Welcome to April’s business income report where I show you how I made money online last month. It’s time to look at this month’s update and see how I did.
If you’re new to Making Sense of Cents, you may be wondering why I would want to publish my income report each month. You can simply skip to the next section if you’re not new here.
This all started out as my extra income report because, in the beginning, it was all about the money I was earning from my side jobs. In my side income reports from the beginning, I included all of the income I made except for what I made at my day job.
However, I left my day job as a financial analyst in October of 2013 and now my monthly income reports consist of the many ways I earn a living.
Many have asked why I would ever want to publicly post my income each month. Some think I’m crazy, whereas some are glad I’m open about what I’m doing. Whatever you think, I enjoy publishing my monthly online income reports and I share them publicly for three main reasons:
- Before I started blogging, I knew nothing about side hustling and making money online. I didn’t think side jobs were worth the effort and I thought the only way to significantly increase your income was through raises at your full-time job. If it weren’t for others publishing their monthly income reports, I don’t know if I would have ever tried side hustling. I want to help show others the positives in side hustling and how it can change a person’s life. There are many different ways to make money online, and I like to share my story each month to help motivate others to improve their financial situation by making more money.
- Secondly, I like to publish my income reports because it’s a way for me to look back, learn from my mistakes and actually see what areas need improvement. I use my monthly income reports as a way to track how I’ve done and I treat it sort of like a journal.
- Lastly, I like to show others that making side money is possible and that there are many legitimate ways to make money from your home. If you are looking for information on the many ways to make money online, I published the article Monthly Income Report Roundup that showcases many successful bloggers who are kind enough to share their income with the public each month.
I know I say this every month, but it’s the truth. Life is great now that I’m my own boss and a full-time blogger. I look forward to each and every day and it’s a wonderful feeling. I truly love waking up every single morning.
Above are just a few of the reasons for why I enjoy publishing my monthly income reports. I like to show others that you don’t have to hate your job and hate your life. You can make changes to your life and make money in a way that allows you to truly enjoy the life you are living. I’m not saying that you have to LOVE your job, I’m just saying that your job should, at least, allow you to do what you like to do outside of work (whether that be spending time with loved ones, painting, hiking, etc.).
How was business income in April of 2018?
I earned $104,065 blogging and online in April of 2018, before expenses.
April was a normal month for Making Sense of Cents. It was a big drop in income from the previous month due to me not taking part in any affiliate launches. But, the income drop was expected. It was definitely still a great month!
I think the next few months will most likely see an income level around this same amount, and then it should pick up again sometime around September. This is for many reasons such as me just being busier over the next few months as well as the summer months usually just being a little bit slower for personal finance websites, in general.
My biggest goal for the year is to still improve my work-life balance. I’m getting better and better, but I’m still nowhere near perfect. My goal is to work less than 10 hours a week over the spring and summer months.
Currently, I am working on creating my next blogging-related product to sell, which will be about how to earn money through sponsored posts on a blog. You can sign up for the waitlist here.
EDIT: November 23, 2018 – Making Sense of Sponsored Posts is available! Learn how I made my first blogging income, and how I’m now making $10,000-$20,000 a month with sponsored partnerships!
Anyway, to get back to my monthly income…
I never thought that I would ever earn over $100,000 a month, especially with a blogging business.
While my income levels are high, I do want everyone to remember that I started at $0 a month and have grown my income to where it’s at now through a lot of hard work.
Before you think that $100 or even $1,000 is out of your league, you should remember that it is not!
I, myself, used to think that it would be great to one day earn $1,000 online and through my blog. I looked up to many bloggers who were earning over $10,000 a month, and I thought it was impossible.
Now, I’m here to show everyone that it is possible! Through hard work and dedication, you never know where life may lead you.
As you can see, April was another great month. It was great on all fronts – blogging, course-wise, life, and everything else. The business is doing well and I’m very happy with it. I’ve been catching myself saying “Life is really good” a LOT. And, I truly mean it. Life is really good!
My business is growing, income is increasing, I have tons of amazing ideas for this year, and I am very excited about everything. I really love my business and I don’t know where I would be without it.
My Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing course is still doing very well as I had many new students join the course last month. It’s still not showing any signs of slowing down – and this is still without any guest posts, webinars, etc.
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This chart only goes back to September of 2016. You can find all of my income reports here.
Breakout of April 2018 income – $104,065.67
In April of 2018, I earned $104,065.67 from my blogging business. Below is how my income breaks apart in the different business income categories:
- Affiliate income – $59,416.67 total:
- Bluehost (check out my tutorial on how to start a blog) – $46,800.00
- Survey companies – $6,015.25
- Six Figure Blogger – $1,258.00
- How To Work From Home Selling On Amazon FBA – $761.20
- Personal Capital – $600.00
- Ebates – $500.00 (estimated, as this is a tiered affiliate program)
- ConvertKit – $441.00
- Ibotta – $315.00
- Bookkeeper Business Academy – $306.75
- VIPKid Teach English Online – $190.00
- Izea – $162.79
- $5 Meal Plan – $154.68
- Miscellaneous affiliates – $1,912.00 (affiliate promotions that I’ve been asked not to publicly share the exact figure of for company privacy reasons, as well as some small affiliate earnings are mixed in here).
- Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing Course – $28,935.00
- Sponsorships and advertising – $13,100.00
- Display advertising – $2,614.00
Total: $104,065.67
The income amount above is for the month of April and before any fees or expenses (some fees and expenses that lower the amount above total around $5,000 (rounded up), which include virtual assistants, Teachable course platform fee, technical assistance, newsletter expenses, PayPal and Stripe transaction fees, etc., however, this does not include taxes) being taken out. I also had expenses for the affiliates promoting my course, which totaled $5,765.65. After expenses and fees, I earned approximately $93,300.02
Please keep in mind that I work for myself when you read my monthly income report. This means I have to cover taxes (which are over 30%), health insurance, and all other benefits/expenses that an employer may provide.
Check out The Ultimate Guide To Making Money Blogging for all of the different ways you can make money through a blog.
Below are some of my other monthly online income reports. I publish an online income update every month but only included some of them below as it would be a very long list. If you head on over to my income page you can find all of my monthly income reports from the past few years.
- $672 extra in May (2012)
- $6,523 in January Extra Income (2013)
- $11,927 in October Income – I Finally Left My Job (2013)
- $12,640 in January Income (2014)
- $23,758 in February Income – My Monthly Online Income Report (2015)
- How I Made $300,000 Online In 2015
- How I Made $979,321 In 2016
- How I Made $1,536,732 In 2017
Comparisons and 2018 business income total:
- Total income in April of 2018: $104,065
- Total income in March of 2018: $241,649
- Difference from the previous month: -137,584
- Total in 2018: $639,665
Blog news
Making Sense of Cents is doing very well and I’m happy with everything.
In April, we spent most of the month leisurely driving from Arizona to Florida, making multiple stops along to way to see friends and family. We also found our dream boat, entered a contract on it (we move in this month!), and sold the RV. It was a crazy month, which meant that not much work was done on the business.
And, I know that the craziness of living on a boat has only just started. Due to this, I’m working on getting further ahead with more content. I realize that we will be extremely busy moving aboard and getting the hang of everything, so being ahead in content is key right now so that I can focus as much time as I can towards #boatlife.
Overall, traffic for the month was around 400,000 page views.
Below are several other business and blog-related updates:
- My sister started as my virtual assistant in July of 2017. It is going very well. Some of the tasks she is in charge of include adding Pinterest photos to both new and old blog posts here on Making Sense of Cents, helping manage the Facebook groups I run, scheduling social media posts, and more. This helps free up more of my time so that I can create more products, reach more readers, and most of all, have an even better work-life balance.
- I am thinking about adding some sort of group coaching session to my business sometime in the future. While I used to do individual coaching, my time was limited. Group coaching would allow me to help more people and to also create a great support group for bloggers.
- My community group for Making Sense of Cents is continuing to grow. This is a Facebook group in which you can seek advice from other readers on all sorts of topics such as finance, blogging, travel, running a business, and so on. There are already over 10,000 members!
