Now that the pesky first post is out of the way, lets talk numbers – as in money. I plan to post monthly earnings reports with a break down of where that income is coming from. I might even chuck in some fancy bar graphs and, if I’m feeling really crazy, a pie chart or two. So it makes sense to give you a rundown of where I am now as far as income goes.
I wrote this post in August 2006 over at Working Nomad giving a frustrated summary of where I was a year ago. Back then Adsense was my only major source of income and it had been hovering just under $100/month for ages.
One year later, I’m hovering around $1000/month and still frustrated because I can’t seem to get over that mark. What’s changed in a year? Well my Google income has risen to $250/month but the most important thing has been exploring other sources of income.
Here’s where my income comes from:
- Google Adsense
- Affiliate Programs (hostel bookings, travel insurance etc.)
- Text Link Ads
- Link Worth
- Direct Link Sales
- Cafe Press (t-shirt sales)
- Logo Design
- Travel Writing
Rather than have a frighteningly long post, I’ll stop now. I’ll spend some time talking about each of those income streams in detail over the next few days including how well (or not) they’ve performed for me.
If you’re experienced in the world of web income then you won’t be learning anything new here, but if you’ve just started out, maybe with a personal travel blog, then some of this might come in handy.
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