Bloggernoob, a year of making money online
Sorry about the long delays in my post for the past couple months. I have been really busy with my offline work. Also, i have been spending more and more time developing my other websites and blogs. I can’t believe it but my freaking blog is over a year old. I set up this blog in July but didn’t do a thing until late October of 2007. I have since gone on to make quite a lot of money with this little blog. If i had to start all over again, i don’t think i would start a make money online blog. I would much rather spend my precious time writing about movies and hot babes. At any rate, i was able to turn this ghetto blog into a money maker. I wanted to share with you guy my one year anniversary and the income derived from my blog. Just like a romantic relationship, the passion dies out with time. When i first started, i wrote income updates and anniversaries every chance i got. But now that Bloggernoob is a year old, i do not do those childish things. The passion has died out. But i continue because i make some nice side cash. Not very inspiring but i gets paid! I made a total of $25,237.42 during my year of blogging.
Paid Plugs- This form of monetization will make you lose your PR, but it is the easiest way for a noob to make any money in this biz. You don’t need traffic and you don’t need readers. All you need is some PR on your blog.
Payperpost- $4402.59 + 169 referrals($15 each) $2535.00 = $6937.59
Smorty- $832.74 + 52 referrals($5 each) $260 = $1092.74
Sponsoredreviews- $3341.87 + 113 blog referrals($10 each) $1130 + 8 advertiser referrals($25 each) $200 = $4671.87
Blogitive- $10.00
Bloggingads- $20.00
Socialspark- $68.49
Loudlaunch- $1443.98
Blogtoprofit- $25.00
Bloggerwave- $120.00
blogsvertise- $35.00
Money4blogs- $35.00
Affiliates- Affiliate marketing is not as easy as most people make it out to be. If you are a noob, you will find it to be pretty hard to get these commissions. It requires a lot of SEO and keyword strategies. You also need to play around with different ad networks and programs. Setting up multiple sites is a must.
Commission Junction- $5,933.77
RevResponse- $550.00
PepperJamNetwork- $75.00
PPC/Signup Bonus/referrals/misc I haven’t freed up enough time to do this but i plan to increase my earning from this soon enough.
Adbrite- $22.38
Widgetbucks- $25.00
Project Wonderful- $14.17
Misc- $229.43
- $25.00
BloggerNoob Ads- If you are new to the game, you might think that getting private ads is easy. I see a whole bunch of noobies trying to sell $5 125×125 ads without any success. The reality is that this type of income is very hard to come by. You will need a lot of traffic and rank well in search engines to get people to pay you directly for ads on your blog.
Private ads- 18 + 60 + 35 + 225 + 40 + 275 + 520 + 365 + 775 + 565 + 615 + 410 = $3903.00
TOTAL- $25,237.42
After a year of blogging, i must confess that this isn’t for everybody. I have set up a lot of blogs for clients and friends. Out of all those people that i helped out, only a few are still updating their blogs. I taught them out to make a few bucks with their blogs, but it just isn’t worth it for them to continue. A lot of you will fall into this category. But, some of you will get hooked and will keep on pressing on. You guys are the ones that have what it takes to make money online. “Never give up! Never surrender!” (Galaxy Quest)
FYI. For some of the paid plugging income, i have included posts from my other blogs as well. Also, a lot of the referral income has not been collected yet. I also made close to $18,000.00 with my collection of other websites and blogs. So add that to the total above and i made over $42,000.00 during my year online. I spent a few thousand dollars on marketing and i invested more then half of my earning into other types of web sites. The moral of the story is that if you keep on trucking, you’ll make some nice cash. Remember to balance your time wisely and if you don’t like to read or write, don’t start a blog about blogging or a make money online blog. There are plenty of other types of websites that can make some nice cash for you.
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November 14th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
congrats on the milestone. Greg Ellison
November 14th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
I really found your blog helpful. I am just starting out as a blogger and hope to be able to make money (someday!) from it too.
November 14th, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Wow this is great noob. You have made a lot of money online in one year.
I have blogs with good PR but I am afraid to use PayPerPost and Smorty. I used these two sites before on one blog and made a lot of money in short time. But my PR dropped to 0 and now it’s stuck. It won’t increase and thus, i don’t get many opportunities.
