Over $25,000 in one single month blogging!
This number still blows my mind as I’m recording This income report for the last month. I started
my blog less than 3 years ago and had no idea How I was going to make money with it. I had a dream of leaving my day job and building
a different lifestyle for myself and my family. Ok, I’ll tell you honestly, I just wanted
to work sitting on my sofa while making a Lot more than I could ever make at my day
job. I couldn’t stand the idea of working at
a corporate job my entire life. Starting a Blog seemed like a good option, especially
because it needed very little financial investment To start with. Starting a business online is nothing like
starting a traditional business, like a restaurant Or a travel agency, or whatever other ideas
you might have. You don’t need an office, You don’t need any expensive equipment except
your laptop. The only investment that is hard To avoid even as a beginner is purchasing
your domain and hosting for the blog. And Luckily, in our times there are options that
can cost you about $3 a month for your blog Hosting. If you can afford that, you can probably
afford starting a blog. I have a link in the Top right corner and below this video with
a very special offer just for my audience So you can start your blog without any technical
overwhelm for less than $3/mo. Now, maybe you are not anything like me. Maybe
you are not working at a sole-sucking corporate Job and you are already an entrepreneur – a
coach, a Yoga instructor, a nutritionist, A psychologist, an interior designer, a marketing
specialist, you name it! Why would YOU be interested in blogging? Well,
because a lot of people scaled their solopreneur And local businesses thanks to blogging. By
blogging I mean all the major platforms you Can use to reach your audience – it can
be a website, it can be a channel on Youtube, An Instagram account, a Pinterest account,
even a TikTok account if your audience is There! But having your own website and domain as
a home base for all your content is always A good idea even if you are doing really great
on social media. Because that’s where you Will make money – on you site, people won’t
pay you directly on Instagram or on Pinterest, They will find you there but eventually they
will end up checking your website. In this video, I will not speak about ALL
the ways you could use to make money as a Blogger. I already made a very detailed video
on the channel where I showed you how to start A blog in the right way, and about all the
monetization methods which are popular among Other bloggers. That video received a very
positive feedback so in case you want to check It as well, I’ll give you a link to it in
the top right corner and in the description
Below this video. But today, I want to focus on the methods
that worked best for ME and I want to also Show you how this income that you see in the
title of this video, is distributed between Different channels in my business. And I have steps for you in this video. Because
as I was growing my blogging business, the Ways I used to generate income from it, also
were going through stages. You can hardly Use all the monetization methods right away
as a beginner. If you try, you will spread Too thin and will have a hard time seeing
results with any of the strategies. By the way, I also have a free online course
for those of you who want to start a blog But don’t know where to start and how to
build a website in the right way to make sure It will actually make you money in the future.
The link will be in the top right corner and In the description below this video. So here is how my income growth looks over
the last 3 years. If you want more details On specific months, I actually made a few
videos in the past showing how I made between 4 and 5k dollars only with ads on my websites.
So you can check those two videos as well – I’ll give you links to them in the top
right corner and in the description below This video. I have to make a side note for the full disclosure
here that this is how much I made last month But it’s not exactly the amount that hits
my bank account, and not all of this money Is what I actually take home. The majority
of companies that pay bloggers have at least 60 days of delay in payments. So, most of
the money I earned last month, I will only Actually receive 2 months later. I also have
certain expenses on my blog to run the business, Like website hosting, email provider, various
tools and plugins. And of course, before taking The money home I’ll also discount a big
chunk of it to pay taxes. This is just for You to understand that when people say here
is how I made $10k or 25k or even a million Dollars, most of the times they mean the revenue
they generated in their business. 1. Affiliate links The monetization method that made me my first
500-800 dollars when I started blogging was Affiliate marketing. At that time, I was writing
a lot of posts about work from home opportunities And some of the affiliate offers in that niche
made me consistently several hundred dollars A month. My main traffic source back then
was Pinterest – but if you know me well, Pinterest is still my main traffic source
anyway As a beginner, I registered in lots of affiliate
networks and was testing different types of Offers. My traffic wasn’t big enough at
that time to apply for Mediavine ads, so I
Had to mainly rely on affiliate links on my
site. I joined Flexoffers, iGain, Shareasale, MaxBounty,
CJ affiliate and a few other networks, but These were the main ones I used. Nowadays, I don’t rely on these networks
and general work from home blog posts that Much. I invest more time into building useful
content specifically for beginner bloggers And online entrepreneurs. When I do so, I
mention various tools and services which I Personally use in my business – and many
of them have quite generous affiliate programs. Last month, I made $975 in total on different
affiliate products I offer to my audience. 2. The second way of monetization is through
ads. I can tell you honestly that using Google Adsense in most of the niches will not pay
your bills when your traffic is low. But once you get at least 10k/mo sessions
in your Google Analytics (ok I often get the Question what are sessions – to simplify
things, you could say it’s the number of Website visitors but it’s not exactly that,
so if you are not sure what are sessions just Search on Google: sessions in Google Analytics
and you’ll find the exact definition). So once you have 10k/mo sessions, you can
apply to ad companies that will help you make More with your ads – like Ezoic and Monumetric.
