How I Made $2,683.81 In October 2023 Blogging | Income Report

If you have ever wondered how I make money blogging – this income report series is for you! I will post them every month with what I’m doing and how much I’ve earned.

Oh my! It feels weird writing an income report because this is my second one.

I saw other bloggers posting theirs and I love seeing them so thought I would post my own too!

To start off, I first want to say that I am not nearly done with WereAdulting and it has a long way to go but I am SO excited about where it is going.

I absolutely love blogging and I’m so grateful my eighteen-year-old self started this little blog in college. Plus I’ve been able to make some money off of it.

However, there are 2 main reasons I am going to write my income reports each month:

I want to show others the benefits of side hustling and how it can change your life. There are many different ways to make money online, and I enjoy sharing my story because it motivates others to make more money and improve their financial situation.

Secondly, I like to publish my business blogging reports because it was a way for me to look back, learn from my mistakes, and see where I could improve my blog. I want to use my monthly blogging reports to hold me accountable.

Honestly, I really like writing my income reports too!

I also want to note that I am a normal person going to college and have paid for this blog myself. So if you are thinking about starting one in college or with a hectic schedule you can.

here are my previous income reports:

• How I Made $403.47 In July 2023 | Income Report

October 2023 BLOG INCOME REPORT (+ TRAFFIC)

(I am only reporting income that was made in October 2023. Due to most of the programs I am making money from taking around 60-90 days to be deposited into your bank account, I will post the proof of income when it is deposited.)

Proof Of Income:

BREAKDOWN OF October 2023 BLOG INCOME – $2,683.81

In October 2023, I made $2,683.81 from my blog. Here is the breakdown on where that money is coming from.

• Affiliate Income – $1,188.84
  • Amazon Affiliates: $1,188.84

• Advertising – $1,494.97
  • Mediavine: $1,494.97

TOTAL: $2,683.81

The total amount above is before any taxes have been taken out. I searched around and bloggers are saving 30% to put towards taxes so that’s my plan too.

As you can tell, my income is coming from Amazon and Mediavine right now. I got in Mediavine this month and it really helped increase my income so I’m sooooo happy about that.

Realistically, I should be taking courses right now but I spent the money on Tailwind and ActiveCampaign so I still can’t afford it (this income isn’t deposited until January). I don’t want to spend any money on the blog that I haven’t made from it yet (besides the essentials like hosting!).

If you are a few months in or more, I highly recommend getting Tailwind. I love it and I even wrote a post about my experience with it. Click here to read it.

With ActiveCampaign, I really wanted an automatic email that would be sent out when people sign up for a free printable or anything I needed so I didn’t have to put mental energy towards it so I did pay a fee this month as well. I tried other email campaigns but I didn’t like them.

Breakdown OF October 2023 Traffic

October Page Views: 117,527

• 93,657 from Pinterest
• 10,780 from Google
• 7,970 from WordPress App

What happened in October?

I had Halloween stuff posted since July so I knew this would be a big month for me. So many people go on Pinterest to find inspiration so i knew I had to get posts out asap.

I also got into Mediavine this month and OMG it pays SO much more than Google Ads – like a lot.

This month, I also took a step back and gave myself time to work on school and destress for a little. Blogging can be time-consuming so I like to batch-make posts and then schedule them with Tailwind so I can take a week or two off when needed.

On the other hand, I just expanded my niche into travel so i added more work to my plate lol. I also want to expand the amount of post I’m making to 3 or 4 a week but I think it will burn me out too fast so I’m still sticking with two.

I moved all of my blogging resources like my posts and such on a different website (aka BehingTheBlogging). I was really worried about how it would impact my SEO and Pinterest reach if I expanded my niche too fast plus I want to continue sharing what I did/do for my blog.

In terms of stuff I focused on this month is batch-making posts.

In August, I made 2 months worth of content and it really helped me focus on creating pins. Plus I’m hoping in November I can schedule more pins out on Pinterest. Right now I’ve slowed down a lot but my views are still climbing so it hasn’t been a negative. I want to look into this as well when I go down the Pinterest rabbit hole.

I also started updating my content calendar this month but I want to focus on it a lot next month so read the next one to see how that went.

Plans for the future…

I really want to take a course on email marketing. I feel like my email list should be way higher than it is so I’m missing something. I have about 150 now but with the views I’m getting I feel like i should be getting more. Right now I’m thinking about the course by BYSOPHIALEE.

I need to find/create a good homepage. I’m using Thrive Architech and I honestly dislike it. It gives you control over your design but it ends up taking forever to load and takes a while to load when I edit it. (if you have it, please comment if you know how to make this easier???)

SO i expanded my niche AGAIN and I’m so scared! I’ve been blogging about college and apartments for about 15 months now and I need a break lol. Plus i love to travel and plan to spend more time traveling in the next year. So I introduced a new niche to my blog. I already got outbound clicks on some of those pins (SO YAY!). However, to expand a niche, I decided to take three months and just write travel posts so Pinterest and Google will trust me faster. Plus I really need to find niches that are high in the other months besides the summer. So I’m thinking about adding recipes in January.

I also need to get back to Pinterest more and make more posts. I’ve slowed down my posts from about 10 pins for a post to now 3 pins for a post and scheduled those out to different boards. So far it’s working but I want to add more just in case.

Something I’m thinking about: I also really want to hire an assistant to help with the every week kind of things so i can focus on growing the business. Or maybe I’ll hire a social media manager to start TikTok and Instagram. Honestly very scared to hire someone and how to deal with taxes and wages so not sure.

Business goals for november

• Edit old posts. I still have posts up from a year ago and the lord knows they need to be updated lol. I also need to fix the affiliant links and SEO in the post.
• Think about my email subscribers. I really want to have a blogging email list and a college email list but I feel like that will take a lot of time so I am giving myself the goal of just thinking about doing it and maybe starting in the new year.
• Make 1,000 pins and schedule them. I LOVEDDDD when i had everything scheduled out on Tailwind and just forgot about Pinterest so i want to do that again before Christmas comes so i can spend time with my family.

I also want to find the pins that are getting the post outbound clicks and use those as templates for my newer posts.

More on email subscribers: I have 2 subscribers right now for my blogging newsletter and I want more. I share what I’m doing this week on my blog and what’s working but it feels so sad just to share with two people. However, since I made a separate blog for that, I need an idea to bring them to this one. Maybe I’ll link this website.

Anyway this wraps up my income report for October!!!

As always if you have any questions or just want to read out – email me at hello@wereadulting.com. I would love to talk and get to know you better!