I earned $1630 in March which is about where I want to be with my earnings at this point. I always seem to talk about how little work I have done on my sites and how I’m happy to still be making an income and this month is more of the same. I don’t spend much money here at all so I’m hoping to pad my bank account a bit before heading to South Africa in June.
Earnings Breakdown:
- Google Adsense – $390 – Adsense in up which is always encouraging. Not much else to say since I haven’t really done anything in an attempt to increase my Adsense earnings. Well, I have, but I haven’t done the link building yet for those new sites so, until I do, it’ll likely be more of the same in this area.
- Affiliate Sales – $383 - My main affiliate is continuing to suck but I’ve set up something else on my moving to London website which is starting to pay off a bit. I’ve also been talking to them about ways to increase my earnings using other affiliate programs and tweaking my website a bit. Now that my ebook is done I will have more time to tinker with that stuff.
- Advertising – $605 - This month was all renewals or continuing monthly payments. I’m working on another big deal though for April which is good since I don’t have any renewals due next month.
- Ebook Sales – $252 As many of you know, I wrote an ebook recently and launched it in mid-March. I sold 36 copies which was a little less than I had expected (I was hoping to sell 50) but not by much. The promotion I plan to do hasn’t really kicked in at all yet and I think that I will have a few slow months and possibly some really good months, depending on what sort of exposure I get each month. I’m really excited to see how all of this works and will report back on it all. Mostly I’m excited to finally have a product to sell and I think it’s a really good one too which is even better.
Now that my ebook is done and I have some promotion done and reviews and guest posts in the pipeline, I can start working again on my websites. The net connection here in Haiti is surprisingly good, although now that we’re up to over 100 volunteers, there have been some bandwidth issues. But I’m hoping to spend some time writing articles and building links in an attempt to get my newest sites producing for me. I’m actually kind of looking forward to getting back into web development and SEO stuff.
Congratulations on your online earnings and also getting your ebook completed an on sale.
Sales may not have been as high as you had hoped initially, but I have very sure that you will get to your desired target figure.
Good luck.
Your adsense income doesn’t seems to grow over the past few months, but it is good to see the Ebook raking in some money, it will be a good source of residual income!
Great job on making that money almost on complete autopilot. You are doing what most only dream and hope for. Way to go.
You’re living my dream. Making money online and travelling the world. I’m jealous lol.
Congratulations Kirsty,
I hope your ebook will continue to sell well. I enjoyed the interviews. I hope to volunteer some time in the future when we go to China. Can you post some pictures of Haiti somewhere so we can have a look? I’m curious about the conditions there. Take care!
Pretty cool to be able to see the breakdown of your earnings, maybe someday I will get there
It will be interesting to see what your earnings are like once you are able to work on the websites on a full time basis.
Great job Kirsty looks like you are on asolid growth path not many ups and downs these last few months. I think the ebook sales are great and very encouraging.
Only Few more days to go here and I will be starting my journey thanks for keeping me motivated with your updates!
Launched March 15th and 36 sales that’s awesome…..
I was kinda thinking it was recen and not the whole of march can’t wait to see what the next few months bring.
I thought you would have sold more copies. You have 1000 readers so you should be able to convert a few more people.
Congrats on your earnings and book sales. I’m sure it’ll sell even more this month.
Till then,
Jean
Hi Kirsty!
I’ve been reading your posts for about half a year and just wanted to say thank you. The detailed breakdown of your income is very intersting and shows that it definitely is possible to earn some money on the internet without being an overhyped online marketer.
David
Hey…
Congrats for your success!
Keep it up with ur earnings:)
36 copies in such a short time is impressive, especially since you say you haven’t done much promotion yet. As word gets out I’m sure you will easily sell this much each month. It is always nice to add another income stream anyway. It helps make up for any fluctuations you experience with things like adsense and ad sales.
Congrats Kirsty! Keep up the good work. You are an encouragement to all.
I just purchased your book and can’t wait to read it! I recently volunteered in Costa Rica, and am looking to volunteer again. Thanks!
Congrats on the ebook sales! Your ebook is going to be a great resource to those that are serious about long-term volunteering.
Thank you Carrie. I know I have been working my tail off and I am just happy to see something finally working for me.
Now we have an idea on how to earn more online. Thanks for sharing! Good Luck on your April income.
So when are you planning on writing your next ebook? Have you suddenly found another source of online income that you will be pursuing?
Hi there, I just found your site from a link to your ebook via In Search of SANUK. The tag line of the ebook about beaches and backpackers is what sold my interest
Your site is now in my Google Reader and I have promoted the ebook on my Twitter (@themfdame, 722 followers) and my blog (the-dame.com, 2222 followers as of today).
I love that you post your earnings, wen i was looking into blogging for a living, i really just wanted to know how it was possible to make money and how much money in a ball park figure, but it seemed everyone was real secretive or way out of my league and capabilities. Yours has given me hope and I will do anything I can to promote you because I like what you do!
Be well!
The Dame
Its 1:15am and Ive been so busy today Ive only just managed to have a quick page thru your ebook to overview the content and wow! I can NOT wait to find time to read it and read it again. Soooo much valuable information you have definitely under-sold it!
My link to your ebook on my site got a positive reaction and a few reblogs and Im sure my review of it will too.
You have become my new hero, inspiring me to volunteer by letting me know it wont cost me an arm and a leg to do so! I always joke that id I was a trust fund baby Id spend all the money on volunteering cos its so expensive and inside felt sad I couldnt afford it, but your ebook has shown me it can be done by the everyday person.
So thank you very much for your great work, the design is also lovely!
Kirsty, congrats! Just curious, but how long are you going to be in South Africa? We are heading there in mid-August – would love to meet up if you are there still.
Impressive figures you have there Kristy. I think you must focus more on Adsense earnings as it is one of the best advertising platform so far.
Your adsense income doesn’t seems to grow over the past few months, but it is good to see the Ebook raking in some money, it will be a good source of residual income!
March earnings look really good, Looking forward to what the April earnings report will produce!
It sounds like your monthly earnings have been progressing well. Most of us just wish we could get this kinda of semi-passive income coming in while busy traveling & volunteering. Congrats Kirsty.
Congratulations on running such a great website and also for your earnings.
It’s really cool sharing the information with us because the sites admins could better notice what other ways than Google AdSense are there over the net to try out for monetizing their sites greatly online. Good Luck!
I was kinda thinking it was recen and not the whole of march can’t wait to see what the next few months bring.
I wish google will earn more in future to come………..
March earnings look really good, Looking forward to what the April earnings report will produce!