This income report has been revised because of an account adjustment by LinkWorth.
In an email dated September 11, 2007, LinkWorth notified all affiliates that a programming error had overstated affiliate earnings on new referrals. As a result of this mistake, they debited $300 from my account ($90 of which they had already deposited into my bank account for July, and $210 for September).
At the time, I had referred around 30 new publishers and each time I logged into my LinkWorth account, I saw a $10 credit for each of these referrals. LinkWorth claims that their policy never included this credit, and that it was a mistake to show it in our accounts.
Because of this change, my LinkWorth earnings in August were actually $138.71 instead of the $348.71 reported in this post; and total earnings were $631.58 instead of $841.58.
Genius Types blog income was up an incredible 57% in August, with earnings totaling $841.58. The gains were fueled in large part by stellar results from LinkWorth.
The compound growth rate (three-month rolling average) has consistently registered at 50% per month!
With 62,311 page views in August, my ICM (income per 1000 page views) was $13.51, up about 10% from last month.
I predicted this blog would grow exponentially, but I had no idea the growth curve would match up this perfectly.
Income Breakdown
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$348.71 from LinkWorth
$259.74 from Google AdSense
$203.26 from Text-Link Ads
$22.31 from Amazon Affiliate Commissions
$4.95 from tips
$2.61 from Revver.com
LinkWorth $348.71
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LinkWorth has been a surprise money-maker since I introduced it to Genius Types last month. LinkWorth is a text-link broker in the spirit of Text-Link Ads, but with more flexibility.
It claimed the top money-making spot in its second month.
Since LinkWorth allows us to set our own prices for ads, I’ve been able to harvest a higher fee per link. I sold another link in August to bring my total to three ads. I get 50% of the $100 fee per link for a pro-rated total of $138.71.
LinkWorth also has an outstanding affiliate program that gives you $10 per signup and 5% of the recurring transactions for the life of each account. Being a cashflow guy, I really like this model of recurring residual income.
As a result of an article I wrote about Linkworth, 21 people signed up last month, giving me a total of $210 in referral fees.
Google AdSense $259.74
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AdSense income jumped 39% in August. The click-through rate has continued to be strong, and the average income per click is edging up slightly. Of coarse, the main reason AdSense income increased was the dramatic increase in pageviews.
Text-Link Ads $203.26
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I reached a significant milestone with Text-link Ads in August when I sold out the ad slots. Unfortunately, TLA has kept the fee for each ad the same since I opened an account with them.
Amazon Affiliate Program $22.31
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I’ve been pleasantly surprised with my Amazon affiliate income lately. I never really expect to make anything with them, but I’m selling more and more books for them with each book review.
Tips $4.95
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I’m always amazed at people’s generosity when they leave something in my tip jar! Thank you to everyone who has!
Revver $2.61
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Revver.combought another coffee for me last month. The majority of the clicks are from a silly little video of my cat, Milo. I guess I can stop bugging him to get a job.
I can’t wait to see what next month will bring!
Great info, very useful in knowing how to monetize your blog
Nice income, and graphs. I would like to have such an income 🙂
Thanks Sumesh,
My policy has always been not to do paid reviews as a matter of preference. I want to keep the actual content as pure as possible. I don’t mind putting ads all around the content, but it doesn’t feel right to me to do paid reviews.
As for the graphs, I’ve been using “Numbers” by apple. It’s Apple’s version of Excel and I actually prefer it.
Great…though you’re not near the big guns, you’re getting close, and keep up the great work.
One thing – since you sell paid links, why not reviews?
Also, I see you have a great graph spelling out your earnings and the rise. Can you tell me which tool/software you used for it? I would be able to put it to good use by showcasing my visitors/pageview increase in the past few months.
Great Article. Love to see the statistics. I have a team I mentor and show them how to marketing any online or offline business. I have just introduced blogging to them. Some were excited others rolled their eyes and thought that it was more work then worth it. The results have been tremendous and they are now developing a passion as I have. If you don’t mind I may share your statistics in my next training, to light the fire under somes behind lol. Thanks again. Your blog is great I will be returning often as I have marketed it. Feel free to visit my new one as well.
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I think that you should write what you know. If it’s guitars, go for it. People respond when you write about something that you are passionate about.
this is amazing….
do you think it is a good idea to check to start a blog which is about guitars? cuz i am…just started blogging from sep 6…i had been earning n average of $0.30 per day..but it jumped to $4.75 the other day and now getting $.150 daily…hopes are really high..check out my blog and any suggestion u give shall be appreciated
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Thanks for the info; it was good to see another testimonial for LinkWorth.
New enough to the net so they I did not realize the potential for this sort of thing. Given time, there is huge business potential here! Thanks for the information and suggestions!
That exponential curve is a strange thing isn’t it? A law of nature that maths is able to define via formula yet cannot explain completely.
A massive hip hip hooray from down under for you. Congrats yet again and until your next post be well Brian.
Yep, good for you! I signed up for LinkWorth but haven’t had much work out yet!
Kenneth
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Congrats Brian!! I’ve been reading your blog for a few months now and have been inspired by your success!
I’ve borrowed some of your ideas and have started a site to raise money and promote an online business that my wife and I are starting — while at the same time we’ll be documenting our progress to share with our readers. Check it out at:
http://www.DownWithCorporate.com
Thanks, everyone! I’ve got to say… I’m a little shocked myself. I never would have guessed that blogging would become a legitimate career.
Way to go! I must be in the stone age. I never knew blogs could bring in some kind of earning.
Thanks for such diligent work and for sharing and for bringing me up to date with technology and the rest of the world.
Good for you! Will look into Linkworth.
thanks.
Amazing information, I had no idea a blog could be so lucrative. I haven’t been online all that long, but finding your information today is giving me lots of food for thought! Thanks!
Hi Brian,
It’s great to see this growth as it is an inspiration for other bloggers looking to monetize their blog online.
All the Best,
Stephen Martile
Personal Development Made Simple
http://www.stephenmartile.com
Hey Brian,
Awesome stuff – just getting my blog off the ground and your resources are proving invaluable – thanks for all the work you’ve done and your willingness to share!
I noticed a significant increase in traffic to my site over the weekend, which has helped me with AdSense. I think the traffic increase has something to do with an article I wrote for another web site, which I did for free. However, they did include a link to my site in the article, which was nice. I haven’t really made anything with Amazon, but I haven’t done book reviews either. I’m going to give LinkWorth a shot. Thanks for the info!
Congratulations on the earnings growth!
Thanks guys!
I’ve just joined LinkWorth few days ago. It might be my new money maker. I saw the banner advertise via google adsense.
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Hey Brian,
Great results! Thanks for the tip on LinkWorth as well, never tried them before so with any luck you’ll soon get one more user subscribed using your affiliate id 😉
All the best with the blog!
Great news on your blog and am glad to see it continuing to grow. Your Statistical information is really helpful and useful.
Thanks!