MyBlogEarnings For December 2007
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.
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Comment by Brown Baron on 6 January 2008:
Nicely done. Six figure blogging sounds good. Congrats!
Comment by plentyofsoft on 5 January 2008:
hi,
It is amazing.
How do you get so much adsense clicks?
Comment by Everton on 4 January 2008:
@smackall
I wouldn’t say I allowed it to happen - running this blog and doing a full-time job, especially given I started a new job in November, and trying to have a life isn’t easy! I will get back into the routine this month.
$1m would be a very nice target. If I get anywhere near that amount I’ll be very happy!
Comment by Smackall on 4 January 2008:
This is a fact that I expected for this month. I don’t know why you are allowing this happen. Come on Everton, January should be an awesome hike in your calender. This year your target should be $1,000,000. I dont think its hard for you, if you put some pain.
Anyway my wishes for your success.
Comment by PC on 4 January 2008:
$100,000 a year is simple amazing. Congratulations!
Comment by Everton on 4 January 2008:
@Mike
Yes I will continue using TLA. I think Google have already reduced the page rank of those sites selling links to try and stop them doing so. If I do actually get delisted in the future, then I will stop using TLA and use the webmaster contact form to let Google know.
Comment by Micah on 4 January 2008:
Good work Everton! It’s still a very impressive amount. December is always a little lower. Making over $100,000 last year is definitely a milestone.
Comment by Mike on 4 January 2008:
Great work, Everton. That is a serious increase in revenue!
What are your plans with TLA for ‘08? Patrick Gavin recently confirmed over at my site that they have no intentions of adding no-follow to their links which means they’re in direct opposition to Googles guidelines. Are you going to continue using them this year?
Comment by Joseph Plazo on 4 January 2008:
Impressive! I’ve read blogger reports with spiralling incomes after google changed their adsense code. You’re the opposite. Seems total revenues went up
Comment by Bush Mackel on 3 January 2008:
Congrats Everton! Yes, I’m congratulating you even though your profits slipped a little bit. In my eyes, if you’re able to make even a “little bit” of money from blogging its a success so what you’re doing and what you’ve been able to do is just phenomenal. And double congrats on getting into the 6 figure category!