Then once you hit 25,000/mo sessions, you Can apply for Mediavine ad management company.
It’s the one that I use on my sites and I can tell you honestly, their support and
the revenue per 1000 visitors on your site Are the best.
I am not getting paid to tell you this, Mediavine Doesn’t have any affiliate program but I
am truly thankful to this company for being Where I am now. Because the first ever significant income
from my blog was done with Mediavine ads – and It was about 1500 dollars earned in one month
from the same blog that used to make 10 times Less with Google Adsense. Mediavine ads have supported my family for
over 2 years now, it was thanks to this ad Company that I managed to quit my day job
by the end of the first year blogging. And On good months, I make over $5000 only with
Mediavine ads on my blogs. Last month I made $4609 in total with ads on my two blogs. 3. Youtube ad income The third monetization method is Youtube ads.
I started my Youtube channel just because I wanted to show my Pinterest marketing tips
here and didn’t plan on making it my new Ad income stream. But slowly, Youtube started
bringing me more and more ad dollars and last Month, I made $830 just with ads that Youtube
shows on my videos. So Youtube accidentally Exceeded my other income steam which I created
very intentionally and will cover next.
4. It’s selling my own eBooks, printables
and other similar products to the visitors Of my blogs. For example, I know there is
demand for people who struggle with pin design, For click-worthy templates that can actually
generate you traffic from Pinterest. So I Created pin templates for Canva – I know
that a lot of people like Canva as it’s An easy and free online tool for graphic design.
So it’s just one example of my own products I created to help my audience solve their
problems. If you want to see in detail how I present this product on my site and who
knows, maybe you actually need these Canva Templates to create your own pins – I will
give you a link in the top right corner and In the description below this video. These products are usually in the low-cost
range, something between $10 and $30, something That’s easy to buy for North American visitors,
even if they only visited my site for the First or second time ever. I made $650 with this kind of products on
the two of my blogs last month. 5. I also have 1:1 services related to Pinterest
marketing and I sell them through my blog. Last month, I made almost $3200 with these
services and in case you’d like to get my Eyes on your Pinterest account and give you
an advice specific to your online business, To your website, then check in the description
the link to my Work with me page where I offer These 1:1 services. 6. And my next income stream performed really
well last month, I sold my courses for over $15000. I have to admit though it was my best
month so far in terms of course sales, and Funny enough, I didn’t run ANY promotions
or sales on my courses last month. I think it was mostly due to the beginning
of the year when a lot of people are looking For a new program or a new way to grow their
business or website, perhaps that could have Some influence on the sales volume. If it’s not your first video you are watching
on my channel, you know about my signature Program Pinterest SEO Traffic Secrets in which
I help my students drive free organic traffic From Pinterest to their websites. I also have to admit that the growth of this
Youtube channel gave a great boost to my course Sales because here I’m sharing a lot of
Pinterest tips, people try them and see that They really work so they are interested in
joining my paid program too. I also found It a lot easier to work with my students inside
the program because mostly people who join It these days, already know my teaching style.
Most of my students first learn a few things About Pinterest from my channel so they have
the right expectations from the course, from Me, and
From Pinterest. Essentially, all these monetization strategies
that I use, are the steps you could take for Growing your own website or online business.
It’s really hard to tackle all of this at Once and when I look back at my journey, I
realize that I’ve only had real breakthroughs When I was working on one platform or one
monetization method at a time. What I mean here is that I first had a goal
to simply drive traffic, a lot of free organic Traffic to my site. And that was how I ended
up growing quickly on Pinterest and learning About this platform enough to later start
teaching others. But while I was building my presence on Pinterest,
I had no Youtube channel to work on. Then I decided to make my course, I dedicated full
3 months of work to building that first version Of the course which later evolved and was
updated many-many times together with Pinterest Platform. About a year ago, when I focused on this Youtube
channel it was a bit shift – I started investing About 40-50% of all my time into creating
new videos, doing keyword research for new Tutorials, replying to questions and comments
here under the videos every day. The beauty of online business though is the
accumulative effect of all your work and efforts. You invest yourself in one platform and once
you built your authority there, you can move On to the next one. And the first one keeps
working for you with some minimum required Maintenance.
I hope you guys enjoyed this video and learned A few things from it whether you are just
starting online or you are currently in a Stage where you need to decide about the next
step in your journey. I will be happy to answer Any questions all your questions below this
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them here and there. And I’ll see you in The next videos!