How much 💰 I made last month (Full Breakdown)

Hi

I find reading people's income reports fascinating.

Any not just because I'm nosy...

When I first started blogging, it showed me what was possible.

It really spurred me on to work harder.

So, for anyone reading this who's a few steps behind me on your journey,

I hope that my income report does something similar for you.

Here's a breakdown of my earnings for August...

Revenue:

• Site 1: $29,521*
• Site 2: Sale is in process for 6 figures
• Site 3: $3,345
• Site 4: $56
• Site 5: $113

Total: $33,035

Read on for a more detailed breakdown including my expenses, the number of articles and page views for each site...

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 *Please note that the final figure for site 1 will be a few hundred $ higher due to a delay in data reporting.

Before we get onto the breakdown, it's important to talk about expenses!

I like to keep my profit margin at around 90%. 

But, there are some key things that I pay for. 

My total expenses for August were:

• Domains: $8
• Hosting (BigScoots): $99
• Theme (Generate Press): $5
  
• Site Speed (WP Rocket): $8
• Email (MailerLite): 
  
• Writers (In House): $3,441
• VAs (OnlineJobs.ph): $202

Total expenses: $3,907

That gives me a total profit (before tax) for August of $29,128.

Now you're probably wondering what efforts it took to build these websites?

Because obviously, this didn't happen overnight.

So, here's a site-by-site breakdown for you...

Site 1 - Travel Niche

• Income: $29,521
• Age: 3 years
• Articles: 319 (33 new added)
• Pageviews: 897,924
• Monetisation: 89% ads with Adthrive + 11% affiliate

Site 2 - Lifestyle Niche

This site is has been sold for six figures and is being transferred to the new owner.

It was 85% affiliate, but I decided I prefer to focus on generating income from ads.

I'll give you more details in next week's email - look out for it!

Site 3 - Gaming Niche

• Income: $3,345
• Age: 19 months
• Articles: 126 (6 new added)
• Pageviews: 268,152
• Monetisation: 98% ads + 2% affiliate

I just moved this site from Adthrive to Ezoic as a test! Was that a bad idea? I'll update you on this in future emails.

Site 4 - Tech Niche

• Income: $56
• Age: 7 months
• Articles: 74 (19 new added)
• Pageviews: 12,258
• Monetisation: 100% Amazon affiliate

Once this site gets some more traffic I will monetise it with ads and diversify the affiliate networks.

Site 5 - Hobby Niche

• Income: $113
• Age: 15 months
• Articles: 63 (33 deleted!)
  
• Pageviews: 14,253
• Monetisation: 100% Amazon affiliate

I bought this site in June. The content wasn't great and I have deleted around 40% of it. I'm working on improving the rest.

Once this site gets some more traffic I will monetise it with ads and diversify the affiliate networks.

My focus for September?

I'm working on my email list for my travel blog, I want to do a better job of monetising that with affiliate links.

I'm also publishing as many articles as I can on that site as the ROI is very good. 

I want to get every article edited on site 5 so that I can let it sit for a while and see what happens.

And I'll be keeping a close eye on my Ezoic experiment on site 3 to see what happens!

If all goes well, I might add Ezoic to sites 4 and 5 rather than waiting until they meet the required level for Adthrive. We'll see!

Speak soon!

NSL

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