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Dragon Blogger Earnings for February 2010

Posted by: dragonblogger  //  Category: blogging

I was extremely busy in my day job this month and this greatly affected the amount of time I could devote to blogging. This means I had to reject a higher number of offers than I usually do just because I didn’t have the time to invest for the opportunities.

As a result my earnings were among the lowest in six months on DragonBlogger.com and I was able to only net $192 last month. This is less than half as much as the $426 I was able to command in January 2010.

One thing of note is that my AdSense earnings have dropped by 50%, I started noticing the drop early and tried to change up my AdSense a bit to stave off the decline but it didn’t work. I am going to seriously have to look at placement and ad sizes/types on DragonBlogger.com as I used to get around $30 per month from AdSense and now I have fallen to less than $15 last month.

SocialSpark continues to be one of my top paid blogging revenue programs and netted me $50 by a single paid opp. This month I also had several direct advertisers purchase product reviews or backlinks from DragonBlogger.com and it helped buffer my earnings.

What I really want to do is try to increase my earnings from methods that are more automated and require less manual involvement. I love doing blog reviews, but for my weeks where I am swamped it would be nice to still have a decent earnings from my AssociatedContent and/or AdSense to help buffer out the lack of paid reviews and posts.

I will probably restructure my AdSense at some point this week on DragonBlogger.com to help try and improve the earnings from it. Maybe I should install a heatmap and determine where my clicks are centered around and target ads in those locations.

How did my fellow bloggers fare in February? Write a blog post sharing your earnings and earning sources and I will give you a free backlink here so you can show your readers what blogging really pays like.

-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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30 Responses to “Dragon Blogger Earnings for February 2010”

  1. Klaus from TechPatio (84 comments) Says:

    $200 is still money, but I understand why you might be a bit upset about getting less than half of what you earned in January. Just shows that blogging does require dedicated time and effort.
    Klaus @ TechPatio´s last blog ..February 2010: Blog Summary & Income Report My ComLuv Profile

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    dragonblogger (1957 comments) Reply:

    Yep, I can tell you what I am doing with the money: Taking my wife out to Sushi and to see Alice on Friday night. That plus I bought 5 used DVD’s at Blockbuster.

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  2. John Paul Aguiar (10 comments) Says:

    Props to you for posting your revenue even though it was pretty low, and you didn’t fluff it.

    Nice to see your str8 about what your blog makes.

    I say dump Adsense.. the amount is crap, and it takes away or competes with your aff ads.
    John Paul Aguiar´s last blog ..SEO Tips For Your Twitter and Facebook Page To Rank You Higher On Google My ComLuv Profile

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    dragonblogger (1957 comments) Reply:

    I don’t have any affiliate ads really, I was never successful at Affiliate ad sales honestly. Maybe something I try to be more efficient at in the future, but never have gotten a conversion.

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  3. Jack from Online file storage (1 comments) Says:

    Let us know if you find something that works better than adsense because it can be quite aggravating when it goes up and down instead of remaining stable.

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    dragonblogger (1957 comments) Reply:

    I tried Kontera, Infolink and Chitika none gave me as much as AdSense, so AdSense still my fav so far.

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  4. Tom from Market Samurai Tutorial (1 comments) Says:

    I would give affiliate sales another go! With just one sale you could make twice as much as your Adsense for the whole month.

    You just have to keep testing until you find the right product.
    Tom@Market Samurai Tutorial´s last blog ..Market Samurai Tutorial My ComLuv Profile

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    dragonblogger (1957 comments) Reply:

    True, and I intend do especially about reading other bloggers who make $1000 or more per month from affiliate sales.

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  5. MinnieRunner (12 comments) Says:

    That was already big bucks [well, at least for me]. I haven’t tracked my earnings, so I don’t have any to share. Probably I’ll start it today. Or probably next month :D

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  6. Video Games (3 comments) Says:

    I just switched up my ads also and they are doing well right now. You can’t slack off even the least bit, you have to be on top of your game. I am leaning that fast.
    Video Games´s last blog ..BFBC2 Recon Kit Unlocks Recon Expert achievement My ComLuv Profile

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  7. JR (2 comments) Says:

    Interesting, I have heard a lot about social spark lately, will go and check them out.
    JR ´s last blog ..Make Money Online for Free: How-To Build Money Sites Quickly With WordPress My ComLuv Profile

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  8. Free Malaysia Classified (1 comments) Says:

    May I know how much average traffic that you received per month from these 3 blogs? Thank you.
    Free Malaysia Classified´s last blog ..Wallcovering, Wallpaper, Kertas Dinding, Pelapik Dinding My ComLuv Profile

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    dragonblogger (1957 comments) Reply:

    I get about 20,000 visits per month from DragonBlogger, 2500 for JustinGermino.com and 2500 for WandererThoughts.com

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  9. Archon Digital (5 comments) Says:

    I can understand the feeling as my online earnings also fluctuate a lot.
    Archon Digital´s last blog ..Conan O’Brien on Twitter along with His errr.. Squirrel My ComLuv Profile

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  10. Deneil Merritt (9 comments) Says:

    Almost maintaining that $200 mark. Keep at it man. I am sure you can reach $500 a month if you really push for it.
    Deneil Merritt´s last blog ..February 2010 Income Report My ComLuv Profile

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  11. Martin from Cornyman's Money-Blog (13 comments) Says:

    Way to go for me to reach 200$ in a single month :) I read in the last week on several blogs that changing to affiliate links instead of publishing Adsense ads on prime spots would improve our overall earnings.
    Guess it’s worth a try especially as your traffic has grown in the last few months and more of your visitors might now be interested or curious about new ads ;)
    Martin@Cornyman’s Money-Blog´s last blog ..TOP 3 Online money making Scams My ComLuv Profile

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    dragonblogger (1957 comments) Reply:

    How are your earnings monthly, I haven’t visited your site in a while and can’t remember if you publish metrics or not.

