10 Days of August Earned $1103 – Travel Niche Rocks
August 13, 2009 by Chris
Filed under Adsense Earnings, Kontera Earnings
After Successful completion of July month, August month has started really well for both Travel websites which i had started before 4 to 5 months. Both the websites made $1103 in last 10 days using Kontera & Adsense. I am very much excited looking at the performance of these websites.
In Just 10 days both the websites made around Half million Impressions according to Google & Kontera which indicates that websites are moving up and up in search Engines, which is again awesome news for these websites. Optimization always plays vital role for any website in order to start making money online.
I would like to invite readers to come up with their questions related to how to make money using Intext Advertising, I will try and cover all important aspects from my end.
Stay tuned for more more updates related to intext advertising & making money online.
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It’s easy to see why so many of my friends are currently spending all their time on different travel niches. Personally I’ve never tried it but since there are so many undiscovered places I’m guessing it’s just a matter of time for me.
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Chris Reply:
August 14th, 2009 at 1:38 am
Stefan : You must try Travel niche once in order to get a taste of it & after that you will keep planning new Travel website every month. As far as Places selection is concerned if you need my help feel free to ask buddy. I can give you support for Selecting website place and how to organize your content in order to give optimum exposure to the website. It’s all about how well you can plan Professionally and Implement the same in timely manner.
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Hi,i really like your blog,i must say that i also have “Make Money Online so i have a proposal if you are
please submit yours if interested.
interested we can exchange blogroll or in post links?
Here is my anchor text “Make Money Online”
Thanks
Ervin
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I love to see how you earn from a travel niche site. Chris, can you recommend me a place that I can write about and get more exposure to the site (as what you offered to Stefan on the above comment?
). If you don’t mind, can you send me an email about these?
Thank you first Chris!
Regards,
Lee
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Chris Reply:
August 14th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
Lee : If you can put in sincere efforts you can also earning like me my friend. As my schedule is little busy these days so Email would not be possible. In case if you wish to get an Idea of how can you proceed ahead you can reply to my comment and i would be more the Glad to guide you through 2-3 places and also can make you understand how can you go about building up Travel website
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It’s okay Chris, then we can discuss more about that over here instead of using email. So I just wait for your reply about the guide over here? I do hope to create a travel website that can get tons of traffic too in just few months.
Awaiting for your reply Chris.
Regards,
Lee
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Chris Reply:
August 14th, 2009 at 11:11 pm
Lee : Appreciate your quick response. This kind of communication will also benefit other readers as to how they can start Travel website & make money using In-text advertising networks. As far as selecting place is concerned you have wide variety of options like Africa, Asia, Australia, European Places, NewZeland, Costa Rica, Kenya, Frankfurt, Maldives, Peru, Dubai. I can tell with 100% assurance that you can pick up any of them blindly as i have done extensive research on all of those as to how frequently they are being searched on Internet. Lastly i would like to request you to post your decision as soon as you are done selecting the place, once i will get your feedback i will guide you how can you move ahead from that point.
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Its awesome Chris…Thanks for sharing with us.. From the places you have given above, are you just concentrating on a single place or all of them…?
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Chris Reply:
August 16th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
ComputeLive : At this point of time i am concentrating on around 45 places across the world which is being searched atleast 5k times across the internet on Daily basis. Also i am doing some additional research on the Places across Europe which i being searched very frequently.
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Hi,
Thanks for article. Everytime like to read you.
Elcoj
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At this rate you should make over $3k this month. Great man, keep up the good work.
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Chris Reply:
August 16th, 2009 at 9:33 pm
Deneil : I am hoping for that buddy. Let’s see how far i can reach with these 2 Travel websites.
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I wish just one of my website would put out like that. Greg Ellison
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Thank you very much Chris for the guidance! Between, do I need to have lot of ideas and information about the place that I pick? I’m from Malaysia, how do you think Chris?
Regards,
Lee
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Chris Reply:
August 16th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Lee : As far as Malaysia is concerned, I have not done much research on it so if you decide to go with that i got to do some research and come back to you buddy. However I would like to make you aware with the fact that you do not have to have lot of ideas and information about the place which you will pick. So kindly give a though and let me know your final decision in order take this conversation to next level.
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great . look like you success with contera
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looking really good! I have to check my old travel sites.. to spice them up.. both 1 + year old.. never worked on it
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I am so much interested in Travel niche and have a media network consisting of 150 websites and i think travel,tech and auto are some of the best niches to invest.if you would like to exchange blog roll i think both of us benifit a lot as bloggin is alos geting connected socially.i think we have a common goal and a vsion.
