Okay guys I am excited and ready for Today's video because I have just been Loving veto all kind of videos that I Have been doing so I created that Pinterest video talking about how is it Reach two million average monthly Viewers on Pinterest and I just launched A video talking about the strategies That I have been using to grow my YouTube channel and even though that one Wasn't like as big or as dramatic of Results I still love sharing the Strategies that I have been using with You guys I'm really just opening the Curtains so you guys see behind the Scenes in my business I feel like for a While I kind of put the blockers up and I was just sharing tips with you guys Just basic generic tips that I thought That I had to share and I I don't know They were still actionable they were Still good but I just like the strategy That I am doing right now I really feel Like I've got a better connection with You guys and I feel like by being this Transparent you guys are getting so much More out of it and I am absolutely Loving that so one of the questions I Actually get all the time is how much Money I'm making with my blog and I've Got to say I haven't been keeping you Guys updated with how much money I have Been making with my blog and in 2018 There was a reason for that and it was
Because I was not making very much money At all and I was embarrassed and I was Afraid if I told you guys how much money I was making that you guys would be like You're doing all this stuff you're Growing your blog or you save your on Your blog but the income isn't there and It's true I was growing my blog I was Growing my Pinterest I started my Youtube channel but the money wasn't There and it was because I wasn't really Focusing my energy in the right areas Now I know really my main moneymaker is Within Pinterest and helping other People grow on Pinterest but you know It's a learning curve guys it is a Learning curve and I'm getting there so In today's video I want to be as Transparent as possible and talk about How long it can honestly take to make Money as a beginner blogger because you Can go on Pinterest and you can see what Other bloggers are making you can see All their income reports and some Vloggers make a ton of money within Their first month within that first year Or maybe it could take them five years To get there but I don't know I feel Like sometimes there's not as much Transparency when it comes to how long It could also take to make money with Your blog because if I'm getting Completely honest It took me a long time to make my first
Thousand dollars within my blog if I Exclude my freelancing I first started Freelancing I launched my blog in January of 2017 that's the official Launch date on my blog was January 2017 By March of 2017 I actually my first Freelancing client where I was guest Writing blog post or someone else and They were paying me for it so I sort of Freelancing pretty early selling my Services and then by the time it was October of 2017 I was actually making around $2,000 a Month from freelancing so I wanted to Exclude that because I thought that that Would be a little boring to include in Here it would be like oh it took me like Six months to make my first thousand Dollars and I just thought like that Wasn't I don't know maybe it's not as Realistic for those of you that don't Want to sell your services or maybe you Don't have a niche where selling your Services really makes sense so I Specifically dug back through like my Invoices at my bank account in all the Different platforms that I use to see How much money I made from affiliate Marketing ads and then my courses ended Up coming in there as well to show you Guys how long it took me to make a Thousand dollars within passive income For my blog each blogger is different And it depends on how you wanna months
Has your blog when I was getting started I didn't do brand collaborations or Sponsored posts I stayed away from that Because I wanted to build my audience Kind of authentically I wanted to create That connection before I worked with any Brands and in-page wrote them that just Didn't make any sense to me at the Beginning so I didn't make any money That way now that is definitely an Option for a beginner blogger if you Have an audience or if you have a brand That's willing to work with you go for It do whatever you think is right for You and your brand but for me I'm happy The way the way that I did it so without Further ado let's go ahead and get into This video to lay it all out there on The line with you guys I mean you guys May already know this but I ended up Buying my domain in October of 2016 I Didn't watch my blog until January of 2017 the first like few months was just Designing the blog creating blog posts And once it was ready to launch Then I launched my blog in January of 2017 so let us get to my little notepad Here This is hello this is kind of weird to Share just because I don't want to talk Much about how much I make blogging I Don't share income reports I haven't Done an income report probably since November of 2017 it has been a long long
