How Carrie Forrest Lost 80% of Traffic and Rebuilt Her Blog

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Carrie Forrest discusses her experience of losing 80% of her blog traffic and the strategies she is using to rebuild her business.

Carrie Forrest shares how Google updates and AI Overviews cut her food blog traffic by 80%, dropping monthly page views from nearly 1 million to about 200,000. In this interview, she explains how ad income fell from roughly $20,000 to $30,000 a month to about $4,000 to $5,000, while Amazon earnings dropped from about $35,000 a year to around $150 to $200 a month. She also walks through what she tried that did not work, including workshops, tips, and an AI video. Then she explains what is showing promise now, including email, short-form video, and private affiliates. Learn which strategies fell flat, which ones are still producing results, and how Carrie is reshaping her business after a massive traffic and revenue drop. Sponsor: Quiet Light Get a free, confidential valuation at https://quietlight.com/ ! Links & Resources - Visit the Clean Eating Kitchen: https://www.cleaneatingkitchen.com/ - Subscribe to Clean Eating Kitchen's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/cleaneatingkitchen - Follow Carrie on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cleaneatingcarrie - Learn more about her community: https://www.facebook.com/Cleaneatingcarrie/ - Explore Carrie's healthy recipes here…

People in this episode

Host: Spencer Haws

Guest: Carrie Forrest

Topics covered

• blog traffic
• Google updates
• AI impact
• revenue strategies
• content creation
• business rebuilding

Keywords

• blog traffic
• Google updates
• AI
• revenue drop
• content strategy
• email marketing
• short-form video

Sponsors

Quiet Light

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Organizations: Clean Eating Kitchen, Amazon, Niche Pursuits

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