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Chris Reply:
August 17th, 2009 at 6:32 am
raykan : 150 Websites Travel network
Seems huge to me my friend. I agree to your thoughts of investment in specific Niches. I would be more then glad to do Link Exchange with your Blogs & Websites. You can send Email with your network websites to chris@bloggingwithchris.com
Yes you are very much correct that we have a common Goal & Vision. At this point i have only 10 to 15 Travel websites on which i am working and trying to make them HUGE. I also had a look at your maldiveshoneymoonvacation Blog but i found that it’s not updated since almost 2 months ?? What’s the deal Bro ??
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I am often asked to write something about travelling compagny in pay per post site… so now I understand how good the travel site are worth trying… just wondering if I need a dot com or a free blog will be enought… what do you think?
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Chris Reply:
August 17th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Benjamin : Travel websites & Blogs are definitely worth trying buddy. Well if you can go for .com Domain would be awesome, In case if you are not in a situation to do that Free also will work to begin with. But mind my words it got to start from some where my friend, otherwise you will keep planning and planning ..lol
Recently i have started training 2 guys how to make money online using Travel website & Intext networks, I must say they are doing awesome
So when ever you need my support feel free to get in touch with me and i will get you going from that point.
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That’s quite handsome buddy… AdSense income has been steadily dropping on my blog but now I am moving towards affiliate/referral path. Which is this particular blog you are talking about? Just curious to look into the same in terms of AdSense placement and traffic…
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Chris Reply:
August 18th, 2009 at 5:23 am
Thanks Ajith. There are various reasons behind dropping of Adsense income on your blog, If you will do analysis you will come to know what exactly went wrong. As far as Affiliate industry is concerned it is becoming more and more competitive so do not forget to do your homework before you JUMP my friend. As far as my Website is concerned i can not show you my friend
as it’s my bread and butter. If you want i can give you ideas how to build that kind of Website. Feel free to let me know if you need any additional support from my end.
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Sorry for the late reply Chris as I just came back from my convocation yesterday. Since I’m living in Malaysia, I think writing about Malaysia will be better comparing to other countries, or do you have any idea?
Please guide me for next steps Chris, thank you very much chris!
Regards,
Lee
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Chris Reply:
August 19th, 2009 at 7:21 am
Lee : No worries buddy. Kindly do not be sorry for such a small thing. I can understand as you live in Malaysia you would prefer to get along with something known to you, that is fair also. So let me go with your FINAL decision of selecting Malaysia to start with Kontera Venture
First of all i would like to give you all the very best for that and i am sure you will also become successful like me for In-text advertising. As far as development of the website is concerned first of all i would like to request you to BOOK fresh Domain & if you have some flexibility of budget select OLD domain which can make big difference when your site will be in Optimization phase. Once domain buying done you got to Plan design & Content for the website. Topics like How to Reach, Resources, Hotel Booking Options, Flight Booking Options, Car Rentals, Restaurants in Malaysia, Country History, Museums, Culture, Traditional Events, Sports, Exhibitions, Train Route, Buses Route, MAP Of Malaysia, Tourist Places topic will include all Famous places in Malaysia one by one, Famous Games, Famous Food, Famous Events, Famous Entertainment Places, Transportation in Malaysia, Flights to & from Malaysia, Finally do not forget to plan Professional about us page which will give your AIM behind developing such a informative site. I guess that should be all for now once you go through what i have requested you to do, If you have any doubts or you need further clarifications feel free to touch base with me.
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Wow! Impressive adsense earnings! Can you advise me on the things that you do to optimize your ranking in SERP? I think I’m posting quality articles but my readership base is not yet that big. I’ve been blogging for 9 months now.
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Tyrone : Well along with following Google webmaster TOOL i do Quality link building in order to optimize my ranking in SERP. There are ways of increasing readership base which includes giving exposure to your blog via Social Media. If you can let me know what is the current traffic on your Blog i can suggest you few things which will surely increase traffic and readership base in coming future.
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Wow..that’s pretty cool. Hope I can also earn that amount of money in just no time. :_)
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Amyrhiz : If you will work with Planning you can also start earning same level of money using Kontera In-Text Advertising
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I’m getting more and more interested in this since I also make most of my income through different niche sites. Where does you traffic come from? Google? How do you get backlinks then? I’m guessing you are not going viral, so it have to be manually?