- I created a new series on my blog where I interview extraordinary people who are doing interesting things in life. First, I interviewed JP, who retired at the age of 28 with a net worth over $2,000,000. I’m extremely excited about this new interview series! If there’s anyone you would like me to interview, please leave a comment and let me know.
- I released my How To Start A Blog FREE Course. If you’ve been wanting to start a blog, then check this out. I created this email course for those who are interested in starting a blog, but haven’t done so yet. The course is free, and over 40,000 people have already signed up. Thank you, everyone, for the kind emails about how great the course is. Glad everyone is enjoying it!
- Due to how well my first free course went, I also created the free Master Your Money email course. It’s full of great money management lessons and financial worksheets (such as a free budget template), and I’m loving the positive response from this email course as well.
Just a quick note before we continue. I created a time-saving cheat sheet that can help you increase your affiliate income. Sign up below!
Popular new posts on Making Sense of Cents last month:
- Is Making Money From A Blog Actually Possible? Your Top 21 Questions Answered
- I Thought I Was Too Good For Community College
- 10 Statistics About The Money Habits Of The Average American
- How This Couple Retired In Their 30s and Now Travel Around The World: An Interview With Go Curry Cracker
- How I Paid Off Over $42,000 in Student Loans in 34 Months (Earning $36,000 Per Year)
- One Year Later: My Extraordinary Interview Series Roundup
- 7 Ways My Relationship With Money Has Changed
- How We Paid Off $100,000 in Debt in 40 Months: Marriage and the Military
Featured Question: How can I learn how to use social media for my blog?
I feature one question from a reader in each monthly income report. Please leave a comment below if you have a question that you would like me to answer.
Social media is very important for the average blogger. It can help you to engage with your readers on a closer level so that they can get to know you better, improve your traffic levels, grow your audience, and more.
There are just so many different ways that social media can help you and your blog. However, I also understand that it can be time-consuming to master just one of them, let alone trying to master them all!
It is well worth it, though, and it gets easier. Plus, you can automate a lot as well as schedule posts in advance when it comes to social media.
Below are my favorite social media resources. I check these resources often for new articles, I read their emails, listen to their podcast episodes, and more, so that I can stay updated.
- My favorite Pinterest course is Pinterest Traffic Avalanche. This course shows you how to get free traffic from Pinterest to your blog. You’ll learn about Pinterest SEO, how to set up Rich Pins, how to create viral content, how to make Pinterest images, all about group boards, and many other valuable Pinterest strategies.
- If you’re looking for great free Pinterest advice, that would definitely be Simple Pin Media. This website publishes high-quality articles on the topic of Pinterest as well as highly informative podcast episodes. They also have several great Pinterest courses.
- My favorite overall business-related podcast would have to be Amy Porterfield’s podcast. Some examples of great past episodes include How to Engage Your Small Facebook Group When You’re Just Starting Out, All About Instagram Ads, and How to Create a 5-Day Social Media Video Series for Rapid List Growth.
- My favorite Facebook page resource is Facebook Strategies Worth Sharing – I started with just around 6,500 Facebook followers when I first read this resource, and currently have over 90,000. I owe a lot of that to the ebook Facebook Strategies Worth Sharing. Growing my Facebook page has allowed me to reach new readers, improve my blogging income, grow my email list, and more.
- My favorite Facebook ads course is Flourish with Monica Louie. If you’re wanting to master Facebook ads, which can be a great way to attract readers to a blog, this course is something you will want to check out. In this course, Monica teaches how to get webinar registrations through Facebook ads, improve email sign-ups, increase page views through traffic campaigns, and more.
- My favorite overall guide that covers many different social media strategies is 21 Strategies I Used to Increase My Monthly Page Views from 17k to 400k+ in 10 Months – Lena Gott’s guide is full of great information on how to increase your blog’s page views. If you are feeling stuck or if you are a new blogger, check out this resource! Lena went from 17,000 monthly page views to 400,000 and shares all of her best tips in this resource.
- My favorite overall free resource would be Social Media Examiner. This is a great website that shares tons of great updates that happen on the various social media websites. If there’s some rumor going around about social media, I usually check this website first to see what they have to say about it.
