July Blog Traffic and Earnings Report 2016 - youramericanmoney
Author: Michelle
Description: It is the beginning of the second week of August. I’m a little amazed, bemused, and confused by how fast the year has gone by. One of the biggest things that I’ve realized as I reboot my debt repayment strategy is that my side hustles have been a bit of a distraction from my overall […]
Date: 2016-08-08T09:00:00+00:00

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# July Blog Traffic and Earnings Report 2016

posted on 8 August, 2016

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It is the beginning of the second week of August. I’m a little amazed, bemused, and confused by how fast the year has gone by. One of the biggest things that I’ve realized as I reboot my debt repayment strategy is that my side hustles have been a bit of a distraction from my overall financial and professional goals. It’s not what I’ve been doing, but how I’ve been doing it.

## Side Hustles

Take up time and I was curious to see how much I was making each month so I pulled that specific information out of my monthly earnings report. It was very telling. I was averaging around $500-$1000 month. But usually closer to $500 a month. I would work every weekend for a couple of hours and because the work was easy I was distracted by the following: my side hustling was keeping me from earning more in my business.

One of the easiest ways I can grow my income is by increasing my freelance writing output. But, I will be honest and admit that I’ve been reluctant to do this because my end goal has never been to become a full-time freelancer.

Now I feel a lot more comfortable growing my freelancing because I’m starting to see some positive signs as I focus more on my passive income streams. I’m seeing a lot more regularity in earnings notifications and honestly-I just understand the passive income earnings process better than when I started. I understand the different components of my business and how they flow together. And, I’ve become amazingly confident as time has gone on. I am not upset when pitches fall flat because I continue to be amazed by how many ways there are to make money. You just have to put yourself out there.

## Blog Traffic and Income Report

Please note: I do NOT count incremental earnings in my earnings report. That means that I have money pending but those earnings haven’t met the earnings threshold yet.

- July-22,280 page views

- June-16,444 page views

- Earnings-$25-you have to start somewhere. I’m only looking at passive income for these blog income reports.

## Girl Gone Frugal (again)

I’m bringing my podcast back. I really loved doing it-but, the tech problems drove me nuts. I took a break, attended Podcast Movement (a conference about podcasting) and now I’m ready to try this again.

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### Comments

1. giulia says

   8 August, 2016 at 3:25 am

   I’m sure you’ll done a great work to achieve all your goals!!!;D

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   - Michelle says

     8 August, 2016 at 8:03 am

     Thanks Giulia!! Keeping fingers crossed.

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2. Michelle says

   8 August, 2016 at 8:06 am

   “Working hard and smart” is basically the key. I just don’t see the point of sharing that I made $2.79 for an affiliate when the payment threshold is usually $50-$100. It also makes it easier for me to report my earnings. I really struggled with how to monetize this specific blog ethically. I’ve figured it out-now we’ll see what I can do!

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   - Jason Butler (@Butler_Journal) says

     9 August, 2016 at 11:02 am

     I agree 100%. I’m not hating but that’s how I feel when I see people posting they made $15 from adsense. The payment threshold is at $100.

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     - Michelle says

       9 August, 2016 at 2:22 pm

       Yeah, I actually think it’s difficult to report that you’ve made $3.97 and then report the next month that you made $8.90. It just makes things simpler by saying hey this is the money that actually came in. So, that’s what I’ve decided to do.

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3. Jason Butler (@Butler_Journal) says

   9 August, 2016 at 10:49 am

   I feel exactly the same way that you do. I do not have any plans on being a full-time writer. While I like it, I know that the affiliate way is more my speed. Until I get there, bring on the freelancing opportunities!

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   - Michelle says

     9 August, 2016 at 2:21 pm

     I know that I can make this work and that I just have to stick with my plan. I know my plan works because I have friends making $24,000+ a month who worked with me on my plan LOL! So, now I’m focusing on getting as many freelance gigs as possible because it will be for the next 6-12 months and I can totally handle that. I’m just trying to do things as efficiently as possible. And-grow my email list.

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