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Physical books establish credibility in travel that blogging alone cannot
“Because at the time, it wasn't so much about the money as in travel, having a published guide makes you a lot more of a credible source. So it was more about Growing the brand and legitimatizing me.”
Nomadic Matt drives roughly $400,000 a month in travel insurance sales
“Oh no, that's a lot more than that... I think you missed a zero... Yeah. Something like that.”
Two-thirds of Nomadic Matt's revenue is affiliates, one-third is books
“About two thirds of my income is affiliates. So that would be people coming to my website and booking their travels through my links. And about a third of that is book sales.”
World Nomads offers a baseline 10% affiliate commission for standard sign-ups
“I'm not allowed to tell you, but let me tell you that the off, like, if you were just to sign up regularly, you'd get 10%.”
World Nomads, Intrepid Travel, and Momondo drive Nomadic Matt's affiliate revenue
“That's sort of the one that brings in the most money. I also have stuff with Intrepid Travel, which is a tour company, Momondo, which is a flight booking engine. You know, those three are sort of the crux of it.”
Travel hacking is the best-selling guide among his 11 digital products
“I have 11 e-guides but I would say the one that does them best is the one on travel hacking, which is using points and miles for free travel.”