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Have you read about the Blogging Fast Lane from AdventureInYou and are you wondering whether it is worth investing your money in this blogging course?
Well, I hope that I can help you answer this question by doing a thorough Blogging Fast Lane Review and telling you my own story. Because I first didn’t want to buy a blogging course. I didn’t trust the people selling those online courses.
And it really took me quite a while until I was ready to really invest in my blogging career and started working on becoming a full-time travel blogger. (Spoiler: I AM a full-time travel blogger now!)
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What is the Blogging Fast Lane?
The Blogging Fast Lane is a condensed 8-week-long blogging course created by the travel blogger couple Anna and Tom from “AdventureInYou”.
Anna and Tom use a ton of videos as well as articles, infographics, and workbooks on their dedicated online course platform to teach others how to build a blog that actually earns money.
A big focus of their blogging course is on teaching how to earn money via affiliate marketing – but I will give you an insider view anyway!
Even though the course is structured into an eight-week program (+ four bonus courses), you can, of course, do everything at your own pace. I personally rushed through the course the first time in three weeks. Since then I have done it two other times in more time as Anna and Tom keep adding and improving content constantly.
Why I became a Fast Lane Blogger (and happened!)
When I first started blogging, I thought: “I don’t need a blogging course. I can do it all by myself”.
I had just left my six-figure corporate job and decided to learn everything on my own. Then, I starting watching free Youtube tutorials and read a ton of blogs about blogging (most of them trying to sell me their own blogging course).
It worked out “so so”. I managed to set up my blog on WordPress and started writing articles. After starting to promote my blog posts via Tailwind for Pinterest I saw my first successes.
But then my growth somehow stalled. And Markus kept pestling me about this blogger couple he heard about in a podcast (AdventureInYou). I didn’t want to listen to him because I was so fed up by all those people trying to sell me their course.
It took me a while until I gave them a chance. And then I listened to one of AdventureInYou’s free webinars.
And that’s when it struck me. Anna and Tom are fundamentally different in what they do than most of the other bloggers whose blogging courses just bothered me. Their success was REAL.
A lot of other people out there just make their money by their blogging course alone. But Anna and Tom know how to REALLY earn money with affiliate orders, with digital products, and with advertising.
About Anna and Tom (The Founders of the Blogging Fast Lane)
Anna and Tom are super transparent about their blogging income and what led to their success. They had published their blog income reports for months already before even thinking about launching their own blogging course and people kept asking them how they did it.
And I am not surprised that people kept asking – because Anna and Tom are making over 20,000 $ (USD) in some months WHILE traveling.
One thing that also sets Anna and Tom apart from other bloggers is that they weren’t around for 10 years already. They started their own blog “AdventureInYou” in 2015 – and made it to a full-time income within just two years!
Learning this about the two really gave me confidence that it is not too late to start a successful blog (and trust me, it is not!). Seeing Anna and Tome live in their free webinar, I felt like these two are “not doing it to make money from selling a dream”.
Thus, I stepped over my emotional barrier and bought the whole Blogging Fast Lane Course in November 2018.
What happened after I bought the Blogging Fast Lane Course
To sum it up shortly: it worked. Like, royally.
It took me a little over a month and we had the first viral post on Pinterest after purchasing the Blogging Fast Lane. And Anna and Tom personally helped me replicate this success again just one week later.
Fast forward to July 2019 and our blog was hitting 50,000 page views a month. We were accepted into Mediavine’s ad network and had already been invited to four fully sponsored press trips in the first half of 2019.
The dream of becoming a full-time blogger had actually turned reality. And I owe this success to huge parts to Anna and Tom and their Blogging Fast Lane.
But I said I want to keep this short, so in case you want to hear more about Markus and my personal blogging success, I published an article about our personal success story in August 2019:
Read: Our personal success story – how we got 50k monthly pageviews after one year of blogging
Since then, we have worked with various luxury hotels and tourism boards around the world for our blog (some of them even paid very well). In December 2019 we broke over the barrier of six-figure page views and got 109k monthly page views! (Still can’t believe it quite myself…!)
Full Review of the Blogging Fast Lane Course
Alright, so I have talked enough about my own experience with the Blogging Fast Lane. Time to give you all the facts you want to have about this blogging course!
Content of the Blogging Fast Lane
The Blogging Fast Lane Course covers all the topics you need to know if you either…
- …are completely new to blogging
- …have already set up your blog but aren’t earning (enough) money with it
- …you really want to rock your affiliate income
So basically, the Blogging Fast Lane is neither a complete “newbie blogger” course nor is it an “expert course” – it is a FULL course, covering all the topics you need to know in order to build a money-making blog from scratch:
- How to set up your blog in WordPress
- How to get your blog “launch-ready” in 7 days (legal pages etc.!)
- How to build a successful brand
- What to focus on and how to manage your time
- How to build up an “affiliate funnel” and make money using affiliate marketing (so powerful!!!!)
- Other ways to earn money with your blog
- How to get your blog posts seen by using SEO (off-page, on-page – very well explained!)
- How to rock Pinterest to get more social traffic
- How to build an email list
- How to build trust online and sell more
- How to keep track of your progress and analyze what’s working
Don’t worry if some of these steps seem too complicated or technical to you! I thought the same – and Anna and Tom are really great teachers (by the way, Anna was a teacher before she became a blogger!).
