Feb 01 2010
January Earnings Report
January was an improvement with earnings coming in at $1347. For the third or fourth month in a row I haven’t done much work so I’m obviously pretty happy that the money continues to roll on in. I am completely aware that I have to get back into work mode but I didn’t manage to get anything done in Kuala Lumpur and won’t be able to do much until the end of February when I leave Indonesia for London.
Oh ya! I bought a ticket to London for March 1st. The plan is to head there to attempt to get a visa for Pakistan and, if that doesn’t work out, I will probably head to Haiti. The Pakistan plan is good for working online and I’m hoping it works out. The Haiti plan isn’t so good for web work but it’s too tempting not to go. Either way I will have something interesting to keep me busy for a few months.
Earnings Breakdown:
- Google Adsense - $319 - Yay! Adsense is back over $300 after a scary month in December. January started as a slow month which was a bit of a worry, especially since in past years January has usually seen my Adsense earnings jump up a lot. It’s not at $500 where I want it, but it’s moving in the right direction.
- Affiliate Sales - $498 - My main affiliate program is still sucking but others are stepping up finally. I’ve set up some programs on my moving to London site which are a perfect fit and the early results are promising. I have a couple more products from the same company to add so hopefully that will be what bumps me up to above $500 consistently.
- Advertising - $530 - It was a month mostly of renewals and I also did a few new deals for monthly payments. I have stopped pursuing direct advertising but I’m still always open to it so it’s nice that people are still coming to me occasionally.
January was good and February will probably be more of the same until I get off my arse and get some serious amounts of work done. The good part is I have the sites built, I just need to dedicate a lot of time to building links and attempting to get them into Google.
But that’s for March… in the meantime it’s more of the same in Sumatra, Indonesia. We’ve moved onto building houses and I get to play with a circular saw which is fun and it’s nice to be building houses instead of destroying them.
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I've been travelling since January 2008 living off earnings from the web. Follow me as I bum around Asia and beyond, getting up to mischief and working online as I go. 
Congratulations - one thing’s for sure, you’re consistent. Looking back through your earnings reports you’ve been hitting this kind of amount month-in, month-out for nearly three years.
Good to see you stabilizing at a manageable amount, I’m loving the division between three sources..
Be careful of your fingers with that circular saw
It’s good to see your earnings go up again.
But when will you finally sit down and get some work done?
I especially like months where I put little effort into my websites but still get a decent cheque at the end of the month. It makes up for past months where I slaved away but didn’t get the short term financial benefits. Still, it is obvious that for better long term rewards we have to keep plugging away as much as possible. In time that effort snowballs.
Well done on your positive progress last month.
I must say I was surprised to be as fortunate as well.
Till then,
Jean
i could only congratulate with your success, well done! any secrets??
Not bad when you consider you are on a virtual passive income at the moment.
Are you spending more than you are earning?
January earning report is good compare to december.
Congrats on the good earnings in January! It’s good that the income streams are diverse, and it looks like you’ve done really well with affiliates!
Curious why you’re avoiding the direct advertising sales? Prefer the hassle-free solution? Anyway looks like a good month - congrats!
Thanks guys. Ya, the division of my sources of income is a good thing as is the fact that I’m still earning with no work. Let’s see how long it lasts.
@andy I’m not avoiding direct link sales at all, it’s just that I’m not pursuing them. If people come to me I will happily entertain them. There are some sites I need to do work on and then I will probably actively look for advertisers.
Great job Kirsty. I’ve been following you for a few months and it’s pretty cool to see how you are consistently earning despite not putting much extra work into your sites.
Excellent income thanks to the web marketing. Be still like that!!!
A greeting.
Auguri! I just found your site today, through someone’s site that I got to from someone else’s. I’ve grabbed your feed-can’t lose you now!
I think it’s really great that you do these reports. It gives hope to the rest of us!
Out of curiosity, what percentage (an estimate is fine) of your earnings come from this site, rather than your others?
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Nice earnings. Maybe this gives you some help in your journeys (I know that those money surely are not enough to support your activity).
Wuut wuut, keep it going! I like your website ’stuck in london’
@kelsey I used to love reading people’s earning reports but it doesn’t seem like there are many out there anymore… so I’m happy to keep the updates going because I know it used to inspire me. Nerdy Nomad doesn’t make me much at all… I have a few advertisers in the sidebar maybe bringing in about 10-15% of my income? Not totally sure though.
Very happy for you. your earning improved, i’ll pray you’ll get visa and your desire get full fill. Best of luck for further journey.
Nice earnings, but surely could be higher.