:
And yes, it works even if your links are:
If you use cloaked links (like Pretty Links), Travelpayouts’ support team can help you convert those too. And no, it doesn’t slow down your site (of course, I checked). How to Make Your Old Blog Posts Start Pulling Their WeightThe #1 thing I’ve been working on this year is getting more out of the content I’ve already created. I’ve been building funnels for key blog posts (more on that soon), using content flywheels to repurpose what’s already working, and most importantly… ...optimizing old posts for income. And one of the easiest ways to see instant ROI? ​Using LinkSwitcher.​ As I always say… You’ve already done the work. You might as well be rewarded for it. For example: Let’s say LinkSwitcher quietly converts just 20 of your existing links into affiliate links.
​ And let’s say each one earns you a modest $0.66 per day.
​ That adds up to $400/month in passive income…
From content you’ve already written. No new blog posts. No extra effort. Just smarter monetization. How To Get Started With LinkSwitcher1. Sign up for a free Travelpayouts account​ 2. In the left side menu, choose AI tools 3. At the bottom of the page, click the blue button that says “OK, I’m in →” 4. Choose “Continue” to turn on LinkSwitcher 5. Add the LinkSwitcher script to your site 6. That’s it. It’ll start converting and tracking your links right away. 🛑 Important: In order for LinkSwitcher to work properly, you do need to apply to and be accepted into the programs you're trying to switch links for. For example, if you’ve got a bunch of hotel links in your posts, you’ll want to apply to the Booking.com or Agoda program(s) within Travelpayouts first. Again, applying to and joining these programs is 100% free. Once you’re connected and LinkSwitcher is running, you’ll be able to log into your dashboard and see performance data like clicks, bookings, and earnings, from the content you’ve already created. Set this up today (or sometime this week). Future you will thank you!
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Laura Peters || Travel Blogging, Affiliate Marketing, Email Marketing
Laura Peters is the owner and author of Mike & Laura Travel, a blog that helps travelers find unique destinations and travel experiences on a budget. She is also the CEO of Scale Your Travel Blog, a coaching program that helps travel bloggers start, grow, and scale their travel blog income. When she isn't writing blog posts about her favorite travel destinations, she is serving her audience through Scale Your Travel Blog and her live/virtual events, Travel Blogging Summit.
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