How I Earned $5,898.73 Blogging from Home in August

I am always looking forward to this time of the month to share all the happenings in my blogging journey. I still can’t believe its been one year since I started.

Publishing my income reports have helped me a lot in learning what went wrong and what worked. And from the emails I get, I am super happy that they are helpful to you as well.

This is my first income report in the second year of blogging, and there are some important things that I want to share with all of you.

Every day I get emails from my readers asking a lot of things about blogging, and there is one thing I tell everyone,

JUST START.

I still remember the day I decided to start my blog, THE BEST DECISION I TOOK!!

That single step has earned over $36,000 alone in my first year of blogging, and I am looking forward to bigger things in this year.

If you are thinking of starting a blog, today is the best day to do it. You can start your money-making blog for just $2.95/month (remember this price is only through my link and for a limited time!) when you sign up for a 12-month basic plan and you get a FREE domain.

There are two reasons I share my blog update and income report, first to be accountable and then to show you no matter how young your blog is, you can make money from it.

Update: From this month on, I will be sharing my blog updates from the 1st to the end of the month instead of 23rd (which is the date my blog was live). The below update includes the last week of July.

Coming to my blog updates,

TRAFFIC

Last month’s page views were bit low as it’s still the summer slump. The thing that I am super excited about is, my bounce rate is going down.

It is because of two reasons,

• I have been including more related posts in all of my blog posts
• I am trying to write longer posts with 800 to 1500 words whenever possible
  

My returning visitors are also on the rise, which means that my post engagement is going up.

Finishing my first year of blogging with so much support and feedback has given me a great boost to give more useful content.

Here are some of my past month’s income updates,

How I Earned $5,126.59 in 6th Month of Blogging
How I Made $4,051.07 in One Month of Blogging
How I Made $3,002.94 in One Month of Blogging
How I Made $5,189.08 in 9th Month of Blogging
How I Made $4,952.70 in One Month of Blogging

SUBSCRIBERS

Though I focused on list building late in my blogging journey, it has grown very fast.

My FREE blogging course is doing very well, and it makes my day when I get emails from my readers about how the course is helping them. I have poured everything that I have learned in this course and the feedback I am getting is simply awesome.

Right now my subscribers are at 2,500, and I am hoping to grow it at a faster rate from this month on with more useful freebies.

PINTEREST

If you are new to blogging, then I would suggest you focus on Pinterest more than other platforms. Pinterest has been my major traffic source, and I give most of the credit to the manual pinning with Pinteresting Strategies.

My Pinterest followers are over 8k now but what I have understood is, you don’t need to have a huge following to get massive traffic, it is more about the right pinning strategies. The followers will grow eventually.

FACEBOOK

My Facebook growth has been steady, and apart from focusing on Pinterest, I spend a large amount of my time on this social media. I am part of many Facebook groups, and if you are starting out with a new blog, then I highly recommend to join groups to kick start your page views.

If you are looking for a good guide or resource to get started on this platform, then you need Brittany Ann’s Strategies Worth Sharing. I cannot say enough of this eBook.

TWITTER

As I mentioned in my last blog update, this year I plan to focus on Twitter. Though right now this platform does not drive much traffic to my blog, I believe I need to work on it to see a change.

INSTAGRAM

The growth through this social media channel is something I am very proud of. I worked very hard to grow on Instagram as you know I love photography. I have crossed 1k followers on this channel now, and I am planning to grow more this month.

Now for the income report, last month my income was $5,898.73 (inclusive of last week of July) and most of it was from affiliate marketing and display advertising.

INCOME REPORT

Affiliate Income

Survey Affiliates (iGain, Maxbounty, Panthera Network) – $1,320.37
Bluehost -$2,080
Bookkeeper Launch – $196.75
30 Days or Less to Virtual Assistant Success – $124
Pinteresting Strategies – $98.56
Transcribe Anywhere – $97.80
Strategies Worth Sharing – $28
Amazon – $6.81

Ads –$1,946.45

EXPENSES

Boardbooster – $15

NET INCOME – $5,883.74

*Please keep in mind that this income report includes income generated from 24th of July to 31st of August*

The revenue numbers are looking good in spite of the traffic slump. And one thing I worked on was to diversify the income sources, and it is working. Last month, my income was generated from many sources, and I will keep working on expanding it more.

The most frequent emails I get from my readers who have started blogging is how to start making money.  Well, when I started I was clueless, and one resource that helped me immensely to start making money with my blog was Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing course.

This course is an all inclusive course about affiliate marketing, apart from this, the bonuses that you get with this course are also the big part of my affiliate income success.

Things I Did

I have been tweaking my blog layout a bit to optimize it for ad earnings. As you know, I have changed to AdThrive, and I am very pleased with their support.

I am getting ready to write content ahead for the coming months so that I can focus more on building my list and promoting better.

I am constantly updating new pins for some blog posts. I highly recommend doing this if you want more views on Pinterest for your old blog posts.

But the biggest impact I have seen was for the bonuses that I offered in my FREE blogging course. I am planning to add more useful bonuses for this course. I want to help you succeed in your blogging journey.

What I Learned

I am a life long learner. And blogging is perfect for someone like me. When it comes to blogging, you get to learn so many things each and every day.

With the success of my free blogging course, I have understood that many work-at-home enthusiasts want to start blogging and I intend to create more content for them.

What’s Next

As the summer slump comes to an end this month, I will be focusing promoting more on different social media and also work on SEO.

Traffic

This year my primary focus would be to get more traffic and reduce the bounce rate further. I am hoping to see the page views crossing 150k this month. Very hopeful of reaching this target!

Income

As I always say instead of having target for income, I love to see some income progression. The ultimate goal this year would be to break the five figures. Wish me luck!

Subscribers

I already have some ideas for creating freebies for my readers. I will work towards to growing my subscribers to over 3,000 this month.

Update: All the below resources have helped me immensely to reach to this point in this one year of blogging. I highly recommend them, and they can be quite helpful to all of you no matter at what stage of blogging you are. I am happy to answer any questions you may have about these resources.

Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing – This is by far the best course I had ever taken, and it has helped me in many aspects of affiliate marketing. This course is a must for anyone who is serious about making money from a blog.

Pinteresting Strategies – Carly’s Pinterest strategies helped me grow my traffic exponentially and in turn my income. I have tested them, and they work.

Facebook GPS – Tracie is a pro when it comes to Facebook strategies, and her course is a complete guide to growing your Facebook growth. My reach is increasing every day as I keep implementing tips from the course.

Traffic Transformation – I love Lena’s eBook for the fact that she dives into the areas of getting traffic from less frequently used platforms like Stumbleupon and Google+.

Strategies Worth Sharing – An eBook which I bought even before starting my blog, and it helped me to reach 700+ likes on Facebook. With Facebook being the second biggest referral for traffic for many bloggers, you need to invest in this to grow your traffic.

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About Sireesha Narumanchi

Hi, I am Sireesha and thank you for stopping by to know me. I am a work-at-home mom, side hustler and a firm believer in making 'working from home' a success for everyone. I have worked in a remote job for over 11 years and tried many side gigs. I have been featured on many popular websites like Forbes, Business Insider, American Express, QuickBooks, The Muse, Moneyish, Virtual Vocations, Spark Hire, Bustle, Fairygodboss, Side Hustle School, Payoneer, Jobbatical, Skillcrush.Read more...