I share my blog income reports as part of a blog income series. You can find all of them in our blog income report archive.
In 2023, I plan to focus on content, content, and content. If you wish to learn more about how I invest in my websites, keep reading to learn more.
This blog income report will summarize my revenue sources and expenses for February 2023.
There are three essential things to note before we start:
- Most partners pay 1-3 months later. When calculating my revenue, I only count what was paid that month. That said, the revenue found here may result from sales or income from the last few months. I’m counting my revenue this way because sometimes, a sale can be canceled, which will not be paid.
- I own several websites, but some of my income comes from SEO services. This income allows me to invest more in my blogs for higher returns. That said, this year, I’m stepping out of clients’ work to focus on my websites. I’ll be fully out from next month.
- Regarding affiliate marketing, some affiliate programs are small and don’t allow specific trackers to see what sales come from what website. This revenue will be found under my main website’s income.
If you are serious about blogging and want to hire me as a mentor, you can get in touch. I’d happily mentor bloggers who wish to increase their traffic and income.
Website Portfolio
I currently own 8 websites:
- Gold project: Main website in the travel niche
- Silver project: This website (Nomad Life 101) in the travel and lifestyle niche
- Bronze project: A French website in a specific niche within the travel niche (if you’re interested in buying it, get in touch)
- Pink project: A multilingual website about a specific destination
- Yellow project: A lifestyle blog in a low-competition niche
- Turquoise project: A new lifestyle blog started with my partner in a low-competition niche (this is a starter website, if you’re interested in buying it, get in touch)
- Gray project: A website that isn’t made for monetization (this one won’t be included in this report)
- Blue project: A brand new website started in September 2022 in a low-competition niche.
Blog Income Report February 2023
In this section, we’ll talk about each project and how they are monetized.
As I mentioned in the introduction, you’ll only find the income paid during February because most partners pay 1-3 months later.
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Gold Project
Travel niche – Website launched in 2015
This blog is monetized in 3 different ways:
- Sponsors: $3,801.11
- Affiliate marketing: $10,124.63
- Ad display: $6,124.22
For a total of $20,049.96
February 2023 was solid traffic-wise, but the month was shorter. We had 227K pageviews during the month.
We published 54 blog posts on this website in February.
Silver Project
Travel and lifestyle niche – Website launched in 2017
This website is monetized in 3 different ways:
- Sponsors: $0
- Affiliate marketing: $200 (it was split equally with a different website, but the exact number is unknown)
- Ad display: $251.81
For a total of $451.81
I joined Monumetric in 2021. It doesn’t pay as well as Mediavine, but still, money is money. If your website has a minimum of 10,000 pageviews per month, you could also apply on Monumetric.
We published 12 blog posts on this website in February.
Bronze Project
French website in a specific travel niche – Website launched in 2019
This website makes all its revenue with Amazon. It made $167.20 in February. The niche is very seasonal, so it varies from month to month.
Note that no new blog posts have been published since 2020. The plan is to sell this website. If you’re interested, you can get in touch with me.
Pink Project
Multilingual website about a specific destination – Website launched in 2019
This website didn’t make money this month. Some months, it does; some others, it doesn’t.
The plan is to sell this website eventually. I hope to join Monumetric soon. We finally reached 10,000 pageviews this month, so keep your fingers crossed!
We published 6 blog posts on this website in February.
Yellow Project
Lifestyle website about a low-competition niche – Website launched in 2020
This blog doesn’t generate income yet. The domain authority of this website is only 10, which means that the website isn’t ranking well yet.
We are getting closer to getting ads on it as we currently have 7K monthly pageviews.
We published 5 blog posts on this website in February.
Turquoise Project
Website owned with my partner about a low-competition niche – Website launched in August 2021
This blog doesn’t generate income yet. Again, this website is relatively new and currently has about 30-40 blog posts. The domain authority is 8, which is low.
No work has been done on this website lately.
We tried to sell it in December, but there were no serious buyers at this time. I’m considering using it to test new strategies and potentially write case studies about it.
Although, if you’re interested in buying a beautiful starter website, you can get in touch with me.
Blue Project
Brand new website in a low-competition niche – Website launched in September 2022.
This website made $471.69 with affiliate marketing and sponsors combined.
We published 37 blog posts in February.
Blog Investments And Expenses
As my previous blog income report mentioned, I invest primarily in content creation and blog management (which includes content creation):
Here’s the list of blogging expenses I had in February 2023:
- Tools, and subscriptions: $399.26 (this included a yearly plan for Asana)
- Content creation (freelance writers): $489.51
- Web story services: $273.65
- Accounting (including Companio): $136.04
- Blog management/assistance: $3,359.64
For a total of $4,658.10
Leaving me with a net income of $16,482.56 in February.
Now, let’s see what I learned in February 2023.
What I’ve Learned
Last year, I realized that the best investment for bloggers is content creation. As I now have ads on two blogs, the more content I have, the more money I make with ads.
But that doesn’t stop there.
More traffic = more income revenue + more affiliate sales
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I believe SEO makes a big difference in my income.
For example, we published many blog posts regularly, and I used SEO at every step.
- Keyword research before writing a blog post
- Writing optimized content with the latest SEO strategies in mind
- Indexing the content on Google Search Console
- Optimize old pieces of content every week
- Etc.
I tend to “do more of what works”. So, at the beginning of each month, I analyze the top affiliate and top posts and identify some patterns to replicate their success.
Content creation always wins. As a result, I have decided to stop Facebook marketing, Pinterest marketing, and Email marketing, to focus on content creation.
This year, I’m also calculating the return on investment (ROI) for each of my writers, so I can see exactly how long it will take to turn a profit on my investments. I’ll make sure to keep you guys updated. So far, I already had to let go of one writer.
As I’m stepping out of SEO services, I’ll have more free time, and I’d love to mentor bloggers who want to be serious about blogging. So, if you’re interested in hiring a blogging coach or mentor, you can get in touch and we can discuss your options.
Final Thoughts
And there you go, you have it – my blog income report for February 2023.
I’m confident that my current strategies work because I can see increased blog traffic, ad revenue, and affiliate marketing.
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