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Chris Reply:
August 20th, 2009 at 7:33 am
Stefan : Thanks for Interest buddy. I will try and make sure that your interest in this In-Text advertising keeps on Increasing. Kindly let me know if you need any kind of support from my end in order to get this going buddy. I am very much happy to know that you are also making money from various niche sites. 90% of my traffic comes from Search Engines & about 10% from Social Media Networks. Well as far as back links are concerned i follow Google guideline for building back links. Most of my links are one way & related to travel niche, as and when need arise i go for 3 way linking.
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Looking good there, Chris! Are you planning on exploring any other niches in future?
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Chris Reply:
August 23rd, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Jacques : Since past 3 months i am already exploring High paying niches like Finance, Debt, Loan, Insurance, Health, Tech any few more. At this point of time i am so damn busy with Travel that i am able to give only 4 hours of my time to these niches on daily basis. So far i have launched 1 blog on Finance, Health & Tech each, around 400 odd visitors have started coming on them
Once it will reach 1000 i will implement Adsense & Kontera, after that i will share my experience with you buddy 
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That’s truly inspiring. This is the first post that i am reading on your blog. I am sure to spend the next 30 minutes here. Keep up the good work
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Oh…so intelligent people over here…I read everything from scratch and its really informative friends..I like discussion between Chris, Lee and Stefan…I understood lots of from your all conversion.
Chris, I would like to request you one thing…why you don’t post your techniques over here which you apply on your blogs/sites…I read on many webmaster’s blogs that they provide full info…let’s say example like www[dot]jimkarter[dot]com/2008-07-07-case-study-chemotherapy-site-follow-up-3.html
Hope we will see more info from you..
Thanks and Best of Luck..!
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Chris Reply:
September 1st, 2009 at 4:02 am
Hardip Patel : What kind of techniques are you referring to buddy ??? As far as the skills behind generating this kind of $$ are concerned we all have that inside all of us. Now the catch is one has to get those skills out with great determination and strong professional attitude. In case if you really think that you got to know some skills you can ask me questions and i would be more then glad to answer all of them.
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Well, I don’t have so much knowledge to earn online money through blogging…I am on primary stage so ofcourse I would like to know further details..Sorry If I tell you any misbehave question.
I meant to say that when you go to start a blog/site then what you think at the first level….As you have already mentioned that you think for place so what would be your next step once you choose place and domain. Very secret question
From where you are getting contents/articles or you are writing yourself? What is your next plan..etc..etc..
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Chris, sorry for the late reply and you know I was busy with my new Thesis them customization. I’ve read your tutorial in the above comment, I’ll see what I can do with that.
Thanks for your guidance Chris! I appreciate it!
Regards,
Lee
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Lee : No worries bro
Don’t be sorry for such a small thing my friend. Let me know when you go ahead and implement the tips which i have given you from my end. After i will guide you ahead towards optimization process & Finally will tell you when can you apply for kontera and start making $$$ 
Btw I checked out your blog and looking real cool
Congoooo for your new blog 
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Lee Ka Hoong Reply:
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:28 am
Hey Chris, I’ve shooted you an email asking about the travel site. I hope you don’t mind to help me out! Catch up there!
Thanks,
Lee
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Chris Reply:
October 2nd, 2009 at 1:44 am
Lee : Appreciate your interest in order to know my Travel sites & Blogs
I would be more then glad to show you the one which i will be launching soon with Kontera 
I have not yet received any Email, looking forward to it as soon as i get it.
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Lee Ka Hoong Reply:
October 2nd, 2009 at 9:48 am
Chris you didn’t receive my email? Oh too bad, I wrote it in long paragraph, I sent by using your contact form. Please check again and let me know Chris, or else I need to re-write the long email. =.=”
Unbelievable, I’ve started a travel website on Cape Town, South Africa 9 months ago so far i only made $20 in 9 months. I would love some advice.
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Chris Reply:
September 7th, 2009 at 3:31 am
Wouter : I had a close look Cape Town Travel guide which you have developed before 9 months. There are few important factors why your website is not making money. To begin with your website has very few quality back links from google at this point time, which may be one of the most important reason that you are not getting much traffic from Google. Can you tell me how many unique visitors are coming on the website daily ?? What is the main source of traffic on your website ?? I have also noticed one more important thing that Adsense ads are not blended in correct why which might be one of the major reason why you are not making much money. Till now you have not implemented kontera on it at all. I would like to suggest you to hook your site up with kontera & see the results. Let me know if you need any additional support from my end. Bye for now and have a great day ahead.
