{"id":2439,"date":"2021-07-05T09:59:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T09:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seobuddy.com\/blog\/?p=2439"},"modified":"2021-07-05T10:00:40","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T10:00:40","slug":"my-seo-journey-lidiya-kesarovska","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seobuddy.com\/blog\/my-seo-journey-lidiya-kesarovska\/","title":{"rendered":"My SEO Journey: Lidiya Kesarovska from letsreachsuccess.com – DR47 Pro Blogger tips to 100k Monthly Pageviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My SEO Journey is a new series where entrepreneurs and Indie makers will share their honest SEO Journey filled with failure and success, and most importantly proven results. Episode #21 features Lidiya Kesarovska from Let\u2019s Reach Success<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Lidiya<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Hey and thanks for having me here. I\u2019m Lidiya Kesarovska, a blogger, course creator and the founder of Let\u2019s Reach Success<\/a> where I help people build an abundant, value-driven business so they can live a fearless life and serve their purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been a blogger since 2013. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My income journey started with freelancing, though, but after some time I stopped enjoying this, started treating my blog as a business, and went from being a hobby blogger to running a 5-figure recession-proof blogging business and loving every part of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s thanks to that income that I’ve managed to become self-employed, work from home (or anywhere else), do what I love, leave my home country and relocate to my dream destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So it was a natural change of direction to start covering these topics (business, blogging, lifestyle design, and financial independence) and help others do the same. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I provide value through my free content and paid programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve slowly transitioned to a course creator in the last year or two and now pay less attention to SEO, but focus more on digital products, email marketing, launching, networking, and branding. However, I still get steady blog traffic from all the content I\u2019ve created and optimized over the years, and that\u2019s the beauty of SEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was able to grow my blog to 100K monthly page views and monetize in 4 different ways. Without any traffic, none of this would be possible, of course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So even though my current traffic is less than that and I focus more on products, below, I\u2019ll share the different things I\u2019ve done over the years in terms of SEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a screenshot of my traffic for 2020:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"2020<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

What is your experience working with Agency, Freelancer or doing SEO in-house?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve never hired an expert. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wasn\u2019t even tech-savvy and knew nothing about blogging and SEO when I started back in the days, but I believe this is a good example that it\u2019s all possible the DIY way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, working with an agency or an SEO expert would save me a ton of time, but the more you dive into search engine optimization thanks to all the free resources out there (+ maybe investing in a paid program*, like I did, and testing different tools), the more you develop it as a skill and that becomes a big asset in your business.

* Stupid Simple SEO by Mike Pearson: https:\/\/stupidsimpleseo.co<\/a> (it focuses on SEO specifically for bloggers and I found a lot of value in it).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is your favorite SEO resources<\/strong>?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

You can\u2019t go wrong with trusted resources like Neil Patel\u2019s blogs<\/a> and Moz<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was also following and learning from fellow bloggers who – like me – shared behind the scenes of their blogging business, including what they do to optimize their content and rank it higher. And even though they are no experts, if something worked for them, it\u2019s an idea worth considering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n