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    Martin from The One Minute Guide (4 comments) Reply:

    The most income in the last 9 months has been from Adgitize from June until now around 120 $ (after deducting 122$ ad costs), i think 35% have been affiliate earnings, everything else the normal Adgitize earnings.
    Adsense is around 6-10$/month,
    Sponsored Tweets 3 – 8$/month
    At the moment i change the topics to the origin of my blog – Financial advice, try to shift my readership (similar to your transition in the past), will see the results end of March/April.
    Martin@The One Minute Guide´s last blog ..3 steps to make money blogging My ComLuv Profile

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    dragonblogger (1957 comments) Reply:

    Thanks for sharing, let me know how the transition goes.

  12. Shemah (13 comments) Says:

    I noticed that you PU2B wasn’t listed this month, Justin. Have you stopped with their services? I managed to be able to earn the bulk of my earnings from them last month. It would be a shame to let go. they are really increasing the number of assignments. Especially for blogs with 0 PR.
    Shemah´s last blog ..Ready For A Holiday! My ComLuv Profile

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    dragonblogger (1957 comments) Reply:

    PayU2Blog banned me from their system because I did one Sponzai.com post and that was an IZEA service and they forbid any of their bloggers from using an IZEA company product or service. I did earn about $60 – $90 from JustinGermino.com from PayU2Blog but my earnings vanished in December 2009 and January 2010 so I had made the decision to switch my personal blog over to IZEA’s network of services instead.

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    Shemah (13 comments) Reply:

    Oohh.. i see. I didn’t realize that sponzai or pppv4 are also banned by them. I thought it was just the old PPP. Thanks for letting me know.. had i received any offers from any IZEA services, i would have just done it.

    I’m sure your location and PR will get you more opportunities from IZEA, which is great. Being located in Asia doesn’t really qualify for IZEA opportunities much. But for 2 blogs at PU2B, I can manage to receive between $120-$160 a mth.

    So just have to go with what services work best for your blogs, right? Good luck this month, Justin! Hope your income increases more than the last month. :)
    Shemah´s last blog ..Ready For A Holiday! My ComLuv Profile

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    dragonblogger (1957 comments) Reply:

    Absolutely, and I would have stuck with PayU2Blog if it was bringing me opps but it started to fizzle for my PR0 blog. I now need to get my personal blog back up to a PR1 or 2 at least, it is a PR0 and can’t qualify for much.

  13. Dave Lucas (8 comments) Says:

    You are to be commended! I’d love to get my blog into the moneymaking mode, but it seems to be very sporadic. On emonth I earned $4 from Google AdSense, the next month $65. Traffic was the same. I can only imagine something about a particular post jibed with the AdSense ads and visitors clicked on it… By the way, credit Martin (Cornyman) with helping me find your blog!

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    dragonblogger (1957 comments) Reply:

    Thank you, I never had any earnings from AdSense greater than $30, on my biggest earning months ($400 or more) they were from being paid to write reviews or promote products, not from any CPC or affiliate programs. I am weak on monetizing my CPC and Affiliate programs.

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  14. MissEb (1 comments) Says:

    I can understand your disappointment, but it could have been worse, PLUS you can always learn, experiment and improve on that figure. Here’s to more money I hope you’ll make online in the coming months.

    Take care…
    MissEb´s last blog ..February ’10: Online Earnings… My ComLuv Profile

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  15. NavaPavan (1 comments) Says:

    That was a big amount. Congrats

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  16. Muxx (7 comments) Says:

    That’s really nice!

    Even though you didn’t reach the same as Jan, it’s still something you’ve accomplished – it’s no easy goal.

    As for me, I did fairly well – I haven’t yet monetized my blog. I do have a few amazon affiliates and a bit of adsense but I’m busy building traffic at this moment.

    I went from roughly 2.5k visitors in Jan up to 3.8k in Feb, March is going to be even better :)
    Muxx´s last blog ..Shpongle – Ineffable Mysteries From Shpongleland Review My ComLuv Profile

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    dragonblogger (1957 comments) Reply:

    Thats a good start, I like your theme, simple and purple black stand out. I think the excerpts are too short for all the posts on your homepage though.

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  17. Ana from Bo Peep Costume (2 comments) Says:

    Thanks for sharing your results, its always interesting to see how well others do. Im sure your Adsense income will bounce back soon enough…
    Ana @ Bo Peep Costume´s last blog ..Disclaimer My ComLuv Profile

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