April Blog Income Report
It seems like yesterday that I was reporting March numbers. I’ve said this to you all before, but SLOW DOWN AND SOAK UP LIFE! Time just goes by WAY too fast! I hope all my friends are feeling as good about Spring as I am! Yesterday I took my two oldest girls fishing. We caught some bluegills and a perch…cleaned them up and had a mini fish fry. They loved it! One of those moments in life you wish didn’t have to end.
Anyways…April was another decent month for TAM! Earnings were good, but I also am enjoying some nice, steady traffic (I’m going to share traffic data too!)
Earnings breakdown for April 2009
Adsense: $141.88
CCM Income: $30.00
Hostgator Affiliate Sales: $0.00
Private Sales: $180.00
Kontera Income: $0.00
Total Online Earnings: $351.88
April 2009 Site/Traffic Stats
- 3930 Page Loads
- 1967 Unique Visitors
- 1451 First Time Visitors
- 516 Returning Visitors
Sorry about the bad screen shot, what do ya do!
Well, traffic was up but income was down a little bit. I’m still hopeful that blogs can make money, but I’m not convinced that I’m on the right path towards reaching my year end goals of $1000 per month in TAM blog income. I need to offer some product, service, or information that will truly enhance someones life, in an immediate and measurable way. That is going to be job #1 going forward. Easier said than done though, I know!
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May 12th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Looks like some great progress on the stats! congrats! I’ve seem some sites get huge upside in followers with contests. Maybe having one would help boost the site stats faster for you?
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The Almost Millionaire Reply:
May 13th, 2009 at 12:18 am
Aman, I’ve recently decided that I am going to do that. When my site has it’s first $500 month, I’m going to have a contest to celebrate and give away $500. I’m pretty excited about it and am mapping it out as we speak. I would sure appreciate any suggestions you may have though!
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May 12th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
Fantastic results TAM… I’d love to get my traffic and AdSense up there and I appreciate the motivation… I’m confident that if I keep up the effort the rest will happen.
Thanks for sharing and motivating!
Dave
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The Almost Millionaire Reply:
May 13th, 2009 at 12:19 am
Dave,
Thanks for the positive feedback. Glad you are happy to read about the results. I’ve been talking about making money online so much lately, I was afraid my PF readers would give me the boot. I think it all ties together pretty nicely though, don’t you?
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May 12th, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Is all of your income from TAM or does it include your other sites? My goal is $1,000 per month as well. I think we will both get there!
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Brandon Reply:
May 13th, 2009 at 12:21 am
90% of my blogging income is from TAM. I have Google ads on my personal site, as well as placeholder adds on domains I own, but they never generate more than a couple of dollars a month. I really need to get my Google ads on more appropriate, money making sites, becuase the blog traffic seems slow to convert into revenue.
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May 12th, 2009 at 7:46 pm
Congrats TAM! Once again I am envious of your results!
Keep up the good work and best of luck on reaching your goal!
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Brandon Reply:
May 13th, 2009 at 12:22 am
Thanks Matt! Same to you buddy. I really enjoyed your last post review on An Inconvienent Truth! Good stuff, keep it up buddy!
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May 12th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Quite good income from Adsense there, you need to further optimize
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The Almost Millionaire Reply:
May 13th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
I am looking into taking some web site optimization courses online. I think it is vital for this site and others to properly understand the basics of how SEO works, and I truly do not at this point.
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May 13th, 2009 at 12:53 am
Yo Brandon! Good info as always!
You should really check into the EPN and phpBay venture I’ve been blogging about some… I have no doubt you could do well with it!!
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May 13th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
I will check them out Jake, life has just been crazy…I’m even having trouble finding the time to reply to comments and e-mails. Pretty soon here I’m going to try to get my wife involved to help me manage some new online ventures…as she is much more online savvy than I am.
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May 13th, 2009 at 7:14 am
Well your stats sure kicked my Ass, but at least I beat you as far as Kontera is concerned.
As for spring, are you kidding mate, it’s autumn here and I reckon it’s going to be a cold winter. Lap up the good weather while it lasts mate.
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The Almost Millionaire Reply:
May 13th, 2009 at 7:15 pm
I’m surprised that my traffic stats are beating yours, that is crazy! I am getting about 81% of my traffic from organic google search, so that is pretty cool.
I guess I didn’t consider my Aussie readers, is it getting cold there soon?
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Sire Reply:
May 13th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
Actually my stats are better but your income surpasses mine, so you are definitely doing something right.
As for cold, not yet as it’s only Autumn and I am still in my shorts, actually I wear shorts all year round lol
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May 13th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Congratulations on another great month. Keep it up Buddy
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May 15th, 2009 at 6:11 am
Good job as always; I hate how blog income can be so volatile and unpredictable. The same month your traffic doubles, your income won’t; or you get great viral support, and it does nothing for income, etc. Ah well, income’s not everything…:) It’s great to know a post has inspired someone too. A post of mine got retweeted about 10 times today, it was great!
