I earned $1560 this month which, for doing a grand total of zero hours of work on my sites, I’m really happy with. My target earnings per month is $1500 so being able to earn that while leaving my sites unattended has proven to me that this really is passive income. The best part about earning $1500 is that I have spent about $100 in
the month I’ve been here so most of that money is headed straight for
my ailing bank account.
Earnings Breakdown:
- Google Adsense – $334 - Another drop in Adsense but I have a bunch of sites completed that could bump this up if I’m ever able to get them going. I really need to focus on building links and getting my sites into the search engines because, at the moment, they’re nowhere to be seen.
- Affiliate Sales – $380 - My main affiliate program is on the way out and I haven’t got anything going at the moment to replace it. I have some affiliate sites up and ready to go but I need to do a lot of SEO before they’ll start paying off.
- Advertising – $846 - This was made up of my usual $400-ish of monthly subscription payments along with a new, six month deal with an advertiser on my moving to London site. The new advertiser is a perfect fit and I’ve set up a few affiliate programs with them too that I think my site’s readers will find really useful.
I have all the sites in place I think I will need to kick my earnings up to the next level but, as I’ve mentioned, I need to spend a lot of time doing SEO to get visitors and get them earning. It’s impossible to get much work done in Indonesia due to a terrible internet connection and unreliable power so there’s not much I can do about it for now. I’m heading to Kuala Lumpur today to eat hamburgers, have hot showers, drink mocha frappuccinos and do some work for a week and SEO will be my focus. I have about seven new sites that need attention but I’m going to focus on two and see if I can get things going a bit in the week I have.
I’m loving it here in Indonesia but I’m in need of a break. I’ve been sick for the past week and I’m looking forward to having my own room, a decent net connection, a western toilet and eating lots of yummy food.The work here isn’t too physically demanding but the hot and/or rainy weather makes it challenging. Plus, while I like the food, I’m in need of some variety, namely green vegetables that haven’t been boiled to death.
Next time I write I will be in KL stuffing my face!
Hey, 1.5k+ is always a great income : )) I’m sure you will be reaping in the profits for all the hardwork you placed into your others sites! Looking forward to see you expand up your stuck in network!!
Well done! do you think you could double it in a year?
Good work Kirsty
$1560 is enough to keep you out of trouble
Congrats on those numbers! Very nice…especially if you didn’t even have to work on the sites in that time!
Way to go Kristy! I’ve been reading your blog for a couple of years already. If you’re making what you’re making now without even working for a whole month it should be easy (!) for you to scale up if you just grind hard.
Ooo myy! much money!
Drop in ad sense yeah I noticed ;/
What an excellent result for a month where you didn’t do much online work. This is the type of passive income that I hope to achieve in the very near future.
Keep up the good works you are doing in Indonesia.
That is ridiculously cool that you made that without even working on your sites. Passive income FTW! I hope I can do that one day!
How much actual hours to you put in a month? Where do you do most of your work on the road and for how long? Those are the type of questions you can address in your book =)
$1500 per month is great passive income. Great work.
I have been skeptical about opportunities to earn passive income but more and more people are proving me wrong. It sounds like a lot of work, but once it gets going it is a fantastic way to make a living.
Yes passive income is great if you can develop it. This is not completely passive as it will require some work to keep it going. Still, it is pretty cool to be getting paid that while putting in minimal hours. As you keep expanding, I’m sure you’ll catch up on your finances and develop an even better income stream.
Earning quite well and wise too. seems here if you work more hard you can achieve more than your current income with your advertising sales. Best of luck dear.
I must say that you earn a lot. I’ve read a lot of blogs and seen many sites but 1500$ is something worth mentioning. I must say that your blog must be very popular. Do you think your earnings could rise even more?
Good income from advertising in November.
$1500 + goes a long way in Indonesia! Well done.
How much actual hours to you put in a month? Where do you do most of your work on the road and for how long?
Great job and thanks for transparently showing your results in a month. Keep it up!
Well, that’s Great! can you let me know how much you made in last year by Google Adsense?
So just how many actual hours to you put in a month? Where is it that you do most of your work on the road and for how long?