From JOB to Buying and Selling Blogs with Chris Myles

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