June 2017 Income and Traffic Report
And then it was almost halfway through July! Man June was busy but July has been so much busier! I’m excited to share this income report with you all this month. I did really well this month and I’m looking forward to growing my skills even more.
You can read my last Income Report here.
I saw quite a peak in income this month and it was due to a delay in payment that some influencer networks require. But I was quite happy with the additional income I made. So let’s look into how June went for Collectively Christine.
INCOME
- Sponsored Posts: $2352.20
- Amazon Affiliates: $12.84
- Other Affiliates: $16
Total: $2381.04
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EXPENSES
- Adobe – $29.99: I use this to edit my pictures (lightroom), create graphics (photoshop), and I’m learning more about how to use Illustrator. They also offer a student discount. 🙂
- Milotree – $9.99: I’m going to try this out for a couple months to see if it helps boost my following.
Total: $39.98
SOCIAL MEDIA STATS
- Facebook – 343 (0%)-Sad! haha I really need to work on growing my Facebook Page.
- Instagram – 10265 (-.7%)–>Again followers and unfollowers. It’s quite annoying but what can you do.
- Pinterest – 1656 (+2.3%)
- Twitter – 947 (+1%) – I would really like to get this to 1000 followers soon.
TRAFFIC TOTAL
Below are some screenshots from my Google Analytics. You can click the images to get a closer look.
TRAFFIC OVERVIEW
TOP TEN TRAFFIC SOURCES
SOCIAL MEDIA REFERRALS
IT’S TIME FOR A THOROUGH ANALYSIS
It’s time for me to sit down and really hone in on how to boost my page views. I feel I’m caught in a rut with this and my traffic is at a plateau. Pinterest is still my #1 referral and I don’t expect that to ever change. What have you done to get out of a traffic rut? I would love to hear your ideas. Instagram has been a struggle for me recently and I feel that I do really well with it and go off the deep end. All in all, I’m pretty proud of this past month.
Goals from last income report (revisited)
2 blog posts a week.–>I almost did it!! 7 blog post this month. So I’m going to say I achieved this.- Create a blog schedule.–>I’m stuck with this.
Schedule posts for the month in my bullet journal.–>Finally finished my bullet journal!Save $300 ($150/paycheck)–>Did it!- Workout 6X/week and meal prep on Sundays. –>Failed due to vacation and being sick.
- Create some blogging printables for July–>Ha! Nope. Guess I better get crackin’!
July Goals
- 2 blog post a week.
- Send out weekly newsletter.
- Keep up with my bullet journal and schedule.
- Workout 4X/week.
- Grow my twitter to 1000 followers.
- Consistently post on Instagram.
What goals do you have for July? (Personal, health, or blogging)
How did your blog traffic do last month?
What are some thing that worked for you in May?
I really like how you do posts like this. I think that it is a neat idea and it sounds like you are doing very well. I hope to be able to eventually be able to say that I have made some type of money from doing my blog, which I love doing.
Awe thank you so much Bryant! I would love to eventually say that! 🙂 Hopefully my hard work pays off!
I love income reports!
Facebook is such a different beast than Twitter. And I haven’t 100% figured out Pinterest yet…
I agree. Facebook is hard for me too. Although I don’t have a lot of Twitter followers, I have a better grasp on how to use it than Facebook.
Great numbers!
Thank you Kate. 🙂
Awesome job w/sponsored posts! I love how you break down all your social media metrics too! I just published my first income report and need to include that kind of stuff on them moving forward.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you Michael! It’s a great way to keep track of your stats. I just want to be able to look back and see how far I’ve come. 🙂
You go girl! I love reading other people’s income reports.
Thank you Jenny! 🙂
That is awesome! Sponsored posts are few and far between I find but they’re really the way to grow. Well done you!
Yeah it’s hard to rely on them fully. I’m trying to get more into affiliate income but that’s a whole other beast that I’m trying to tackle.
Great month blogging! Posting income reports really keeps your goals in focus!
It really does. I have to write my goals down because I’ll just forget and lose focus.
