Diversifying your income is important for a number of reasons. It helps you build an emergency fund and prepare for the future. It also helps you to avoid becoming reliant on one source of income and risk losing it in case something goes wrong. Income from multiple sources is a good way to have a steady stream of money coming in, even if one source has bad days or weeks. It also helps to avoid being stuck in a rut with only one source of income, which can be difficult to leave once you get used to it. So how can you do this when you make money online?
What is Online Income Diversification?
Online income diversification is an effective way to make money from your blog. You can earn an extra income by monetizing different types of content that you create on your blog. You can also generate passive income by selling different services and products related to your blog niche. Let’s consider some key options you have.
1. Make Money With Amazon FBA
Amazon FBA is an online marketplace that enables its users to sell products on Amazon. It’s a great way to make money from home and start your own business without having to invest in inventory, warehousing, or shipping. If there are products that you’d like to create and sell, this could be a great income source for you.
2. Choosing to Invest in Various Options
Investing is a way of generating passive income. It is also a way to make money by buying, selling, and trading in stocks and bonds or even commodities. Investing has been around for quite some time and it could be a great option for you if you are looking for passive income or the chance to make money. Starting slowly with this could allow you to see another income stream.
3. Generating Income With Content Marketing
Content marketing is an effective way of growing your online business. It’s been proven that content marketing can generate up to 25 times more leads than traditional advertising methods. When you create blog posts that are long-form, informative, and interesting and use social media to create awareness about your company and blog posts, you can get more eyes on work. This can then help you if you want to do brand deals, get advertising, sell products, or even do affiliate marketing.
4. Monetize Your Blog with Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate marketing is a popular form of monetization for bloggers and content creators. It is a great way to earn passive income from your blog without having to spend too much time on it. Affiliate marketing allows you to monetize your blog by promoting other people’s products or services through links and banners on your site, which can be easily found via search engines. It is also a great way to boost traffic to your blog through sponsored posts and sponsored ads. There are many ways that you can get started with affiliate marketing, but the most popular one is by using an affiliate program like Amazon Associates or ShareASale.
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I wouldn’t be able to meet the most wonderful travel
bloggers from my country or learn much more about blogging if I didn’t join Travelbook.ph Affiliate Program contest. My face lit up with glee when I
learned my article on Travelosyo website won. Personally I didn’t feel like it was a goal to win. I was more
interested in the affiliate program itself and the possibility to work with other
hotels in the Philippines.
Being among the chosen bloggers, I was entitled to enjoy an all expense paid 3D/2N getaway at Mountain Lake Resort in Cavinti, Laguna. The resort is a 300 hectare property that is fit to be a temporary home if you wish to escape the hustle and bustle of the city. It is a perfect nature respite with adventures geared for all family members such as lake cruising, pedal boating, fishing, camping, glamping (to
name a few).
The itinerary for our three day getaway seems really interesting to me. Here let me share the first day
of our getaway—which mainly involved the road trip to Cavinti, settling down in
our respective cottages, dining and socializing with fellow travel bloggers.
DAY 1
I and Kim of Mom on Duty traveled together because
we are from Rizal. Kim was kind to let me accompany her driving the Antipolo-Laguna route. The other bloggers met up at Travelbook’s office in Pioneer, Mandaluyong City.
I met Kim at 6 in the morning. I also met her lovely kids. We dropped them off at their schools in Antipolo City and then head our way to Caliraya. Kim was very familiar with the way because she had lived in Pililia for some years. At around 8 am we stopped by The Daily Bean. This is a great cafe along Pililia main road. We had our breakfast there and worked on our laptops for a bit.
At The Daily bean for our breakfast
At 10 am we went our way to Cavinti but had a few stops at some sightseeing spots. I was really lucky because Kim granted my request to see the wind farm in Pililia, Rizal.
The windmills are gigantic! I thought they are bigger than the ones in Bangui or at least to me they seem to be… I wanted to take more photos but it was a windy and rainy morning. In fact, the wind almost broke our umbrellas and left us soaked and freezing…
The route that we took was my favorite. We used to go through this route when I was younger, when we visit my relatives in Laguna. Having that said, I kind of missed having road trips with my family, especially when my dad was driving for us.
Wind Mills in Pililia, Rizal
Arrival at Mountain Lake Resort
We arrived at Laguna past 1 PM. It took us a bit longer because we had some side trips. It was a rainy day and it was colder in Cavinti than I expected. Mountain Lake Resort was not difficult to locate because we have our private car. But I thought if I commute, maybe it would be difficult for me? I don’t know if they have Uber in the area.
