The points and miles blog business model
May 2, 2018, 12:31 pm
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But a good hint is always the selling price of TPG's various houses, for a start.
May 2, 2018, 1:11 pm
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No. I am saying if you monetise hard you could do that. Ads are a fraction. Do not underestimate what you can get for direct ad sales though. People will pay to reach high earning business travellers. College card churners, not so much.
Nomadic Matt for eg now seems to make more money teaching people how to travel blog than he does from his actual blog.
Nomadic Matt for eg now seems to make more money teaching people how to travel blog than he does from his actual blog.
We just passed a million in revenue in a little over a year on our FBA side gig and I think all the time how much easier it would be to ‘sell the secret saice’ than deal with one more damn Chinese manufacturer...
May 2, 2018, 2:25 pm
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May 2, 2018, 6:13 pm
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Rene is making the claim that mid-low level travel bloggers are pulling in $100k. Correct me if I'm wrong here, but a low level blogger doesn't have a relationship with any credit card companies correct?
May 2, 2018, 6:33 pm
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There are those with direct relationships, those with indirect relationships, and those with no relationships.
May 2, 2018, 6:56 pm
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But there are other indirect programs I could work with if I wanted. I don't, but I could.
May 3, 2018, 3:44 am
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Correct. I cannot get links directly from the banks nor even from the larger affiliate programs. And there are a bunch of blogs that got booted from the BankRate program last week. Bankrate thinning the blogger herd today....who will survive....
But there are other indirect programs I could work with if I wanted. I don't, but I could.
But there are other indirect programs I could work with if I wanted. I don't, but I could.
May 3, 2018, 7:13 am
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Lol on the TPG's home prices as an indicator.
May 3, 2018, 12:42 pm
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Brian was working for a big finance firm, granted, in recruiting not in the business area, for years before. Given where he went to school he likely didn't have a lot of student debt, and given what his expenses were at the time when he was starting the blog (sharing an apartment in brooklyn and not living the high roller lifestyle), he likely had substantial savings before the conversion of his site to a financial advertisement product.
May 3, 2018, 5:26 pm
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May 11, 2019, 7:56 pm
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May 11, 2019, 11:12 pm
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Considering Randy always says he has no input on the content of blogs and BA is just a vessel, that seems odd.
Of course, if one has original content they would be able to blog without BA. They might not get as many affiliate links but that is a choice a blogger makes. Making money off of selling credit cards is not an inherent part of blogging.
Of course, if one has original content they would be able to blog without BA. They might not get as many affiliate links but that is a choice a blogger makes. Making money off of selling credit cards is not an inherent part of blogging.