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How This Blogger Makes $10k/month Traveling in China

Jun 12, 2024

Travel blogger Robert Schrader shares his journey of creating successful niche websites in China, making $10k/month. He discusses his blogging strategies, unique monetization techniques, and productivity hacks. Robert emphasizes the importance of valuable content creation over strict SEO guidelines and managing multiple niche sites effectively.

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Robert Schrader

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Quick takeaways

Success in blogging involves finding profitable niches and adapting strategies over time.

Content creation should focus on engaging writing and capitalizing on personal interests.

Manage multiple niche websites for stable income by balancing productivity and creativity.

Deep dives

Starting a Niche Website Journey

The speaker shares their 15-year journey in niche website creation, highlighting the fun and challenges faced in finding a niche, motivating and guiding aspiring entrepreneurs, and discussing the multi-faceted skills required in blogging such as writing, photography, SEO, and web design. They reflect on starting a website to chronicle their life in Shanghai, its evolution into a monetized platform, and achieving success with half a million monthly page views.

Intro

2min

From Teaching English to Successful Content Creation: Embracing Unforeseen Paths

5min

Evolution of a Travel Blogger's Monetization Journey

24min

Strategic Blog Content Creation and SEO Approach

3min

Content Creation Strategy and Unique Voice in Travel Blogging

2min

Managing Multiple Travel Blogs and Niche Content Creation

18min

Reflection on a Blogger's Career and Social Media Presence

3min

What do you do when the job market looks bleak and you’re tired of waiting tables? You move to China!

Well, that’s what Robert Schrader did. He set off on a giant adventure that would eventually lead him to create 4 successful websites earning more than $10k per month.

After being in the business for 15 years, Robert has a wealth of experience to draw on and offers a unique perspective. In this interview, he shares his blogging strategies and philosophies, some clever monetization techniques, and much more.

He begins by offering a great overview of how he got started traveling and writing travel-related content, and how he came to create his very first site, Leave Your Daily Hell, back in 2009, although it was not a travel blog at that time.

He talks about his fortuitous participation in a blogging contest that helped him realize the business potential of blogging, and his unconventional route to monetization.

Robert initially resisted niching down but eventually took the plunge. It’s a good thing he did, because his first niche site, Japan Starts Here, is currently his most profitable venture.

He has a unique approach to content that he talks about, even sharing the exact formula he uses for his articles along with his anti-keyword research strategy.

Robert talks about his reasons for starting his two other niche sites, Thailand Starts Here and Taiwan Starts Here, and reveals some of his productivity hacks for managing 4 different sites.

He shares his strategy for planning his trips as well as his thoughts on updating content.

Robert has a somewhat unconventional philosophy when it comes to blogging, and this interview will absolutely provide some great food for thought.

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