Even if it was all raining and chilly, I still could see the vast golf course the resort prides itself about. Unfortunately, I’d need to wait for the weather to calm down to be able to take more decent photos.
A few minutes then, we met the Travelbook people and the bloggers inside the function hall. Everyone looked exhausted. It was indeed a long trip.
While waiting for lunch to be served, we had our introductions. The bloggers present were:
Our lunch was mainly Filipino dishes such as: Sinigang, Sisig, Caldereta and some vegetables. Our drink was Iced Tea. We could request for tea or coffee. I badly needed coffee!
After lunch, we took our stuff and got on the resort shuttle that transferred us to Marina.
Accommodation in Marina
Marina is the part of the resort where most activities happen. The accommodation is mainly Nipa Huts that can accommodate 2-4 people each.
The Nipa Huts are fronting the Obstacle Course and part of the Caliraya Lake.
From the floor bed, you can see the ducks walking and playing in and about the water.
Amihan cottages fronting Caliraya Lake
Inside the Amihan Cottage
The Amihan cottages are not a glamorous accommodation. It may take a little hacking to make it work for guests seeking a different level of comfort or for guests with children. As mentioned by mommy Kim, kids could easily get into the water if they happen to wake up before their parents do and they are feeling adventurous… I suggest staying in the main hotel or bringing insect repellent, extension wires, ear plugs and tons of supervising skills…
But for team building activities or barkada getaways Amihan Cottage is not a bad choice especially when everybody is expected to be outdoors most of his/her stay.
Here’s what you can find inside an Amihan Cottage:
Bedding
Bed, pillow, blanket
Entertainment
TV
Outlets
There are two main outlets with 2 outs each. I brought my extension wire
Lights
Warm bulb lights for a more cozy appeal inside the room
Ceiling Fan
There is one ceiling fan. I think this will be very useful in summer but during our stay, we didn’t use it mostly because it was really cold and windy already
Shoe tray
You can place your shoes here
Lockers
There are about 9 lockers inside our Amihan Cottage. You need to have padlocks to be able to use them for yourself
Travelbook.ph staff and getaway winners
Socialization
The first night was a blast! It was a clever thing to have interactive group games to break the barriers of first time meeting.
We were grouped into three and we played charades. Our team won because I was with hardcore movie buffs. Also I think, the other groups were very lenient when it came to choosing the title of the movie. They put easy to guess movies such as “Star Wars” or “Cars” while my team put “Isprikitik:
Walastik kung pumitik“. Seriously how can you pantomime this movie?
We won gift certificates from Zalora and Lazer Xtreme.
The first night ended with a happy night’s rest at our Marina accommodation.
[Continue reading: Travelbook.ph’s Blogger Getaway at Mountain Lake Resort – Day 2]
This three-day blogger getaway is organized by
TravelBook.ph Blogger Affiliate Program in partnership with Mountain Lake
Resort – Caliraya.
If you want to earn and score free blogger getaways to
different Philippine destinations, be a TravelBook.ph Blogger Affiliate by signing up at affiliate.travelbook.ph.
A night to remember and recognize Filipino Bloggers who
contribute to the online arsenal of stimulating information—from the palpable,
bubbly ideas to the political and critical thoughts—this is the 2015 Bloggys Gala
Night.
This event was spearheaded by ESSAYS.PH, sponsored and
supported by heaps of internet authorities to upscale the blogging industry in
the Philippines. It was held in the SMX convention center at SM Aura in Taguig
City last November 21 and was attended by the the Hall of Famers, Press and event volunteers.
Our blog was among
the nominees so we got to attend the momentous event.
It was fun-filled.
We met
fellow bloggers, listened to the thank you speeches of category major winners,
drank cocktails from the mobile bar, ate chips, drank cocktails one more time, played
games at different sponsor booths, took a lot of pictures including mandatory
selfies, walked the red carpet, camwhored with the jury, exchanged business
cards.
OK.
It was also a busy night.
The highlight of the event was the awarding ceremony. The
emcee, Aussie Chef Chris Urbano called in the winners and the judges handed out
the certificates and trophies. Raffles were drawn and prizes were distributed
to the lucky ones.
Hopefully, there would be another opportunity for our
blog to attend 2016’s awards night for it is no doubt inspiring to be
recognized and to see everybody’s hard work pay off.
To all the nominees, finalists and winners,
congratulations! This is indeed the beginning of another blogging pursuit and I
know everybody is up for it. May we be included in the Hall of Famers again
next year! Cheers!
