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How I made over $18,000 blogging this summer

Find out how I made over $18,000 blogging this summer! I LOVE THIS! I am planning on investing more on the blogs during Q3, but don’t know where to as of now.

Welcome to my Summer 2016 income report! Or a nice way to say I’ve been slacking and will pool together June, July and August 2016 into one post haha. Summer was lovely, I was in Texas in June, first time and I was impressed! I loved Austin and had a lot of fun in Houston as well. I spent most of July and August traveling around France and Switzerland on my motorcycle, visiting friends and family along the way.

Long story short, there wasn’t a lot of time to spend online. But the blogs did well so I am very happy.  I also started a blog in Spanish, that will be revealed soon!

Blog Expenses

My main expenses were my VA, a Godaddy domain and Hostgator hosting.

$1,000 Three month for my 20 hour a week VA. She got an annual raise after having worked three years for me.

$150 for an online course

I am using Tailwind for my pins, which is paid for the year ($120, use the link to get a free month) and it saves a ton of time managing Pinterest.

Total spent: $1,150

I am planning on investing more on the blogs during Q3, but don’t know where to as of now.

Find out how I made over $18,000 blogging this summer! I LOVE THIS! I am planning on investing more on the blogs during Q3, but don’t know where to as of now.

Blog income

June

  • Reach Financial Independence $1,700
  • Make Money Your Way $940
  • Savvy Scot $675

July

  • Reach Financial Independence $2,290
  • Make Money Your Way $935
  • Savvy Scot $1,195

August

  • Reach Financial Independence $1,565
  • Make Money Your Way $990
  • Savvy Scot $1,750

Freelancing for other sites and non blogging ventures:

June: $1,700

July: $850

August: $3,800

You can see I spent most of July doing nothing hehe, but I picked up at the end of August. When it comes to freelancing, it seems like the work/time involved in the $2k range is a good balance between income and commitment for me. August was intense. I am tuning back in September.

Find out how I made over $18,000 blogging this summer! I LOVE THIS! I am planning on investing more on the blogs during Q3, but don’t know where to as of now.

June $5,015

July $5,270

August $8,105

Total blog income for June-July-August 2016: $18,390

Net income: $17,240

I am happy with such a nice figure, but a bit disappointed at the year result so far.

I set the bar quite high this year, after making about $70,000 in 2014 and $60,000 in 2015 (with less than half the work), to make $100,000 after expenses in 2016. That translates to about $10,000 a month as I want to invest a lot in content and delegating tasks, like I did in Q1.

I should have made $66,666 net so far, I am $19,447 behind haha.

With the busy summer, I lost a bit of motivation when it comes to growing my income so much, but now I also have new investing goals and I’ll be needing some cash. These blogs are the perfect way to try to increase my income. When I need cash, I push myself a lot more than when life gets comfortable.

But it is unlikely that I’ll reach my goal this year. I am on track to $80,000 which is quite cool still.

Find out how I made over $18,000 blogging this summer! I LOVE THIS! I am planning on investing more on the blogs during Q3, but don’t know where to as of now.

As usual, 10% of that income will go to finance an education project in my village, I am in the red at the moment as the project costs about $800 a month which is well over 10% but it is going well! I am adding more computers and more English classes for the kids.

What are your blogging goals this month?

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Lovely comments

  3. kksilvery says

    Hi,

    Numbers are great and congrats on making it this far. I’m happy for you.
    You have not mentioned how you made $17k and what are the sources, i think it would be a great help for me to find better income source.

    Regards,
    kksilvery.

  4. charan says

    Often visit your blog, Pauline. Every visit is always a fresh moment, Look at those figures how you are making which I don’t ask? Because it really depends on the individual knowledge and skills. But reading your articles will gain some good understanding of income method through your blog. Keep sharing valuable posts.

  8. Dhaval Parmar says

    congrats on making it this far. I’m happy for you.
    You have not mentioned how you made $17k and what are the sources, i think it would be a great help for me to find better income source.

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  19. Russell Bowyer says

    Can I ask you please what you’ve found is the best way to monetise your blogs. Is it different for each one. What type of consultancy do you do too please if you don’t mind my asking. If you don’t want to openly reply here, you of course have my email. Keep up the great blogging though!

  20. Amanda Ripsam says

    I hve been blogging for 4 years I have yet to make much other then the products I get in the mail. I am ready to step up and start earning income with my blog. I have goal to first just cover the yearly domain cost and the squarepace cost. Could you write a first do these steps kind of posts for people like me. I love your blog I am combing through every page to learn all that I can. Thanks for sharing.