"Wang elaborated on the early days of his blog: "In the beginning, my friends would ask what credit cards I used. I would refer them to the same credit cards and make some advertising revenue from it - $50 here, $100 there. It got so frequent that I thought I'd write a post about it and send that to my friends, thinking it would save me time (which it did).""
""I use Google for search, too, but I never put two and two together. But after the fact, it was so obvious," he said. "People with questions use Google to find the answers and sometimes my blog would show up, which meant I could make advertising income off my blog," Wang said. "It seems silly in retrospect, but it changed the trajectory of my life.""
Jim Wang started Bargaineering in 2004 as a personal blog and did not intend to start a business. Friends frequently asked which credit cards he used, and he referred them to the same cards, earning small advertising payments of about $50 to $100. He wrote a post to save time and share recommendations, and that post began attracting Google traffic. He realized many people searched for the same credit-card answers, and that search visitors could generate ad revenue. He shifted the blog toward helpful content and monetization, which ultimately changed his financial trajectory and led to Wallet Hacks.
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