How to Turn Your Passion for Traveling into a Profitable Business

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You probably have heard many stories about people who travel, blog or vlog about something and earn money. If you randomly post about everything, there are not many results you will get.

Instead, mix what you’re interested in with the particular niche and audience. The more specific you get, the easier it is to build your tribe.

In this episode, Alex Jimenez shares how to turn your passion for traveling into a profitable business.

She picked packing tips as a niche for her travel blog, and it turned out into a successful business.

You will know how Alex grew her blog audience in the beginning and what channels she uses nowadays to market her blog. Also, you’ll get tips on how to monetize your blog and what mistakes to avoid.

Originally from Los Angeles, Alex has been traveling around the world since 2008. Living out of a single carry-on suitcase, Alex’s nomadic lifestyle combined with her business background gives her a unique packing perspective which has propelled Travel Fashion Girl’s popularity enabling her to live as a digital nomad blogging on the road.

You will learn:

How Alex quickly grew her travel blog in the beginning
How to blog for people and then optimize for SEO
Why Travel Fashion Girl site succeed and how important it is to focus on the niche
How she uses a Facebook group to build the community and drive traffic to the blog
How to manage a Facebook group to keep it engaging
How Alex uses Facebook Live to grow her audience
How repurposing content helped her to grow her social media channels
When and how Alex started monetizing her blog
How she makes money out of her blog now
Why she doesn’t work with sponsors and when she has the exceptions
Why you shouldn’t do what everybody else is doing

Resources from this interview:

Learn more about Alex Jimenez on travelfashiongirl.com
Get tips on how to pack lighter on compassrosetravelaccessories.com
Follow Alex on Twitter, YouTube

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Marina Barayeva

Marina Barayeva is an international speaker and coach who helps women entrepreneurs become recognized experts and confidently sell their services. She is also a TEDx speaker, has presented to audiences in Asia and North America, and has been featured in such media as ArtPeople, CCTV, China Radio International, and others.