Tell me, how did you manage to have a PR 2 even when you do so many paid postings?
November 15th, 2008 at 12:54 am
greg ellison- thanks greg
pmd- thanks. if you hang in there and keep getting links, there is not reason why you won’t make money online.
November 15th, 2008 at 1:16 am
seo and blogging tips- thanks. i think that my PR has suffered as well. I think that i should be at PR4. This blog has a lot of backlinks. But, i am stuck at PR2 cause i do so many paid postings. If you want to do more paid plugs, u should consider setting up more PR blogs. Do some blog farming.
November 15th, 2008 at 3:00 am
Hey Noob - good job!
November 15th, 2008 at 3:28 am
ben barden- thanks ben.
November 15th, 2008 at 11:22 am
wow you are doing really good. It’s weird how people who are making less have like 10 times your traffic, but you make more than they do. Good work. I learn allot from reading your blog also.
November 15th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
This is such a good thing to make profit. I am amazed
November 15th, 2008 at 7:33 pm
That is a ton of cash from paid posts. How many sites do you own?
November 15th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Damn! Each time I come around to read your new post I leave wishing I should have kicked my ass some months back and followed your money making track.
November 16th, 2008 at 12:52 am
That is so great.
The reason why most don’t make money blogging I think is because they give up within the first 6 months. Im still making new blogs 18 months later. Thanks for your tips.
My highest blog is a PR4 http://montauk-pictures.blogspot.com
November 16th, 2008 at 4:28 am
wow that’s a great money but how you can make a lot of money in a year?
November 16th, 2008 at 4:44 am
zawadi- it’s not about quantity of traffic, it’s about quality. wait. that’s not it….it’s not about the size of the package, it’s how you use it…wait, that’s not it either. i don’t know how i do it, i just do. just find the tricks and test out a lot of stuff, and you’ll find some dollars.
thanks for reading my blog zawadi.
roentarre- thanks.
steve- yeah, paid pluggin has been big for me the past year. i plan to do less of it with bloggernoob, but i will continue on my other blogs. i own over 50 blogs, and a lot of there nonblog sites. it sounds pretty crazy, but it’s actually not that hard to maintain. i am able to run those and run my own offline business as well.
juleah- never too late juleah
mike- yup. i think most quick within the first month. i’ve set up a lot of blogs for friends and etc, and most of them abandon their blogs. they just waste the domain name and im sure they won’t renew. and they let the hosting go to waste. damn shame.
keplenet- it’s not that much money. wish i made more but im glad i started blogging. got me hooked onto web related stuff. Making money online isn’t that hard. just requires a lot of time and a lot of trial and error. the important thing is to make that first dollar. then 100 dollars. then 1000, etc. and you just keep learning and tweaking stuff as you go.
November 16th, 2008 at 1:35 pm
congrats bloggernoob… Good job….. Hope you remember me
November 16th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
wow, congrats and well done! i am very proud and jealous!
if you please, how much it cost for you to host over 50 blogs? what are your monthly hosting expenses? are they all .com? or do you have a lot in say .info?
November 17th, 2008 at 12:59 am
Oh Congratulations Bloggernoob! Happy anniversary to your blog. I admire you for having such a skill in blogging. Hope you can share it with me
Keep up the good work.
November 17th, 2008 at 7:24 am
Wow, that’s great Bloggernoob, Congratz.
Btw, how many blog do you have to make that’s money, tell me ASAP
November 17th, 2008 at 10:56 am
That is simply astounding! You’ve obviously written a huge number of paid posts, which have actually paid you well (almost $10 per post!), but in addition, you’ve also capitalized on the affiliate market, which I agree, is quite a task for NOOBS! Congratulations!
I’d like to add that I’m glad you mentioned how much (even though it was an approximation) you “re-invested” out of what you made, because there are so many claims online about how much money people are making, but they never say anything about how much they SPENT earning that money, which in return gives the reader an idea of the actual PROFIT they can expect to receive from said endeavors. I know, I know, it’s just not good MARKETING…but it IS good ETHICS!
Thanks for your quality post, with pictures (screenshots even!) as usual, giving all us starving nooobs out here, something to shoot for!
November 17th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
Wonderful. So it can be done. I am definitely going to be coming back for motivation. Congrats on the anniversary.
