Start A Blog That Pays

Start a Blog That Pays

What I Did to Earn $1,000 to $3,000 a Month

(a 52-page guide)

Hi, I’m Pashmina, the person behind TheGoneGoat.com

I used to work in corporate. The pay was decent but I kept wondering if more money was worth everything it was costing me. One night I was doomscrolling on Flipboard, reading other people’s stories, and thought, why not start my own?

And I started it, and then ghosted it and then took it seriously again during Covid. It gets around 700,000 visitors a year and makes money from ads, affiliate links and brand deals. I learned most of it by trial and error, and I made plenty of mistakes along the way.

Why I Wrote This

People kept asking me how I actually make money from my blog and are shocked you can earn good money from this on a monthly basis and in US$. So I put it all in one place. This is the guide I wish I’d had at the start.

What’s Inside

• Setting up your blog: picking your niche and getting the foundations right from day one
• My simple workflow: the exact steps I follow for every post, from keyword research to getting it on Google
• Display ads explained: how Journey by Mediavine, Mediavine and Raptive work, what RPM means and when you can apply
• Affiliate marketing: how I use Stay22 and Travelpayouts, plus where to find affiliates if you’re not a travel blogger
• The posts that actually earn: why itineraries and where-to-stay guides make the money
• Real income reports: what other bloggers are earning, with links to their numbers
• My hot take: why blogging isn’t dead, and what AI changes
• What I’d do if I started today

Who It’s For

Anyone who wants to start a blog that earns, in any niche. I use my travel blog as the example throughout, but the steps work whether you write about food, finance, parenting or anything else. Even if you’re not ready to start yet, you’ll finally understand how bloggers actually make money, and what it would take for you to do the same.

p/s: Income results vary. These are my own numbers and experience, not a guarantee of what you’ll earn.