Plus, the videos are a tremendous help in learning how to use various tools such as
- Google Analytics
- Canva
- Optinmonster
- Constant Contact / Active Campaign
- Adobe Lightroom
- Asana
- Keysearch
Each of the lessons now comes with a video + action points for you + a video transcript (in case you prefer reading instead of watching videos). So don’t worry, you’ll be fine!
The workbooks and templates
Another thing I found particularly helpful as a Blogging Fast Lane Student were the various workbooks and templates that Anna and Tom have created for their students.
Each week of their course starts with the materials to download for this weeks video lessons:
Here are some (by bar not all!) of the downloadable files that are part of the Blogging Fast Lane:
- The Fast Lane Playbook
- Fast Lane Launch Plan Checklist
- Funnel foundation workbook
- Affiliate Disclaimer Template
- Authority Fortress Planning Template (Excel)
- Content audit guidelines
- Blog post SEO Checklists (Excel)
- Expense Tracking Sheets (Excel)
The community behind the Blogging Fast Lane
One of the things that differentiates the Blogging Fast Lane from other blogging courses is the incredibly strong network that Anna and Tom have created.
Their Fast Lane Bloggers Facebook Group (called the Fast Lane Accelerator Community) just totally rocks!
In this support group (only open to people who purchased the Blogging Fast Lane Course), Anna and Tom personally answer questions that their students have.
And they constantly encourage us to help each other too, remind us to set goals and celebrate these goals together with us as well. Whenever I hit a new milestone with my blog, I basically directly ran to the Facebook group to tell the other Fast Lane Bloggers about it!
It has become really SO MUCH MORE than a support group. It’s like being part of a real community. A community of bloggers that have the mindset “to really get it done”!
When I went to a travel fair in London in November 2019 I even met with two other fellow Fast Lane Bloggers, Alex from Careergappers.com and Andrea from Happy Days Travel Blog – I think this shows you how strong our community has grown!
The Support Hub (FAQs)
I just recently discovered a new section in my Blogging Fast Lane Accelerator (the online course platform) called “The Support Hub”.
In the Support Hub, you will find frequently asked questions and a quick guideline which of Anna and Tom’s lessons might help you tackle your problem!
And if you can’t find the answer here – then don’t forget, you still have the awesome Facebook community to ask your question. And there are no stupid questions (wait, there are stupid questions: Chocolate Ice Cream is 100% better than Strawberry! Just kidding, you can ask anything).
Is the Blogging Fast Lane the right blogging course for you?
I was about to say “Hell, yes!” at first. But it wouldn’t be correct, because not everybody is doing it for the same reasons and with the same passion as we are.
If you are just a “hobby blogger” (and you have no intention of changing this in the near future), then, no, the Blogging Fast Lane is not right for you.
The Blogging Fast Lane would teach you everything you would need to take your blog to the next level, but you absolutely don’t have to do this. It is absolutely nothing wrong with being a hobby blogger.
And if you were just looking for some advice to teach you the basics of how to set up a blog and how to structure a blog post, then this course would be an overkill.
BUT. If you want to…
- build a money-making blog from scratch
- turn your blog into a full-time income
- tremendously increase your affiliate sales
then YES, I profoundly believe that the Blogging Fast Lane is THE BLOGGING COURSE you should get.
Yes, it is not cheap. But it is SO WORTH the money in my opinion (AND EXPERIENCE). Every business needs investments and if you want your blog to become a business, you need to invest.
I have invested in a lot of different themes, plugins, extensions, Instagram strategy guides…most of them being a questionable investment. But the Blogging Fast Lane was one of the key investments that helped me get where I am now.
What makes the Blogging Fast Lane special (and better than other blogging courses)
I have already mentioned most of the points before, but I want to sum them up one last time.
There are a number of reasons (damn, I couldn’t press them into crisp five points as I learned it before…) why I believe the Blogging Fast Lane is the best blogging course out there:
- It is constantly updated. Once you bought the course, you will have lifelong access to all future course material. And Anna and Tom are doing an amazing job constantly improving everything in the online accelerator.
- There are no hidden fees. Once you are signed up, all the material is yours. There are no “extra packages” to buy or special services. All templates, tracking sheets and workbooks are included forever.
- It is extremely well structured. The structure of modules and weeks, always with intro videos, working material and action points really helps you to incorporate what you will learn in the Blogging Fast Lane.
- There’s an awesome community. Thanks to the Facebook Group that Anna and Tom have created for their students, you are never alone with your questions and your blogging challenges and wins!
- Personal support. I am amazed by how Anna and Tom constantly find the time to answer each and every question of their students personally. They really genuinely care about the success of their students.
- 90-day money-back guarantee. If you choose to buy the Blogging Fast Lane Course after watching the free webinar and you do NOT see results, Anna and Tom offer a 90-day money-back guarantee. I personally know of no one who ever requested that, but it certainly eased the decision for me!
Bonus gift from me: I’ll give you one of my Lightroom Presets Packs for free!
If you decide to become a part of the awesome Fast Lane Bloggers Family after doing the free webinar, then I have a welcome gift for you as well!
I will give you one of my Lightroom Preset Packs for free in order to help you edit your pictures for your blog and really kickstart your own blogging success story!
Just sign up for the free webinar by using the link below and send me your email receipt of the purchase of the Blogging Fast Lane afterward. I’ll send you a coupon code for a free preset pack then to welcome you into our family!
Click here to sign up for the free Blogging Fast Lane webinar now!
