Well damn. I had my best month so far and, yet again, I didn’t seem to feel like I got any actual work done. I think there’s a pattern developing here. Maybe I do more work than I think I do? I don’t know. I seem to tinker around a lot on little things but as far as adding new content, tweaking SEO, getting inbound links and all that stuff, I don’t do any of it. I ended up earning $2568 in April but I have to be honest that $800 of that was for a yearly link on a niche site of mine.
Earnings breakdown:
- Google Adsense – $400 – This is the second time I’ve broken the $400 mark and I’m pretty pleased to see my Adsense earnings rising consistantly. It’s one of my steadiest earners and while it’ll never come through with a surprisingly amazing month out of nowhere, it seems to always be at around what I expect and I’d rather a steady earner than a flukey one.
- Affiliate Sales – $1047 – Yet again it’s one affiliate program that keeps this earnings area afloat but another came through with some sales. It’s frustrating that the other programs aren’t doing that well but then I remember that I haven’t done a thing to help them out. If I’m still saying this in three months I need someone to give me a slap and tell me to get my act together because I know there’s a lot of potential for other affiliate programs to start working for me.
- Linkworth & Text Link Ads – $169 – Linkworth has been stuck at $23 for months now for one link. I haven’t had any new action with them for ages. TLA is frustrating because while the number of links I have sold stays the same, the amount I’m earning seems to keep dropping little by little. I’m not sure why this is but it’s annoying.
- Private Link Sales – $952 – Like I said before, $800 of this was from one link on a niche site. The guy who bought it contacted me and we’ve done business in the past so it was all quick and easy. The rest were renewals. I’ve got a few links now that are paid automatically to Paypal monthly. These are great… they take no work once you set it up and to dat enobody has ever cancelled one of these subscription links.
It’s great to break through the $2000 barrier finally and it gives me something to aim for next month too. My goal was to be earning a steady $2000 per month by the time I start travelling again in September and I think with the new Beijing site I’m working on and some hard work over the next three months (before the debauchery of the Olympics begins) on my other sites, I’ll be able to do it.Â
While my earnings have been great this month, I’ve also been spending like a crazy person. My rent and internet is paid up for the next three months though so as long as I can keep my spending under control from now on I should see my bank balance creep upwards. In theory.
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