How I Made $1989.18 In My Third Month Blogging – My First Blog Income Report

Hello and welcome to my first income report!

I started my blogging journey three months ago and it was one of the best decisions I made this year!

I need to clarify that I had some ups and downs, however, I can see today that all my efforts are paying off and this makes me happy!

It doesn’t matter how new your blog is, or if you are still hesitating to start a blog, with this report I’ll confirm that it is possible to make money online! …Trust me, if I can do it, you can do it too!

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If you want to start your blogging journey and make money from it, I’ve put together an easy step-by-step tutorial on how to start a profitable blog the right way! It is super easy to start a blog and the best part is it’s cheap! So, do not hesitate and just do it, you will be glad to start your money-making blog sooner than later. You can find the step-by-step guide to start a profitable blog here.

Why do I  want to share my online income report?

  1. I decided to write my first online income report because I believe it will help me to be more accountable for my blogging goals.
  2. Also, I know that by sharing my updates many of you will benefit from learning how it’s possible to make money from blogging!
  3. However, my main goal in sharing my online income report is to inspire others and let them know that it is possible to earn money from home. I was once that person sitting in that chair reading income reports from other bloggers and asking myself … why not me? Until I decided that I waited long enough and that I needed to put things into action if I wanted to spend more time with my kid. I’m so glad I made that decision! Now, I am able to spend more time with my family, I manage how many hours I spend on my blog, and I have a flexible schedule so no more 9 to 5 hassle!

One more thing, you don’t need to be tech-savvy or be an expert in any field to start blogging. In fact, anyone can start a blog and earn a passive income from it. You just need to have the right tools and strategies to implement and start making money from your blog. It may be overwhelming at the beginning but trust me, with time, blogging will get easier.

So, without further ado, let’s get into the details:

My Income and Stats for the month of June 2017

Total Income Report June 2017

I earned $1,989.19 in June from blogging (before expenses). My page views were 27,123 (still in shock!)

 Blog Income Broken Down:

Blog expenses

Total expenses: $172.00

Net Income: $1,817.18

Top Posts:

Things I did:

For Increasing Income:

As you can see, a big part of my blog income comes from affiliate marketing. I owe this to a course that I enrolled in a few months ago: Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing. If you are really serious about how to make money by blogging, then you NEED this course!

Michelle, who created the course, teaches the exact steps and strategies she took to increase from $0 in affiliate income to $50,000 per month! Yes, you read right 50K/month!  The biggest bonus in this course is its private Facebook group where you can find tons of help from other bloggers.

You can find out more about Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing here 

For Pageviews:

In June, I had a big increase in traffic compared to May 2017. For the month of May, I had 3,227 page views. However, in June I had 27,123 Page Views!

I owe most of my increase in traffic to Lena’s e-book: Traffic Transformation Guide. This e-book is one of the MAIN reasons my traffic or page views are increasing superfast! I believe that this e-book is a MUST to every pro or new blogger. You can find out more about this e-book here.

Another e-book that I used to mainly increase my Pinterest traffic was Pinteresting Strategies. This e-book has drastically changed my Pinterest traffic. Since applying the techniques from Carly’s e-book my Pinterest traffic has increased significantly and therefore my income. I highly recommend this e-book if you want to see big numbers in traffic from Pinterest. You can learn more about Pinteresting Strategies here. 

Also, I joined different Facebook groups and participated in different threads. There are many Facebook groups you can join and participate. The advantage of this is that you may be able to gain more exposure and therefore more traffic to your blog.

For Email Subscribers:

Last month, I installed the free version of Sumo. Thanks to this amazing tool my email list has increased to more than 200 subscribers a month! As a new blogger, I take this as an accomplishment! My original goal was 100 subscribers for June, so I am very happy with how I was able to double this goal!

Also, I started to use ConvertKit and it was one of the best investments for my blog. Seriously, ConvertKit is very user-friendly and it has so many great features. I was using Mailchimp at the beginning but I am so glad I switch to ConvertKit. Also, with Convertkit, you can easily create subscription boxes and nice landing pages!

July Goals

Increase my Blog Traffic

My main goal this month is to increase my page views. I want to apply to a different ad network but to do this I need to increase my traffic a bit more. I’m aiming for 40, 000 page views

More Content

My goal this month is to create at least 2 blog posts per week. So far, as of today (the middle of the first week of July), I have created three!

