December saw the end of my first full year of trying to make money from this blog. Although December wasn’t a strong month, when I look back at the growth I achieved over 2007 I’m very happy.
If you’re new to the blog my old MyBlogEarnings reports are available, as well as my Guide To Making Money Online With Blogging. The guide is worth checking every month or so, as I update it every couple of weeks or so.
December like November was a very quite month. I decided that I needed to have a proper holiday, which involved me jetting off for two weeks. Hopefully the break will set me up for a strong start to 2008!
Earnings Report For December 2007
Note: Figures for last month are in brackets.
- Google Adsense: $ 2,498 ($3,661)
- Intellitxt: $1,601 ($1,912)
- Text-Link-Ads: $1,709 ($1,810)
- Tribal Fusion: $1,333 ($1,344)
- Direct Ad Sales: $ 360 ($510)
- Linkworth: $168 ($168)
- ReviewMe: $280 ($150)
- Sponsored reviews: $163 ($0)
- Feedburner FAN: $81 ($80)
- TNX $0 ($69)
Grand Total: $8,192 ($9,705)
So, yet another fall, but it was expected. I’m hoping that going back ‘full-time’ this month will help raise my earnings to previous levels.
Review Of The Year
Total Earnings For 2007
- Google Adsense: $44,406
- Direct Ads: $17,295
- Text Link Ads: $13,234
- Intellitxt: £12,493
- Tribal Fusion $8,326
- Fan: $2,600
- Other: $4,886
Grand Total: $103,240
I just managed to scrape into the six figure blogger category. This time last year when I only made $2,259, I never really thought this would be possible, and I’m glad to say that I’m still curious to see how far I can take this site. My recent holiday in Jamaica has given me a much needed incentive to push on to try and hit my earnings target for going full-time, as it will allow me to leave grey and very cold London, and move somewhere nice and warm and work on the beach with my laptop!
The key lessons I learnt in 2007 are:
- Keep posting as the traffic will always grow
- Listen to your readers – they’ll tell you what topics to write about
- Never assume you have maxed out sources of income, as new ones will always appear
- Make it easy for potential advertisers to contact you
- Constantly review ad positions
- Never be afraid to remove underperforming ad schemes
I hope that the amount of information I have shared here will encourage you to do the same (An alternative way is to tag your post ‘MyBlogEarnings‘ so that your details can be found easily on Technorati), or provide you with food for thought. The more info we share with each other, the more we will all hopefully make.If you are looking for some quick tips on generating more income from your site then check out my Guide To Making Money Online With Blogging.