As you can see, there are a TON of great resources for any social media help that you may need. There are plenty of other websites I regularly read and listen to as well.
Past featured questions:
- Is 2018 too late to start a website/blog?
- How much does it cost to start a blog?
- How do I increase my affiliate income?
- Do I need millions of page views a month in order to make money blogging?
- How do you build websites up to sell them?
- Do only celebrities make money through owning websites?
- How much money can a person make blogging?
- Where does blog income come from?
- Is there enough room for new bloggers to make money?
- How can a blogger increase their page views?
- Should my blog be self-hosted?
- What blogging tools or resources do you recommend?
- What should you do when a blog post goes viral?
- What is affiliate marketing?
- What did I learn from launching my course?
- What should you do when you’re feeling blogger burnout?
- How can a blogging conference help me?
- Why does a blogger need to have an email list?
- Where do you get your photos from for your blog?
- What are easy affiliate programs for new bloggers?
- What are some affiliate program ideas for different niches?
- What blogging ebooks and courses do you recommend?
- Did you start your blog to make money?
- Do you mind sharing a detailed list of what processes you have with new blog posts?
- How should a person come up with a blog name?
- How can a blogger make more money around the holidays?
- How do you keep track of accounting and taxes for your business?
- What are your biggest blogging mistakes?
- What should I blog about?
My plans for my blog and my business.
Plans and goals can help you run a successful business. I believe that working towards a goal can help keep a person motivated too.
Below are some of the areas I am currently working on:
- Get at least three months ahead on Making Sense of Cents posts. I am currently around one month ahead. Being ahead in content makes life much more enjoyable because I can focus on other things knowing that the majority of my writing work is already done.
- Grow Making Sense of Cents to 1,000,000 monthly page views. I would love to help more readers, see even more engagement, have higher traffic, and so on. I love my blog and I would love to see it grow! I’m hoping to see at least 1,000,000 monthly page views by the end of 2018.
- Create two more products to sell. In 2016, I created Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing, and that has completely changed my life and my business. I want to create two more products to sell in 2018 so that I can continue to diversify my income. I have some plans in store and I’m excited to finally start creating more products!
- Grow to 150,000 email subscribers. I’m hoping to see at least 150,000 email subscribers by the end of 2018.
- Work less than 20 hours per week. For the most part, I am working less than 40 hours per week. However, there are some weeks when I spend all day and night on the laptop, not even sure where the day went. Due to that, I would like to continue to work on a better work/life balance.
- Have fun. Okay, so this isn’t really a goal that is quantifiable or something that I’ll track, haha, but I am really looking forward to 2018! 🙂
Affiliate income results.
In April of 2018, I earned $59,416 in affiliate income, as outlined earlier in this blog income report.
Earning affiliate income is something that I’m extremely grateful for, especially lately. We have been so busy the last several months and I haven’t spent as much time towards the business as I would normally like.
Even though I am spending less time on the business, I am still earning a great income each month and this allows me to focus on a better work-life balance.
I’m a very big fan of affiliate income, of course. It’s something that I enjoy due to how passive it can be. It makes full-time traveling much more enjoyable when I know I can bring in an income while having fun seeing new areas.
As I always say, blogging income is not dependent on page views. Even brand new bloggers can make money through affiliate marketing. If you know the correct way to promote a product, you can succeed at affiliate marketing. This is one of the main things I teach in my Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing course.
My affiliate marketing course went live in July of 2016. I’ve already had over 4,800 people enroll in the course, and I’d love to have you as a student as well!
In the course Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing, there are 6 modules, over 30 lessons, several worksheets, bonuses, an extremely helpful and exclusive Facebook group, and more. I go through everything that you need to know about affiliate marketing, such as:
- A quick introduction to affiliate marketing and how it works
- The benefits of affiliate marketing
- The exact steps I’ve taken to earn over $500,000 from a single blog post
- How to correctly pick affiliate products to promote
- The steps to increase your conversion rate
- 80+ affiliate program ideas for different niches
- How to build trust with your readers (this is a MUST!)
