As I mentioned in my last post, I am not a big fan of most ‘Make Money Online’ blogs. For the most part, they function like pyramid schemes where those at the top get really rich, those in the middle will make a little money, and those at the bottom waste their time recycling the stuff the top blogs are stating a day or two later. The “tips” are all the same and just get rehashed over and over again.

With that said, there is a lot of crossover between the ‘Make Money Online’ and ‘Affiliate Marketing’ niches, and there are some good ideas that come out of the MMO niche, such as blog income reports. In the past I’ve never chosen to publicly disclose my internet income for a variety of reasons, but I’ve learned that there are a lot of people that will take everything you say for granted if you don’t.

In other words, no matter how good your advice is, people want visual proof and they want to see numbers, so that is what I think I will start doing going forward. It is also a great way to prove to yourself that you are making progress and that all these extra hours are paying off.

May Affiliate Marketing Income Report

I’m not sure what format I will ultimately end up going with, so for now I’ll just provide some figures broken down by affiliate program.

  • E-Junkie – $1269.21
  • Clickbank – $176.09
  • Commission Junction – $1.69
  • Amazon Associates – $21.87
  • eBay Partner Network – $89.08
  • Google AdSense – $89.97
  • Other Affiliates – $395.55
  • Direct Blog Advertisements – $270.00

Gross Income: $2,313.46
Advertising Costs/Banners Purchased: $85.00
Total Net Income: $2,228.46

In the few months prior to this, the income has been fairly consistent with these figures, but this is my best month so far online. All those 50 hour work weeks online have really been paying off, and often the work you do now will payoff over time, not right away. This income is mostly generate off niche sites and blog posts that are 3 months or older. I expect the work I’ve done over the past two months to really grow that figure over the coming months.

Expectations for June’s Online Income

I expect next months income to continue to rise based upon the first week this month and the fact that I’ve been hard at work on new stuff. Between the last week in May and the first week of June I have already launched 16 new sites (BANS or small blog niche sites mostly), and they are essentially completed with the exception of a few minor details on each. I expect it will take 2-3 weeks before these new sites start bringing in traffic/revenue.

This means I can spend the rest of the month working on blogging, cranking out a few more new sites, and trying out new affiliate programs. Hopefully those 16 seeds I have planted (or most of them) will start to generate income in June and the eBay income in particular will start to go up considerably. I also plan to spend some time working on improving the Amazon income, as that is a GREAT way to make money with affiliate marketing and I haven’t fully taken advantage of that.

Have any questions? Let me know in the comments below!

Note: For those wandering, the reason I am doing so many at a time is because I’ve found that because the sites are so easy and take so little time to setup, I can actually weed out the not good ones from the good ones (kind of like domain tasting). The ones that produce will get renewed and the ones that aren’t producing won’t when they come up for renewal.