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August 2014 blog income and stats recap

September 4, 2014

August 2014 blog income and stats recap

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Welcome to the 14th blog income and stats recap of MMYW! That’s right, MMYW turned one in July! And we have a winner for the BIG $500 or iPad mini 64Gb giveaway in the person of Jamie E., congratulations!

 

Check previous income and stats recaps:

July income  $4,042

August income $2,530

September income $3,307

October income $3,570

November income $2,697 + 10% of Savvy Scot’s purchase price

December income $4,625 + 45% of Savvy Scot’s purchase price

January Income $3,290 + 45% of Savvy Scot’s purchase price

February income $7,063

March income $4,950

April income $4,595

May income $6,975

June income $7,565

July income $4,648

 

 

Expenses

MMYW

Virtual assistant and staff writing: $0. The VA now goes to Savvy Scot, and I had stocked up on posts on Q4 2013.

RFI

Giveaway $0. The $500 of the giveaway was allocated on July.

SAVVY SCOT

VA and staff writing $275. I gave the VA a raise last month after a year of service.

 

EXPENSES TOTAL $275. I will try to keep expenses low for the next couple of months.

 

Income

RFI

$1,863 This is a mix of Adsense, affiliate sales, and direct advertising, plus a little income I got from my ad referral network’s commissions. Contact me if you are interested in joining the ad network! Another low month as European advertisers take a month off work. Affiliate sales have been good, mostly from Airbnb, but the rest has been slow.

MMYW

$1,275. Traffic is still up on MMYW, we are far from the numbers RFI was getting that time last year but still over the $1,000 monthly goal. I haven’t put that much effort into it so can’t really compare with RFI which took way more time last year.

SAVVY SCOT

$1,775.  Back up almost $1,000 from last month after a $3,000 drop from June. Just sitting tight and waiting for September.

 

TOTAL $4,913. As usual, 10% will be donated to my charity projects, that is $491

My goal is to make $60,000 blogging this year, I should be at $40,000 so far and am at $43,999. It is good to have some breathing room in spite of the past two months being low.

 

After Costs Total

$4,638 Lower than June, but not a bad month. I had my 17 year old brother with me so I kept busy offline and put very little efforts into the blogs, so I am happy to get that result.

10% of blogging income will go to sponsor young girls’ education in my village. I have spent most of my money as per the last update,  so I need to make more in September! THANK YOU for helping keep this site what it is and contributing to its monthly income. Smile

 

Blog stats for RFI

Back to June’s Domain Authority, but MozRank is up so I’ll take that… We are almost at 70K pageviews, thanks to the giveaway and social media efforts. Not much more as I spent most of the month traveling and tending to my little brother who was visiting.

 

July 31st August 31st
PageRank 4 4
MozRank 5.28 5.3
Domain Authority 47 45
Alexa Rank 51,485 50,444
Pageviews 69,116 72,779
Unique 42,681 45,160
SEO traffic % 55.7% 52.3%

Blog stats for MMYW

The giveaway helped MMYW as well this month, although it has had a slower growth than the others.

July 31st August 31st
PageRank 3 3
MozRank 5.12 5.12
Domain Authority 38 38
Alexa Rank 65,203 62,186
Pageviews 35,579 36,238
Unique 23,395 23,875
SEO traffic % 57.2% 54.6%

Blog stats for Savvy Scot

Savvy Scot has had more growth at the end of the giveaway, so I will try to keep up with 2-3 posts a week for the foreseeable future.

July 31st August 31st
PageRank 3 3
MozRank 5.21 5.22
Domain Authority 42 41
Alexa Rank 74,279 76,477
Pageviews 28,688 30,752
Unique 21,117 24,230
SEO traffic % 45.2% 47.1%

How did your blog grow in the past month? Happy with the results?

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Lovely comments

  1. Jay @ Thinking Wealthy says

    September 4, 2014 at 6:21 am

    How do you come up with your SEO % traffic number? Sorry if it’s an elementary question, still new to blogging!
    Jay @ Thinking Wealthy recently posted…What Can Kid’s Movies (Particularly The Mighty Ducks) Teach Us?My Profile

    • Pauline says

      September 4, 2014 at 7:15 am

      Hi Jay, you can check that out on Google analytics, it gives you your total traffic and your search engine traffic.

  2. Simon Cave says

    September 4, 2014 at 9:28 am

    As usual great job Pauline! 😉
    Simon Cave recently posted…5 Tools Every Internet Entrepreneur Should Have – The Last One Will Blow Your MindMy Profile

    • Pauline says

      September 5, 2014 at 5:30 pm

      Thank you Simon!

