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September 8, 2016 ·

July Blog Income Report

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A lot has happened in the past month since my last income report.

If you didn’t notice, I had another blog (Feather Pixels) for a while there.

I found it way too hard to maintain properly, so I had it moved over here.

Then, we rebranded Sweep Tight into A Magical Mess.

This transition doesn’t affect my income reports all that much since this blog was always the main income source.

Note: This post was transferred over from amagicalmess.com

As always, I am a month behind on my reports.

This is so I can get all of the paperwork and balance the books before pulling all the figures.

This report helps me tremendously, so I want it to be completely accurate.

Due to the awesome feedback from all of you, I will continue to share them.

Okay, let’s get to it.

Monthly Blogging Income Report - July 2016

Monthly Blogging Income Report – July 2016

These numbers are for cash received during the month.

In my quickbooks, I choose “cash basis” instead of “accrual” to get these numbers.

So, it doesn’t include work done during the month.

July Blogging Income

  • Sponsored Posts:
    • Linqia: $321.60
    • Tapinfluence: $485.00
    • Other Sponsored Posts: $1,610.00
  • Social Posts:
    • IZEA: $35.00
    • Other Social Posts: $100.00
  • Twitter Parties: $400.00
  • Affiliate Income:
    • Shareasale: $168.13
      • Most of that amount is from two-tiered referral income.
    • Amazon Associates: $86.25
  • Ad Networks:
    • The Blogger Network: $144.45
  • Sidebar Widget: $300.00 – Paid in gift cards.
  • JustSweep.com: $118.00 – My giveaway directory site.
  • Shelley’s Income: $1,565.00 – What Shelley made through the blog on her own.

Income Total: $5,333.43

July Blogging Expenses

  • Content Purchased: $48.00
  • Photoshop/Lightroom: $10.61
  • Virtual Assistants:
    • Main VA (does daily share threads, ghost writing, and more): $211.00
    • Walking on Sunshine who submits to recipe and DIY linkups: $45.00 – Please use Jennifer Soltys as a referral if you sign up. Lois is awesome.
  • fonts: $5.00 – Hey, I did better this month. 😉
  • Appsumo: Discount programs. They usually have serious savings on some great tools for bloggers.
    • Grum: $25.00 – Instagram scheduler from your desktop.
    • Camtasia: $49.00 – Video software.
  • Mailchimp: $50.00 – newsletter. Last month because I switched to convertkit.
  • convertkit: $29.00 – New newsletter.
  • Facebook Boosts: $1.61
  • Daniel Morris: $27.00 – BC Stack. It’s a huge bundle of ebooks, courses, and info for bloggers and entrepreneurs. I think it’s once per year, and worth every penny.
  • Hostgator: $15.00 – Domain name renewal.
  • Jaaxy: $49.00 – Tool I use for SEO keyword research.
  • Making Sense of Cents: $147.00 – Affiliate marketing course. If you read her income reports, you’ll want to take her course too.
  • MeetEdgar: $49.00 – Social media scheduler.
  • RD Publishing: $29.98 – PLR templates.
  • Contributors: $279.96
  • SSLS: $14.97 – Security certificate.
  • Staples: $17.38 – Office supplies.
  • Social Warfare: $110.00 – New social sharing plugin.
  • Shipping: $13.45 – Shipped a giveaway prize.

Total Expenses: $1,255.96

Net Income: $4,077.47

I added Shelley’s income in there as discussed in the last report.

So, above is what the blog made for the month.

Personally, my blogging income was $2,512.47.

What I Learned from this Report

Just as I suspected, doing these reports makes me give a second thought to what I spend money on now.

It’s so easy to justify business expenses in the moment.

When you type them out and have them in your face like this, it’s eye-opening.

I purchased less content thanks to combining the blogs.

That leaves me with more time to create posts here instead of being so scatter-brained and trying to fill two blogs with content.

Oh, this is kind of funny, but this report reminded me of a purchase.

That RD Publishing — I had no clue what that was for — I had to look it up.

Honestly, if I didn’t do this, I think that would have been money thrown away.

Like checking out at the grocery store and leaving your bag there. {Insert facepalm here}

Once again, I am beyond grateful for the income blogging provides to allow me to work from home.

It’s a ton of work, but I wouldn’t trade it.

I need to increase my bottom line a bit to be a little more comfortable with our household bills, but I have big hopes for the fourth quarter.

If you post a blogging income report, please let me know.

I’d love to read it, or maybe even link up!

About Jennifer Soltys

Jennifer Soltys is a blogger who's been making a full-time income from home since 2012. Always eager to learn new things, she's constantly on the lookout for new ways to earn money online. As an overly anxious introvert, not all side hustles are for her. Join her as she shares her experiences with online income streams to see which ones might be a fit for you!

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  1. Sarah L says

    September 8, 2016 at 5:56 pm

    It’s interesting to see what you have to spend money for to run your blog.

  2. Kayla @ TheEclecticElement says

    September 8, 2016 at 7:46 pm

    You and Shelley are seriously my spirit animals! I cannot even imagine making $5k a month, let alone $4k after expenses. If I could pull those numbers each month I wouldn’t have to get a job and I’d be able to take care of myself without relying on social security. I guess I just have to keep plugging at it! Thank you for writing these reports; while they’re helping you they’re helping me and everyone else!

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