Jul 07 2009
June Earnings Report
Bah to June! More of the same. I came in at just over $1000 which is twice as much as I’m spending but I’m getting sort of sick of being stuck around this amount. I had this problem when I first started out, not being able to get above the $100 mark for ages and then getting stuck at $300 for awhile too.
Earnings Breakdown:
- Google Adsense - $275 - Adsense is also floating around at the same spot. This month is looking up though plus I have a bunch of websites that I think will do well with Adsense that I’m working on getting into the SERPs.
- Affiliate Sales - $684 - My living in London site is getting a lot of traffic these days and I think it’s about time I load it up with some affiliate programs. I have a few that are good matches and I’m curious to see if I can make them work.
- Linkworth - $10 - For $10 a month I’m not sure why I risk the possible backlash from Google. I think I will give them the heave-ho at th eend of this month.
- Private Link Sales - $30 - No new ads and a few cancellations. I haven’t really been pursuing link sales as I’ve been wanting to move away from them but I still really need them to pad my income so I might stop being so passive in this area.
I’m hoping these new sites I’ve built will show up in the Google results soon. Plus I’m still waiting for my living in Sydney site to get any Google love at all which is frustrating because I know that will turn into a nice little earner when it does. I plan to put some serious time into link building for them once I get back to Managua in a week.
I think these past few months have been evidence of the fact that I didn’t do much work at all earlier in the year. I’ve been playing catch up since I’ve been in Nicaragua as best as I can and am feeling pretty positive about the sites I’ve just launched and the projects I have on the go. Roll on July!
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what kind of traffic do you get. like income as a % of traffic?
just curious
i just got into blogging a few months ago, and actually started reading nerdynomad a few months ago as well
for me traffic is growing expotentially but ad revenue is remaining flat. which means i am doing a horrible time monetizing i suppose..
its def. interesting though
love reading about your travels
You earning quite handsome income from your blog, happy for you, i haven’t tried for my blog but thinking about to start and specially affiliate marketing i think earning good income for you, so i wanted to know more about affiliate marketing from yours if possible, thx.
You mentioned affiliates for your London site, well I have an old site about living in London that I really don’t update much anymore but I still make some affiliate sales.
The types of affiliate programs that seem to work well with this type of site were dating and friendship.
I would imagine people researching a city, perhaps with a view to moving there and starting over again might be interested in these areas and they do convert pretty well, which is why dating is such a competitive area!
Just an idea anyway…
Why worry about hovering at about $1000/month when you haven’t even completely monetized your Living in London site? I think it’s good news that you get a lot of traffic there, so go and make the best of it.
@mek I get about 800 unique visits across all of my sites, with 300 a day coming from my London site. So not really that many. The only earner that seems to grow with traffic is Adsense. More or less.
@mold I don’t really earn anything from my blog, it’s all from other sites. Affiliate marketing is something I will be getting into a lot more in the coming months so stay tuned for some more posts about it.
Ya I’m looking forward to seeing what sort of affiliate earnings I can crank out of my London site. I will probably add some programs in the coming weeks and keep everyone updated on how it’s going.
I’m looking forward to that. Would love to hear what kind of affiliate programs work best on the London site.
Kirsty it sounds like you are well on your way to breaking the $1000 mark. That $684 in affiliate sales is a decent amount. Just focus on what has been working for the London site. Google will give the Sydney site some love soon enough. Just focus more on the money makers for now.
Looks like you are settling in and have found what one can only term as a floor, seems more solid than before because the very volatile parts don’t contribute hardly anything towards this $1000
Whats strange is your affiliate sales this time last year where higher have you figured out what is amiss?
What kind of affiliate do you promote? thanks and keep blogging.
@bisnis My main affiliates are all travel insurance related.
@neale Ya I know what the problem is but it’s not really fixable. It’s all downhill from here I think and that’s one of the major reasons I need to diversify… pronto!
@workingnomad I agree with dating sites. I added one to my tokyo travel guide and it performs pretty well.
Maybe You are stuck, but 1000$ looks very nice for me. Especially that (I think) this is not Your only income source. I’m sure You will increase Your income in next months and You will gain more from Your blog!
# Gry dla Dzieci@ I agree with him because “To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.”