  3. Michelle says

    September 4, 2014 at 10:30 am

    Good job this month Pauline! Here’s to hoping for an even better September.
    Michelle recently posted…$14,156 in August Business IncomeMy Profile

    • Pauline says

      September 5, 2014 at 5:29 pm

      fingers crossed!

  4. Nicola says

    September 4, 2014 at 12:26 pm

    Another great month! August in terms of my blog was good – plodding along nicely 🙂 Here’s to September being great!

    • Pauline says

      September 5, 2014 at 5:28 pm

      hope so!

  5. Fig says

    September 4, 2014 at 11:03 pm

    Great job! It’s nice to see blogger’s succeeding and hitting their goals. Can’t wait to see where you end up at the end of the year!
    Fig recently posted…My Rules For Second Hand ShoppingMy Profile

    • Pauline says

      September 5, 2014 at 5:28 pm

      Thank you!

  6. DC @ Young Adult Money says

    September 5, 2014 at 11:08 am

    I don’t check my blog stats unless I have to for an advertiser so I don’t know how I did last month : ) But it sounds like you are doing pretty well between the three blogs. That giveaway was great, I’m just bummed I didn’t win.
    DC @ Young Adult Money recently posted…How Far Would You Go to Pay Off Debt?My Profile

  7. Myles Money says

    September 5, 2014 at 4:38 pm

    I was good till I got to ” I spent most of the month traveling and tending to my little brother who was visiting” and then I spat coffee out of my nose. Seriously? It sounds like you could turn in great numbers like this month on month with both hands tied behind your back. Amazing job!
    Myles Money recently posted…Financial Education For KidsMy Profile

    • Pauline says

      September 5, 2014 at 5:27 pm

      haha, sadly it is not that simple, although it requires less than half the effort of the first few months to keep things afloat. Doing nothing for a month (well, actually it’s been about 3 months of complete laziness) means your stats can drop, you post less so have less readers, meaning less money, … downward spiral. But taking a month or two off, with a VA and some schedules posts is not a big deal.

  8. Thomas says

    September 6, 2014 at 8:24 am

    Hey Pauline! Does it usually slow down in the summer months? Would you expect September to be bigger? Is that true for traffic or ad sales or for both? I haven’t been through a full year yet so I’m wondering if there is any seasonality to blogging. Thanks!
    Thomas recently posted…Donate Hair For MoneyMy Profile

    • Pauline says

      September 9, 2014 at 1:06 pm

      Yes, summer is usually slow. I think traffic would have dropped if it weren’t for the giveaway. Same goes for about a couple of weeks around Christmas. If you take a Christmas break don’t bother scheduling many posts!
      Pauline recently posted…Why Making Money Is Not Always The AnswerMy Profile

  9. Will @firstqfinance says

    September 6, 2014 at 2:42 pm

    I love that you post your stats, Pauline!

    Is there an aggregate site you like to monitor them on?

    First Quarter Finance is has a global Alexa rank of 91,000. Pretty fantastic feeling to see it falling so quickly.
    Will @firstqfinance recently posted…Switching to Online Classes Boosted My GPA from 3.2 to 4.0My Profile

    • Pauline says

      September 9, 2014 at 1:07 pm

      Well done Will! You can check most stats on http://check-domains.com/website-analysis/website-analyzer.php

  10. Jayson @ Monster Piggy Bank says

    September 8, 2014 at 4:16 am

    How did you pull that June income off more than the other months? Hoping for better results for this month of September!
    Jayson @ Monster Piggy Bank recently posted…5 Reasons Why You’re Not Making Money OnlineMy Profile

    • Pauline says

      September 9, 2014 at 1:08 pm

      I put in more hours, tried to promote my content more, and I guess advertisers were also closing the first half of the year spending the rest of their budget!

  11. Holly@ClubThrifty says

    September 8, 2014 at 6:51 am

    Great job, Pauline! You have obviously done awesome!!! My August went really well considering the fact that I lost a lucrative job at the beginning of the month.
    Holly@ClubThrifty recently posted…Cash Money: $5,965 in August Income and Blog UpdatesMy Profile

  12. Kim says

    September 8, 2014 at 10:21 pm

    Thanks for posting. It’s very good motivation. $60K from a year of blogging would be amazing.
    Kim recently posted…My Ambitious Plan To Get 3 People To Europe With Points And MilesMy Profile

  13. Sajidur Rahman says

    September 10, 2014 at 2:39 am

    Nice job but make a post how a man can earn money from online.

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