Hi everyone!
I’m “Suzy”, from the Case Study. Some of you may know me as Nancy D. Brown from the “What a Trip” blog.
As Trisha mentioned in our interview, we met on a press trip.
I distinctly remember her asking me about what keywords I wanted to rank for on my blog and I’m sure I looked [...]

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I promised you a video interview.
 
And dagnabbit I’m gonna’ give you folks a video interview, even if it’s not oscar-worthy.
 
At the last minute my camera operator/videographer could not go with [...]

 
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It’s been a long road, but we’ve finally reached the end of it.
“Suzy” and I met on a Media Trip in the spring of 2009, and over a couple [...]

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Last week we talked about how Suzy is tracking what people search for once they get to her travel blog (see “Suzy: Week 19 Goals-Tracking Your Site Searches“), and using [...]

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Last week we talked about how Suzy is tracking her site visitors behavior, and learning how to understand what the data means and how to use it.
This week we’re discussing [...]

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Last week we talked about how Suzy is considering writing an eBook or two as another source of revenue from her travel blog.
This week we’ve reached the [...]

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Last week we talked about how Suzy is starting to create her own Direct Advertising Agreements.
This week we’re discussing how she can write an eBook (or even [...]

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Last week we talked about Affiliate Advertising, and how Suzy has started placing relevant ads on her travel blog, which, as she builds significant site traffic, will start to earn her affiliate revenue.
This week we’ll discuss Direct Advertising [...]

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Last week we started digging into methods that Suzy can implement to earn some revenue from her travel blog, beginning with adding Google AdSense.
This week it’s all about Affiliate Programs – those ads that travel bloggers like Suzy [...]

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Last week we discussed a few methods that Suzy can use to encourage site visitors to sign up for her email subscriber list.
This week it’s time for Suzy to start taking steps to monetize her travel blog. [...]

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Last week we discussed the reasons why Suzy needs an email subscriber list, along with several popular options for adding an opt-in (sign-up) form to your travel blog and managing your list.
This week we’re discussing various methods [...]

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Last week we briefly summarized how Suzy can use Article Syndication to build credibility, become perceived as an expert in her travel niche, and increase inbound links to her site as her articles get reprinted across other sites.
This [...]