Awesome work! I have really been working on my SEO to improve my affiliates and so far I am having great results. BC sponsored posts are a lot of work to promote. How do you get great engagement to keep sponsors happy. Any tips??
SEO is a big part of my posts too. I also make pins for sponsored posts even if I’m not required and that brings more traffic and engagement. 🙂 Sometimes going beyond what they ask pays off.
Wow, you are killing it with the sponsored posts. Keep up the great work!
Thank you Chelsea. 🙂
Love this! Sponsored posts have been one of my biggest money-maker as well. :]
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That’s awesome girl! Keep up the good work. 🙂
I feel you when it comes to sticking to a schedule. I made a goal to post 3 times a week and I did it for a few weeks, but I’ve found it’s too overwhelming for me and 2 worked wayyyyy better this week. & it allowed me to make some printablea & more pins! Sometimes less is more.. my traffic has been up xx keep at it girl!
Awesome Kait! Yes I feel like 2 post is the best to prevent stress and my content is better too. It’s all about quality over quantity. I’m really trying to boost my traffic. I’m at such a plateau but it just takes time I guess. 🙂
Girl that’s INCREDIBLE income for the month with the sponsored posts! Woah!
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Thank you Annaliese! 🙂
You’re doing awesome! I love seeing posts like this. Keep it up girl! 🙂
Thank you so much Adriana! 🙂 That means a lot to me.
Congrats on achieving a lot of your goals! I love reading peoples income reports and learning new ways to drive traffic and make money.
Thank you so much Audrey! 🙂
I’ve been losing followers on instagram lately which feels super annoying but I’m trying not to let it get to me. It seems like you did a great job with your June goals, good luck with everything you are pursuing in July (:
Yeah it is annoying but then I think to myself I want people to be engaged not just follow. If they aren’t engaging with my post (like or commenting) then “see ya later”. haha. I use an app that tracks who follows and unfollows me. I always get followed by other bloggers. I usually follow back to support my fellow blogger and then they unfollow me. That’s the part that’s annoying to me.
Good for you!!! Your stats look great despite the follower/unfollower situation on IG!
Thank you! Social Media is soooooo hard for me. I don’t know why. I feel like there will be a day where it just clicks!
First, love how thorough this is! And dang girl- I dream of the month when I can make that on sponsored posts, that’s awesome! I’m trying to learn the lesson of quality over quantity in terms of posts right now. This shows me I need to up my Pinterest game!
Omg I’m glad you said that! It is quality over quanity. I come accross a lot of blogs with posts that are slapped together and you can tell they just wrote it to have something on their blog. But I feel readers really want quality content. Pinterest is a game changer for me, obviously. I use PicMonkey collage to do my pins. 🙂
I LOVE that you actually talk numbers! I don’t find very many income reports that are truly transparent, so thank you!
Awe thank you! That’s how I wanted my income and traffic reports to be. Transparent. I learned this from some of the many bloggers that inspired me to start my own blog. 🙂
That is awesome that you made that much without a huge amount of traffic. Inspiring.
Thank you. I was reading a article recently saying how brands are actually choosing smaller influencers because they are more engaged with their followers. Obviously I’m bottom to someone who has 100,000+ PV or followers but sometimes it’s more than just numbers. 🙂
Pinterest has been my #1 traffic source too and those are some impressive numbers! Definitely gives me something to strive toward!
Yeah I LOOOOOVE Pinterest! I feel if you have great pinnable images people are more eager to pin.
Great job with your sponsored posts! 👊🏼
Thanks girl. 🙂
Wow how great is this! Awesome job.
Thank you so much Summer!
Good luck meeting your goals. I *just* hit 1000 TW followers this month, and it was hard-won. I do well planning blogging and social media work but fall short on meeting all of my plans – just not enough hours in the day to do everything I want to do. Anyway, best of luck for next month!
I love reading posts like this!! It is SO cool how you can make some extra side money like this while having a FT job!
Awesome Results!
Way to Go!