I love reading income reports.
They are so inspiring and especially the ones where bloggers go into details sharing their wins and what didn’t work for them.
Income reports can give you tips and ideas on how you can improve your site learn from other bloggers.
Ever wondered how bloggers make money blogging?
It’s actually one of the most googled questions and am guilty of that too.
Today am sharing with a list of 19 income reports. I go into details how these bloggers make their income, what I learned from studying these income reports and my recommendations on how you and I can boost our income too.
These income reports will also answer the question, can I make money as a blogger if am not blogging about blogging?
There is also a myth that small blogs can’t make money but this post will prove that’s wrong.
Small blogs can make money if started the right way.
NB:Super long post.
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(This post contains affliate links see disclaimer for more details)
Is a lifestyle blog by Kayla that covers topics such as motherhood, blogging, finance, career, fashion, beauty and more.
Most of her income comes from sponsored posts.Through advertising companies like social fabric, Clever Girls, and Tap influence.
Also a bit of ad & affiliate. You can have a look at her income reports here.
February 2018 $8643.37
Recipe This is a food blog run by the millers.
From the February income report, most of it came from ads monumetric to be precise and sponsored content.
It’s also nice to point out that their pageviews are so high. In just 2 years and 3 months since they started blogging, they have had more than 5.1 million page views.
In February alone their pageviews were 568,361.This is to show that if you want to make a decent amount from ads then you need to focus more on your traffic.
Looking for a well detailed income report? If yes, you must check them out. They even give some SEO tricks which you can easily implement.
January 2018-$241.96
Journey With Jess is by Jess which you can automatically guess from the blog name.
It’s roughly new and for her to make that amount in her 7th month into blogging is super impressive.
To top it all she earned this while working full time.
Her blog mainly consist of blogging tips posts, holiday gift guides and a few others.
Her income came from Google Adsense, Amazon and Izea.
Blogging Babe
January $650
Blogging babe is by Emma and she teaches you everything you need to know about blogging from starting and running a profitable blog, growing your email list, monetization and more.
I find this report so inspiring considering she earned this amount traveling.
Most of the income is from affiliates and the sale of her blog planner.
January income – $965
Her January pageviews were 8,104
Maya Maceka is by Maya where she shares her knowledge on blogging, working online and traveling full time.
She started the blog in June 2017.
Most of her January income came from affiliates, AdSense, Blog coaching & writing services and sponsored posts.
October $1549
She earned that with 8922 pageviews.
Reroute lifestyle is a lifestyle and travel blog.
She also did a recap of her first year of blogging where she made $ 9,100.
Most of her income came from affiliates, product sales, and services.
February 2018 $ 4305.96
February page views been 102,552
Unique sessions 63,000
Practical wanderlust is a travel blog by Lia & Jeremy.
This is the latest income report and most of it came from ads and affiliates.
This was through Mediavine, which requires you to have at least 25k monthly sessions to apply.
June 2017 $202.45
Is run by Emma and she blogs about small business.
She started blogging in 2016.
Most of it came from selling her courses, affiliate sales and ads(AdSense)
January 2018 income over $2000.
It’s run Anastasia.
Some of the topics she covers are blogging tips, DIYs, and food.
She accredits this income sources to Pinterest traffic. Most of her income came from ads (mediavine) & affiliates.
July 2017 $3735
Edenfried is a blog by Eden. The blog focusses on blogging tips such as Pinterest tips, email list, affiliate marketing and much more.
The latest income report that I could find was in July which most of it came from clients work, affiliates and the sale of digital products.
February 2017 $6852
February page views 176,007
Practical saver is by Allan and he covers topics on family, life,and money
Most of the income came from affiliates, ads, sponsored content, and surveys.
If you are looking on how to get started with Surveys he has good recommendations.
Startamomblog is by Suzi Whitford who is a stay home mom.
She is one of my favorite bloggers.I love her blog and her blogging journey is so inspiring.
Can you believe that she took her blog from $0 to over $20,000 in just over a year?
Crazy right?
She no longer writes monthly income reports but most of her income comes from her digital products and affiliates.
You can check her previous income reports here.
Having gone through all these income reports I have to say hers are way awesome.
Reading her income report and her journey got me so fired up, if she can do it then I too can. I just want to make my blog better than it is now.
One thing she insists over and over again is to grow your email list from day one.
She has a few courses my favorite is the blog by number course which I have actually taken.
She teaches all the steps you need to start and run a successful blog even though you have limited time (more of this later)
January 2018 $1737 with page views of 45,802 (not her highest month)
The frugal millionaire is by Sarah and she has been blogging for 3 1/2 years.
