How I Made Money in My Third Month of Blogging

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

1. 10 of the Best Books for Babies and Toddlers
2. 5 Things You Can Do with Ball Pit Balls
3. 8 of the Best Melissa and Doug Toys for Toddlers
4. 5 Ways to Spoil Your Nieces and Nephews – Guest post from The Procrastinating Novelist
5. 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.