November 17th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
fred- thanks, i know who u are and i will remember.
sc- i have a lot of different web sites. I spend about 30 dollars a month for web hosting. But, if your blogs are low traffic, u can host upwards of 50 blogs on one shared hosting plan for like 10 bucks a month. I have other sites besides my blogs and a couple require dedicated hosting. But that is a different story altogether. I own around 400 domain names and 99 percent of them are dot coms. I got rid of most of the other extensions. hope that answers ur questions and let me know if you have more. cheers.
marly- thanks. i don’t think i have any real blogging skillz. i just go out and keep trying to make money off of my blog that’s all. most people just quit after realizing how hard it is.
if it isn’t hard, it wouldn’t be fun for me.
toga- thanks. i have around 400 dot com domains. i’ve set up some starter pages, forums, blogs, affiliate sites on most of them. A few of them, i have some major plans for that require dedicated hosting and professional coding and design. But most, are simple blog like sites that make a few bucks a month. as far as blogs, i set up about 50 blogs that are dedicated to making money online. i did not include the income from those blogs on this income report.
if you have more questions, feel free to ask. cheers.
somebodyunfamous- thanks. yeah, i started off with paid plugging and i have gotten used to the easy cash associated with it. can’t turn down easy money. I think the future is affiliate marketing and adsense for most of my newer blogs. I will also try to set up some really high PR forums and or affiliate review sites for added passive income. Most of my reinvestments are for two other sites. Both are real estate related. As far as marketing, i’ve probably only spent a few thousand. So, most of the income is profit. At least 20k is profit. Thanks for reading my blog and happy blogging.
dorian- yes it can be done. not as easy as other might have said, but can be done. For noobs, it’s especially hard, cause there are too many scams out there. And, the so called secrets can only be gained by buying ebooks or blog mastermind type schemes. The truth is that there really is not secret. You just have to figure out how to sell links and up your PR and traffic. You just have to learn the basics of SEO and work them keywords for affiliate commissions.
November 17th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
WOW!!! that fantastic!!! Congratz!!!
I hope i can follow U…
November 18th, 2008 at 9:14 am
very lucky to know your blog…great information and congrat for you……….
November 18th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
Widgetbucks- $25.00 I love this! Widgetbucks is probably the worst affiliate program. They give you the twenty-five bucks at sign up knowing you’ll never see it anyway. I’ve signed up with them a year ago and I have their widgit, but no one has clicked on it in a year, so i know I’ll never see my $25 LOL
November 18th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Congrat! so fantastic for me
My I ask question?
How many content writers do you have to manage your blog?
November 19th, 2008 at 2:22 am
Congrats on keeping a PR2 with your paid posts. Google tore mine from PR3 to Zero after a few days of posting (have I cried about this on your blog before?)
25K+…great job man! I see that you used a ton of different monetization strategies as by the list in your post. I assume that all of the items were no ton your blog all at once.
Also I see you made a bunch from CJ, but I can’t see which CJ programs you used…
November 19th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Wow, damn!
That’s a lot of money after just one year!
Congrats!
November 19th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Your work is definitely paying off. Congrats noob
November 20th, 2008 at 5:07 am
congratls Noob!. in one year you earn more than 25K from single blog!..for me it’s awesome…
November 20th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
Wow! That’s pretty impressive. I am not there blogging yet, but make my living web content publishing with several article based websites. See my website for details. Congrats on one year!
November 21st, 2008 at 1:32 am
Congratz! 25K per-year is quite great figure.
November 21st, 2008 at 6:44 pm
do you think paid plug will loss its market in the future?
November 21st, 2008 at 7:47 pm
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November 22nd, 2008 at 10:05 am
That’s a load of advertising networks you’ve joined in. How I wish to be on your shoes right now.
November 23rd, 2008 at 7:23 am
Congrat Noob… Nice to find your blog.. I can learn more than I know. I must focus on my blog and then got a lot off money like you…
November 23rd, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Noob,
I can’t believe it’s been a year. I remember the first time I came by your blog (when you first started out). It seems like it was frikkin yesteray - but on the flip side, it seems like a couple of years.
