So last month’s earnings were insane at over $11,000 and November sees me dropping back down to planet earth with an income of $4,895.
I had one big deal for about $1,400 but, other than that biggie, it was mostly a month of small deals and some renewals. I kind of scratched and clawed my way to almost five grand. I was disappointed by a bunch of late payments, though, so I’m already off to a good start for December. Had everything come in as promised, this would have been an over $6,000 month, but its actually kind of nice to get December off on a good foot as I’ve had several pretty bad Decembers over the year, so I’m not going to complain too much.
Earnings Breakdown:
- Adsense — $309 - Adsense shmadsense. Same as always.
- Affiliate sales — $111 - Still sucking but I’m not doing anything to stop the downward spiral.
- Advertising — $4,272 - A far cry from last month’s huge total but the lack of a giant $5,000 deal probably has a lot to do with that. Ah… if only those deals came along every month! But this is more in tune with my usual monthly earnings so I’m just settling back in and should get used to it.
- Referrals – $105 - A couple internet buddies came through this month with referrals.
- Ebook Sales — $98 - Fourteen sales.
Spending Breakdown:
I only spent $573 in November and not really on anything too interesting.
- Link Building Services — $147 - I’m still using Linkvana (14 day trial for $5 affiliate link/50 free outsourcing credits affiliate link). I’ve seen some great results for my Kampala site so I’m still on board with them despite many people saying that the days are numbered for link building services like these.
- Articles – $161 (£100) - I had four articles written for a couple of my sites but didn’t have any articles for link building this month.
- Domain Renewal – $95 - Go Daddy stuff.
- Facebook Ads – $135 (£30) - I paid a bit more for Facebook ads this month after seeing some great results (at least for the number of new ‘likes’) last month.
- Programming – $30 - I paid a bit extra to the guy working on my events plugin after asking for some small changes.
- Ebook — $5 - Monthly cost to sell my ebook.
Nothing too exciting this month. Pretty average earnings, nothing much spent, no new projects to report on. I’m still working on the website for the shared office space in Kigali that I’ve been working from. I’ll have to get that done by December 21st. I’m also trying to tweak a section of the living in Kampala site to display photos more nicely and I’ve volunteered to make a simple website for an organisation here in Kigali for vulnerable women. Should be a fun project!
I don’t have much up for December, either. Just a bunch of Xmas gatherings and stuff. Should be a fun month and I’m looking forward to an Xmas in the sun!
Nice! Are you ever afraid of getting de-indexed or hurt by Google for selling text links so much?
Google seems to really be focusing in on this with their Panda updates.
Thanks,
Sam
with adsense, have you noticed a correlation with the value per click and the keywords in the latest content you added? i think i have.. but i also may be crazy.
Hey Andrew… I’m afraid I don’t pay any attention at all to Adsense stats or click value. I just set it and forget it.
Probably a big reason my earnings with Adsense haven’t improved over the years.
I’ve been following your blog for years on and off (since at least 2008) and have finally started to actually make a go of location independent income. Better late than never. It’s a bit nerve wracking to wonder how long it’s going to last! Thanks for the long time inspiration!
It’s still a good income
I hope your Christmas will be full of new business offers!
I know that there was a decrease from last mont but you still had a fantastic month! Almost 5k is amazing and I’m truly impressed with the amount of money that you are making in advertising revenue!
I hope that one day my income reports have numbers that are as high as yours!
love this awesome breakdown, and your rhyming skills leave nothing to be desired “ad sense” “shmad sense” indeed!
I will admit to being embarrassed that today is my first visit to your site — but I WILL be back
First time visiting the blog, I love these break downs and good to see someone else making a living on the internet! You are in my bookmarks, looking forward to more posts!