Blog Earnings for January 2010

5 February, 2010 - 07:00 AM - 22 Comments

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.

Jan2010Earnings Blog Earnings for January 2010

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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Working in the IT Industry for over 10 years and specializing in web based technologies. Dragon Blogger has unique insights and opinions to how the internet and web technology works. An Avid movie fan, video game fan and fan of trying anything and everything new.

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Bobby Strauss

I hope that I could also earn money by doing blogs. Anyway, thank you for being transparent to your readers, you give inspirations to newbies like us to strive more to make their own blogs worth reading for.

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Christian

That's a lovely income! I just wish I can have that one too! :)
.-= Christian´s last blog ..Download PC Tools AntiVirus Free =-.

mk akan

well,done....draggon...you are spitting fire and making some income also.quite encouraging.
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Rose

Congrats Justin. You are doing well for yourself.
.-= Rose´s last blog ..Why People use Twitter =-.

Damien

Justin ... great bottom line brother!
.-= Damien´s last blog ..Playing a 30 Minute Set Tonight at the Grind =-.

dragonblogger

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.

Paul

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.
.-= Paul´s last blog ..New Lithium-Ion Battery Technology with 20 Years Lifespan =-.

Tinh

Social Spark seems the best one for you this month?
.-= Tinh´s last blog ..Facebook Reaches 400 Million Users On 6th Birthday =-.

Sushant @ Techooze

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 =-.

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)

online shopping cart website design

Great job man.... its nice to having few bucks from blogging. Lets get the going go

Jayce

Yeah, I have the same goal too ~ RM4000 (around USD1000+)
.-= Jayce´s last blog ..How to install Garmin Mobile XT for Windows Mobile Phone? =-.

How close are you to achieving your goal?

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Don't worry friend Dragon blogger you will sure reach the milestone of 1000$ p.m. Hardwork pays.

Ryan Hanzel

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? =-.

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.

Ray

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… =-.

Klaus @ TechPatio

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 =-.

element321 @ evolutionary designs

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 =-.

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.

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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