June 2017 Income and Traffic Report

Welcome to True and Pretty’s monthly Income and Traffic report. If you’re new to True and Pretty, you may be wondering why I would want to publish my income report online.

I know, it’s a bit taboo to disclose what you made/lost. I wrestled with this idea of publishing my income and expenses online for awhile now. But, after much thought, why the heck not?! So, going forward (until I decide to stop), I’ve decided to create a monthly blog traffic, income, and goals report. I have a few reasons why I decided to start doing this, but here are my big 3:

1. As a new blogger, I’ve been inspired by reading other bloggers monthly reports. Specifically, what they’ve learned, what they’d do differently, and other strategies that helped them grow their following.
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   Pinterest is chalked full of blog income reports! I could probably spend hours reading them all.  Hopefully, my blog reports will help other newbie bloggers as well.
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2. I’m eager to share what I’ve learned over the past 30 days.  SEO, Pinterest, Social Media, etc…There is SO much to learn in the blogging world! Though it’s sometimes overwhelming, I’m looking forward to becoming a blogging subject matter expert.
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3. By publishing my goals in such a public forum, I’ll be able to hold myself accountable more than I would if I just wrote down a few goals in my notebook. Plus, I’d like to connect with other bloggers who might be aiming toward the same goals.

If you are interested in starting a blog of your own, I created a tutorial that will help you start a blog of your own for cheap, starting at only $3.95 per month (this low price is only through my link) for blog hosting. In addition to the low pricing, you will receive a free website domain (a $15 value) through my Bluehost link if you purchase, at least, 12 months of blog hosting.

Traffic Report 

Top Posts in June 

• My First Income and Traffic Report  (474 views)
• Slower Cooker Hacks That You Probably Didn’t Know (234 views)
• How To Make $1,000 Without a Real Job (190 views)
• How To Make Money Blogging (78 views)

Total Page Views: 1,901 ( I have Tailwind to thank)

Previous Income Reports

• How I earned $25 In My First Month Blogging
• My First Income and Traffic Report

What I Accomplished in June

Purposefully Organized Planner. I always get asked how I stay organized with everything that’s going on in my life. So, because of that, I’ve created this planner printable (March 17′ but never advertise it) for those who seek to stay productive, motivated and organized. It’s easy to follow, yet effective for your everyday needs.  Get Yours Here! 

Published a 7-day blog success email course. In my FREE 7 -Day Start a Blog email course, you can learn how to start, launch and successfully monetize your own blog. All in 7 Days. It’s jammed pack with useful, easy to follow information that I wished I had when starting out. You won’t regret checking it out!

Income Breakdown June 2017 – $167.69

• Affiliate income – $127.50 total:
  • Bluehost (check out my tutorial on how to start a blog) – $65
  • Survey companies – $4
  • Ebates – $25
  • Freshbooks – $12
  • Nordstroms – $9
  • Restored 316 Theme – $10.50
  • Tailwind – $2

• Advertising income – $40.19 total:
  • Awin – $30 (It’s $5 to sign up, but you get the $5 back in its entirety when you receive your first payment).
  • Google Adsense – $4.99 (payout at $100)
  • Media.net – 0.40
  • Shareasale – $1
  • Offerjuice – $3
  • FlexOffers – 0.80

Expenses Breakout June 2017 – $32.95

• Bluehost – $3.95/monthly
• Convertkit – $29.00 (first 30 days FREE)
• Tailwind – $0.00 (paid for through Tailwind credit first 30 days FREE)

Net Profit: $134.74 

If you are interested in starting a blog of your own, I created a tutorial that will help you start a blog of your own for cheap, starting at only $3.95 per month (this low price is only through my link) for blog hosting. In addition to the low pricing, you will receive a free website domain (a $15 value) through my Bluehost link if you purchase, at least, 12 months of blog hosting.

Important Takeaways

So, for the month of June, I really focused (and will continue) on Pinterest. Pinterest is one of the most important social media platforms any business owner/blogger should pay attention to. It has been one of the(e) sole traffic generator to my blog. Because of Pinterest, I am able to earn some extra income each month, and can honestly dream of staying home with our Daughter full-time. Pinterest is bomb.com, and I will be writing up my Pinterest strategy this month and I hope it helps some, somewhere.

My Goals For True and Pretty:

“All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible.” —Orison Swett Marden

It’s important to have a plan and goals. They help you stay motivated and focused. I’m sharing my blog goals publicly in hopes it’ll help keep me accountable and hopefully help others along the way. Below are goals I have for True and Pretty:

• Earn $3,000/month. I would like to be able to stay home with our Daughter without causing financial stress to our family.
• Grow True and Pretty to 10,000 monthly page views. This would be fantastic to hit! I would love to see how the blog grows, and the readers that can benefit from what I have to offer.
• Create a product to sell. Creating an evergreen product will help make my first goal of staying home with our Daughter possible by diversifying my income.
• Grow my e-mail to 1,000 loyal readers. I’ve heard a lot of good can come out of one’s email list. I hope to be able to build and foster connections this year.
• Post on True and Pretty once/twice a week. Either Tuesday/Thursday. I think I’ll be able to accomplish this goal because I currently have a month and a half written and scheduled out for every Tuesday’s.
• Promote the blog better. Currently, as you know my numbers are low. But, I’ll like that to change. I’m going to only focus on these 3 social media platforms at this time. But, really the BIG P!
  • Pinterest – 1,000
  • Instagram – 1,000
  • Facebook – 1,000
• Continue learning and improving. On all aspect of my life. Especially this blog. I hope to someday grow it into a successful business.

AFFILIATE INCOME RESULTS.

If you’re wondering how I’d manage to make money with such low page views? Well, look no further. It was all with the help of:

Michelle’s Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing Course, the course went live in July of 2016. I purchased it in December 2016,(pre-launched date of January 1st, 2017) and it was one of the best investments I’ve made for the blog. This course has helped increase my affiliate income drastically with very low traffic. I can only imagine my results with more traffic!

The course has 6 modules, over 30 lessons, several worksheets, bonuses, an extremely helpful and exclusive Facebook group, and more. Michelle goes through everything that you need to know about affiliate marketing, such as:

• A quick introduction to affiliate marketing and how it works
• The benefits of affiliate marketing
• The exact steps she’s taken to earn over $500,000 from a single blog post
• How to correctly pick affiliate products to promote
• The steps to increase your conversion rate
• 80+ Affiliate program ideas for different niches
• How to build trust with your readers (this is a MUST!)
• The required disclosures you need to know about
• The major tool you need for affiliate marketing
• The many different strategies to promote your affiliate links

The course is perfect for anyone whether they are a new blogger or have been blogging for years, no matter what topic the blog is about, and so on.

If you are interested in starting a blog of your own, I created a tutorial that will help you start a blog of your own for cheap, starting at only $3.95 per month (this low price is only through my link) for blog hosting. In addition to the low pricing, you will receive a free website domain (a $15 value) through my Bluehost link if you purchase, at least, 12 months of blog hosting.

How was the month of June for you? Did you start a blog? Do anything interesting?