Make Money Travel Blogging w/ Jessie on a Journey

Take better travel photos on every trip 📸😍

When it comes to travel photography, the difference between coming home with pro-level shots and a memory card full of misses isn't your camera.

It's your planning. ✍️

To help, I had adventure travel photographer Alexandra Lauren on The Profitable Travel Blogger Podcast to break down how to make a trip photography plan — so you always come home with photos you're excited to share and print. ⬇️

bit.ly/photography-travel

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Make Money Travel Blogging w/ Jessie on a Journey

Invite: Free Take Better Travel Photos With Your iPhone Challenge ✨

I’m co-hosting this event with adventure travel photographer Alexandra Lauren, who shot this series on location in Alaska.

In 5 short daily lessons, you'll learn composition tricks, hidden phone camera features, how to read light like a pro, and more — all using the phone already in your pocket. 📲

Plus, we're giving away fun photography prizes, like custom Lightroom presets, a photography editing guide, a creator membership, and more!

Sign up here! 👇

jessieonajourney.com/iphone-photography-challenge/

5 days ago | [YT] | 1

Make Money Travel Blogging w/ Jessie on a Journey

Fellow creators: are you using summits and bundles to grow your email list? 💌

As algorithm updates make it harder to get seen, I've been leaning more into these collaborative events.

If you've never done one, these events rely on the strength of all contributors promoting the event to gain visibility for everyone. 📣

While not all are created equal, if you can find ones that are well organized and in your niche, they can be a great opportunity.

Also, once you find a host you enjoy working with, consider pitching them to do other types of collaborations — like guest email swaps or cross-promotions! 🎉

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 4

Make Money Travel Blogging w/ Jessie on a Journey

Group trips vs digital products vs ??? 💸

While I wholeheartedly believe every travel creator should sell their own product, there is one important question to ask yourself:

"What are my lifestyle goals?" 🤔

For instance, hosting group trips can be incredible, but it is also a huge time-investment.

If your ultimate goal is time freedom, digital products may be a better route to go as sales can be automated.

Neither choice is wrong, but you need to consider your unique goals as a creator! ✈️

2 months ago | [YT] | 2

Make Money Travel Blogging w/ Jessie on a Journey

Does your blogging business have SOPs? 🤔

I know it's not the sexiest topic, but building out your Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) is important for building a stable blogging business.

To create these, document how your business actually runs behind the scenes.

✍️ As you do your normal weekly tasks, write down every single step you take.
💻 You can use a process-capturing Chrome extension (like Scribe) to automatically record your screen and turn your actions into a step-by-step guide and repeatable checklists.
✨ House these in a home base, whether it's Asana, ClickUp, Google Drive, or something else.

Bonus:

Not only does documenting your processes help you streamline and scale, but it'll make handing tasks off to an assistant or automating them much easier! 💪

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You can learn more about Laura's strategy for building systems to streamline & scale here! ⬇️

2 months ago | [YT] | 1

Make Money Travel Blogging w/ Jessie on a Journey

Does anyone else use a *Content Bank* strategy?

In short, you choose 3-5 main topic pillars and fill each with your best evergreen tips (you can even pull them from your blog posts).

From here, these tips can be quickly pulled for your content creation, including newsletter topics!

You can also mix and match your tips. Maybe one post/newsletter focuses on a single tip, while another is something like "3 tips for X." It's a huge timesaver!

2 months ago | [YT] | 4

Make Money Travel Blogging w/ Jessie on a Journey

I'm obsessed with this evergreen newsletter strategy! 🤩

I recently interviewed content strategist Laura Haley on my podcast, who shared her highly-engaging repurposing strategy.

It looks like this:

✍️ Start by creating a *Content Bank* based around 3-5 main topic pillars. Fill each with your best evergreen tips and anecdotes - you can even pull these from your blog posts.

🗓️ Create a 52-week spreadsheet, and put these tips on a rotational schedule. This way, you have something to share every week of the year.

🔗 Each newsletter also has a short personal update + link(s) to new content.

The best part?

You can reshare these emails the following year, refreshing them by sharing new personal updates and blog post links.

The truth is, your audience likely won't notice if you repurpose your best tips from a year ago—but your calendar will definitely notice the massive amount of time you save! 🥳

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You can learn more about Laura's strategy for building systems to streamline & scale here! ⬇️

2 months ago | [YT] | 0

Make Money Travel Blogging w/ Jessie on a Journey

For my fellow creatives suffering from shiny object syndrome, have you ever tried the "Idea Parking Lot" method?

-When a fun, new idea pops into your head, do not drop everything to build it.
-Instead, drop the idea into a dedicated "Parking Lot" list or spreadsheet.
-Let it sit there safely so you don't forget it, and get back to your main goal.

Personally, when I go back to the ideas later I usually find they aren't worth pursing (so am glad I didn't stop everything for them!).

2 months ago | [YT] | 5

Make Money Travel Blogging w/ Jessie on a Journey

The best place to deliver your opt-in freebie?

Your welcome email! 💌

This helps your future newsletters hit their inbox (vs other tabs) and gets your new subscriber used to opening your emails.

Here the simple freebie delivery workflow I recommend:

✍️ Create a free printable (like a cheat sheet or checklist) using whatever software you find easiest (Google Docs, Canva, etc).

🔗 Upload it to Google Drive.

📧 Deliver the freebie in the welcome email by sharing the Google Drive link with your new subscriber! 🥳

2 months ago | [YT] | 2

Make Money Travel Blogging w/ Jessie on a Journey

Hey creators! 👋 Raise your hand if you're exhausted from spending hours creating content, analyzing insights, and managing messy to-do lists.

Hand up? Then you won't want to miss my recent interview with content and workflow strategist Laura Haley — who shares the exact operational roadmap she uses to create systems and drive growth for mega-influencers with over 1 million followers! 📈

In this video, Laura breaks down how to:

-Audit your schedule to eliminate time-wasting tasks
-Set up a database for predictable income growth
-Create standard operating procedures that protect your creative energy
-And more!

bit.ly/blog-systems

3 months ago | [YT] | 5