College Savvy

  • Home
  • About
  • College
    • All College Posts
    • Dorm Room
    • College Tips
    • College Parties
    • Free Printable College Packing List
  • Christmas
  • Gift Guides
  • Greek Life
  • Recommendations
  • Blogging
    • How To Start A Blog
    • Income Reports

October 31, 2020 ·

How I Made $557.98 With a Brand New Blog (October 2020 Income Report)

Blogging· Income Reports

October 2020 income report: How I made $557.98 With a Brand New Blog.

October 2020 Income Report

Welcome to my first ever blogging income report! My October 2020 income report will show you exactly how I made $557.98 on a brand new blog.

I can’t believe I’m about to share how I made ACTUAL money from a blog I started just a few months ago.

First of all – why am I even sharing my income with you?

My blogging journey actually started 3 years ago. I created a blog in college and spent years (and lots of money) on it and never made a single penny.

Flash forward to this past summer and I started seeing income reports from other bloggers show up on Pinterest and Youtube. I found people my age and younger who were making 10, 20, and even 30k+ PER MONTH with their blogs.

I decided to go all in and learn everything I could about starting a money-making blog. And now, only a few months after launching this website, I’ve made $557.98 in a month just off of this blog alone.

Reading income reports from other bloggers was really helpful when I started out. Not only was it insanely inspiring, it also gave me a glimpse at where my stats needed to be before I could earn serious money with this website.

I’m sharing this income report to inspire you and show you that anyone can make money blogging!

Previous Income Reports

I officially launched this blog and made it public at the beginning of July 2020.

This is my first published income report, but this is how much money I made in the past 3 months since launching this blog:

  • July 2020: $0 (469 page views)
  • August 2020: $6.92 (2091 page views)
  • September 2020: $17.75 (17,585 page views)

Now let’s take a look at my blogging income from this month!

October 2020 Income Report

In October 2020 I made $557.98 from my blog. Here is exactly where that money came from:

Affiliate Income:

  • Amazon Affiliates: $479.24
  • Skimlinks: $14.49

Advertising

  • Google Adsense: $32.95
  • Media.Net: $31.30

TOTAL: $557.98

I applied to a larger, higher paying ad network this month but I haven’t had my application approved yet. Hopefully by next month I’ll be accepted and my ad revenue will go way up!

October 2020 Traffic Breakdown

October 2020 Page Views: 160,022

Pinterest Followers: 853

Email List Subscribers: 16

Blogging Expenses

It doesn’t take very much money to start a blog but there are some minor expenses. This month I spent a little more than usual because I decided it would be worth it to invest in another online course.

Bluehost: $10.42 (I signed up for the more expensive plan and did a bunch of add-ons which I do NOT recommend. You can get most of the security features as free plugins on WordPress)

Tailwind: $9.99 (HIGHLY recommend Tailwind if you have a blog)

This month I also invested in a new Pinterest course that cost $99 at the time of purchase. I’m a HUGE believer in online courses and this one was amazing. I learned a ton about keywording my Pinterest boards and pins and scheduling efficiently.

The first time I started blogging I didn’t invest in any courses and my blog totally flopped after over a year of working on it. This time around I decided to invest a little bit more upfront to have all the knowledge right away and it completely paid off.

TOTAL EXPENSES: $119.41

What Worked This Month?

October was an insanely busy month for me. I got engaged, moved, and had a huge project for my regular job.

With all of that chaos, I didn’t work on my blog as much as I would have liked to this month. Somehow I was still able to publish 5 posts this month though.

However, the reason October was such a huge traffic month for me was because I planned ahead. I wrote halloween posts in July and August because I knew they would take a little time to rank on Pinterest and search engines.

And it definitely paid off! This post that I published on September 2 went completely viral and brought in thousands of views this month.

I highly recommend planning your content a few months in advance. If you write a Christmas post in December, there’s no way it’s going to rank in time for the holidays.

Blogging Goals for November

  • I REALLY want to hit $1000 in November. Honestly, I have no idea how much money I’ll make in November. With the holiday season coming up I’m hoping my income will go up a little bit but I honestly have no clue!
  • Publish at least 6 blog posts. October was absolutely insane but I was still able to get 5 posts up. I’m hoping that I can get at least 6 posts up in November since it’ll be a little less crazy than last month.
  • Figure out how to get more email subscribers. My main email opt-in is a college packing list. Obviously not that many people are interested in downloading this when it’s not back-to-school time. In November, I’d like to figure out another opt-in idea.

I’ll be sure to update you in my November income report and let you know how I did on my goals for the month!

I still can not believe I made $557.98 from a brand new blog! I hope this income report will inspire you to start your own blog.

Do you have any questions about blogging? Feel free to send me an email at [email protected] and I’d be happy to help you!

Previous Post: « 21 Cheap Winter Date Ideas That Will Warm You Both Up
Next Post: 12 Genius Ways to Save Money in College »

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Yasmin | Graceful Dreams says

    October 31, 2020 at 11:22 pm

    Your blog income really inspires me! Love to read it
    Mind to share with me what course do you take? I look at your affiliate income is like quite highh amount, which is really amazinggg.

    • leaheisenhauer says

      November 12, 2020 at 7:12 pm

      Hi Yasmin! I HIGHLY recommend this course for Pinterest. I’ve been able to get my Pinterest impressions to over 8 million by using these strategies!

  2. Lin says

    November 8, 2020 at 2:41 pm

    Thank you for this inspiring post! Do you have any tips on how to grow a Pinterest account to over a million monthly views per month? For example, how often do you post a new pin, or is there a specific strategy that works for you? It’s amazing that you achieved so many pageviews in such little time! Congratulations!!!

    • leaheisenhauer says

      November 12, 2020 at 7:13 pm

      Hi Lin! Thanks so much for reading this and taking the time to respond. I recently took this Pinterest course and it totally changed the game for me. I was able to grow my Pinterest account so much by using the strategies in it :).

Primary Sidebar

Popular Posts

  • college dorm room ideas

    30 Genius Dorm Room Ideas to Upgrade Your Space

  • under bed dorm storage ideas

    23 Under Bed Dorm Storage Ideas You Need In Your Dorm Room

  • best dorm gifts

    35 Best Dorm Gifts College Students Will Love

  • guy in dorm room

    35 Best Guys Dorm Room Ideas For 2023

How to start a blog in less than 30 minutes

THIS WEBSITE IS A PARTICIPANT IN THE AMAZON SERVICES LLC ASSOCIATES PROGRAM, AN AFFILIATE ADVERTISING PROGRAM DESIGNED TO PROVIDE A MEANS FOR SITES TO EARN ADVERTISING FEES BY ADVERTISING AND LINKING TO AMAZON.COM. Copyright © 2023 ยท

30 shares

Disclaimer - Terms and Conditions - Privacy Policy