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Wouter Reply:
September 7th, 2009 at 4:05 am
Chris: Thank you for taking the time to visit my site, sadly my site only attracts 10 – 20 unique visitors per day all coming from search engines. My main aim with the site was to earn commission on accommodation bookings, but haven’t had a single booking during the past 9 months. I’ve never even thought about implementing kontera, but as per your advice i’ll be adding it later today. As you have mentioned my main problem is traffic which proves to be difficult. Thank you for your advice and once again for your valuable time. My goal is $1.5k pm – thus will allow me to work at home. I live in South Africa and the dollar / rand exchange rate favors me. Converting $’s to South African rand is great
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Wouter : You are most welcome my friend
I am shocked to know that your website is getting on 10 to 20 unique visitors a day and you have already hooked up your website with Google Adsense. Can you tell me what is the exact reason behind doing this my friend ?? Well there are lots of reason why your website haven’t had a single booking in last 9 months. One of the most Important drawback i see at this point of time is Traffic which is killing you sales as well as you online income Wouter. At this point of time do not put kontera on your website as traffic damn less and it will not give you any results. I will be able to get you to $1.5k in 3 to 4 months of time provided you follow what i say. Do let me know your thoughts in order to take this conversation to next level. Bye for now and have a great day ahead my friend.
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Wouter Reply:
September 7th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Chris: I’ve added Adsense because their was absolutely no income and i have to pay hosting fees, maybe it was just frustration
If you are able to help me i would appreciate, i have spend a lot of time working on the site and i’m prepared to continue to do so. What do you require from me? Enjoy your day and thank you.
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Chris Reply:
September 8th, 2009 at 12:50 am
Wouter : I would like to make aware with the fact that this online Money game is the eal of patience my friend. So at any given point of time if you are frustrated just imagine that you have lost the game there and there. So adding up adsense out frustration is not the right move at all my friend. When i started my first website way back in 2008 end, at one point i also had similar situation but i never lost my patience and that’s the reason these travel wesites are making almost $3k every month from adsense & kontera.
Surely i would be more then glad to support in order to earn money from your website. I would like to understand what are you doing these with the working of website like seo, designing, content etc etc from your end. In order for me to take over things, you got to support me in what i say so i guess you need to make up your mind and let me know your final decision after which i will tell how to go about it buddy
Just keep one thing in mind that your website is capable of making atleast $1.5k in around 120 days, that’s what i can assure you after doing research on your niche.
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Wouter Reply:
September 8th, 2009 at 1:21 am
Chris
I realise that it’s a patience game, i haven’t given up on the site, that’s why i came to your blog to get this site to turn to profit. I’m a software developer for a travel company and all accommodation listings are pulled from the accommodation establishment’s reservation management software system (developed by the company i work for). As we sign up new clients to use our software – their data are pulled automatically via a web service to my website – in that way i’m adding new content. I’m in the process of adding more static content to the site and as for seo i’m building links slowly and experimenting with different keywords.
I don’t quite know what kind of deal you had in mind with regards to the site but i definitely need your support and will follow your advice to the point. I’m in! just let me know what you had in mind, and what will be the next step and what do you require from me. Thank you.
Wouter : I am very much glad to know that you haven’t given up on the site at this point of time and trying your level best to get this going. I would like to thank you for taking keen interest as far as making money through In-text advertising is concerned. I am very much sure i will be able to hook you up as soon as possible. It’s just matter of time and attitude towards any work. At this point of time i would like to request you sincerely to remove Kontera from the website since it will not give you any benifit with 20 to 25 unique visitors on daily basis. Kindly confirm the same once it’s done.
I am amazed to know that you are software developer for a travel company. In order to make long story story short send me an Email in brief about what we have discussed so far chris {@} Bloggingwithchris.com & from there i will take this up. For now we will stop this communication in Public and will communicate via Emails in order to take this conversation to next level.
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Please share the url of your travel blog.
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Chris Reply:
September 17th, 2009 at 1:43 am
Hi Buddy
If you will read all my previous articles you will come to know that those are not blogs but the websites. Also i have mentioned many a times that since these websites are my bread and butter i will not be able to share anything in public, i am sure you will understand from my point of view and thanks a ton for your understanding in advance, I appreciate your willingness to learn what i am doing at this point of time. There are various other ways using which you can learn what i am doing and please feel free to ask me, I would be more the Glad to assist you in all the ways i can.
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Wow, as a beginner in internet marketing, I am really amazed by your earnings. I wish I can achieved that kind of success within this year. My biggest problem is getting enough good backlinks to rank for my site. Any hints? Thanks.
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Fantastic! Now I dying to start a travel niche!
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