Make Money Blogging: Income Breakdown for June 2010

12 | Posted In Personal by David

Well, I figured I’d share another internal look at my own income streams for last month. What we’re looking at here is June 2010.

The breakdown here is pretty much showing a business which is coasting. I haven’t had any major new releases, and most of my work has been behind the scenes. It also goes to show which areas need some attention on my part.

Here is the breakdown:

Screen shot 2010-07-12 at 10.48.09 AMThe biggest segment for June was banner advertising running over on PCMech. That said, it was only 27% of total revenue. Once again, this shows my overall emphasis on internal products and not ads.

Blog Masters Club just went through it’s last renewal with existing members, so that stream will dry up next month. Of course, that also means I’m going to be relaunching soon. :) I’ve got a big mindmap for the launch itself, as well as some changes to the actual product. So, it is going to be pretty exciting and, even if you end up passing it over and not enrolling, I’m sure you’ll get a lot of value from the prelaunch.

Things always vary month-to-month, and some months see big spikes in some areas and others don’t. June was a pretty “normal” month. No launches. No big promotions.

This month, I’m going to be “relaunching” PCMech.com and am very likely going to run some type of promotional campaign over there. I’m also going to begin prepping for the Blog Masters relaunch (as I mentioned). I’m also going to be promoting 3DayMoney a bit more (forewarning ;) ). And I’ve got other mini-products in the mental pipeline.

July is shaping up to be a bit of a transitional month. PCMech is “in flux” right now, with some Google algorithm changes affecting traffic in a negative way. Hence, ad revenue will be less in July. I’m not overly concerned about it because I’m actively working on PCMech right now, and the membership program is going to be getting a lot more attention (and that’s what I want, because I don’t like ads anyway).

So, stay tuned. :)

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  • http://www.newmediasideshow.com Marek

    Wow, you've got a really diversified sources of income! At this point nobody should need the reminder, but this also shows the power of products. I suppose that your Google algorithm problems show this more than anything else. If 100% of your revenue was coming from banner ads, things might be a bit troubling.

  • http://twitter.com/jaexavier Jae Xavier

    “PCMech is “in flux” right now, with some Google algorithm changes affecting traffic in a negative way.”

    Google is almost like the weather… unpredictable.

  • http://twitter.com/DinoVedo Dino Vedo

    I just see percentages… no numbers. Am I missing something?

  • http://www.theinfopreneur.net/ TheInfoPreneur

    Thanks for keeping us all updated.
    Yeah…google is definitely one of those love/hate relationships.

    Brandon

  • http://davidrisley.com David Risley

    Nope. I just didn't include them. I figured it was kinda weird to be posting my actual income numbers every damn month. But, FYI, it was around $15K.

  • http://davidrisley.com David Risley

    I'll get to the bottom of it. I could also be some technical things on my end, perhaps conflicting with the new Caffeine index over at Google. Who knows.

  • http://davidrisley.com David Risley

    Totally. While the Google thing is certainly a matter I need to confront, it isn't a make-or-break situation because I'm not dependent on Adsense. Makes a lot of difference.

  • joshuanoerr

    David, really appreciate this from you and other big time bloggers. I know it can be difficult to post such personal info, but it really keeps me motivated. Totally off subject, but is there a reason why you use Disqus for comments? I know a few others that do as well, just wondering what your reason is. Cheers.

  • StuartMcMinigal

    Always nice to look around other probloggers blogs and see what their income is like. Interesting to see how you are making more money with banner ads than affiliates.. Great info

  • http://davidrisley.com David Risley

    More integration with social channels, mainly. I like the fact that, once a person has a Disqus profile, they don't have to enter anything at all to post a comment. Also, the email notifications are handy and I don't have to send them from my own server.

  • http://www.melvinblog.com/ Melvin

    How's the consulting Dave, Im just seeing like 1% of it. Do you occasionally turn down consulting requests?

    I'm planning on starting one in the near future but my problem is maybe it will start cluttering up my schedule more that I cannot anymore do some of my bigger projects. How do you manage it it? Where's the fine line between accepting consulting and directing them to your coaching programs like innercircle or 3daymoney?

  • http://nimwey.sulit.com.ph Nim @ Online jobs

    Hi David,

    Thanks for sharing your income breakdown. It gives us more info on how we could also monetize our blog. To your success!

    Nim