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Monthly Update (Month 2)

By Bryan Clark on Aug 29, 2007 in Uncategorized

I’m so excited to be doing my second monthly update. Month two brought quite a bit of progress. If I keep progressing at this rate, I’ll surely meet my goal. This just goes to show you that you really can make some money as a blogger. I did quite well considering it’s only my second month. I hope all of you take a second to comment and let me know what you think!

-Readers-

Pageloads - 17,304

Unique Visitors - 7,963

I think that these numbers are pretty good for my second month. What about you?

-Sweet Revenue-

Text Link Ads - $75.00

Blog Reviews - $65.00

Commission Junction - $1.80

Paid Posts - $60.50

Advertising - $100.00

Adsense - $19.35

Pixel Page - $240

Total = $561.65

-Month 2 Goal Check-

These goals were set in last months monthly update. Let’s see how I did!

Reach a Technorati Authority rating of 200+

  • I came super close. Technorati Authority = 196

Crack the top 300,000 on Alexa (Achieved)

  • Knocked this one out of the park! Alexa Ranking = 100,809

Have 65+ Feedburner RSS Subscriptions (Achieved)

  • Feedburner Subscriptions = 72

Post 30+ blog entries (Achieved)

  • Blog entries = 42

Have 700+ comments (Achieved)

  • Comments = 798 (1,184 total)

Earn $250+ for the month in site related revenue (Achieved)

  • Monthly revenue = $561.65

Get another post linked to by a huge blog (ProBlogger, etc.) (Achieved)

  • 5 posts linked to on Problogger!

Get 20,000+ Pageviews

  • Pretty close. Pageviews this month = 17,304

Well, as you can see, I did a pretty good job of achieving the goals I set for myself this month. Six out of eight is pretty good. I think Jill Koenig would be proud of my goal achieving awesomeness.

-Site Rankings-

Alexa - 100,809

Technorati Ranking - 24,327 - Technorati Authority - 196 - Fans - 55

Feedburner - 72 RSS Subscribers

Backlinks - 5,743

Predicted Google PR - 5

-Goals For Month 3-

  • Crack the top 50k in Alexa Ranking
  • 100 Feedburner RSS Subscribers
  • $675 In site related revenue
  • Technorati Ranking of less than 10k
  • Have 30k Pageviews
  • Help a blogger that needs it

It’s been a great month and I’m glad I got to share such positive results with all of you. I hope that all of you see that this CAN be done, and stay on board with me while I reach for the stars. I’m sure nothing but great things are in store, and I want all of you to be a part of it. Thanks for the continued support, the great comments, and the motivation that will push me to success. You guys and girls are my motivation… keep it up!

I would also like to encourage all of you to go pick up a square or thirty on my pixel page (the10kgiveaway.com). If you want to learn more, check out my official explanation.

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  1. 47 Comment(s)

  2. By GnomeyNewt on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Wow, I think your doing great! I only started to watch closely this last week since you were featured on mynewhustle. Thanks for sharing your current stats and they certainly help me see that it is possible to earn money from blogging. I can only imagine it going up from here. Great Job!

  3. By Bryan on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks :)

  4. By Michael on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Looks like your doing pretty good and I’d be lieing if I said I wasn’t jealous.

  5. By Aditya on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Wow, those are impressive numbers. I saw a couple of your posts on BMM, and thats what led me to your blog. I hope I can draw some inspiration from you :-)

  6. By Sutocu on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Hey, you’re doing great. Well done with the revenue. Just wondering how much money did you put into the blog.

  7. By Maneesh on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    good going bryan…
    i know it won’t mean much since ur already growin so fast.. but achieve this 3rd months target and am gonna officially be your supporter :)
    plus a link on each of my other 3 websties..

  8. By icedragon on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    What is it with you that your goals feels like ours too ?
    When you make a review of the progress you are having I begin to feel anxious like when someone going to surprise you, or you want to know a test score
    I don’t have to tell you to keep up the great work, and those $500+ that you make in two months tells us that we can achieve the same in one year or less if we continue in the race . . .

  9. By Bryan on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Michael - It’s not all that difficult. Anyone can do it!

    Aditya - Thanks! I’m glad you took the time to comment. It means a lot to me :)

    Sutocu - Less than $60… advertising budget $0

    Maneesh - It means more than you think ;)

    icedragon - What a great compliment! Thank you. And the $500+ was just this month. I made a bit last month too :)

  10. By Kirsty on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Well done mate! Why are you doing the update on the 29th rather than on Sept 1st though?

    I really love the way you lay out your updates clearly and set yourself goals and then update us on your progress.