Time since I've shared an income report So this is pretty transparent with you Guys and let's just get into it so like I said the three main places that I was Making money was affiliate marketing ads And my courses so to start with Affiliate marketing affiliate marketing I think I got started with in March or April of 2017 and I didn't receive my First paycheck from affiliate marketing Until September of 2017 for fifty three Dollars and ninety cents so the first Bit of money that I received from Passive income wasn't actually until September of 2017 it took me at nine Months after launching my blog almost a Whole year since I've bought my domain To make my first little bit of income From passive income on my blog because Of course before that I was making for Him insane money but for passive income And I remember receiving that payment And being so excited that I have made Money with affiliate marketing but it Took me nine months to receive my first Payment with an affiliate marketing now I feel there's a lot of bloggers start And they think they're gonna make money With ads and a lot of youtubers or Beginner youtubers or people that aspire To be youtubers they think that they're Gonna make money with ads well with YouTube specifically you have to have Your first thousand followers as well as
Four thousand hours of watch time within The past year to even get ads on your Videos to even start making money with Ads and if you have a blog you need to Get pretty decent traffic to your Website and clicks on those ads to be Actually making money with those ads so If I'm being honest with you guys it Took me until April of 2018 To make my first 101 dollars and 40 Cents with ads because I am a part of Google Adsense and they don't pay you Out until you hit the 100 dollar Threshold so it took me until April of 2018 over a year almost a year and a Half since I bought my domain to receive My first payment of So if you're counting on ads don't count All that okay it's gonna take you a While to make that money so by April of 2018 when I received that payment I had Made four hundred forty nine dollars and Fifty cents with my blog April of 2018 It took me a year and three months to Make not even five hundred dollars of Passive income with my blog okay and now This next part is going to shock you Guys because I received my first payment Of the courses that I had created I Marched the blog post bundle in the blog Hustler in March and kind of ICH April Of 2018 so I didn't receive the curt First payment of my sales from that Until May of 2018 so by May of 2018 I
Had made one thousand one hundred Seventeen dollars in twenty one cents Just one month later I had gone from Four hundred fifty dollars to one Thousand one hundred seventeen dollars So let me break it down even more Because we just had our first one Thousand dollars by May of 2018 that is A long time to make my first thousand Dollars and to break that down so that One thousand one hundred seventeen Dollars and 21 cents 555 and 92 cents of That was from affiliate marketing 101 And 40 cents that were from ads and then Four hundred fifty nine dollars and 89 Cents was because of my courses so if You really really think about that I Mean there's there's just a few things That I want you guys to get out of this Video the first one it can take a while To make money blogging and if you're Planning on starting a blog just to make Money you really need to be passionate About what you are doing because it can Take a while a while for the money to Start trickling in and if you were just Counting on ads or even affiliate Marketing to make you money It could also take a while to build that Up to make that income and one of the Biggest things that I did to go from Four hundred fifty dollars one month to Over a thousand dollars In the very next month I mean I doubled
My income from over a year and a half Basically I think is Year and a half rate yep from October to April it's a year and a half to one Month later I double my income because I Created my courses I don't want to like Preach that you should create courses or Create paid products what I'm saying is Diversifying yourself and not putting Your income all your eggs in one basket Is really going to dramatically help you To monetize your blog and to make more Money with your blog but really it just All depends on how you want to monetize Your blog if you want to work with your Brand's and do sponsor posts and Collaborations that's great that is a Great way to make money if you want to Get started with affiliate marketing I Highly recommend that you do it because It's a great passive income source and Then ads obviously put ads on your Website it's going to make you money Here and there and when you start Increasing your pageviews it's gonna Make you even more money and if your Interesting courses go ahead and create Courses ebooks or any other paid Products that you want to create this Video I just I wanted to be transparent With you guys and I wanted to share that It took me from launching my blog or Buying my domain in October of 2016 Until May of 2018 to make my first 1,000
Dollars with a my blog so it doesn't Happen overnight it's most certainly not Gonna happen overnight and if you are Starting a blog or a YouTube channel Just to make money because you think It's a great money source or a great Career path that's gonna lead to Millions it may it honestly may lead to A lot of money but if that is your Purpose or your wife or doing it I think That you may need to find another why Because just look at me I have been Creating YouTube videos for well over a Year I haven't made any money from YouTube I have made zero dollars from YouTube and if I was just doing it for The money honestly I probably would have Given up at this point so as that is it From this video I feel like I have Talked to your ear off enough and it's Time for me to go and get some other Work done so thank you guys so much for Watching as always and I'll see you guys Back here another video very soon bye Guys You