You know what I just realized? Blogging can be extremely lucrative.
Ok, I already knew that, but lately, almost every single day that message has been brought home to me time and time again as I see my earnings and offers increase.
Tuesday, the 13th of June, I became the second blogger on Pay/perp0st to hit the $10,000 mark. That’s right. I’m the second highest earner on Pay/perp0st.
I started with Pay/perp0st on October 10th 2006 and by November 26th I’d made my first $1000. By the end of December I’d made $2009.35. Odd how it turned out to be almost exactly $2000 at the end of the year, isn’t it? So that means that I’ve made a little over $8000 in the last almost five and a half months.
The funny thing is that in the last several months I’ve really slowed down. I go days without doing a Pay/perp0st post at times. The amount paid per blog has increased though so I can write fewer posts and make the same or better money. Win Win if you ask me.
I started doing paid blogging because I’ve been off work since December 4th 2005 due to Crohn’s. I still have a job as an ER nurse, but I’m unable to perform my duties because I’m simply too ill. Heck, these days I can barely get out into my garden!
I was getting sick pay, and then medical unemployment for a while, but the money ran out by July 2006. We tried taking in borders for a few months, but I couldn’t stand it. One of our borders was a real nut who lied to us all the time and we had to watch her like a hawk. The stress of having someone like that in my home did nothing towards helping me get any better.
So last October, as our situation started to become desperate I went searching for another way to make money. Something that wouldn’t be too hard for me to do. I came across Pay/perp0st and decided to try it. Don’t get me wrong – it’s not easy easy work, but it’s certainly easier than a 12 hour ER nursing shift!
I already had several blogs, but I only used two of them for Pay/perp0st at first. It wasn’t until perhaps February that I added a couple of the other blogs to the system. This allows me to spread out the blogging work that I take not only from Pay/perp0st, but from several other companies across the blogs, and also allows me to be sure that the posts I choose to take truly suit the blogs that I put them on. It’s better for me, it’s better for my blogs and most importantly it’s better for my readers.
I do work with pretty much all the companies now. Some more than others of course. I also earn income on my websites and blogs from other forms of advertising as well – Amazon, Google Adsense, Adbrite, Text L1nk Ads, Auction Ads, Glam Network, private work, and a few other sources. I’m considering experimenting with a few other advertisers – some of whom have come to me directly lately.
I guess I’ve been making money with my websites for several years now. Google Adsense and Amazon being the main sources. However it wasn’t until the past year that I got my act together and really started to work at it. This year I really can see that I could make a living off my websites.
When I first started with P in October, and then other companies, I kept a daily tally of how much I was making. I think I’d set a goal to make at least $1000 a month via all my sources of income. Now, I’m so busy that I haven’t had a chance to tally things up for quite a while – although I do still keep track of every cent I make. I’m just not adding it all up.
A few months ago I saw that I was easily able to increase my goal to $3000 per month, but I do believe that I’m making close to $4000 per month at this time. So my new goal is to make at least $5000 per month by the end of the year.
You know what? I think I will make my goal! Especially since I’m only doing half of what I could be doing and I’ve got 6 more domains to develop!
What I find kind of amusing is that in the comment section of one of the recent posts on Michael Arrington’s Blog, Techcrunch, one of the commenters stated that the majority of blogs listed in Pay/perp0st are very small, run by stay at home moms and only get 3 visitors a month. Right!
That’s totally untrue considering that Pay/perp0st’s demographics state that the majority of bloggers in their system are men and I know that there’s quite a variety of blogs, large and small, writing on a vast number of topics within the system.
This blog is the main blog on the Feverishthoughts.com domain. I’ve got 7 blogs on this domain (5 of which will move to the new domains shortly), but by far, this site, and As the Garden Grows gets more than 80% of the traffic that my Feverishthoughts.com Network brings in.
The stats for Feverishthoughts.com for May 2007 state that there were 130,141 unique visitors, and 513,524 page views. Traffic is increasing weekly! My main website, not a blog – a website, on a different domain, had 46,788 unique visitors, and 106,669 page views.
Those stats are nothing to sneeze at, and I know there’s other bloggers using Pay/perp0st and similar services that have similar stats.
Certainly with stats like that on one of my websites, and a few of my blogs (I didn’t list everything), and the sites I’m developing if I don’t make my $5000 per month target by the end of the year I’ll clearly have been doing something wrong!
Well done! I’m still learning and hoping to follow your footsteps. Much success to you in the future.
Congratulations!!!! 🙂 I love hearing about when people reach milestones with P.
Great News, Congrats! 🙂
I blogged about it here. WTG! 🙂
good stuff. congratulations.
This is amazing, & inspirational congrats on the huge milestone!
Congratulations!
Congrats! I just passed the $80 mark on “R”… Only $9,920 to go! I haven’t tried P. I get a fair amount of grief from readers for “selling out” to R, which I really don’t understand. The posts are clearly identified , it would seem if someone doesn’t care to read a post that they could just skip it…
congratulations!
Congrats on the 10k mark. That’s a big thing!
Yay! I loe that this is a concept that can really work for some people. A creative, determined person CAN find a way to remain a financially stable earner.
