Does $10,000 within 6–10 months sound good to you?

Honestly, the idea of making $500,000 a year from blogging sounds pretty wild to me.

I’m not sure it’s even possible.

But then I came across Adam Enfroy, who claims you can do it if you follow his plan for starting a blog in 2024.

He says he made over a million dollars from January to October 2023, but he’s been blogging since 2019.

He outsources most of the work on his blog and only spends about 5 hours a month on it himself.

That’s why he shares a lot of his knowledge for free on YouTube.

Starting from Scratch with a Blog

So, what should you expect when you first start a blog?

Crickets. No one visiting. No money coming in.

It’s sad, but that’s just the reality.

And There You Are, Writing and Creating Content

You keep telling yourself, “Don’t give up!”

But then you spend another hour writing yet another blog post, and still, no one reads it.

It might not even show up on Google.

It starts to feel like a total waste of time.

That’s exactly what happened to me a few years ago while in campus.

I started a new blog full of excitement and passion for the topic. But every time I wrote a new post, my friends would give me that look.

“Are you wasting your time on that again?” they would ask. They would want to know how much money I was making, and when I finally made $1.24, they were not impressed.

Eventually, I started feeling guilty every time I worked on my blog.

Now, sadly, my blog is pretty much abandoned.

It was starting to get some visitors, but I stopped updating it… so, no one was reading it.

I actually let the domain name expire and now is owned by someone else. (I regret it )

Until Now! Here’s What I’m Going to Do

I’m going to follow the advice of successful bloggers who have a solid strategy.

I’ve already mentioned Sophia Lee, who’s done amazing things with her blog over the past five years, starting small and building it up year after year.

Here’s Adam’s Strategy In a Nutshell

Adam suggests finding a popular physical product that not many people are selling.

He gives the example of gas grills.

The idea is to write mostly helpful articles about the product (80%) and a few posts (20%) that encourage people to buy it.

Adam’s Focus

Adam says we should concentrate on making good content and getting other websites to link to our blog.

To get those links, he suggests doing keyword research.

He uses a tool called Ahrefs, which he thinks is the best, but it might be pricey.

We want to write for people, not just for search engines, so we’ll look for keywords that start with “how to” and “best.”

“How to” articles help people, and “best” shows us what people in our niche are looking for.

This Is How You Should Share Your Content

Adam is pretty picky about how you share your content.

He says to use unique pictures, even if they look a bit amateurish.

It’s better than using stock photos.

You don’t have to own the things you’re taking pictures of – you can snap them in stores (ask first!) or at a friend’s place.

Anyone can make a blog these days, so it’s important to show you’re the real deal, and using real pictures is a good way to do that.

Adam also has ideas about how to structure your headlines.

He uses the blog post title (the H1 tag) for the best keyword, and the sub-headers (H2 tags) for questions.

He also suggests using a table of contents, which you can easily add to your WordPress blog.

Make It Better

Always try your hardest when you write blog posts, but remember, you’ll get better over time.

What about your older posts?

The ones you write later will be much better.

You should go back and improve your old content.

Adam does this every six months, aiming to make each post just 1% better.

This could mean adding a few hundred words, updating the pictures, or sharing a new experience.

(Some bloggers even update the year in the headline.)

Don’t Just Do — Think

When you first start a blog and use AdSense, it’s tempting to put ads everywhere.

But that’s not Adam’s approach.

He thinks about the content and then decides if affiliate links or ads are better for each page.

He asks himself, “What do people want?”

If it’s general information, like recipes on a food blog, then ads are probably better. If it’s about a specific item, like a gas grill, then affiliate links make more sense.

For getting those affiliate links, Adam mainly uses Partnerstack and Impact.

Five Hours Work a Month Make Him More than $1 Mio a Year

Of course, Adam Enfroy has a team of writers now, but he started his blog just like you or me.

If he could do it, we can too!

You can start small if you want, just to see if blogging is something you enjoy.

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