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May 15th, 2009 at 10:21 am
@Doug Thanks brother!
@MoneyEnergy
For sure, I wish there was some consistency, but I guess any income is good income at this point! It is also crazy how you have get a spike of say 500 visitors from StumbleUpon and have NO earnings that day! I’ve had it happen.
Congrats on the retweet, I haven’t figured out that who process yet!
Best,
TAM
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May 18th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
B,
While I’m nowhere near an expert (yet) on the nuances of Twitter, I definitely recommend utilizing it here on your site. You could potentially have a little ‘chicklet’ graphic in your sidebar letting visitors easily click through and follow you on Twitter.
Like I said, I’ve still got a lot to learn, but I’m excited about what Twitter can do to build one’s online presence.
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The Almost Millionaire Reply:
May 18th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Blake,
Great tip, you are right on too, I do need to better promote my twitter presence here on the blog. Makes no sense to have a twitter account @almostblog but to not promote it here on the site.
So where do I get a chicklet?
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May 21st, 2009 at 10:34 pm
That is a great result for adsense! Is that from this blog alone?
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The Almost Millionaire Reply:
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:36 am
Tom,
Adsense is from 6 blogs, but this one gets 85% or more of the traffic, so I pretty much lump them together in my point. Thanks for the comment brother!
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June 3rd, 2009 at 11:16 am
Everyone’s so blinded with making money/progressing their careers that they completely forget to simply enjoy the life. On the other hand there’s a lot of hippies who do nothing but enjoy the life. You need to find a balance.
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June 5th, 2009 at 11:34 pm
This is interesting to see your income breakdown. It seems like most blogs rely on Google AdSense for most of their income. Is this an average month or above average?
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June 30th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
:O So mush Info :O
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July 22nd, 2009 at 8:16 pm
I really enjoyed reading you blog. I am always looking for new information because as the old saying goes “Knowledge is power”
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July 22nd, 2009 at 8:54 pm
You are headed in the right direction. Thanks for the information.
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August 19th, 2009 at 9:02 am
Hi TAM, Tyrone here again. We both have and maintain a personal finance blog site. Looking back at your statcounter graph above, my traffic is definitely more than yours. I also use statcounter. But you are better in your adsense earnings. I haven’t reached the $100 month on a monthly basis.
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August 30th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
I liked reading your blog…keep up the good work.
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May 7th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Hey TAM, I am confident that if you follow that plan “I need to offer some product, service, or information that will truly enhance someones life, in an immediate and measurable way. That is going to be job #1 going forward” you will add to your monthly earnings.
Have you considered seeking out affiliate sales that relate to your blog content and fit with your business plans? I use a mix of affiliate promotions as well as developing my own products for sale to internet marketers. By far, the sale of my own products, direct and affiliate, represents the majority of my income.
Best wishes, Michael.
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The Almost Millionaire Reply:
May 8th, 2010 at 1:06 am
Mike,
I have had mixed success with affiliate sales. I have a hostgator link here on the site. I’ve had a couple of friends start blogs and use the link…but I’m never been paid by hostgator. When I call, they say there is no record of my friends actually clicking on the link on my site. My friends say they did, but hostgator says they didn’t…who to believe? Well, I believe my friends, and it has caused me to lose faith in affiliate sales…how in the heck to you make sure you get paid?
Thanks for any input you can offer!
-TAM
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May 8th, 2010 at 1:28 am
TAM, Does you hostgator affiliate control panel show any activity around the time your friends signed up? What about recently? I just clicked on your banner ad now so it should show at least one click-through from today. There may be a delay in gathering click data and reporting it on your affiliate control panel so check it in 24 hours as well. Have you double-checked that your affiliate coded is correct?
Many affiliate schemes use cookies to track the clicks. If your friends didn’t have cookies enabled you wouldn’t get the credit, but that is the least likely reason as almost everyone has cookies turned on.
The hostgator cookies are valid for 60 days so assuming your friends clicked, then bought within that time you theoretically get the commission.
Note that there is also a delay in commission payments and you get paid in the last week of the month that is 60 days after the first sale from your affiliate link. That could be almost three months delay between sale and commission.
Don’t lose faith in *all* affiliate sales. I run an affiliate program via Paypal using software I run on my own server. Affiliates get paid instantly. It is a simple system and I make sure it works because one of the most important attributes to maintain in this business is your integrity.
In fact, the other day one of my affiliates reported a glitch in one of my pages. I fixed it and to thank him, I set up the system to pay him a bonus as a thank you. If I keep my affiliates happy they keep sending customers, and we all get paid
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