- The required disclosures you need to know about
- The major tool you need for affiliate marketing
- The many different strategies to promote your affiliate links
My course is anything and everything about affiliate marketing. This course is perfect for you whether you are a new blogger or if you’ve been blogging for years, no matter what topic your blog is about, what country you live in, and so on.
I wrote this course so that it would benefit everyone, and there is so much to learn from it.
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Accidental FIRE says
Wow, can I have even 10% of one of your “down months” please? 😉
Great job Michelle, keep killing it!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thank you!
Ashley says
Impressive as always! I’d love for you to interview JL Collins for your series.
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
What would you like the interview to be about?
The Poor Swiss says
Great job! Keep at it! Even for a down month, it’s an incredible result 🙂
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thank you!
Jina says
Well done! always wish for your better future.
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thanks!
Al P. says
Amazing results!! Thank you for sharing!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thank you!
Mariana says
Hi Michelle!
You have been a huge inspiration for me on how can I earn money online.
Thanks and congratulations!
One quick question … what is the purpose on Facebook Groups in general? I have noticed that a lot of podcast I listen to also have a Facebook group.
Would it be about help/ encouragement, growing followers, promote courses & webinars?
Thanks in advance.
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
For me, I like having a Facebook group because it’s another way to engage with my readers. It’s a place where people can talk about the latest blog posts, as well as get help from one another (like a forum).
Elizabeta says
As always. Great job!
These reports are very helpful to motivate us to work more and more to get that number too.
Keep it up!
Elizabeta
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thank you!
Milton Goh says
I am a student of the Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing Course and one of the most valuable things for me has been the exclusive Facebook mastermind group! I can ask questions and easily get them answered by the helpful community. Your income reports are so inspiring, Michelle! You’re an inspiration for sure 🙂
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
I LOVE the Facebook group too 🙂
Jason Butler says
Congrats on another awesome month!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thank you!
Amanda of My Life, I Guess says
Michelle, you are killing it! I love reading these each month. It’s so motivational!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thanks!
Grace says
Hey Michelle,
I find myself saying, “Wow”, every time I see your monthly income reports in my Inbox.
I’m curious. In other posts on your site focusing on “surveys for cash”, the range of payment you quote in most of these is really low. I think, like, $20 is at the high end of the ranges I’ve seen.
In April, you earned more than $6K taking surveys. At the high end of the range, you’d have to complete at least 300 surveys (and, that’s if you got paid $20 for each of them).
So, my questions are (1) approximately how many surveys did you complete, and (2) how did you manage to do that doing everything else you’re doing and still working less than 40 hours per week?
Great job, kiddo!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Hey Grace! Thank you for your comment.
You are misreading my income reports. If you look, the survey income is always listed under “affiliate income.”
Grace says
Ah, gotcha! LOL
Tanya Hekimian says
I love reading your income reports! So motivating and inspirational for new bloggers like myself! You’re so down to earth and transparent about the hard work that goes into building a succesfull blog with a healthy side of encouragement that it’s possible for any of us!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thank you!
Vazquez says
I really admire you Michelle and your husband for making such decision and following a dream. My wife and I are just getting started and we read all your articles. We have signed up for almost all of them. It is in our goals to meet both of you at some point in life. We both admire how you guys adventure and live free and that’s exactly what we are pursuing as family. It’s been a while since a joined the community, but this is the first time I leave a comment. Just wanted to say, thank you for your time and dedication.
-Vazquez
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Aww thanks so much! 🙂
Doma says
You are always at the top of your Game. I’m learning a lot from your blog. Thanks Michelle.
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thank you!
The Curious Frugal says
Looking forward to reading about your sailing adventures! Have you missed your RV at all since you sold it?
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Yes, we have missed it. But, we are super excited for sailing!
Philip says
Thanks for sharing this. I came here after seeing this in your newsletter.
What keeps you motivated? How are you able to keep content fresh and new especially in an area where the content is pretty much the same from various personalities?
