One of the biggest motivators to keeping this blog going is none other than John Chow. He generates major income through his blog but of course he also generates major traffic to his site. For the most part of the year I have been trying to develop my “voice” through my content without focusing as much on the money side of things. Now is the time to get the income strategy going so that I can reconnect to the hobbies I had before blogging became a hobby. Check out his latest Blog Income Report. You have to check out his report to appreciate the numbers and the strategy behind the blog.
Blog Income Report – September 2008
written by John Chow on October 1st, 2008
Total Blog Income for September 2008 – $38,030.57
September 2008 goes down as the blog’s second biggest income month. The blog did break $40K back in June but that was due to a $10,000 blog post. If that post was not taken into account, September 2008 would be the biggest month ever. Here’s the income breakdown.
* Affiliate Commissions: $12,807.69
* Private Ad Sales: 11,730.00
* Appearance Fees: $4,000.00
* ReviewMe: $4,000.00
* Text Link Ads: $2,028.59
* Shoemoney Tools: $2019.60
* Kontera: $1,000.00
* RSS Ads: $444.69
* Total Income: $38,030.57
At its current rate, the John Chow dot Com is on its way to a $400K year, which is pretty good for a blog that just rambles about whatever is on my mind. For the first time ever, affiliate commissions overtook private ad sales to become the blog’s number one money maker. This is something I’ve expected to happen and was working on. It’s part of my effort to make the blog less dependent on advertising sales.
How To Be a Six Figure Blogger
The key to making money by blogging is to drive a lot traffic and then maximize the hell out of that traffic. These are the two elements that you really need to work on. If doesn’t matter how great your content is if nobody reads it. However, if you have a ton of traffic but only run Google AdSense, then you’re leaving a ton of money on the table. Google AdSense is known as welfare for webmasters. You need to run as many revenue options as possible while still preserving the user experience. Check out my recommended money makers to see what systems I used to produce my blog income.
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