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Every month I share with my readers and fellow bloggers my earning reports for my blogging related endeavors. I do this to show people that blogging is not a get rich quick program and the earnings won’t be enough to let you quit your day job for quite a while unless you are very lucky or far better than I am at this enterprise. Note, I don’t consider myself a great entrepreneur or blogger, I just blog as a hobby and enjoy that it is a hobby that can earn some money, whereas most hobbies cost you money.
I put an average of 20 hours per week into blogging, so that is 80 hours per month and I average about $250 per month from blogging. January 2010 was a good month for me and this is mostly due to SocialSpark which consistently is one of my best sources of blogging income month after month. This was also the month that my personal blog was banned from PayU2Blog so I was able to get it registered and start earning some money with SocialSpark.
I also had some direct advertisers work with me this month who sponsored some direct posts and/or links which was very nice to cut out the middle man.
So January 2010 was a pretty good earning month for me and the highest I had earned from my blogs since September 2009 in a single month. I am still striving for my end goal of reaching $1000 per month in blogging income though I am still only 25-30% of reaching this goal consistantly, this month was a 40% to reach the goal.
My blogging income went toward purchasing a new LCD TV for my game room after the 27″ CRT broke, so most of the earnings this month went toward a new 32″ Sony Bravia from Walmart. The rest is going toward my Valentines day getaway with my wife, where we are spending 2 days in Vegas alone to celebrate V-Day.
-Dragon Blogger
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February 5th, 2010 at 7:41 am
Congrats, on the earnings. I hope to achieve that much. But right now I am more concerned about building a community first. Then I will work towards making money once I have a decent amount of organic traffic.
element321 @ evolutionary designs´s last blog ..Daily Delicious Posts Feb 4th 2010
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February 5th, 2010 at 8:10 am
I went into my blogs trying to earn as quickly as possible and I started making $25 – $50 per month within my first three months. Personally I saw no problem with doing the occasional sponsored post (1 out of 5) even after 3 months.
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February 5th, 2010 at 8:18 am
When you first started out, how much traffic were you getting when you were making 25 – 50 bucks a month? I am only getting about 25 – 30 visitors with spikes up into the 80s. My blog is only a month and half old.
element321 @ evolutionary designs´s last blog ..Daily Delicious Posts Feb 4th 2010
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February 5th, 2010 at 8:24 am
5 bucks per hour doesn’t make you rich but it’s probably a lot more than many bloggers will ever get to make from their blogs
I wouldn’t mind having your income. Good job!
Klaus @ TechPatio´s last blog ..Funny Pictures: Google Street View Launched In Denmark
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February 5th, 2010 at 8:28 am
I find this both informative and motivating, Justin. I’m with Element. Not sufficient traffic yet to think too much about monetizing. But then I just started the new one on Jan 21. Most days I’m getting around 20 visitors. Trending up though
Ray
Ray´s last blog ..Blogging And Internet Marketing And Making Money Online And Keywords And Backlinks…
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February 5th, 2010 at 1:26 pm
Very nice man, I hope when I am able to get my blog to where I want it I can generate a little money to fuel any side projects of mine.
Ryan Hanzel´s last blog ..What kind of legacy do you want to leave behind?
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February 5th, 2010 at 2:08 pm
Thanks, it takes a lot of hours and I often tell people if you divide the income by hours, I make about $2 per hour blogging.
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February 5th, 2010 at 10:57 pm
Don’t worry friend Dragon blogger you will sure reach the milestone of 1000$ p.m. Hardwork pays.
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February 6th, 2010 at 12:06 am
Yeah, I have the same goal too ~ RM4000 (around USD1000+)
Jayce´s last blog ..How to install Garmin Mobile XT for Windows Mobile Phone?
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February 6th, 2010 at 11:57 am
How close are you to achieving your goal?
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February 6th, 2010 at 10:39 am
Great job man…. its nice to having few bucks from blogging. Lets get the going go
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February 6th, 2010 at 11:00 am
Congrats man. Hope you achieve your $1000 per month goal soon. and congrats for the LCD too.
Sushant @ Techooze´s last blog ..Techooze is Now Dofollow Blog With Commentluv
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February 6th, 2010 at 11:55 am
Thank you, its always a struggle. Money doesn’t just come out of nowhere, in blogging you have to constantly work to promote, advertise and get advertisers (sometimes just by sending them inquiries)
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February 7th, 2010 at 3:53 am
Social Spark seems the best one for you this month?
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February 7th, 2010 at 6:09 pm
Congrats on your earnings. I hope to do as well as you but I still got to learn more about blog promotion and SEO to succeed.
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February 7th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
Justin … great bottom line brother!
Damien´s last blog ..Playing a 30 Minute Set Tonight at the Grind
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February 7th, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Thanks it was a fruitful month, but so far February is a little dry for the first week. Blogging has so many ups and downs, hard to stabilize an income.
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February 7th, 2010 at 11:33 pm
Congrats Justin. You are doing well for yourself.
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February 8th, 2010 at 3:56 am
well,done….draggon…you are spitting fire and making some income also.quite encouraging.
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