{"id":12076,"date":"2019-02-11T10:00:43","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/?p=12076"},"modified":"2024-06-18T07:35:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T11:35:00","slug":"financial-case-study-explore-with-erin-social-influencer-and-blogger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theprofessionalhobo.com\/financial-case-study-explore-with-erin-social-influencer-and-blogger\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Case Study: Explore With Erin, Social Influencer and Blogger"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Erin is an experienced travel blogger and social influencer and gifted communicator who explored the world for the last five years non-stop with her two kids. Mia & Caius may be some of the world\u2019s most well-travelled kids with over 67 countries tucked under their belts before six and seven years old. But what happens when you stop nomadic travel? How does an abnormal family fit into a normal world? This is now what Erin writes about at <\/span><\/i>Explore With Erin<\/span><\/i><\/a>; her second blog after moving on from Travel With Bender (which made a VERY nice income). In this financial case study, Erin talks about what her career as a blogger and social influencer is like, and what it has been like to start over with a new blog and a home base. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n

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This post was originally published in 2019. It has since been updated for accuracy of links and content. <\/em>

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How long have you been living\/working on the road, and where have you travelled to?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 2012 to 2017 I was a digital nomad with my two children. We travelled South East Asia, Europe, the Middle East, North America and Central America covering 67 countries. Jan 2017, we returned to Australia.<\/span>

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Please describe what you do for income.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a full-time blogger<\/a> and social influencer. I have been relying on my blog income since 2014. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: How to make money with a travel blog<\/a><\/em>

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How many hours per week do you work on average?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How long is a piece of string? My job is never done. Some weeks it can seem like 60 hours a week, other times it is six. Depending on where we are and what we are doing. On average currently perhaps 20 hours per week. <\/span>

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How much money do you make?<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explore With Erin is only one year old, however made US$17,000 in its first year. This was a wonderful achievement for me, considering that was more than my third-year income on my first blog. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travel With Bender was my first blog, and as such was an evolution and a learning curve. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its second year in 2013 it made $11,000. 2014 $13,000. By 2015 I tripled that income to $37,000. And by 2016 I more than tripled the previous year’s income to $106,000. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2016 the money came from multiple sources:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n