November 2016 Blog Income Report

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Thank you for visiting us today.  This is November 2016 Blog Income Report 2006

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It has been a long time since I published my blog income report; mostly because of lack of time to add one more post to the already busy schedule, but also because the earnings weren’t great.

To be honest with you, I felt a bit embarrassed and angry. I wanted to show you improvements, but they were happening as fast as I expected.  Some affiliate programs were changing their commissions and this was affecting my business seriously.

I was not sure what areas I needed to improve or how to increase my earnings again.  Until one day I decided to take a look at Leadpages and engage readers on my content again.

It worked out great.

Just during November, I have gained 2000 new subscribers, with a higher engagement rate ( from 7% to 23%), traffic increment of 32% and sales were higher than ever.

All because of Leadpages.

I can`t be happier and more excited of the future of the blog now.  I will be posting about the best ways to use leadpages on your site soon 😉

November 2016 Blog Income Report:

the details

TRAFFIC:

As I have mentioned, the traffic has increased by 32% this month only.

To be honest with you, it has been a refreshing new start, with lots of content to share.

In terms of referral traffic, the number one site to promote my content has always been Pinterest. And although that is a great starting point, I am concerned about my organic traffic.  I have been working on optimizing my site during November, and I hope I can focus on this task after New Years.

POPULAR POSTS:

Most of the traffic this month has been brought by this popular posts

THIS EASY KNIT TOP PATTERN WENT VIRAL ON ITS FIRST DAY OF PUBLICATION.

THAT IS WHY WE DECIDED TO RELEASE A UPGRADED VERSION OF IT ON OUR ETSY STORE AND IT WAS A HUGE SUCCESS.

THIS TOP ALSO BECOME A VERY POPULAR OPTION AMONG MY READERS.

IT IS AN EASY, YET UNEXPECTED IDEA TO WEAR ALL YEAR LONG.

THIS PATTERN ALSO HAS A TWO TIER PRICE:

A FREE-ONE SIZE OPTION AND A FULL GRADED PATTERN WITH STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS.

DURING NOVEMBER WE HAVE BROADEN THE TOPICS DISCUSSED AT THIS BLOG.

NOW WE HAVE ADDED RECIPES, PRINTABLES AND TIPS ON HOW TO MAKE MONEY.

BY DOING THIS, WE ARE OPENING MORE OPTIONS TO CREATE GREAT CONTENT FOR OUR TARGET AUDIENCE.

November 2016 Blog Income Report

NOVEMBER BLOG INCOME:

So here are the details that you were looking for:

EARNINGS:

SHAREASALE (with its Craftsy program) :  113.17

ADSENSE: 698.30

SOVRN: 106.00

GOURMET ADS: 38.6

PATTERN SALES: 587.00

PATTERN MAKING SERVICES: 440.00

AFFILIATE WINDOW (with its ETSY program): 113.00

BLUEHOST: 130.00

TOTAL:  2261.6

EXPENSES:

LEADPAGES: 37.00

ETSY: 32.00

MADMIMI:  42.00

CANVA: 10.00

ADOBE:  39.00

FACEBOOK ADS: 10.00

A SMALL ORANGE HOSTING: 20.00

FABRIC SUPPLIES: 135.00

TOTAL:   325.00

TOTAL EARNINGS FOR NOVEMBER:  1876.6

DECEMBER PLAN:

1.  For December, I am planning to work on the optimization of my site and making it more user friendly.  I might be partnered with a great team, so I am really excited to start working with it.
2. I am taking a few workshops on CreativeLive.  If you are not familiar with its platform, CreativeLive provides great classes, especially on making money on an online business, photography and increasing your traffic.

And that is all for today.

Are you working on a December plan or you would rather wait until New Years?