Hi, friends! Today, I’m excited to share with you the growth and income update from my blog for the month of March. You can check out my February 2018 Blog Income Report and Update here to catch up on how last month went. Enjoy!
March wasn’t a great financial month but that’s okay! I’m still doing something I love and you can’t beat that. Thanks to all my readers for following along this month!
Why I Share This Update With You
Transparency
If there’s anything I’ve learned in this realm of personal finance, it’s that people like to be very confidential. And rightfully so. Your finances are personal for a reason, and by no means do you need to share your financial situation with others.
But I like to be transparent with my readers. We have shared our personal finances with you to encourage and show you that financial freedom can be obtained even on entry-level starting incomes like us. A lot of people have found it strange that we have shared such personal information with the world, but I don’t mind. I’m glad we get to for my readers’ benefit.
Blogging As An Income Is Possible
An additional reason for sharing this information with you is to show you that blogging for an income is totally possible. I honestly didn’t think it was a real possibility until October 2017. Since then, I have been learning how to make money blogging and applying it to my site.
Income Report Update
A couple months ago, I wrote a post about how to make money blogging and shared the 4 ways that it can be done. It took me some time to fully realize the income potential, but I have since been looking into how I can maximize revenue with each of these income streams.
March was a pretty bad month for my blog to be quite honest. But I have some ideas of why…
I’ve been feeling burned out recently on my blog. I haven’t been posting consistently, spending as much time on social media, or taking time to learn more about blogging. It’s been hard. But I know that this is for sure something I want to continue. I’m not giving up now! I just need to get back to the basics to figure this out.
To help, I have actually quit my digital marketing side hustle. It wasn’t something I really enjoyed, and it took time away from me working on my blog. Now I will be able to spend more time working on growing my blog. I know I need to focus more on reaching more people through SEO and Pinterest. These are things that I will be able to spend more time on now that I don’t have the digital marketing side hustle. I have also been putting in some serious time into my YouTube channel.
I’m ready to leave March in the dust and begin April. Hopefully next month I’ll be able to generate more income and growth for my blog and YouTube channel.
Ad Revenue: $1.90
The Blog: $1.90
YouTube: $0
If you’ve seen my last few income reports, then you know that I don’t make much on ads for my site… So I’ve decided to stop putting ads in my posts for now and instead focus on getting more readers to my site! The extra $2 can wait for now until I have more consistent views. 🙂
And yes, I do have a YouTube channel. I started it over a year ago and made a little money then. In November, I met the criteria to start monetizing. But then YouTube changed their criteria again… And alas, I’m still waiting approval. You can help me out by subscribing to my channel and watching some of my videos. 🙂 I’ll think I’ll be able to reach it in April if things keep moving as normal!
Sponsored Posts: $0
No sponsored posts this month but I’m hoping for more in April!
Affiliate Income: $243.29
Erin Condren: $80. I absolutely LOVE my Erin Condren planner. Sign up for an account with my referral code here and get $10 off your first purchase!
Bluehost: $75. Hosting through Bluehost is the way to go if you’re wanting to start a successful blog. For just a few dollars a month, you can run a site that looks like mine! Learn how to start a blog here.
Making Sense Of Affiliate Marketing: $42.00. Learn how Michelle earns $50,000 a month from affiliate marketing alone with her amazing course.
Ebates: $41.65. Earn free cash back when you shop online! Sign up for a FREE Ebates account and earn an automatic $10 when you make a purchase of $25!
Amazon: $2.74.
Drop: $0. Drop gives you points that you can redeem for gift cards when you link your card and shop at your selected stores. Sign up with my link to get a free 1,000 points when you use my code “i2jfu.”
LendEDU: $0. Use this free rate finder tool to look for a better student loan interest rate (bloggers, look into applying to become an affiliate with LendEDU here).
Total Affiliate Income: $243.29
A couple months ago, I signed up for the Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing course and owe my affiliate marketing income all to this class! While this course does have a cost associated with it, I have already made more in affiliate marketing in the last two months than I paid for the cost of the class. If you are wanting to make money blogging, I truly can’t recommend this class enough.
You’ll notice that I don’t have income from a couple of my affiliates yet. They are new affiliate partners that I just started with and I highly recommend their services. To see more of what I recommend, check out my new recommendations page!
Digital Marketing Side Hustle: $103.50
As an additional side hustle to my blog, I provide some digital marketing services to a small business in my area. I get to do this work from home on my computer, which is also an amazing benefit of this side hustle! I am ending my time with this side hustle to be able to spend more time on my blog and YouTube channel. As nice as it’s been to earn this extra income, I’m excited for what’s next!
Total Online Income This Month: $346.79
All this to say, thank you so much for following me on this journey of blogging and financial freedom. I absolutely love what The Budgeting Wife has become and my dream is that I get to share this information with others who are wanting to win with money. Thanks for being my support and encouragement!
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