Blog Income Report for April 2009 is out. I recently read a post from John Chow’s blog and he made a statement that there are about 120 million blogs but 95% of these blogs earn less than $100 a month.

So with this in mind what do you want to do if you belong to this category of bloggers. You could take heart that you fall within the 95% cateogry of bloggers and console yourselves that it’s really difficult to make money blogging. Or you could take up the challenge of making much more money than you currently do on your blog. For me I like the latter better..so keep up the spirit.

Work At Home Blog Statistics:

• 217 RSS Readers (183)
• 3938 visits (3637)
• 7665 Pageviews (7,172)
• Technorati Rank: 45,623 (37,658)
• Technorati Auth: 98 (115)
• Alexa: 70,657 (73,652)
• Inbound links: 12,284 (13500)

Blog Income:

• Private Advertising: $19 ($48)
• Third Party Ads: $29 ($72.92)
• Clickbank Sales/Affiliate: $16.12($30.68) (CBproAds+others)
• Webhosting:$60.00
• Scratchback: $28.48
• Others:$63.00 (blogging services)
  

Total Revenue: $215.60 ($299.20)

My clickbank’s CBprpAds, alternative to Google Adsense for this blog continues to give me some more affiliates. I had  7 new signups in Apr including one paid account. I am still trying hard to get my Google Adsense account reinstated but as of now and expected, no reply from Google.

This month saw for the first time, some earnings received from Scratchback as the payout limit is $25.00 after getting the 7th purchase. To me at $5.00 a text link is still the cheapest ad you can ever have on this blog, or any blog for that matter. Considering that the first scratchback link ad has remained here for the last 3 months. Anyone wants to purchase one here?

This month too saw another first for me. I started doing some freelance work on blogging and the $63 represents income earned on providing such services for one week part-time. I’m providing my service to an affiliate guru and paid  by the hour and I get to learn from this guru at work too. It helps to incentivetize whatever new ideas I have which may need me to invest a little money to see it through. One of them is a new blog which I’ve just created only a few days ago. It’s a niche blog focusing on reviews on affiliate programs and other affiliate marketing topics.  Check out my new blog and let me know what you think. But be kind, this baby is just a few days’ old.

How much money did you make off your blog in April?

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My second Blog Income Report is out. I was just reading a post on why some bloggers reveal their blog income while others just don’t. A little bragging some say, while others feel is to motivate others. But for me it’s simply sharing with others what I do – right or wrong so others may learn it too. I really don’t think one should start sharing only when he is making big money . Did you know that in John Chow’s first Blog Income Report that he shared with his readers, he made just $300.00?

Work At Home Blog Statistics:

• 183 RSS Readers (167)
• 3637 visits (3188)
• 7172 Pageviews (6,945)
• Technorati Rank: 37,658 (37,135)
• Technorati Auth: 115 (118)
• Alexa: 73,652 (80763)
• Inbound links: 13,500 (13,071)

Traffic from search engines amounts to 41% (43) while referring sites and blogs contributed 36% (34%) and 23% (23%) come from direct traffic. I guess I’m quite pleased with the search engine traffic and it shows that my seo work on this blog is starting to take effect.

Blog Income:

• Private Advertising: $50 ($12)
• Third Party Ads: $72.92 ($28.72)
• Reviews: $44.00
• Clickbank Sales/Affiliate: $30.68 (CBproAds)
• Clickbank paycheck (past mths/take earnings):$101.60

Total Revenue: $299.20 ($208.74)

Blog Advertising particularly private ads continue to generate my blog income and it’s my favorite means to make money blogging on blog, because it’s relatively simpler than others.  Again I can’t help mentioning OIO Publishing for making things a lot easier for me to do so. I’d like to thank everyone who may have purchased advertising or contributed to my blog income one way or another. In fact, one person who did, recently joined this community and is now commenting on this blog. What an excellent way to get to know one another

Last month I mentioned my immediate focus was to increase my affiliate commission and I found an alternative to Google Adsense for this blog towards the end of February. Well it turns out to be a very good affiliate program after all. Just after one month I now have 6 affiliate members (1 paid) and it contributed $30.68  to my March blog income. It does live up to its Google Adsense Alternative name.

