Here’s my blogging revenue report for January 2009.
Amazon (all countries) – $1478.29
Google AdSense – $800.42
Other Revenue Sources – $1129.50
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Grand Total for January 2009 - $3408.21
Yeah, not what I was expecting either. Earnings took a plunge of almost $5000 from December. I expected this in part though. But I really thought I’d be above $4000.
To be honest, I’ve devoted more time to other projects than my primary blog this month. I really want to diversify my income stream beyond my primary blog. While I have one niche site that brings in around $200 per month, almost all of the rest is coming from my primary blog.
I’ve been really digging into the notion of establishing my niche sites. I have toyed with several for some time now. This past month though, I’ve dug in and began to develop a few of these.
I hired a freelance writer to put together a few dozen articles for a couple of these sites. I’ve got a publishing schedule set for them and now I need to work on building up links.
I’ve been reading Courtney Tuttle’s 30 Articles in 30 Days case study with Unique Article Wizard. I’m pretty much sold on this and am going to experiment with it on these two niche sites that I’m building up. I don’t mind dropping $67 bucks for a month or two in order to give something a go. Additionally, it’s hard to resist when someone like Courtney Tuttle lays it out there for you with quantitative results.
In the 30 days that he applied Unique Article Wizard, he took a site from $561 total AdSense income to $1043 in AdSense income. That’s an 86% jump from December to January. To me, that makes it worth trying for a couple of months. I’m probably not going to knock out 30 articles in 30 days (I have a day job and high-maintenance blog to keep up with), but I’ve got a queue of a dozen articles or so ready to drop in for one site. I can probably muster the same for the other site as well.
We’ll see where it goes and, if it pays for itself, I’ll keep subscribing to the service. If not, oh well. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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Even though your earnings took a plunge you shouldn’t feel too bad. Making $3000 + is nothing to be ashamed about
You are surviving in tough times and a lot of big name companies can’t even accomplish what you are doing so congrats.
Peter
Nice and interesting piece… Thanks for being so open about your numbers; they’re really a great inspiration.