Optimizing Hotel Affiliates – Interview With Stay22's Fred Aouad
Last Updated on April 27, 2023 by Jeremy
Disclaimer: This post contains sponsored content. This Week in Blogging uses demographic data, email opt-ins, and affiliate links to operate this site. Please review our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
Stay22 has seen a rapid rise in popularity in recent years from travel bloggers using their curated deep linking, maps with live API pricing, and pop-up tools to really supercharge their hotel affiliate earnings.
Jeremy has been particularly fond of Stay22 as the service helped him increase his travel blogs' affiliate revenue to over $1,000/month (a roughly 5x increase from past monthly averages). He shared more about why he loves the company in his full Stay22 review and also shared a tutorial on how to use Stay22 as well.
In this one, we sat down with Stay22's Chief Revenue Officer, Fred Aouad, to ask some burning questions about Stay22, how they got founded, why they are so useful to bloggers, and, of course, insider tips and advice. Let's get into it now!
Note: This article was sponsored by Stay22. As always, all opinions are our own.
How to Install Stay22 LetMeAllez Script and Create Maps
Last Updated on April 24, 2023 by Jeremy
Disclaimer: This post contains sponsored content. This Week in Blogging uses demographic data, email opt-ins, and affiliate links to operate this site. Please review our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
If you have read our Stay22 review, you know how I have used the service's deep linking, maps, and POP popup (via the LetMeAllez script) to increase my earnings several times over (with March 2023 ending just over $1,000- a new record!).
In this one, I wanted to offer a deep dive into how to use Stay22 properly once you are signed up for the service. While this is one of the easiest to use networks we've ever been a part of, there are some things to keep in mind all the same.
We are focusing on three elements of Stay22 that we absolutely love- how to build a deep link, how to create a map with live hotel pricing, and installing their LetMeAllez script to utilize link redirects and the POP popup.
Note: This article was sponsored by Stay22. As always, all opinions are our own.
Modern Events Calendar Review – Event Sharing Made Easy
Last Updated on April 17, 2023 by Jeremy
Disclaimer: This Week in Blogging uses demographic data, email opt-ins, and affiliate links to operate this site. Please review our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
One question I regularly received on my Pittsburgh blog from readers and potential advertisers alike was simply “do you have an events calendar?”
For the longest time, my answer to that was a resounding no simply because I thought the amount of time that it would take to manage an events calendar would not be worth any potential return on investment (especially because, let's be honest, getting advertising on a local site can be hard!).
It wasn't until I heard of a few creative ideas to monetize an event calendar that I was sold that it was something I wanted to pursue, and after a fair bit of research I settled on the Modern Events Calendar plugin. So in this one, I thought I would share a review of the tool, how I use it on my local site, and some unique monetization ideas as well.
Stay22 Review – Offering Novel Tools to Make More Travel Affiliate Money
Last Updated on April 24, 2023 by Jeremy
Disclaimer: This post contains sponsored content. This Week in Blogging uses demographic data, email opt-ins, and affiliate links to operate this site. Please review our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
Stay22 has been taking the travel blogging world by storm in recent months, with bloggers flocking to the network to utilize their many services like consolidating deep links across many networks in one portal, generated maps with live hotel pricing, and a novel popup feature that targets readers who are planning trips.
I've been a user of Stay22 for several years now, and it has been fascinating to see how this one has developed over time. With the recent addition of their POP pop-up feature, my hotel income has increased by almost 5x- making me one very happy travel blogger.
So in this one, we thought we'd share a few of our favorite features from Stay22, how to use them, ways to get the most out of the network, and, of course, how they've helped supercharge our affiliate earnings!
Note: This review is sponsored by Stay22; however, all opinions are our own. The booking data shown is my actual data without modification.
Buy Me a Coffee Review – A Source of Extra Blogging Income
Last Updated on March 13, 2023 by Chris
Disclaimer: This Week in Blogging uses demographic data, email opt-ins, and affiliate links to operate this site. Please review our Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
Buy Me a Coffee hails itself as “the best way for creators and artists to accept support and membership from their fans.” Today, we're going to talk about whether that's truly the case.
When we're talking about memberships, Patreon is the first name that comes to mind, but Patreon really hasn't figured out the “casual supporter” dilemma – ie. the reader or subscriber that might love what you're doing, but doesn't want to be locked in to a monthly subscription.
Buy Me a Coffee has made strides recently to become more membership focused, but at it's core what makes it worth it for creators is that it's a very easy method to give your audience a way to say thanks. As they note, “In just a couple of taps, your fans can make the payment (buy you a coffee) and leave a message. They don’t even have to create an account!”
Jeremy and I put a lot of time into This Week in Blogging and so we set up our own Buy Me a Coffee account (though you'll notice that we went for the “Buy Me a Beer” option based on what we like sipping on!). Thus far, it's been a fantastic way for us to not only bring in extra revenue to support the project, but also to hear from subscribers directly about the value they're receiving.
Besides the income, which is both humbling and appreciated, the emotional boost that you get when a new supporter takes the time to throw a few bucks your way is immense, and that's part of the reason we're big fans.
