{"id":16887,"date":"2024-02-09T14:54:04","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T14:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webmonkey.com\/monthly-blog-growth-and-income-recap-february-2018\/"},"modified":"2024-05-24T19:38:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-24T19:38:18","slug":"blog-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webmonkey.com\/blog-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly Blog Growth and Income Recap – February 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
Alright, so why am I doing a blog recap?<\/p>\n
Well, a lot of bloggers like to share their monthly income reports or growth numbers with their viewers.<\/p>\n
Blog recaps and updates can be a great way to remain transparent with readers, inspire fellow bloggers or content creators, and to track the growth of a community.<\/p>\n
The only thing is, they usually start doing these recaps once they have been blogging for several months (or years) and have established fairly steady streams of income and page views.<\/p>\n
While this makes sense, I also think of it as somewhat of a cop-out. From the blogs I've come across, many bloggers who have already “made it” have a tendency to exaggerate just how easy it is to blog and become successful.<\/p>\n
I wouldn't have a problem with this, except for the fact that many of these bloggers then try to convince their audience that they can achieve success if they merely:<\/p>\n
Maybe I'm cynical, but maybe not. I think sharing, transparency, and providing value to readers is ultimately a key to success for running a great blog.<\/p>\n
However, when blogging reports only show the good, and not the bad or ugly, I start to take issue. There's nothing wrong with recommending products, courses, or trying to inspire your audience.<\/p>\n
But when bloggers exaggerate<\/strong>, mislead<\/strong>, or flat out lie<\/strong>, that's just wrong.<\/p>\n And so, I have decided that I will also create monthly blogging reports, but I'm doing it from month 1.<\/p>\n No bullshit. No false promises. Just some stats, advice, and what I've learned so far during this blogging experience.<\/p>\n Let's get to it!<\/p>\n February 2018 Blog Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n Blog Posts:<\/strong><\/p>\n Traffic Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n Overall, February showed a great month of initial blogging growth with almost 1,000 page views:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Looking at referral traffic also provides room for some interesting insights:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n February 2018 Income Stats:<\/strong><\/p>\n We've started the first month of blogging off with not being negative in income, which is a plus!<\/p>\n Granted, setting up this blog, buying a theme, and paying for hosting has put me $100 in the hole, but let's pretend that doesn't exist.<\/p>\n Amazon Affiliate Income:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Side Hustle and Passive Income:<\/strong><\/p>\n If you are new to phone farming or want to learn more about making passive income with smartphones, be sure to check out my post How to Start a Phone Farm.<\/a><\/p>\n If you want to learn more about Drop, you can check out my post on The Best Rebate and Cashback Apps<\/a>.<\/p>\n You can also sign up for Drop<\/a> with my referral link and make an extra $5. Wohoo!<\/p>\n I also talk about Ebates in my post on rebate and cashback apps, and I highly recommend using both Drop and Ebates.<\/p>\n\n
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