I earned $4270 in December which is a lot less than November’s monster month, but still around the $5000 mark which I’m more than happy with! Decembers are annoying in this business because everyone goes on holiday which means nobody to do ad deals with. I was able to complete some good deals early on in the month but also have about $1500 owed to me for work I’ve already done or have agreed to do. That’ll go onto January’s earnings which gives me a nice start to the New Year.
Earnings Breakdown:
- Adsense — $343 – Same old, same old.
- Affiliate sales — $644 – Something went a bit haywire this month… two of my affiliate networks (Clickbank and Trade Doubler) that have a bunch of travel insurance affiliates earning for me didn’t have a single sale. Not a one. I’ll usually earn between $200-300 with these guys combined, so it’s a bit of a shock and I’m not sure what’s happened. Fortunately I have a good month with Linkvana referrals at $200 to cover the loss a little. World Nomads sales seem to be on a slow but steady decline.
- Advertising — $3220 – After a crazy number of ad sales in November, things seem to have come back down to earth to a bit below my usual monthly amount. This was a good mix of renewals and some new deals, the best being a recurring monthly payment of $500 for ads across five of my sites on several pages per site.
- Ebook Sales — $63 – Nine sales.
Spending Breakdown:
I didn’t really seem to spend so much in December with $771 spent on the usual things.
- Web Hosting – $128 – Dreamhost fees.
- Domain Renewals — $32 – Go Daddy renewals.
- Link Building Services — $206 – These are the monthly fees for two link building sites I’m using: Linkvana (14 day trial for $5 affiliate link/50 free outsourcing credits affiliate link) and Build My Rank.
- Article Outsourcing – $400 – I outsourced a bunch of articles to Linkvana for the first time in awhile. If I’m paying $147 each month fof membership, it makes sense to use it!
- Ebook — $5 – Monthly cost to sell my ebook.
Sorry for the short update this month! I’m about to leave on the long trip back to Kigali but wanted to get my update up before I go… so it’s a wee bit rushed. I’m looking forward to getting back and working hard for a month or two to get all of the little jobs I’ve been avoiding finished.
I’m still on the lookout for at least one more website to buy so I’ll kick up those efforts in the New Year. Otherwise it’ll just be me working on existing projects, trying to find a partner to work on the Kampala city guide site with me, attempting to finish this crazy Kigali map idea of mine, and, of course, chipping away at my Africa backpacking site.
Happy 2012! Talk to you again soon from Rwanda!
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