    Earning this much after 2 months with one blog is an accomplishment. Took me 5 years and 5 sites to get to that point!

  11. By Bryan on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Kirsty - I do the monthly updates on the 29th because my blog was started June 28th. So the month runs from the 29th to the 28th.

    Thanks for the compliments. I’m considering starting another blog as well as this one, I’m just trying to come up with a topic that I’d like to write about every day.

  12. By Pradeep Kumar on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Good going man!

  13. By GoalGuru.com on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Way to go Bryan!

    I love how you’re creating specific and measurable Goals. You’re tracking it and treating it like a million dollar businesss, and that’s what it is and will be. No doubt about it.

    I love watching your growth and am so proud of you.

    Live Your Dreams,

    -Jill :)

    http://www.GoalGuru.com

  14. By Angela on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Impressive. :D

  15. By Karen (Karooch from Scraps of Mind) on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Wow, they’re pretty impressive numbers for month 2 Bryan. Awesome performance.

  16. By Sly from Slyvisions.com on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Bryan, I think you are doing the best out of all the new bloggers (past 3-4 months). Those numbers are just HUGE. Nice job!

    Sly from Slyvisions.com

  17. By Contamination on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    OMFG! That’s doing so well!

    Congratulations Bryan!

    Though I am intrigued to find out what you mean by “Help a blogger who needs it”

    I’m waiting for the next viral link love, so I can get some links to my new domain. After following your advice.

  18. By Kirsty on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    If you can find something you’re passionate about then adding another blog to your empire should be easy. But finding the right topic is the trick!

    Do any of you blogging types ever build regular ’static’ type websites?

  19. By Deathsweep on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Hey Bryan!
    Great going. You know I’ve been watching you grow since “One Mans Goal” was just a newborn and I look in all the time (as you know) and all I can say is you are on the right track! Numbers don’t lie. I remember when you first started this someone had said you’d never make $$ from the internet. If your ratio of growth keeps up as it is - WOW! Great job, it’s good to actually see your goals being met and some even passed. Keep it up!

    DS

  20. By Matt Wolfe on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    That’s pretty amazing for only a second month. I actually hadn’t even realized you’d only been doing this for so short. I’m just that much more impressed!

  21. By UPC - Tech Blog on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    I have come to the conclusion, and your blog is the factor that seals the deal, that the best way to make money blogging, is to blog about making money blogging. No other niche succeeds so quickly and so well as the “make money online” niche. I have found that monetizing any blog that isn’t in this niche alienates a lot of readers - my blog for example has a moderate amount of ads, yet they turn people off more than I ever thought possible. If your topic is actually how to make money blogging though, you are given free reign when it comes to monetization, because that’s your topic! And of course, as you continue to make more money your authority in this subject will grow, and so will your blog and it’s successes - it’s exponential. Of course, on any traditional website or blog, with any topic, success gives the excuse to use advertising as well, because people assume that bandwidth costs will be high; but as a beginner with a small readership, ads are not easily forgiven. I might have to re-evaluate my decision to use monetization at all, if I am going to run a successful blog. I would love to hear your thoughts on this topic, maybe you could write a post about it? Also, I don’t want this to be read as an angry post, I have to say congrats on the success so far, you are doing a wonderful job of creating the content that is necessary for success, and without that you wouldn’t have anything - but you also picked the perfect niche to capitalize on, people love to read anything about how they might make money online, you just have the ability to write well and promote your content vigorously - keep it up!

  22. By Hoto on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    wow not bad. you realy got a lot of trafic and a good check. keep on working. i will work to get there too.

  23. By Emma on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Wow, Bryan! I’m blown away by your success. Almost 8000 unique visitors. Over 500 bucks. A predicted PR5. Good Grief!

    I did learn some things from your post. Advertising, text link ads, reviews and paid posts, are keys to good revenue generation. To make money with Adsense we need lots of traffic.

    Also goal setting is really effective. Maybe I should talk to Jill Koenig. :smile: Thanks for sharing, I love seeing progress. Emma

  24. By Bryan on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Pradeep - Thanks! Always glad to see a new face hanging around :)

    Jill - Great leadership has played a great part so far. I appreciate what you’ve done. I would also give a strong recommendation for everyone to join Goal University… it’s benefits are priceless.

    Angela - Enjoy your beer!

    Karen - Thank you!

    Sly - I’ve got some tough competition from a lot of sources. I hope I can pass them all. Thanks for the kind words.

  25. By Bryan on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Contamination - It’s part of my goal to help others with their journey. I wouldn’t feel right being semi-successful without pointing others in the right direction if they needed help. I’m always open to helping others… just send me an email!

