March Income and Traffic Report
Hi friends! Thanks for stopping by. So this is my first income and traffic report. I wanted to start doing these to track my earnings from my blog and my growth. I’ve been blogging off and on since November 2015. I have had a lot going on in my life from my mother being ill to school and work. I haven’t been consistent with my blog posts and haven’t been taking my blog serious until recently.
With that being said I saw tremendous growth since the beginning of the year when I actually started posting regularly. It’s amazing what consistency and good content can do for your blog and social media growth.
So let’s take a deeper look into Income and Traffic for March.
income
- Google Adsense – $34.87
- Affiliates $1.72 (hehe)
expenses
- Bluehost – $18.87
- Adobe – $19.99
- Crowdfire – $9.99
social media
- Facebook – 148 (+90%)
- Instagram – 1062 (+34%)
- Pinterest – 601 (+85%)
- Twitter – 384 (+76%)
TRAFFIC TOTAL
Below are some screenshots from my Google Analytics. You can click on the images to get a larger picture.
TRAFFIC OVERVIEW
TOP TEN TRAFFIC SOURCES
SOCIAL MEDIA REFFERALS
CONSISTENCY IS KEY
Ever since I started writing more and being more engaged with the blogging community, my blog has grown tremendously. It’s not always about posting everyday but having 2-3 quality posts per week. I know I wasn’t perfect at posting in the month of March but I did post more than I have this whole year and more consistently.
ENGAGING WITH FOLLOWERS IS IMPORTANT
No one wants to follow someone who never comments back or responds to question. Unless you have a ridiculous amount of followers then there is no excuse to not follow up with your lovely followers.
April Goals
- 2-3 blog posts per week.
- Grow my email list.
- Revamp old posts and pages.
- Increase engaged social media followers.
- Start working Health Coaching landing page.
What goals do you have for April? (Personal, health, or blogging)
What ways do you monetize your blog?
Lara @MommyKazam says
April 7, 2016 at 4:47 PMLove your social media growth, those are some awesome percentages! Consistency is definitely a struggle for me, so I would say that it’s definitely a goal for April to be more consistent. On a non-bloggy note, I also hope to not let the weeds take over the veggie garden this year.
collectivelychristine@gmail.com says
April 7, 2016 at 10:13 PMI think it’s a struggle for everyone haha It’s always a goal month to month I try to maintain. I wish I had a veggie garnde! I’ve been wanting to plant some veggies in pots I have lying around. 🙂
candy says
April 7, 2016 at 5:45 PMI need to revamp old posts and clean up pictures.
collectivelychristine@gmail.com says
April 7, 2016 at 10:17 PMThat’s always a good one 🙂 Especially to get new views and engagement.
Kristin says
April 7, 2016 at 6:50 PMI love this! I love seeing how other bloggers progress! Congrats on a great month!
collectivelychristine@gmail.com says
April 7, 2016 at 10:17 PMThank you Kristin 🙂
Lynn says
April 7, 2016 at 11:57 PMProgress is progress and you’re getting there. If you apply consistency in all areas of your life, April, May and the rest of 2016 will look good!
collectivelychristine@gmail.com says
April 7, 2016 at 11:59 PMThank you Lynn! 🙂
Heather with WELLFITandFED says
April 8, 2016 at 12:20 AMSeriously. This is so great. i wish more of this did this instead of keeping it hidden away. Thank you for sharing.
collectivelychristine@gmail.com says
April 8, 2016 at 10:53 PMI was hesitant at first because it’s not much but I figure it’s a good way to track my blog growth 🙂
Shann Eva says
April 8, 2016 at 1:11 AMIt looks like you’re doing great! I love seeing other bloggers income and referral sources. It looks like you get a lot of direct traffic, which is awesome. Keep up the great work!
collectivelychristine@gmail.com says
April 8, 2016 at 10:53 PMThank you Shann! 🙂
Rachel says
April 8, 2016 at 1:22 AMGreat goals! I really want to start an email list. Totally agree about consistency being super important!
collectivelychristine@gmail.com says
April 8, 2016 at 10:59 PMThat is probably my top goal right now for blogging. It’s super important to get a loyal following 🙂
ananda says
April 8, 2016 at 3:25 AM$10 per 1000 page views on ads, that is GREAT!! i have adthrive manage my ads, and get about the same ratio. have a great April! xo
collectivelychristine@gmail.com says
April 8, 2016 at 10:54 PMThanks Ananda! Cheers to a growing April 🙂
chrystie says
April 8, 2016 at 5:39 PMI love looking into other blogger’s successes! Thank you for sharing and keep it real 🙂
collectivelychristine@gmail.com says
April 8, 2016 at 10:54 PMThanks Chrystie! Always keeping it real 😉
Rebecca says
April 15, 2016 at 11:30 PMThat is some awesome growth!! I’m very impressed. I was wondering if you could give some tips on how you were able to grow your followers so much? That’s the area that I’m struggling in the most right now.
Also, do you promote through Pinterest? How were you able to get so many people to your blog through Pinterest?
Gosh so many questions… I’m sorry!! But obviously you’ve got something going on that works. Love love love your blog!
collectivelychristine@gmail.com says
April 20, 2016 at 4:48 PMI honestly don’t know. My growth has just been going up steadily since the beginning of the year. I have been more consistent in writing and focusing on quality post instead of quantity. I have one DIY pin that drives a lot of traffic to my blog. I don’t use the promoting pin feature on Pinterest yet but have looked into it.