Income Report for September 2023
Welcome to my September 2023 blog income report!
September STATS:
Note: The numbers in parentheses are from the same month in the previous year. I’m retrieving these numbers from Google Analytics, Google Search Console, Semrush, Convertkit, and my social media platforms.
Pageviews: 73k (42,712)
Sessions: 65k (36,326)
Users: 59k (32,254)
Organic Sessions (Google): 13k (15,526)
Social Sessions: 39k (10,750)
Mailing List Subscribers: 5575 (6630)
Social Media
Total social media: 358k
Google Search Console stats
Google Search Console total impressions: 559k (640k)
Google Search Console total clicks: 10k (14.3k)
Average Click through rate: 1.8% (2.2%)
Average Position: 17.9 (19.1)
I believe I’ve been hit by the Google Helpful Content Update though I’m not sure what to do about it yet.
SEMRUSH stats
MOZ domain authority: 36
Organic search traffic: 1.4k
Backlinks: 18.3k
Organic keywords: 6771
September BLOG INCOME REPORT:
Advertising
Mediavine: $2606.16 ($925.51)
Pageview RPM: $39.86 ($25.33)
Affiliates
Note: I’m reporting everything in US Dollars.
Amazon US: $140.82 ($81.97)
Amazon CANADA: $0 ($1.19)
Amazon UK: $11.52 ($26.76)
Amazon OVERALL: $152.34 ($109.92)
Betterhelp: $225 and 10 conversions ($225 and 9 conversions)
ShareASale: 0 (0)
Awin: $8.79 ($14.92)
Social Pro Now: $514.50 ($274.50)
Skimlinks: 0
Affiliates Overall: $891.84 ($609.42)
Products
Teachable Products
Total Teachable Revenue: $140 ($246.86)
As I mentioned in my last post, I’m no longer going to list how many of each product sold. However, I can say that this month I sold one Masterclass, four CBT tripwires, three social skills tripwires, and one Phobia Free workbook. It was a pretty quiet month. In November I’m going to be fixing up my opt-in sequences so hopefully that will lead to more people purchasing.
Etsy Products
Total Etsy Revenue: $112.10 ($207.60)
Most of these sales were for my gratitude worksheets or bundles.
Tik Tok Series
Total Tik Tok Series Revenue: $5.97
I sold three series in September.
Products overall: $264.04 ($454.46)
Total income: $3762.04 ($1989.39)
Income per subscriber: $0.67 ($0.30)
Income per thousand pageviews: $51.53 ($47.36)
Monthly expenses:
Canva: $12.60
Bluehost: $19.99 (my domain is registered with Bluehost)
Income School: $24.99
Siteground: $29.99
: $13.60 (use and discount code KSDISC to save 20%)
Email (Convertkit): $99
Jasper AI: $59
Leadpages: $55.37
WordPress Support from iMark Interactive: $27
Teachable: $103.35
I switched to the Teachable professional plan. I was required to do this because of the number of products I have and some changes they made. However, it will also allow me to set up an affiliate program.
Total expenses: $444.89 ($386.94)
Net blog income: $3317.15 ($1602.45)
Thoughts about this month’s income report:
Highest month to date! I just wish it wasn’t mostly due to Pinterest traffic to two blog posts. However, this means that I have so much room in so many areas to increase revenue. Just need to figure out HOW.
Did I Meet my Goals for September
I had not set goals for September other than keeping up with the usual tasks.
Goals for October:
I created a 90 day plan until the end of the year. For October my goals are:
- Create a Betterhelp launch sequence to run in October
- Create a Masterclass launch sequence to run in November
- Create a product for the Holiday Abundance Bundle for the Becoming Boss Mastermind
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