October 2019 BLOG INCOME REPORT
Only 2 more months left in 2019 :0
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I truly enjoy reading other bloggers’ income reports because it allows me (and other readers) to learn how they are monetizing, see that it takes time to grow, and learn different techniques from multiple bloggers.
I know a lot of “successful” bloggers stop writing income reports once they reach a certain income threshold because they take time to write and they would rather spend time working on other blogging tasks.
Even though I haven’t reached my current “goal” yet I still want to put out these income reports for those who actually find them useful.
I hope my blogging income reports will encourage you to consider pursuing blogging as a side hustle. Be warned, it’s not a get rich quick scheme by any means. It takes a lot of time, work, dedication, and continued learning.
If you’re a blogger who has been blogging for awhile and NOT seeing results I urge you to keep on going.
October 2019 BLOGGING STATS
Traffic: 21,760 20,211 page views
My page views were relatively the same as last month. Towards the end of the month I started having a little trouble with Tailwind scheduling my pins because of changes Pinterest made. I think this affected my traffic, but only a little bit.
My organic traffic is consistent thanks to Stupid Simple SEO.
Want to make some extra money? Here are 7 important steps to get your own blog started.
SOCIAL MEDIA
PINTEREST: 5,477 5,632 followers
FACEBOOK: 550 552 followers
INSTAGRAM: 546 550 followers
TWITTER: 1,021 1,018 followers
Pinterest follower growth remains steady.
Instagram following continues to grow at a snail’s pace and I’m okay with that. Still posting a little more consistently and trying to connect with my audience. It’s actually been fun to experiment with.
Grow your own Pinterest following with these tips:
13 easy ways to get new Pinterest followers
Pinteresting Strategies Course Review
REVENUE FOR October 2019: $390.85
Ads
Mediavine: $319.82
Referrals/Affiliate Income
Rakuten (foremerly eBates): $0
Rakuten is one of my favorite affiliate programs because it saves people money, making it an easy recommendation and they pay $25 per referral.
Groupon: $0
iBotta: $0
Intellifluence: $0
Linqia (new blogger sponsorship opportunities, average payout $220): $0
Affiliate marketing for bloggers: $34
Sponsorships: $0
Miscellaneous Affiliate Marketing: $0
Amazon Associates: $37.03
My Amazon income more than tripled this month. As Christmas gets closer it should continue to rise. I’m currently working on another gift guide so fingers crossed.
Past income reports:
*September 2019 Blog Income Report: $442.23
*August 2019 Blog Income Report: $559.20
*July 2019 Blog Income Report: $564.03
*June 2019 Blog Income Report: $686.03
Blogging Resources
These resources are the ones that helped me hit over 25k sessions so that I could qualify and join Mediavine and finally start making some money blogging (I’ve come a long way from making just $20 a month).
Carly Campbell’s Pinteresting Strategies Course
Carly’s course is based on manual pinning. She gets over 200,000 page views a month and offers invaluable (free) tips in her Facebook group.
Her course is the most affordable Pinterest course out there and she is not a “blog about blogging” blogger. She focuses mainly on motherhood and that is what makes her course so unique because her tips work for all niches.
Read my >>full review on Carly’s course and you can also get a promo code if interested<<
Dare to Conquer (formerly Billionaire Blog Club)
Scriv’s Dare to Conquer membership course is different than any other courses I have seen or taken. For one price you get access to every course, Pinterest guide, SEO, affiliate marketing, video, sales funnel, community, etc.
He is super active via email and through Slack (the chat group). He is constantly adding new courses/roadmaps to ensure his students succeed that it’s hard to keep up.
See the full DTC course offerings here.
Stupid Simple SEO:
I’ve only had Mike’s SSSEO course for a short amount of time and I can wholeheartedly say I recommend it to any blogger looking to succeed. It is one of the most in-depth blogging courses I’ve taken and the biggest plus, YOU GET RESULTS! I now rank on page 1 for several of my posts thanks to what Mike teaches.
Read my full Stupid Simple SEO course review to see some of my results, the pros and cons of the course, and what other’s are saying about it.
Sign-up to the FREE 5 day bootcamp to get SEO tips, join Mike’s mailing list and see what it’s about.
TAILWIND
I use Tailwind to look at my stats and Tailwind tribes was what helped me get over 1,000 page views a day. You don’t need to have Tailwind to get a ton of traffic, but the time it saves me has been used to create new content and pins so I find it to be well worth the money.
Try Tailwind for free (no payment information needed). Get 100 free pins and free access to up to 5 tribes using this link.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
We paid off one of the mortgages on our condo that had a 9.5% interest rate.
Check out my post on tips to pay off your mortgage faster if you want to do the same.
FINAL THOUGHTS
The holidays are approaching fast and I am working on more posts.
Time to work on more posts so no time to really reflect this month. Love you guys!
If you don’t have your own blog yet, read this post to see what you need to do to set up your blog. If you have been blogging, keep up the great work and know it only gets easier.