I’m not as bigtime as you, but I am at $5k total for all the streams I use for my blogs, since late January.
That’s quite a milestone. Well done!
Did you pull your blog off the road and get out and dance around it? We used to do that when car odometers rolled over 🙂
Wow! That’s great.
Was going through “the truth laid bear” and noticed that you are listed under “Higher Beings”. That means that you are ranked higher than Boing Boing, Engadget, Autoblog and other blogs. Double wow! I salute you.
Hi Tricia!
Congrats on your passing the $10000 mark. I wish I could earn as much as you too without killing myself doing it!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! You deserve a big, no, a huge pat on the back. Isn’t it kinda funny/strange/weird that when we step away from something, it continues to grow on its own accord – but only if the foundation is properly laid. Again, WOWOW!
Congratulations Tricia!
Congratulations, Tricia!!!!!!
May you be the first of thousands to hit the $10K-plus mark.
Affzan I’m still learning too! LOL I often write about what I’m doing to promote my sites or companies that I’ve found to monetize my site so if you want to keep learning keep an eye on some of my posts. 😉
Thank you Loretta and thank you for your post about my success too. That was really nice of you. 🙂
Thanks Patrick!
Wow! Congratulations!! Other than P, what other same-type companies are you a part of? P is the only one I’ve joined so far, but I’d love to know your other secrets too. I’m going to look around the site a bit. 😀
Sarakastic thank you and I’m glad you find it inspirational. Anyone can do this if they work at it. 🙂
Jay thanks for the congrats. I’m sorry to hear that your readers are giving you grief over writing reviewme posts. If you are accepting offers that truly fit with your site – perhaps sites or businesses that you would have written about on your own for free, I don’t see why anyone should get upset. I’m sorry to hear that you are going through that.
Sherri’s Mom thanks!
Lisa thank you! Yes I thought it was a great milestone to have reached. Now on to the next goal! 😉
Jean- Luc, yes it is. Thank you!
LOL Martin! Well, if I wasn’t feeling so absolutely shitty this week I guess I would have done that. I think my blog has been parked at the side of the road for a few days. LOL
I should at least have a glass of wine or something to celebrate though, shouldn’t I?
Adam thank you! And yes I do have an extremely high listing on Truth Laid Bear. I’m amazed that I’m higher than sites like Boing Boing, Engadget and many other sites that bloggers hear about almost every day. It’s shocking actually!
The Artist – Thank you! Yes it has been hard work at times but it’s been worth it. There’s been times when I’ve felt pretty burned out by it all. Finding ways to monetize your site that don’t require much effort helps to add to our internet related income. You’ve got to promote your site a lot and get some good PR to make good money through Adsense and similar methods of monetizing your site though.
Thank you Jules!
Thank you Suni. 🙂 Now if only P would post some decent ops we could all keep making a bit of money this weekend eh? 🙂
Colleen thanks! I’m not sure that I’ll ever surpass you, that’s not my goal – unlike a recent newbie who shall remain nameless lol, but I hope to stay right behind. 🙂
Angie – 5k since late January? You’ll be nipping at my heals soon! LOL Good for you!
Yes I’m also very happy that sites like P have come along and made it easy for those who want to work at making a living from home. Not that it’s easy easy work … but it sure is easier than some things we could be doing and making less, isn’t it?
MorganLighter – Thanks! You might have misread my post though. The 10,000 that I’ve made is just from one site. I have to actively work at that to make money.
It’d be nice if I found something that made me that much money that fast and didn’t really have to work at it. LOL
Of course, I have made lots of money from other sites too – active and non active participation … P and the money I earned there is just part of what I’ve been up to.
Angie Thank you! Actually I’m the second person on P to hit the 10k mark. I’m ok with being number two though. LOL
Congrats.
Um…do you post your total blogging income monthly anywhere?
I’m creating my updated Paula’s List of Blogger Salaries and would love to put you on my next list.
Thanks,
Paula
Wow Tricia, what a huge milestone – I know you’re quite an inspiration to so many, including myself! I’m still trying to learn the tricks to getting a higher PR, but just having my own domain has helped get better/more opps… I’ll figure it all out soon enough, and hopefully I can join you up there 😉 Maybe in a couple years 😀
hello fairy god mother! 🙂 congratulations! I’m so happy for you!!! you’re truly an inspiration 🙂
now.. let’s celebrate?
I can’t even begin to imagine running more than one blog at a time, but I know so many of you do, I left my job on June 8th due to health reasons, so I also now have turned to blogging to make up for that lost income which wasn’t even close to what some of you are currently making with blogging.
amazing ^^
kudos to you 🙂
Hats off to you Tricia! Your story inspired me to write about you on my blog. Best wishes!
Hey, great post! Grats, You have achieved what You wanted, respect.
Well done on making $10k.
I have only made around $300 but I am starting to make more money with fewer posts and I definitely don’t post everyday.
Congrats! That is certainly a great accomplishment! My sister also has Crohn’s and is finally in remission after a couple years. It is great that you have been able to find such a great way to make money while dealing with your health. Good luck with meeting your goals, I’m sure you won’t have any problem getting there and beyond!
Glad you’ve made hay when the sun was shining, especially with Google now targeting this income stream 🙁