Can Blogs Make Money?
December 2008 proved to be a banner month in my quest to figure out if blogs can be profitable. I employ a very limited selection of revenue streams on my blog. I currently utilize Adsense for content, Adsense for Search, and direct advertisement sales. In Dec. these efforts yielded the following results:
Adsense for Content…about $75.00 in revenue
Adsense for Search…about $50.00 in revenue
Private Ads…exactly $50.00 in revenue
Total December blogging income…$175.00
I’m pretty pleased with these results as I truly blog for fun. That being said, I’m an entrepreneur at heart, so I love the business aspect of conquering the Internet. I will continue down the path of slow and steady to win the race, and will grow my knowledge of all things “interweb” as you must remember that I started with NO KNOWLEDGE of these things several months ago. Hopefully I can report $300 in income for Jan. I’m looking for 2009 to be a big year.
Blessings! And big thanks to all my friends and commentors. You truly make blogging alot more fun.
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January 12th, 2009 at 5:55 am
$50 for adsense for search sounds awesome. I need to add adsense for search too now i guess.
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January 14th, 2009 at 9:09 pm
Hey
Thanks for sharing this info. I really like seeing people make money from blogging. I my self have made money too, and guess we are getting paid for something we love doing… is that not great?
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January 15th, 2009 at 3:32 am
That is pretty awesome as you adsense earnings, although not as be as those problogger types, surpassed mine by a fair bit. If you don;t mind my asking, what sort of page views did you have for that month?
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January 15th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Sire,
On this site I get about 150 page views a day. My adsense earnings reflect total traffic from 5 sites…so the income is not as impressive as it seems. I also have http://www.brandonansel.com http://www.bfranchise.com http://www.naturalgasmichigan.com http://www.mikeansel.com http://www.sillyparents.com so that being said, you are probably experiencing superior results from Wassup!
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January 15th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Sire,
This blog gets about 125 page views a day…that being said, the earnings numbers are a combination of ads on 6 different sites…http://www.bfranchise.com is and example. That being said, you are probably experiencing better results than I am from Wassup! Things do seem to get better every month though! Thanks for asking.
Almost Millionaires last blog post..Is Ford A Good Buy?
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January 16th, 2009 at 3:19 am
Actually whilst Wassup gets more comments it does not get the page views some of my other blogs get, say for example my loadofbullshit.com. You can actually see these stats at my CoolBlogLinks site.
Thanks for answering.
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January 18th, 2009 at 5:03 am
Great job with your blog income. It is nice to see some extra income come in when you pour a lot of time into something. Keep up the good work.
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January 23rd, 2009 at 3:57 am
whenever someone visits that site, the registered owner makes money, it’s called traffic. For every person that visits these sites and every sale that these sites make, the owner is paid a commission. Which pretty much sums up what this Jeff Paul program is
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January 23rd, 2009 at 9:39 pm
wow very sweet indeed; I have made cash here and there online using different methods (detailed on the nexus)Yet I still have to turn over any real income from the blog itself!
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January 24th, 2009 at 9:38 pm
Impressive,I just started blogging. That will be cool to start profiting from my blog. Right now though I haven’t focused on that, but that is surely something to think about in the near future.
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March 19th, 2009 at 8:42 pm
This is really great, and to think I stumbled accross this site in a random search for something completely different. If you want I will give you the keywords I was searching it might help.
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Almost Millionaire Reply:
March 19th, 2009 at 9:57 pm
That would be really appreciate John! Knowing keywords that get folks to your site is really important.
Let me know!
Blessings,
TAM
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March 21st, 2009 at 6:24 pm
Fantastic results TAM… I’d love to have that kind of revs but I trust it’ll happen over time.
I’ve had 2 folks in the last week offer to buy links. I sold to one guy and made $20. The other wanted to place a link to a PayDay lender and I had to refuse.
I have a few Adsense and Amazon earnings too but at my current rate it’ll take months before a live payment arrives.
Enough of me complaining… my reason for commenting was really to say thanks for the inspiration! Perhaps my $20 in March will grow to $175 before too long!
Thanks!
Dave
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The Almost Millionaire Reply:
April 30th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
Dave,
Great to hear that you are selling links already! Very cool. Way to stick to your guns with the payday lender. That doesn’t seem like your cup of tea. Keep working hard brother!
-Brandon
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April 30th, 2009 at 5:31 am
Way to go making $50 on Google search! That’s crazy! For some reason google search has never worked for me – one or two click throughs, that’s it. Keep posting these reports! Good to know!
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April 30th, 2009 at 12:19 pm
Google search is amazing! I have also been surprised at how well it pays out. It doesn’t get used often, but when it does it pay out richly. I think it is a good service to have on any site, so when someone gets an idea, they don’t have to leave your site to go and Google it!
The Almost Millionaires last blog post..#1 Worst Small City for Jobs…Jackson, Mi.
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September 17th, 2009 at 9:45 pm
good readings here really enjoyed your website
*thumbs up*
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April 1st, 2010 at 4:12 pm
Hey I know this is a very old post but I love these kinds of income update. Are you going to do more. Are their more recent ones I haven’t seen?
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TAM Reply:
April 2nd, 2010 at 1:44 am
Ned,
It has been a while since I’ve done an income update. For no particiular reason, other than that I’ve been VERY busy as the Capital Markets company that I started last year has really taken off. Income is still consistent though, Google Ads seems to do pretty well every month, and are growing.
Thanks for stopping by, and for your comments. Very much appreciated!
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