She recently did a first-quarter income recap, you can check that it out here.
Most of her income comes from affiliates, ads, and her two eBooks.
$29,997
Traffic 356,620
Is by Carly who is amazing.
Mommyonpurpose focuses on topics such mommy tips, family finances, life with kids and much more.
She no longer posts her income on the blog but she sends them through her list.
If you aren’t subscribed to her email list you should consider doing so. This is because not only does she sends out her income report but she also sends out blogging tips which you don’t want to miss.
She is so knowledgeable when it comes to blogging and Pinterest.
Am sure you have heard of her Pinterest Course Pinteresting Strategies that everyone loves (more of this later).
The income is from ads,affiliates and and product sale.
$19,889 latest income report
Chasing foxes is a lifestyle blog by Silas and Grace.
They blog on topics like money, style guide, food and drinks, beauty hacks and much more.
Most of their income is from ads (mediavine) affiliates (Bluehost and Amazon)
February 2018 $21,285
It’s run by Kristin. She launched the blog in 2015
It’s hard to believe her first income was $60 and now she makes more than $ 20,000.
Just to show how hard work and investing in your blog can pay off.
Majority of it is from her digital products, affiliates, and ads.
The She Approach
$10,000(over a period of 1 year and 3 months)
The She Approach is by Ana and she blogs on topics such as affiliate marketing, blog traffic, email marketing, blogging tips and much more.
She doesn’t write monthly income reports but once in a while, she does a recap of her income.
This post is my absolute favorite of her income report because she breaks everything down and gives you suggestions.
Most of it came from Affiliate marketing and the sale of her products.
She has launched two products (Affiliate marketing Bundle and Boost your blog Traffic) so far and she also offers coaching services.
Awhile back I purchased her ebook Boost your blog traffic that I love (more of this below) and I had 2 sessions of 1 on 1 coaching with her. I love how she teaches.
March 2018 $851.77
Page views 51,405
This blog is by MaryBeth. Just as the name suggests it’s a lifestyle blog and she focusses on topics such as DIYs, home décor, recipes, style, and craft.
Most of her income comes from ads and affiliates (From Amazon to be precise)
Read more on her march income report here
February 2018- $170,705.22
It’s A Lovely Life is a family lifestyle and travel blog. Just looking at this income it’s crazy.
Definitely in the big leagues.
From November they have surpassed the $100,000 mark.
Reading their goals for every month and the entire 2018 it just shows that there is so much room for growth in blogging.
Most of their income comes from sponsored posts, affiliates, and their courses.
I also noted that growing their list is a top priority.
If you are looking for nice travel post, check out their posts you will love.
My observations / lessons from going through 19 income reports
It was so much fun going through these blogs.
Am a very nosy person I think that’s one of the main reasons I love reading income reports.
I just want to know how much bloggers are making online and how they are doing it. I know am not alone.
Well, I ended up reading like 4 blog post on each blog and bookmarking some.
It was a lot of reading and I learned a few things which can’t go unmentioned.
1. TRAFFIC
Traffic matters. Let no one lie to you. Yes, it’s still possible to make money with less traffic but more pageview will boost your income like wildfire.
You can have the most amazing products, amazing posts with affiliate links but with no traffic then all that effort will amount to nothing.
2. EMAIL LIST.
Almost all of them are growing their list. Most of them recommend you start an email list from day one.
9 simple tricks to grow an email list fast
The easiest way to start an email list
5 amazing hacks to grow your email list with Pinterest
3. Diversify your income sources.
Don’t rely on only one source. Most of the bloggers making over 1k have multiple sources that are digital products, ads, affiliates, some offer services and sponsored post.
4. It takes Time and so much hard work
For you to make a decent income from blogging you need to be patient.
When setting out your goals be realistic with the time frame. Blogging is not a get rich quick scheme you have to hard work and smart.
5. They have all invested in their blog
They are not afraid to spend some money on the right tools that will better their blogs.
Resources I recommend to boost your income
Want to start and a profitable blog but don’t know where to start?
Blog by number course is all you need to have your blog up and running professionally.
I was so lucky I enrolled in this course when I was starting and within a short time, I had made enough money to repay the cost of the course and my hosting which I paid for 3 years in advance.
So if you ask me I made a good decision. Blog by number course is by Suzi as mentioned earlier and I love how detailed it is. It’s a course worth every penny.
Some of my best topics she teaches are Pinterest, affiliate marketing, SEO tips, 83 different ways to make money blogging and different ways to drive traffic to your blog.