Well done, you. More grease to your elbow, Noob.
take care…
aka Black.Pixie
December 1st, 2008 at 11:07 am
good job
December 2nd, 2008 at 5:40 am
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December 18th, 2008 at 10:58 am
How did you get all those referrals? Did you pay for google slots with you affiliate links? That is really great.
December 18th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
Wow very impressive with your money making blog. I am getting some tips from you and will put them to good use. I hope that the New Year is a profitable and successful one for you too.
December 18th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
amazing collection of info here. thanks!
December 19th, 2008 at 1:27 am
Very impressive mate… I would love have a blog like yours. Specially the one that serves the purpose for its readers.
you give good info and i love to see you zooming ahead. My wishes with you…
December 19th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Hi..your information very usefull and give me inspirations.Thank you
December 19th, 2008 at 7:31 pm
Those numbers are exciting. I hope to bring in a $42,000 income from my blogs one day.
December 20th, 2008 at 7:58 am
dear noob,
i have submited my blogs at advertiser’s area. awaiting for the approval from payperpost .com,and loud launch.com. already you have pasted image showing details about payperpost.com.Like that i also had 611 dollars in will be paid area. but suddenly my opera community blog http/www.opera.com/rksr3333m (blog - name Life Line is LOve)has suddenly banned .the next day i posted my world community opera widget. i did nothing wrong at this blog with my knowledge. the blog was on google rank 5.due to the ban i did not even single dollar payment till date from payper post.com. even yester day i verified at payperpost dashboard area it was showing as -will be paid 40 dollars.today that is also not reflecting.
now iam struggling. what way i can join with you to submit my blog which is on rank 3. my wife is a cancer patient,under going treatment.so you may consider to help me by offering the right advice.
yours sincerely,
with love r.k.sundararajan.
my mail rksr3333@operamail.com.
my other blog RAJAMAHARAJHA BLOG IS SHOWING GOOGLE RANK 5 IN FEW PAGE RANK CHECK. MAY PLEASE HELP METO GET EARNING FOR MY SURVIVAL AS WELL AS TO CARE OF MY WIFE TREATMENT. PLEASE REPLY TO MY MAIL.
December 20th, 2008 at 8:04 am
MY DEAR,
I AM R.K.SUNDARARAJAN AGAIN.
MAY PLEASE HELP ME TO KNOW ABOUT MY URL FOR THIS RAJAMAHARJHA’s Blog. i could not able to find out what is the url in this site. where ever i submit this blog they revert it by saying that the url is wrong. please help me in this regard. what way i can submit my blogs at bloggernoob. please reply to my mail . rksr3333@yahoo.com.
requesting early reply to make my christmas happy and the forth coming new year also to be happy.
thank you.
with love r.k.sundararajan.
December 22nd, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Well done - noob (you gonna change your name now?) $42k is realy impressive. And I don’t see any Adsense anywhere. I tried CJ and never got a sniff of a click !
December 22nd, 2008 at 11:55 pm
Wow! That’s a lot of money!!!
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:20 am
Great job man, it’s so hard work. Help my chitika & widgetbuks please, not yet earn to me.Regards
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:37 am
Congrats! I knew that you can do it. Your success will inspire thousands of bloggers working hard to get a piece of the pie!
December 30th, 2008 at 3:00 am
hello chitika and adsense both works great
December 30th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Great post! Congratulations!
December 30th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
hi..you made a great income online. you are an inspiration.
December 31st, 2008 at 3:05 am
great milestone, i guess not everyone as lucky as you are, but your post here truly inspiring yet breathtaking. will add your blog to my bookmark here.
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January 2nd, 2009 at 4:38 am
Congrats! You are truly an inspiration. you are so rich.
January 3rd, 2009 at 5:06 pm
congrat…and i know very sure in this new year you want to pass 42K. i knew that you could do it….again congrat.
January 4th, 2009 at 12:12 am
Wow, great post. Cool earning in a year. I’m inspired. Congrats!
January 5th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
wow,, that is amazing,,, I hope t happens to me too.. even just achieve 10% of what you did..
January 5th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
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January 6th, 2009 at 2:11 am
i just have 11 usd for 3 month by using google adsense. Thanks for sharing your idea.
January 6th, 2009 at 7:51 am
Well with that kind of income the Noob bit has to go now. That’s fantastic!
January 6th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Wow wait to go!!! You are an inspiration!