🚀 More revenue, less work: My Q2 growth plan

Hello, my friend!

I’ve spent a few days thinking about how to optimize and grow my main income streams in Q2:

• My website — currently bringing in $2,000+ per month (check my monthly recaps for details!)

• My SEO business

So far, I’ve grown mostly by increasing my rates—which, honestly, every entrepreneur should do at some point! It’s the fastest way to filter out low-paying, high-maintenance clients.

However, there’s always a reasonable level of price you can ask for.

If you want to grow beyond that, you either:

1️⃣ Sell more services → Which often means hiring help
2️⃣ Boost passive income → So you’re not trading time for money

Ideally, you do both!

Hiring has been a challenge for me (lots of trial and error), but I’ve kept experimenting with different professionals on Upwork, Fiverr, and LinkedIn.

On the passive income side, a well-performing website has so much potential:
💰 Affiliate earnings
📥 Lead generation
👩‍💻 Personal brand growth
📌 A solid project for CV
…and more!

People who say blogging and SEO are dead in 2025? They probably just don’t know how to do it right.

Just yesterday, while I was setting up a page for my keyword research services, my website pulled in over $500 from one affiliate program. 👇

If you’re curious about the affiliate programs I use, my affiliate strategy, and how much revenue each program generates, I break it all down in my monthly affiliate reports.

This didn’t just happen by chance!

It’s the result of a clear strategy: focusing on money-making keywords and the right affiliate partners.

That’s why I kicked off Q2 with a fresh round of keyword research for my website. Now, I know what to work on for the next three months.

If you’re unsure which keywords to target, I highly recommend doing keyword research!

I have a quick guide on my website that walks you through the process.

If you want a deep, step-by-step overview of my keyword research process, I share it in my SEO writing ebook.

The ultimate output of my several hours of work is an SEO keyword research plan that I’ve already started implementing. As you can see, some fields are already highlighted in green.

There’s no room for random keywords in your SEO strategy!

If you don’t know how a keyword can help you achieve a certain goal — ditch it!

Sure, finding the right opportunities takes effort. But it’s still way cheaper than spending time (and money) on content that gets zero results.

Speaking of results…

Ahrefs has already picked up on my work from early April! My SEO content writing services page is now ranking for "SEO writing company." 🎉

And yep, that’s the big goal behind my new service pages—to be the SEO writing expert companies turn to. 🚀

I’m still playing around with the layout and content to see what works best.

Funny enough, Google seems to prefer a blog-style format over my well-designed keyword research services page. Go figure! 😅

My keyword research services page isn’t ranking yet, but I’m keeping an eye on it and will share updates along the way!

Honestly, SEO is more exciting than ever, especially if you’re a niche expert. There are so many opportunities nowadays!

If you need some guidance, grab my SEO ebook and check out my DIY SEO guide below.

Let’s get your rankings up! 🎯

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SEO ebook updates

The design of the 4th ebook edition of my SEO ebook, “How to Hit the Google Front Page” is officially DONE!

I sent a few last-minute tweaks to my designer yesterday, and they should be wrapped up by next week.

If you’ve bought my ebook before or preordered the latest version, keep an eye on your inbox—I’ll be sending the 4th edition of my SEO ebook in mid-April! 🎉

You can still preorder the ebook at a reduced price!

💰 Normally $32.99, but you can preorder now for just $19.99.

📖 What you get:
✅ The 3rd edition of my SEO ebook
🎁 Bonus: My SEO checklist for new websites (yours FREE!)

🔥 And when the 4th edition is out? I’ll email you a copy instantly—no extra cost!

P.S. The 3rd edition of the ebook comes as a PDF because it’s packed with charts and images. And since it’s a digital product, all sales are final—no refunds. 😊

Have a great weekend!

Victoria

P.S. If you missed my March monthly recap with everything I did and achieved last month, you can check it out here.