This makes it not only best suited for beginners but also for intermediate bloggers.
Before I started blogging I had zero idea on how to use Pinterest, from the course I learned how to create eye-catching graphics, how to join group board and I got access to 480+ group boards.
You can check out my review here where I share my honest experience.
It’s the course that changed my blogging journey. For a course to have more than 3900 students enrolled, it goes without saying it’s a good course worth investing in.
Check out more on BLOG BY NUMBER COURSE and read for yourself what people are saying about it and see all that you get to learn.
Boost your traffic
When it comes to traffic I recommend two ebooks which are so affordable and which I have gone through and a scheduling tool tailwind which will make your work easier.
This is by Carly from mommyonpurpose. She teaches how she went from 0-200,000 page views.
All through manual pinning.
So many people(me included) have implemented her strategy and have seen positive result.
You have no excuse of low pageviews because the ebook is super affordable.It’s only $32.
Check out Pinteresting Strategies today
- THE SHE APPROACH TO BOOSTING YOUR BLOG TRAFFIC
Boost your blog traffic ebook is by Ana from The She Approach and what I like most is that she tackles so many different ways you can drive traffic to your blog.
Perfect eBook for any blogger in any niche who is under 10k pageviews a month.
My favorite topics are how to leverage social media.
She teaches how to use the different social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to increase blog traffic.
There is also a whole topic on how to master SEO which is awesome. Who doesn’t want to rank on the first page of google?
You get the best tips and tricks to build a loyal and engaging following.
I love how real she is, she doesn’t promise you miraculous results you have to put in the hard work to see results.
The good thing about boost your blog traffic ebook is that it’s only $25 and you get 2 free months of tailwind, a list of Facebook promo groups for bloggers and much more.
Read more about Boost your blog traffic here.
- Use a scheduling tool.
I highly recommend Tailwind.It’s a life saver.Sometimes you just can’tbe online and Tailwind will help with that.
Get a free month of tailwind here
Grow your email list
For you to grow your email list from day one, you need an email service provider.
Convertkit is the best tool for that. It will help you create opt-in and sign up forms
Perfect for non- techy savvy bloggers.
Convertkit isn’t free, however, my readers get a free trial through my link.
The beauty of the free trial is that you get to take it for a test drive, get to see how all the features work.
I want to use a real example to show you how email list can transform your blog and take it to the next level
By now you should be convinced that you should start an email list from day one but if you aren’t here is a quick case study I did.
A QUICK CASE STUDY
Suzi from startamomblog.com grew her blog from $0 to over $20,000 per month in just over a year all thanks to her email list. 60% of her incomes comes directly from her email list.
Which blogger wouldn’t love to make that in their first or second year of blogging? I know I would.
She started growing her email list from the word go and in a year she grew her list to 14,000 subscribers through convertkit.
Didn’t I say Convertkit is the best email service provider for bloggers?
She has a course called List by Number.In the course she teaches the best tips and strategies to use to grow your email list.
From the List by Number you will learn:
How to come with the high converting freebies.
24 ideas to grow your email list. All unique and proven ways.
Welcome series and distinct funnels
Tagging and segmentation
Automation systems and advanced topics and much more.
List by number has 11 step by step videos and 11 lectures where you will learn everything you would like to when it comes to email marketing.
Check out list by number here
Increase your affiliate income
From Zero to Hero Affiliate marketing bundle.
This course is by Ana from The She approach .You must have noticed that all the bloggers in this list make money through affiliates.
Affiliate marketing is the most passive way to make money blogging. To do so you need to understand the basics and how to go about it in general.
Do you want to make your first affiliate sale? Are you suck below $1000 in your earning?
Do you want to grow your blog?
If yes, them From Zero to Hero is perfect for you.
The affiliate marketing Bundle teaches how to figure out the best products to promote, best tips and tricks on how to promote your affiliate products, how to include affiliate links without being spammy, different ways to drive traffic to your affiliate posts and much more
Check out the Zero to Hero Affiliate marketing Bundle, you won’t be disappointed.
I hope you enjoyed reading this long post 19 income reports and that you have learnt something.If you have a question free feel to ask in the comments below.
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Hi Juelz,
Loved how you have put all these income reports together. Key points for my freelance writing business is to diversify and blog on topics that are popular and yet in high demand.
I follow Suzi and Ana and totally agree with your opinion on them. They are awesome and so inspiring!
I plan to start my email list soon and will read your posts on it.
Shared this post on Twitter!
Cheers,
Patricia