    Kirsty - I’ve never had a “static” website… but then again, I’ve never had a blog before 2 months ago. I think blogs are the way to go though. It’s much easier to get and keep traffic for something that’s updated daily.

    Deathsweep - Thanks! I still get people that say I’ll never make a dime. I’m silencing them one by one.

    Matt - Thanks!

  26. By Bryan on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    UPC - I sent you an email with some monetization strategies for your site that might not alienate readers. Hope they help!

    Hoto - Thanks! Keep working hard.

    Emma - The text link ads affiliate program is wonderful. $25 payment to get people to sign up for free? Yeah!!!!

    I definitely recommend contacting Jill, she’s played a big part in my success as has Goal University.

  27. By B. Durant on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Chugging right along I see. Good job.

  28. By David on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Congratulations and those are really impressive numbers!

  29. By Davy on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Congo-rats Bryan! Keep on moving forward and never look back…

  30. By Bryan on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks guys! :)

  31. By shaun on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    amazing stats!!! I really enjoy reading your blog. I wish you the best of luck for next month!!!

  32. By Sly from Slyvisions.com on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Bryan, I think you need to update those stats. You have just cracked the 90,000 ALEXA mark. :)

    Sly from Slyvisions.com

  33. By Missy on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    I have decided that i am gonna create goals (similar to what you have done) for my Groovy Vegetarian blog. I’m not sure why i’ve not done it already.

    I am enjoying being a witness to your continued progress. I wouldn’t mind it at all if you took a look at my blog, and hit me up with some pointers. (via pm) Appreciate it.

  34. By Bryan on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Shaun - Thanks!

    Sly - I know!!! A day late :( But it’s still awesome to have cracked the top 100k. 50k - here I come!

    Missy - I’m on it ;)

  35. By Stephen on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Hey Bryan!

    I just wanted to also congratulate you on your achievements thus far! I remember when you first started your blog (not long before I started my own actually) and I could definitely see the effort you put forth in making your goal a reality. I wish you all the best in the future! =)

  36. By Bryan on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks for the kind words and encouragement Stephen. I am certain that your blog will do well too!

  37. By Total Web Review on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    I am glad you are doing so well with it Bryan. Take it easy and I hope your site continues to do well.

  38. By Ryan Shamus on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    Bryan - you are truly “on the scene”! Congrats on your successes so far - your hard work is really paying off!

    Keep up the excellent work and way to represent the STL :)

  39. By Rich Minx on Aug 30, 2007 | Reply

    Those are awesome results, well done! Are you going to reinvest it, bank it, or go on a shopping spree? :)

  40. By Ryan Shamus on Aug 30, 2007 | Reply

    LOL! Rich Minx is all about the shopping sprees!

  41. By Bryan on Aug 30, 2007 | Reply

    I’m thinking a shopping spree that includes beer and pretzels for Shamus and myself.

  42. By Ryan Shamus on Aug 30, 2007 | Reply

    /homer drool….mmmm, beer..pretzels….

  43. By jeni on Aug 31, 2007 | Reply

    Thanks for the update! I love looking at people’s stats! I’m just curious how many hours a day you spend working on your blog.

  44. By maiylah on Aug 31, 2007 | Reply

    wow, you’re doing real well, Bryan! :)

  45. By cooliojones on Aug 31, 2007 | Reply

    Keep on keeping on! You’re doing great. You and the red man at the top of the blog! (he’s so cool)

  46. By Linda on Aug 31, 2007 | Reply

    Congrats! You’re doing just great!

  47. By TraderMark on Sep 1, 2007 | Reply

    Hi Bryan,

    Congrats on great success; I think UPC-techblog made a great comment about the niche you are in, allows you to advertise like heck without turning anyone off.

    Question: how often does Alexa update it’s stats?
    I have a 1 month old blog, created for now just for the blogging aspect (learning how to blog and sharing my thoughts - what a concept eh?) but of course I would not mind eventually monetizing it. I have seen a few traffic spikes this week since certain entries have been published (linked) in very high traffic sites so those 2 days I saw some nice spikes, and in general upswing in traffic from a dead start. So will Alexa update that next week. My goal? crack the 6 million level? lol (hey we have to start somewhere)

    I am just using blogger.com so I am unsure if I am losing out on some opportunities for eventual monetization but again, I am a complete newbie as this. Maybe in a few months I will enter this monetization era, but for now I just am trying to learn how to drive traffic. Any comments would be appreciated.

  48. By Bryan on Sep 2, 2007 | Reply

    TraderMark - Check your email!

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