I'm John Crestani. I'm an affiliate marketer, and for the last four years, I've been running a seven-figure business, but I got my start with blogging. Now, in this video, I'm gonna show you how I was consistently making $20,000 commissions every single month from my little blog, and I'm gonna walk you through how you can as well. Let's get it.
Blogging is one of the simplest ways to earn an income online and get in front of people. Google is serving you up on a golden platter specific people that are googling specific search terms in their engine, and you can get in front of them simply by writing a blog post.
There are two ways to go about making money online with blogs—obviously, there are a lot of business models you could be selling consulting, e-commerce, affiliate marketing. I teach affiliate marketing, that's what I do. But, I'm gonna focus just on getting traffic to your blog, okay?
Now, the first approach is you could go after broad terms such as best baby diapers or really untargeted terms where people are looking for a selection of items, and this approach I found is very hard if you're just starting out. There are a lot of websites out there who have a lot of authority; there's baby lists, there's Lucy's list, there's all these mom websites that have been around for 10 years or more, and they have these big keywords really nailed down.
The way to make money, and the way I got started making money online with blogging, was in 2012, and that was using very targeted terms, buyer's words. So before I jump on my computer and show you the examples of a website that I used and the terms I was going after, I need to first explain intent to you, the concept of keyword intent.
Q: What is the title of the first section?
A: Introduction to Making Money through Blogging
Q: Who is the speaker mentioned in the first section?
A: John Crestani
Q: How much was the speaker making in commissions every month?
A: $20,000
Q: What is highlighted as a simple way to earn income online in the second section?
A: Blogging
Q: What is the speaker's primary focus when it comes to making money in the third section?
A: Affiliate Marketing
Q: What approach does the speaker suggest for getting traffic to your blog?
A: Focusing on getting traffic to your blog
Q: In the fourth section, what type of terms does the speaker say are very hard to target when starting out?
A: Broad terms or untargeted terms
Q: What strategy did the speaker use to make money online in blogging in 2012?
A: Using targeted buyer's words