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November Earnings: $242 /Day

It’s that time of the month again – when all the “how to make money online” guru’s post about how well they did the previous month – so here’s my entry into the mix:

Total Earnings for November 2007

Total earnings came in at $7,264 which is down by about $100 from October, but since there are only 30 days in November the daily average of $242 means that performance-wise November was actually a better month. Note that earnings are more than double November of 2006.

November 2007 Earnings Breakdown

Adsense was slightly down from October, probably due to the holiday. The last two days of this month also did horribly. Affiliate sales were up by about $80 over last month. This is probably because my best selling item was discontinued from Comission Junction and I switched to a similar product at Plimus.com. This same product pays a $5 higher commission per sale. Kontera is back on the upswing and looking better each month.

PayPal Subscription Earnings

Subscriptions and donations were up again and were the largest income source for the month. I have been concentrating more on increasing my subscriptions and this is going to be my focus for the foreseeable future – so expect to see more posts about how I generate income from PayPal subscriptions.

I’ve seen a few posts in some of the webmaster forums accusing me of (probably) having to spend thousands on advertising to generate these kinds of earnings, so this month I’m posting my total expenditures:

  • Server Hosting: $175
  • Direct Advertising Campaigns: $0
  • PPC Advertising: $0
  • Link Purchases: $0
  • Marketing Efforts: $0

I did purchase a link for the blog for $30, but I did not include it because the blog does not generate any income. Also, for those reading my blog for the first time, 98% 99.9% of these earnings were generated from my main website, GrownUpGeek.com. I have only one other website that I’ve been working on, but it only generates a few $ a month (it’s a “work of love”). I think this is what sets me apart from most of the “make money online” gurus. I’m not here to explain how to setup 100 websites and how to market & advertise them to turn a profit. I’m just here telling you the things I’ve done and continue to do, to grow a single, successful website/community.

So despite the holiday and even with the recent changes in the Adsense “click area”, November was a great month for us. So.. How was your November?

Categories: Earnings
Cpvr (5 comments)

My November was pretty good. I generated $1k. My expense was $223. I’m sure this month will be a lot higher, after all; I just started using Kontera.


Great job Randy! :)

1 December 07 at 12:19
The University Kid (1 comments)

Better than last month, which is all I can ask for really. Impressive stats! :D

1 December 07 at 12:21
Yi Lu (1 comments)

Whom do you host with?

1 December 07 at 17:42
Randy Brown (119 comments)

Yi Lu said:



Whom do you host with?



I have a dedicated server with SurpassHosting.com

1 December 07 at 17:58
 

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Andy (1 comments)

These are some awesome figures. Over $1000 a month. Needless to say this is your full time job. So you would have to have first rank in some major keywords right?


This inspires me and other adsense users. Congrats, i wish you future success and hopefully some for me to.

2 December 07 at 13:14
Kenneth (2 comments)

I do believe your love will one day pay off well.

2 December 07 at 19:06
Michael Woo (2 comments)

wow these are nice earnings :)

3 December 07 at 00:57
Roseli A. Bakar (1 comments)

You will be my great inspiration to make more money with adsense.


Great info you have here :)

3 December 07 at 14:37
GettyCash (1 comments)

Congrats! You are my inspiration.

3 December 07 at 22:27
Steve (4 comments)

Those are some extraordinary results, Randy! Earning as much as $242 per day is certainly a very impressive feat. You’ve worked hard for it and deserve all the success in the world. I can’t wait to see next month’s results. ;)


Steve

4 December 07 at 04:46
ArahMan7 (1 comments)

Wow, that’s impressive figure. If only my mother-in-law can read this post, I would show it to her and said, I can make money in the Internet like this guy here!

5 December 07 at 10:06
Steve (4 comments)

Very nice Randy. I’m glad to see that hard work pays off.


I made $20 in November. :)

5 December 07 at 19:24
Mark (6 comments)

a very good stat for earning in the web. Needless to say, I have still to do some little tweak to my site to achieve the way you do.

6 December 07 at 01:28
ronnie ferez (1 comments)

I started problogging 3 months ago and I earned $360 on the first two months but mostly from reviews. Am doing good?
It seems your income were all ‘passive’ and ma not getting any from that. what am I missing?

7 December 07 at 06:54
47 (4 comments)

Congratulations on another successful month!


It amazes me that you earn so much more from AdSense than from affiliate sales. That’s exactly the opposite of almost everyone else I see.


By the way, thanks for stopping by my blog the other day :-)


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8 December 07 at 23:01
Reticon (1 comments)

Okay, so how many hours a month do you put in for these earnings?

15 December 07 at 21:42
Randy Brown (119 comments)

Reticon said:



Okay, so how many hours a month do you put in for these earnings?



The first year, I was pretty much working on the website during all my free time..
For the last year, the site pretty much runs itself, but I am still constantly hovering over it.. i am required to do a minimum of about 30 minutes per day to take care of premimum membership issues, and deal with other problems, ect..

15 December 07 at 21:55