Ok so I didn’t make as much as I did last month but I also didn’t spend any money! So I’m back in the black! Here’s what happened on my blog for the month of November. (My third month of blogging!)
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Income
Ads: $0. I gave up on Media.net and I’m currently waiting on approval from Google Adsense.
Sponsored Content: $30.
Affiliates: $61.
- Zazzle: $41 (Please note that I’ve been on Zazzle for years so this isn’t specific to my blog. I’m including it because I have had a lot of traffic from my Ultimate Guide to Earning Extra Money with Zazzle post.)
- Amazon: $7
- Ebates: $10
- ShareASale: $2
- ShopStyle; $2
Free Product/Credit: $224. It’s not cash but it’s worth something!
Expenses
NONE! YAY!
Totals
Income: $91 (not including free product/credit)
Expenses: $0
Net Income: $91
How much traffic did I get?
Sessions: 4,018
Users: 3,317
Pageviews: 5,206
Where did it come from?
Social: 83%
- Pinterest: 66%
- Facebook: 19%
- StumbleUpon: 11%
- Twitter: 3%
- Instagram: 1%
Direct: 9%
Referral: 5%
Organic Search: 3%
Top Posts for November
- 10 of the Best Books for Babies and Toddlers
- 5 Things You Can Do with Ball Pit Balls
- 8 of the Best Melissa and Doug Toys for Toddlers
- 5 Ways to Spoil Your Nieces and Nephews – Guest post from The Procrastinating Novelist
- Is Your Child Behind in Development?
Goals for November
- Finish rebranding my images. – FAIL. Ok, I did get a few done. The important ones.
- Publish at least 2 posts a week if not 3. PASS
- Grow email list. I’ll be happy with any growth. PASS
- Fill out productivity guide. FAIL Well, I did fill out some of it but not all of it.
- No expenses for the month. PASS!!!! Yay!
- Increase pageviews by 33%. FAIL. I’m kinda sad about this but I’m attributing it to the fact that I had a huge spike in October because a popular blogger shared 3 or 4 of my posts.
Check out last month’s blog income report and how I made money in my second month of blogging!
Goals for December
- Increase pageviews by literally anything.
- Finish writing my Zazzle book.
- Apply to at least 4 sponsored campaigns.
I’m keeping the goals light for the holiday season. It’s bound to be hectic.
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Awesome job Niki! You rock!
Thanks, love!
This is awesome! I love reading honest updates from newer bloggers. I’m entering my 2nd month and hope to do as well as you’ve done so far!
Thanks! I hope you do well too!
Are you counting income earner or paid out? I struggle with what to count. I track paid out only (since minimum payments could mean I won’t see it for a while).
Earned. I feel like it’s easier to keep track of that way.
Thank you for sharing. I know I can always use some help when it comes to blogging success. May you continues to see lots more in the future.
Thanks!
Awesome job! I love reading how new bloggers are doing. You may inspire me to create one of these income reports now! Your blog looks great and keep it up. It’s hard to juggle so much at once while being a mom so you are doing great! Do you like stumbleupon? SO many different platforms out there it can be really overwhelming to me. Thanks!
I have a love/hate relationship with StumbleUpon. Lol I love it when it works and hate it when it doesn’t. Sometimes I don’t get any views from it and sometimes I get hundreds. ?♀️ Lol