Blogger Income Report August 2016 (with affiliate links to the things I love right now).

The breakdown into percentages:

SPONSORED POSTS: 45% of my income.

(PS- here is an amazing course on how to make more by reaching out to brands.  You can make 3-4 times more by going for brands yourself, without a “middle man” company.  (I do both). 🙂

Book & Course Sales: 25% of my income

Affiliate Programs: 10% of income

Ad Income: 15% of income

 

Three things that I did BETTER this month: 

These tips will have affiliate links to things I’m using and loving! 
1- I have been working so hard at my newsletter with ConvertKit.
2- I added Leadpages & saw a huge increase in signups for my courses using the Leadboxes.
3- I finished two courses! 

 

Things I need to work on:
1- My Affiliate Sales.  I just joined this affiliate course, so I am hoping to learn a lot.  I make a lot some months, but other months are just slow.
2- My Store.  I am switching to Shopify.  I never spend money unless it is to pay off our mortgage or invest it in the kid’s futures (seriously) so this is huge for me.  I couldn’t stand people e-mailing me saying that their product isn’t being delivered.  This will fix that problem.
3- I have a few other blogs that had taken the backseat, so I found someone to help me get one up & running.  Again… trying to spend money to make money. 🙂

Things I loved this month:
Waking up earlier & going to bed earlier.  I was always up until 2:00 am, but now I am waking up at 5, going to the gym and then using my kid’s school time (9-12 is preschool) to work.  🙂

My goal has always been that my kids have me as a mom, not a blogger, so that meant finding a schedule that made that happen.   I still work a little when they are home, but not a lot.   I do my big things while they are at school and save my little things to do when they are here & I have a few minutes.   That eliminates any stress about working when they are home.   🙂   Yay!

I have also been taking a few courses & reading more books.  Now, I don’t have much time, but I do try to make time to learn every single day. The more you learn, the more you know (sounds like a Dr. Suess quote, doesn’t it?)    No one can know it all, but we can educate ourselves to know more.  That leads me to the next part…

 

What I am reading & courses I am taking:
Course–>> Affiliate Marketing
Course–>> Sticky Blogging
Course–>> Making More with Brands (make more by reaching out to brands for sponsored posts)
Book–>>  Increase Your Pageviews – Blog Traffic Ebook
Book–>> Tasty Food Photography

Check out Septembers Income Report in our Forum (available in mid-October)