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Hello everyone! It’s time for my August 2023 Income Report along with all my traffic details.
I originally started posting my income reports because I wanted to help inspire and motivate others about what YOU can achieve with a blog! I’m just a normal person with no fancy college degrees or with 20 years of SEO experience (I’m only 26, haha) and if I can do this, so can YOU!
I do want to mention that I share these income reports in NO way to brag or boast, but to help INSPIRE someone else! I remember before I started blogging checking out another lady’s income reports and that is what really helped to motivate and give me a drive to start my own blog.
If you want more info on How to Start a Crochet Blog (or any other type of blog for that matter), then you will definitely want to check out THIS POST!
Or if you already have a blog, you might want to know my #1 Secret on Creating Traffic Driving Content for your Blog!
You may be wondering why I would even want to put my income out there, let’s be honest, it’s kinda of a scary thing to do. I just want to help INSPIRE someone else, because this is what truly inspired me to start my blog.
If you want to know more about the very beginning of my crochet blogging journey, then you will want to check out THIS POST!
Anyway, on to my August 2023 income report!
Income:
I’ll first break down exactly where my income came from, what each source is and then all my blogging fees for the month.
- Mediavine – $4,629.22
- Etsy – $587.50
- YouTube – $206.18
- Affiliates – (Amazon: $89.49), (Yarn Sales: $89.31) and (Pattern Bundle: $242.34)
- Ribblr – $24.00
Grand total = $5,868.04
- Mediavine – This is a full service, ad management company. This is who places and manages all the ads that you see on my blog. Every time someone clicks on one of those ads, I make a small percentage off of it.
- Etsy – This is where my patterns sales come from.
- YouTube – This money comes from the ads placed on all my YouTube videos and tutorials.
- Affiliate – I lump all the money I make from different affiliates in this sum because it can come from different places like Amazon Affiliates and other affiliates (whether for yarn, crochet hooks, supplies) linked on my blog. Also it can be part of pattern bundles that I do some months with other designers.
- Ribblr – This is another platform where I sell patterns. It’s made specifically for crocheters and knitters!
Fees:
Here are this months fees
- Etsy fees – $122.15
- Bigscoots – $34.95
- Rank IQ – $101.45
- Flodesk – $19.00
- Canva – $12.95
- Tailwind – $19.99
- Ribblr fees – $4.02
Total for fees = $314.51
I do want to mention that I finished paying my web designer a total of $2,400 this month. I’m not going to subtract this from my profit though as I knew that it was coming and had been saving money for it for quite awhile so it wouldn’t drain my profit this month.
When you subtract the fees from the total income…
Profit for August 2023 = $5,553.53
*Note that this is before taxes. Taxes are harder to figure up, so I do put money back each month for that. But, this still gives you a pretty good idea of what I bring home.
- Bigscoots – This is my new web host. I recently switched over to Bigscoots after being with Bluehost for 5 years and I cannot tell you happy I am that I did! The page speeds are so much faster and the customer service is superior! It was so easy to switch over too.
- Rank IQ – I upgraded my plan last month and was actually paid ahead for a month, so I didn’t have this fee this month. RankIQ is an AI-powered SEO toolset. Meaning that it finds keywords that help you to write posts that rank on the 1st page of Google. It is such a timesaver and I can’t recommend it highly enough! I’ve been using it for almost 8 months so far and can see how it’s helping. If you are like me and don’t know very much about SEO, you will want to use Rank IQ. I wish that I had found it when I first started my blog 5 years ago! It’s something that I highly recommend to all bloggers!
- Flodesk – This is my Email subscription service. It is hands down the most affordable option that I have found to send emails to my subscribers without breaking the bank. No matter how many subscribers that you accumulate, the pricing stays the same! Most email subscription services charge more as you get more subscribers. I’ve seen many where this can cost 100’s of dollars each month. Flodesk is truly the most reasonable and best!
- Canva – This is a graphic design website where I make ALL of my Pinterest pins, cover photos and other graphics that I need for my blog. I even type up my PDFs of my patterns in Canva. There are seriously so many things that you can do with Canva, I can’t even think of them all! This is a tool that EVERY blogger needs and will want to utilize. I do have the pro version, but they do have a free version that you can try out to see if you like it!
- Tailwind – I use Tailwind to schedule all of my Pinterest pins so they will pin automatically for me to different boards. There is a place to schedule pins right on Pinterest, but if you want to schedule 1 pin to multiple boards, Tailwind is such a time saver. Plus, it even does more than just schedule Pinterest pins, it can automatically publish content for you on other social media platforms too!
Traffic Report
Now, let’s break down my traffic so you can see exactly how many people it took to come through my website to get these numbers.
Here’s what my traffic in August 2023 looked like
In total I had 145,849 views for my entire blog in August 2023. You can see where my traffic mostly came from. The top 2 traffic referrers were search engines (which is mostly Google search) and Pinterest.
And, under the WordPress Android App, 10,184 of those views came from Pinterest also. So, I actually had 31,336 views in total just from Pinterest.
A Few FYI’s about August 2023
My traffic significantly went up in August! In fact, it over doubled my traffic that I had in August 2022! I think that one of the bigger reasons for this spike was do to me writing articles with the help of Rank IQ all year!
My search engine traffic has steadily been increasing, yay! And, an increase in traffic can only mean one other thing…..a money increase!
I made a good chunk more off of ads from Mediavine this month than last. And, this number should continue to go up for the rest of the year!
I hope that this August 2023 income report has helped to inspire and motivate you to start your own blog and give it a go!
If you want to look into starting you own blog, then be sure to check out THIS POST!
I’m beyond thankful that pattern designing and this blog has turned into my full time job! I feel like I have been so blessed with this opportunity.
I thank the Lord daily for leading me to start my blog years ago. It has brought so many blessings into my life and I never want to take them for granted.
“God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause His face to shine upon us; Selah. That Your Way may be known upon earth, Your saving health among all nations. Let the people praise You, O God; let all the people praise You. O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for You shall judge the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah. Let the people praise You, O God; let all the people praise You. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us. God shall bless us; and all the ends of the earth shall fear Him.”
Psalms 67: 1-7
Hi Kylee! Thank you so much for sharing your story about starting your blog and sharing your monthly income reports. I’m learning so much from you. You are a true inspiration for me! Thank you!
I’m so glad to hear that! This really makes me happy!
That is awesome you had a traffic increase.
Yes, it was! I anticipate that it will only get better for the rest of the year too!
Good income report and glad you haven’t forgotten to thank the Lord for your success. Out of curiosity, what percentage of your traffic is US based as I have applied for Mediavine as well hoping to get accepted. Hope to hear from you soon and God bless.
Thank you! The majority of my traffic comes from the US, I couldn’t find the exact numbers but it’s probably at least where 75% of my traffic comes from. Hope you get accepted soon! Mediavine is a great company to work with, I love them!
Thanks for your reply and wish you success in your blogging business.