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Career Sidekick is a job search advice website, founded by Biron Clark, that earns money from display advertising, affiliate marketing, and digital products ...

careersidekick.com · Founded 2013 · 36 public sources · Updated 1 day ago

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How Career Sidekick Makes Money

Job search advice website for job seekers and career changers

How did Career Sidekick monetize?

Summary of the sourced claims below

Career Sidekick initially earned money by selling digital products, including job interview preparation e-books and a job search video course. Over time, it added display advertising and affiliate marketing, including referrals to career coaches, resume writers, and e-learning platforms, and these became its predominant revenue streams.

Revenue sources

4 sources · grouped by how Career Sidekick makes money

  • Affiliate / referral commissions

    · 5 mentions · 4 sources
    “For affiliate partnerships, we’ve been able to refer visitors to career coaches, resume writers, online coding bootcamps, e-learning platforms like Skillshare and LinkedIn Learning, and many other services that can help job seekers beyond what we offer.”
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    “Clark’s blog eventually attracted more than 1 million visitors a month, earning him over $50,000 a month in revenue through e-books and courses, affiliate marketing, and display advertising.”
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    “However, in the past few years, we’ve started earning more revenue from [...] affiliate marketing.”
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    “However, in the past few years, we’ve started earning more revenue from display advertising and affiliate marketing.”
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    “earning approximately $25,000 per month from revenue streams predominantly based on display advertising and affiliate marketing.”
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  • Advertising revenue

    · 5 mentions · 4 sources
    “Clark’s blog eventually attracted more than 1 million visitors a month, earning him over $50,000 a month in revenue through e-books and courses, affiliate marketing, and display advertising. ... the pivot towards display advertising worked out well for Clark financially. “Display ads ended up ear...”
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    “we’ve also started capitalizing on affiliate partnerships and display ads through Mediavine (they’re a fantastic ad network and I can’t recommend them enough).”
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    “However, in the past few years, we’ve started earning more revenue from display advertising [...] So, we’ve become more of a publishing company rather than a product-focused business.”
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    “However, in the past few years, we’ve started earning more revenue from display advertising and affiliate marketing.”
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    “Career Sidekick founder Biron Clark shares how he turned his job search advice website into a multiple six-figure per year business, earning approximately $25,000 per month from revenue streams predominantly based on display advertising and affiliate marketing.”
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  • One-time / lifetime deals

    · 3 mentions · 2 sources
    “To earn money, we started by selling digital products: two job interview preparation e-books ... The first product I launched on CareerSidekick was a short job interview guide called The Job Interview Cheat Sheet. ... It’s now 35 pages and has gone through numerous revisions, but is still one of ...”
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    “we’ve slowly rolled out e-books on various topics as the site has grown”
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    “To earn money, we started by selling digital products: two job interview preparation e-books and a job search video course. [...] The first product I launched on CareerSidekick was a short job interview guide called The Job Interview Cheat Sheet. [...] It’s now 35 pages and has gone through numer...”
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  • Course / training sales

    · 3 mentions · 3 sources
    “To earn money, we started by selling digital products: two job interview preparation e-books and a job search video course. ... From there, I can offer more expensive products like my video course, or upsells immediately after the purchase.”
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    “Clark’s blog eventually attracted more than 1 million visitors a month, earning him over $50,000 a month in revenue through e-books and courses, affiliate marketing, and display advertising.”
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    “we’ve slowly rolled out e-books on various topics as the site has grown, and then developed a job search video course after that.”
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How 2,652 businesses make money

Of businesses with mapped revenue sources, the share using each — Career Sidekick’s highlighted.
  • Recurring subscriptions
    65%
  • One-time / lifetime deals
    29% ◀
  • Services & consulting
    25%
  • Physical products
    21%
  • Affiliate / referral commissions
    14% ◀
  • Course / training sales
    11% ◀
  • Add-ons & upsells
    10%
  • Usage-based fees
    10%
  • Sponsorships & partnerships
    9%
  • Advertising revenue
    9% ◀
  • Marketplace commissions
    4%
  • Licensing
    2%
  • Donations & tips
    2%
  • Setup / onboarding fees
    2%
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