Freebies

I do not have a freebie on any of my blog posts. However, I’ve managed to increase my email list to more than 200 subscribers in one month! My goal for this month is to incorporate a freebie for my readers so I can expand my email list. My goal for July is to increase my subscribers to 500.

As you can see, this is only the beginning of my blogging journey. All this may be seen as overwhelming at the beginning, but trust me, with time for many new or aspiring bloggers, it will get easier. As I said before, you just need to have the right tools and resources to start a profitable blog the right way!

Here are the resources that are currently helping me to reach my blogging goals. I highly recommend these helpful resources to anyone that wants to take blogging to the next level.

Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing

This is the course that is currently helping me to make money from affiliate marketing. If you are really serious about how to make money by blogging, then you NEED this course! After completing this course, now I can say that I found the exact way on how I can successfully monetize my blog.

Here are some things you will learn:

  • What affiliate marketing is and how it works
  • The exact steps Michelle took to earn over $300,000 from a single blog post
  • How to pick the right affiliate products to promote
  • Different strategies to use to promote your affiliate products
  • How to use Pinterest to succeed at affiliate marketing.

And much, much more! You can find out more about Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing here 

Traffic Transformation Guide

Lena’s e-book is a great tool to increase your overall traffic. I had such amazing results from this e-book. The traffic transformation guide is packed with TONS of helpful tips for growing your blog readership and income! Besides, this e-book will guide you on the exact steps you need to take to double your blog traffic and your page views within a month. This translates to more page views, meaning more income!

Here are some things you will learn:

  • How to Duplicate & Piggybank Blogging Successes
  • Social Platform Focus
  • Interlinking Secrets
  • Optimize for Search Engines
  • Split Test Strategies

and so much more!! You can find out more about this e-book here 

Bluehost:

I run Smart Cents for Life through Bluehost and I highly recommend it especially if you are a new blogger. Why choose Bluehost:

You can learn more about how to start a profitable blog here.

ConvertKit

Since using Convertkit, my subscription rate has increased a lot! If you are one of those people that are still using a free service such as Mailchimp, you should switch to Convertkit immediately because this is the main mistake new bloggers make.  You will notice that your email list will grow a lot faster!

You can sign up for Convertkit here.

BoardBooster

This is the tool I use to schedule my pins on Pinterest. BoardBooster is very easy to use! I basically spend 15 to 20 minutes per week setting up all of my boards and I am done! It saves me tons of valuable time and I love it!

Click here to sign up for Boardbooster and schedule your first 100 pins for FREE!

Tailwind

I use Tailwind mainly to schedule pins from others not only because you should spread the love by sharing, but because it helps with Pinterest traffic! Besides, Tailwind has great features such as its analytics that lets you know what your best performance pins and boards are. Oh, and wait! ….. the best part of Tailwind is that it allows you to join tribes, which can seriously improve your monthly page views!

Click here for a FREE trial with Tailwind.

How was June for you? Are you interested in learning how to make money blogging?

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15 thoughts on “How I Made $1989.18 In My Third Month Blogging – My First Blog Income Report”

  1. Congratulations! I’ve seen you earned the most from Affiliate, Max Bounty, iGain, and BlueMedia. I hope I can also learn more about those programs. I am still saving some amount to enroll in some of the courses. Considering that I can’t be able to buy all those at once, which one should I get immediately? Thank you.

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  2. Wow! Almost $2,000 in just 3 months that’s great!

    Right now I’m just trying to build up my traffic then hopefully I’ll see my monetization efforts taking effect.

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    • Hi Cory, Yes it took me three months to get here and I owe most of my progress to the tools I used and described in this blog post. Keep working on your traffic, you will see that your efforts will pay off!

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    • Hi Anne! No problem! I also like to read other bloggers income reports because they provide so many tips and insights. Also, you can subscribe to my email list, so you can be one of the first to have my future income reports!

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  3. You did that! In just 90 days too! Fantastic results. I’ve slowly started monetizing my blog, so, June was better than May for me. Thanks for the transparency!

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    • Hi Grace! Yes, it took me three months to get here and every effort was totally worth it! I’m glad June was better for you! Congrats! ๐Ÿ™‚

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