Money This Blog Makes
Blogging about blogging, my most hated subject but sometimes of most interest to other people. Anyhow, I got a couple of emails asking about how much money (if any) this blog (NevBlog.com) makes.I'm not too interested in monetizing this blog but if I continually update something, I might as well make some cash on it. Here's the breakdown:
Selling text links (June 2008): $800/month
There are usually between 8 and 12 text links placed throughout the site that advertisers pay $80/month for.
Google Adwords (June 2008): $116/month
They run on the header and left navigation. These just kind of sit there and make a few bucks a day.
Adify Ads (Through Forbes Network): $20
I'm part of a network run by Forbes, and they run those ads you see on the header and left navigation bar through the Adify network. I have a minimum pay-per-click clause set on my Adify settings, so if an Adify advert is lower than my Google Adwords, it shows whichever is the highest paying. So sometimes the advetisement is from Adify, sometimes from Google.
Labels: Blogging
posted by Neville @ 3:33 PM
12 comments
12 Comments:
"The IFRS Exorcist"
By the way I love your intro to the comments section. I'm going to add something similar if I can figure out how to do it.
The more important number for you would actually be income/hours invested. The money is nice, but make sure the hourly income makes sense as well.
Jerry
www.leads4insurance.com
Love the blog. I've been following it for almost a year. Congrats on all you've done!
I'm currently working on my blog and was wondering how to go about selling the text links, and the Adify Ads w/Forbes.
Sure, you can't give up the day job yet on this income, but it provides a nice extra and must give you confidence for the future.
I believe the way forward for you now is to set up a newsletter and add a subscribers box to the head of your blog: over the next year watch your subscriber numbers grow as you develop a loyal fan base.
This is the next project for me too at my blog. The point is that people read their emails more regularly than they will return to a blog so you can keep your readers up to date with the posts you write and email them any product offers you feel they may find interesting.
You will soon build up further income from sales commissions this way, whether the products are commission based as in www.clickbank.com
or your own products you create yourself!
Bravo for your bravery and remarkable honesty in revealing your income sources on your blog, Nev: a refreshing attitude in the sometimes too anonymous world of blogging! :)
Also,would you please post about how long it took you to build your subscriber base?
I've been following your site for several months now, and I even created a post about visiting your site and the information I retained from what you blog about. Your site is such a great concept, I plan to include my financial trek in the blogging world with the launch of my new blog ---www.blogstodiefor.com
Check it out, send some feedback/comments. I love to hear from new bloggers.
-Andrew
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