From JOB to Buying and Selling Blogs with Chris Myles

11/03/22 • 43 min

In today’s episode, Jeff interviews Chris Myles of Blogger Evolution. Chris started 4 years ago when he and his wife were working full-time jobs and his wife got pregnant. His wife wanted to stay home after their son was born and so Chris had to figure out how to replace her income. After searching online for ideas Chris came across blogging and Affiliate Marketing. After several failed attempts Chris made it work and his wife was able to quit her job within 18 months and Chris was able to quit his job 2 years later. Today Chris is getting back to blogging, he also has a podcast as well as a YouTube channel.

Chris and Jeff discuss:

In the very beginning it was just him and his wife and they had jobs that were paying the bills.
After his wife got pregnant, she wanted to quit her job.
Motivated to help his wife stay home, Chris did an online google search of how to make money online.
Eventually he stumbled upon blogging and Affiliate Marketing.
After several failed attempts he was finally able to get his blog to work.
Within 18 months, his wife was able to quit her job and 2 years later he quit his job. That was about 4 years ago.
The first site that actually worked was a marketing blog that was doing pretty well.
Blogs are like digital Real Estate and you can buy and sell them.
Early on Chris created all of the content for his blogs, but now he contracts most of the work out.
Your motivation for why you are building the blog is very important.
There is tons of free content out there but paying a mentor or for training will save you time.
There are so many different ways to monetize a blog, you just have to figure out what your audience would be interested in.
There are passive as well as active ways to earn an income; Chris focuses on Display Ads and Affiliate Marketing.
Chris talks a little bit about what drives the traffic to his blog site.
Anything New in your world? Yes, a training program to show other people how to do it.

Fast Five Questions

If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? “Basically having a skill to be able to teach other people, a valuable skill and also building your own passive income streams.”
What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? “My first website got taken out of the google index because I was borrowing content from someone as the other guy had suggested.”
What is a book that you would recommend? “100M Offers: How to Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No by Alex Hormozi.”
What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? “Keyword Chef.”
What is your definition of freedom? “Being able to do what you want to do when you want to do it where you want to do it if you want to do it.”
What is the best way to contact you? “Podcast - Blogger Evolution ; Website - https://bloggerevolution.com/ .”

Jeff spent the early part of his career working for others. Jeff had started 5 businesses that failed before he had his first success. Since that time he has learned the principles of a successful business and has been able to build and grow multiple seven-figure businesses. Jeff lives in the Austin area and is actively working in his community and supporting the growth of small businesses. He is a board member of the Incubator.Edu program at Vista Ridge High School and is on the board of directors of the Leander Educational Excellence Foundation

Connect with the Freedom Nation podcast at www.freedomnationpodcast.com

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffKikel

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkikel/

Chris and Jeff discuss:

In the very beginning it was just him and his wife and they had jobs that were paying the bills.
After his wife got pregnant, she wanted to quit her job.
Motivated to help his wife stay home, Chris did an online google search of how to make money online.
Eventually he stumbled upon blogging and Affiliate Marketing.
After several failed attempts he was finally able to get his blog to work.
Within 18 months, his wife was able to quit her job and 2 years later he quit his job. That was about 4 years ago.
The first site that actually worked was a marketing blog that was doing pretty well.
Blogs are like digital Real Estate and you can buy and sell them.
Early on Chris created all of the content for his blogs, but now he contracts most of the work out.
Your motivation for why you are building the blog is very important.
There is tons of free content out there but paying a mentor or for training will save you time.
There are so many different ways to monetize a blog, you just have to figure out what your audience would be interested in.
There are passive as well as active ways to earn an income; Chris focuses on Display Ads and Affiliate Marketing.
Chris talks a little bit about what drives the traffic to his blog site.
Anything New in your world? Yes, a training program to show other people how to do it.

Fast Five Questions

If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? “Basically having a skill to be able to teach other people, a valuable skill and also building your own passive income streams.”
What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? “My first website got taken out of the google index because I was borrowing content from someone as the other guy had suggested.”
What is a book that you would recommend? “100M Offers: How to Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No by Alex Hormozi.”
What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? “Keyword Chef.”
What is your definition of freedom? “Being able to do what you want to do when you want to do it where you want to do it if you want to do it.”
What is the best way to contact you? “Podcast - Blogger Evolution ; Website - https://bloggerevolution.com/ .”

