India is an increasingly important economic player, both regionally and globally. Today, India’s economic growth rate is higher than China's, making India a rapidly changing developing country and an emerging technology superpower with increasing influence in the international arena.

We sat down today with Jitendra Vaswani, Founder of BloggersIdeas and author of Inside a Hustler’s Brain, a man that decided to make his dreams reality when he refused being a corporate slave and decided to live a laptop lifestyle.

Judy: Jitendra, thank you so much for taking the time to sit down with us today for an exclusive interview.

Jitendra: Thank you Judy, you are a super kind human being that I have had the opportunity to get to know and I would love to share my knowledge with Advedro's users and readers.

1. Judy: To start off Jitendra, could you please tell our readers a little bit more about yourself, your background and how you started your professional journey in the digital world?

Jitendra: I am Jitendra Vaswani a Digital Marketing Practitioner & International Keynote speaker currently living a digital nomad lifestyle. I am the founder of a great Internet Marketing blog BloggersIdeas.com where I have had the pleasure to interview some of marketing legends such as Neil Patel, Grant Cardone & Rand Fishkin. I also own blogs like Crazythemes.com, WP Crew.co & DesignSkew.com.

During my 10 years long experience in Digital Marketing, I have been a marketing consultant, trainer, speaker and I'm also a proud author of “Inside A Hustler’s Brain: In Pursuit of Financial Freedom” which has sold over 20,000 copies, worldwide & contributor of “International Best Selling Author of Growth Hacking Book 2”. I have trained over 10.000 digital marketing professionals to date and have been conducting digital marketing workshops across the globe. My ultimate goal is to try to help people build businesses through digitization and make them realize that dreams do come true if you stay driven.

2. Judy: Can you share with us what has inspired you to become an affiliate, blogger and an author?

Jitendra: For me the inspiration to become an affiliate was to make more money in my life, as I was going through a lot of personal and financial problems at that point in time. So I decided to use Google as my friend and then Google taught me how to be rich and happy. It's really amazing to see how good things can come out of life's hardest times.

3. Judy: Besides financially, how has blogging helped your business and brand?

Jitendra: Blogging has helped me to create this digital nomad lifestyle that I am living today. I have built a whole empire of digital marketing agencies & many multi-niche blogs through this one single blog: BloggersIdeas.com. I got clients from my blog and I literally made a fortune out of it.

4. Judy: Can you tell our readers a little bit more how you have incorporated affiliate marketing into your blog?

Jitendra: BloggersIdeas aims to help digital entrepreneurs start an online business. Here, you’ll learn how a small blog can turn into a money making machine & how you can earn 10k+ per month from affiliate marketing. On my blog there are a number of digital marketing products but also service reviews like web hosting, affiliate networks, VPN’s, dropshipping tools, Amazon tools and e-commerce guides that will help you boost your online business.

5. Judy: What kind of blog posts do you write?

Jitendra: I write posts on my blog related to making money online through affiliate marketing and I have hired multiple writers that are helping me to share their knowledge about the digital marketing domains like: Ecommerce, SEO, content marketing, affiliate marketing and many more content pieces related to our entire digital industry.

6. Judy: You wrote and published in 2017 a book named Jitendra Vaswani "Inside a Hustler's Brain", what motivated you to write it?

Jitendra: Through my first book “Inside A Hustler’s Brain: In Pursuit of Financial Freedom” I wanted to help people to take actions in their life and bring change in people’s mindset. To have an entrepreneur mindset is everything.

I would like to share about my biggest influencers in this industry who motivated me to write a book are: Neil Patel (Quicksprout), Michael Martinez (Seo-theory.com), Ann smarty (Myblogguest), Zac Johnson (Zacjohnson.com), Julie Joyce (linkfishmedia.com), Rand Fishkin and many more. I have interviewed all these digital Marketing experts on my blog (bloggersideas.com).

