28-year-old blogger Michelle Schroeder-Gardner earns $100,000 a month

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Michelle Schroeder-Gardner and her husband Wes quit their jobs in 2013 and now travel full-time in an RV

The time and effort paid off: By 2013, she was bringing home an additional $10,000 a month from her blog. The extra income not only allowed her to pay off her loans but also to quit her job as a financial analyst.

Schroeder-Gardner has been blogging full-time since October 2013, when she left her day job. In 2016 alone, she made just less than $1 million. Today, she regularly earns over $100,000 a month.

There are three main ways her blog generates revenue:

1. Affiliate marketing, which is where the bulk of her income comes from, earns her about $50,000 a month.

2. Her affiliate marketing course, in which she teaches people how to make money online, earns her between $40,000 and $50,000 a month.

3. Advertising — including both sponsored advertisements with companies and display advertising — generates $12,000 to $23,000 a month.