Connect with the Freedom Nation podcast at www.freedomnationpodcast.com

You can connect with Jeff through

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/freedomnationpodcast/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JeffKikel

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkikel/

Previous Episode

Winning Tactics For Translations Business with Levent Yildizgoren

In this episode of the Freedom Nation Podcast, Jeff is joined by Levent Yildizgoren, one of the co-founders of TTC WeTranslate and has helped it grow from a single to a multi-language vendor. Levent and his wife started their translation business 30 years ago and in this episode Levent talks to us about how they reached their own "Freedom Day."

Jeff and Levent discuss:

He is from Turkey but lived longer in the Uk.
In 1995, there was an opportunity with his wife's business to set up a translation company, translating from English into Turkish.
After having their first child she didn't want to go back to full time employment but she wanted to do something so they set up that translation company.
There was an opportunity for larger jobs and so Levent joined his wife in business to be in control of their future.
When people are thinking about starting their own business there is an element of listening to your gut feeling, you can't line up everything.
After 30 yrs, they realized that actually doing the jobs were great but they wanted to grow the business.
So they built a team and employed full time project managers and quality assurance people so that they could control the process.
At some point he realized no one was calling them and that the training of the team was good so they didn't need him.
One of the keys to being in business for 30 years was that both him and his wife were healthy enough to continue and being able to move with the times.
Levent has a book: the book is about global growth and it introduces a methodology with (5) steps; starting from market research to going operational.

https://ttcwetranslate.com/book/claim-free-book/

11. Anything New? In person summits and motion translation.

Fast Five Questions

If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? “First gather my thoughts together and work on my strongest point. With $500 and a laptop I can do consultancy or training.”
What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? “One of the mistakes I realize in hindsight is not having a niche and micro niche. ”
What is a book that you would recommend? “Traction: Get A Grip On Your Business by Gino Wickman.”
What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? “A password manager.”
What is your definition of freedom? “Being healthy and having money that enables me to do what I need/want to do.”
What is the best way to contact you? “Website: https://ttcwetranslate.com/levent-yildizgoren/ .”

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffkikel/

Next Episode

From JOB to Buying and Selling Blogs with Chris Myles

Chris and Jeff discuss:

In the very beginning it was just him and his wife and they had jobs that were paying the bills.
After his wife got pregnant, she wanted to quit her job.
Motivated to help his wife stay home, Chris did an online google search of how to make money online.
Eventually he stumbled upon blogging and Affiliate Marketing.
After several failed attempts he was finally able to get his blog to work.
Within 18 months, his wife was able to quit her job and 2 years later he quit his job. That was about 4 years ago.
The first site that actually worked was a marketing blog that was doing pretty well.
Blogs are like digital Real Estate and you can buy and sell them.
Early on Chris created all of the content for his blogs, but now he contracts most of the work out.
Your motivation for why you are building the blog is very important.
There is tons of free content out there but paying a mentor or for training will save you time.
There are so many different ways to monetize a blog, you just have to figure out what your audience would be interested in.
There are passive as well as active ways to earn an income; Chris focuses on Display Ads and Affiliate Marketing.
Chris talks a little bit about what drives the traffic to his blog site.
Anything New in your world? Yes, a training program to show other people how to do it.

Fast Five Questions

If you woke up and your business was gone, you have $500, a laptop, a place to live, and food, what would you do first? “Basically having a skill to be able to teach other people, a valuable skill and also building your own passive income streams.”
What is the biggest mistake that you have made in business? “My first website got taken out of the google index because I was borrowing content from someone as the other guy had suggested.”
What is a book that you would recommend? “100M Offers: How to Make Offers So Good People Feel Stupid Saying No by Alex Hormozi.”
What is a tool that you use everyday that you would recommend? “Keyword Chef.”
What is your definition of freedom? “Being able to do what you want to do when you want to do it where you want to do it if you want to do it.”
What is the best way to contact you? “Podcast - Blogger Evolution ; Website - https://bloggerevolution.com/ .”