This month, I decided to take in the earnings from Clickbank after having left it there and almost forgotten about it because it was such a forgettable amount. But after having some sales from CBproAds, I decided to take earnings. I’ll just savor the moment in March, sort of giving me some motivation to do better in April. Here is a screenshot:

How much money did you make off your blog in March?

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This article is written by James King, a professional multimedia designer who runs atmmultimedia.com. He specializes in the field of website promotion, marketing, SEO, and helps website owners and bloggers maxmise their online presence on the Internet.

The Internet is a wonderful resource, where a world of opportunity is available. If you are willing enough and determined potentially you could create a new online business. This takes time and effort, however, it will be worth your time. In five years time you could be earning what you are worth.

In the beginning it is a lot of work. Being your own boss requires discipline, passion and dedication. If you enjoy what you do it is not work.

Here are some reasons to create a new online business:

(1) You are in control. You can decide what to focus your time on.

(2) Flexible working hours. You maybe more productive later on in the day.

(3) Have more time to do the things that matter to you. You want to travel more? Learn more about a certain past time? Become healthier? These options are surely better for you than making your employer wealthy?

(4) Commuting you can save money on petrol. Also when the weather conditions are bad, dangerous driving conditions can cost you more than your employer.

(5) You can earn as much money as you want. There are no limits on your earnings. In life, you got to realize that working hard for someone else is not going to make you wealthy. However, working smart on certain projects can make you better off. Invest in yourself, it doesn’t matter how hard you work for yourself, because you will reap the rewards.

(6) Multiple streams of income is smart. You never know what may happen. If your company went bust and your only stream of income was from that job. It is not a wise decision to place all your eggs in one basket. Although, society preaches you should get a safe steady job? No job is safe and our current climate proves that. Any employee is replaceable and employers will find someone to replace you.

(7) If you work from home you are more likely to be healthier. If someone goes into work with a cold or virus you are likely to catch it if you are run down. That is one thing that really bugs me, is catching other people’s germs.

(8) You decide when to finish work. For many, work feels like a prison sentence. When you have to stay at work for a number of hours. I know people that are clock watching and to me that is the worse thing ever. I am not a great fan of Monday mornings, but I look forward to the weekend. Although, I spent most of the weekend working on my blog, because I know in the next few years it will help me to succeed on the things I want from life. Follow your dreams and your goals but most importantly listen to your heart.

(9) You can wear what you like. Having a job is expensive, because you have to buy clothes and suits for your work and pay for petrol, travel in dangerous conditions. Plus it costs us a great deal of our waking hours during the week. Surely there are better ways to make a living?

(10) Maybe you feel that you are doing all the work in your current job, where as others are slacking off. You are probably getting paid the same amount in your office for doing the same job. If you are hard working and determined focus on a project that will benefit you. You don’t want to be carrying others. Creating a useful online resource will serve others and people will respect as your website or blog continues to grow.

(11) Office politics. Are you fed up with the brown nosers getting all the appraisal? They maybe terrible at their job, but as they suck up they are thought higher than you. It is not a way that I would exceed in my career.

(12) You could be generating some of the best work your clients are happy with it, but your employer will not give you a raise. Everyone wants to get what they deserve. So starting an online business will be the best solution.

(13) Go on holiday when it suits you not your employer. Holidays are your time. You should be allowed to go on holiday when you wish.

One of the major advantages of working for yourself, when you are making a decent living is that you should have more leisure time than ever before. Life should be about having a good balance, although in today’s world that maybe difficult. Depending on the level of responsibilities that you may have. Once you have the vehicle for a successful new online business begin marketing and stick with it, because later on you will be able to have more of your time.

However, I must emphasize that creating an online presence, takes a great deal of time. You are not going to generate lots of traffic over night, unless you are very lucky. Rome wasn’t built in a day, an successful online business should be a long term project.

In the lifetime of any blog or website you must focus on developing useful fresh content when the reader will return again. Focus on your audience and the rest will come. Start small devote an hour a night to your blog and develop this in your spare time. You will be surprised with the content that you will produce.

Come and be apart of this culture that will continue to grow in the years ahead.

With expertise in the field of web design, graphic design, e-learning and new media, atmmultimedia has helped businesses and individuals find interesting ways to maximize profits and sales too. Make sure that you always stay updated by subscribing to James King’s RSS feed.

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