Every day I learned a lot from these marketing experts and to grow in digital business you need to keep yourself updated, if you are not upgrading you are downgrading.

7. Judy: What do you want readers to take away from your book?

Jitendra: I want that every single person who wants to achieve greatness in their life should have a growing and hustling mindset because mindset is everything. Without a good mindset it's impossible to achieve success. I highly recommend this book to all those who want to achieve success and find happiness with their life.

My book will definitely help you and guide you to professional and personal growth.

8. Judy: In your opinion, what is the single best way to monetize your blog?

Jitendra: Affiliation in India at this point in time is not so huge. India is a big market and affiliate marketing is a hidden gem in India, but many people are still not aware about this and they still don't know how to make money online in India. Slowly I do believe that things will be changing, especially now during 2021 because of the pandemic that has struck us all regardless where we are located. Indians now are very eager to learn how to make money online. So I am sure that by the end of 2021 there will be many more affiliate marketers who will be trying to enter the digital world to see how they can build their online career, while trying to make a living out of doing something online.

9. Judy: What’s the best piece of advice you can give to a newbie wanting to start in affiliate marketing?

Jitendra: There are a number of events newbies can attend which are solely dedicated to the affiliate marketing niche. In the near future, I will be conducting interactive sessions where I will share my experience about making money online, and how to live a digital nomad lifestyle.

Check out some of these events:

• - https://dmss.io
• - https://affiliateworldconferences.com
• - https://tesaffiliateconferences.com
• - https://www.affiliategrandslam.com

I truly recommend every affiliate marketer to join in and build their network with high-quality affiliates. Interestingly, I have been able to grow my business 10x, just by attending these types of events. They are absolutely worth every penny. Don’t be afraid to spend on attending networking events, where you will meet influential and friendly people that will help you grow your business. Maybe you will find your next business partner :)

10. Judy: Let's talk a little bit about social media marketing in 2021, which social platforms do you think are "requirements" for any business to succeed and why?

Jitendra: When I started my blogging journey in 2013 I never dreamt that I would make it this big, but I definitely can say that I have created a huge impact in the digital marketing industry which I'm so grateful for. I was trying to post as unique content as possible and I was creating content continuously while I was also conducting expert’s interviews on my blog.

When I began my digital marketing journey I was trying to focus on these 3 platforms: Facebook, Linkedin & Twitter, and still they are the 3 primary channels for marketing my business and getting the word out there. I believe that these 3 social media channels will still continue to dominate during 2021. They are very big and constantly evolving and I think that every affiliate and marketer needs to be there if they want to achieve any sort of success with their business. To simply put it out, social media is your direct line with your target audience, make sure that you are getting noticed.

If you will take a look at my blog, I interviewed a lot of digital marketing experts like Zac Johnson, Neil Patel, Ann Smarty, Rand Fishkin & many more.I have shared their interviews on these social platforms to get attention from my targeted audience. I needed the attention of top influencers as well as clients that can help me thrive in business. Worth of mouth works much more now, than ever. Try to reply to every single person that reaches out to you and shows any sort of interest in your business.

If you are creating a great piece of content, you need to share with your audience on a social platform you are active on. Share debates, interviews, podcasts, give good comments and engage with your community. In this way you will get the engagement & interact with your community and customers.

11. Judy: Now it's 2021 and lots of things in the affiliate world have changed over the past years. Do you believe that affiliate marketing is still worth it and will it grow post Covid era ?

Jitendra: Yes, affiliation is great and it will keep growing. You, of course, will need to learn new strategies always and try to keep going with the flow, but still keep your eyes on the horizon. Many times I see that affiliate marketers don't try to upgrade themselves. That's when they start seeing decline in their income.

In 2021, affiliate marketing is so great that everyone who can learn this skill, can easily make money online and turn their hobby or part time hustle into a full time business.

Judy: Once again, thank you for joining us for this interview.

Jitendra: Thank you for having me Judy.