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
I really enjoy writing and coming up with new things to talk about, so that is definitely a great motivator. Also, my life, in general, is a great motivator. I love that my blog/business allows me to travel full-time, and I don’t want it to end 🙂
Faraz A. says
Thank your for sharing this. It’s motivational. Wishing you more success 🙂
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thank you!
Jo | Moremoneytips.com says
Thanks for sharing and motivating us! We’d love to know how you get on with your boatlife. 🙂
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thank you!
Marc Gray says
Hi Michelle,
I just found your site and have been enjoying it. I have a site that is 3 years old now and gets a lot of daily traffic through SEO (I actually just launched a training case study of what I do called Traffic Victory which sold over 3500 copies and counting, which as you know is a good sized buyers list and a decent chunk of cash)
While I now see the power of product launching I still think that there are way to many product creators who pump out rehashed crap and I dont want to go that way!
My site is mostly IM product reviews but Id like to take it in a different direction so that becomes my main source of income (it already is, but Id like to bring those earnings up to 6 figures a year)
I am thinking of creating a more high ticket offer and start doing coaching but in regards to my site Im not sure which direction to go now…keep reviewing IM products or is there a better way?!
I know that you are very busy but any tips would be great!
My best,
Marc
PS. Congrats on your massive success and I really do love your openness!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
I think this is a personal decision. What do you want to do more?
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Haha thank you!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thank you!
Alvin says
Those are some insane figures (and at a consistent basis!)
Lisa says
So exciting to live on a boat! I hope you can share photos of the scenery while boating! Maybe you can come to Canada one of these days… (not sure of the rules about boats crossing borders?)
Congrats on another great month!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
We’ll definitely be crossing borders 🙂 That’s why we’re moving onto a boat!
Shirley says
As always very inspiring Michelle!
The boat life sounds very interesting! Following your journey on Insta too! 🙂
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thank you!
Nick Heil says
Hi Michelle, I really enjoy your monthly income reports. Can you share some of the things you did in the early days to bring traffic to your blog? How did you get the attention of other popular websites and individuals to really charge your websites viewership?
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
I talk about this exact topic here – https://www.makingsenseofcents.com/2017/04/how-to-make-money-blogging-online.html and here – https://www.sidehustlenation.com/million-dollar-blog/
Erika | Bluefield Avenue says
As a new blogger, this is so inspiring. You’re doing amazing things that my mind can’t even comprehend at the moment. Great job Michelle! Thank you for being so transparent and opening up about how you’re making your income. Its giving me inspiration and hope.
Siddhant Satija says
100k+$ a month is a big inspiration, thanks for boosting my inspiration to a next level. looking forward to more from you , Michelle. One day i want to leave my job and ask my wife too to leave and be a succesful blogger couple like you guys.
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thank you!
Anishad says
It’s really amazing and I love to do Affiliated marketing. Anyway thanks for great motivating post. And it encouraging me to write more posts lol
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thank you!
Giri says
Yep, affiliated marketing is the way to go. I speak with so many people who run such websites that now I feel the competition is too high. So, my question is: does it make sense to enter such a market when there are tons of websites already vying for the top results on search and are already all over the place?
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
There’s plenty of room 🙂 I talk about this in one of my featured questions – https://www.makingsenseofcents.com/2018/01/how-i-made-money-online-2017.html
Kritesh says
Hi Michelle, You are making a blast with affiliate marketing. I never knew one can earn so much through affiliates. I’ll try out few on my blog soon. Thank you for sharing (and inspiring). Cheers!
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
Thanks!
Dinesh Kumar says
Hey Michelle,
Most people think full-time jobs are the best way to get a good income. That is so not true! Affiliate marketing is one of the best ways to earn a significant income. Thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work.
Erica says
Hi Michelle,
I’m looking for your income report where you mention the person who changed your site to https. I’ve been looking through the income reports but I’m having a hard time because their are so many. Could you help me out? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Michelle Schroeder-Gardner says
I used imarkinteractive 🙂
erica says
You are the best
Jerry says
Truly amazing! You are an inspiration not only to bloggers but to every entrepreneur who wants to earn money while being their own boss.
Noman @ Nogentech says
Huge inspirational post i have ever read,
Thanks for sharing some real ways to make money from blogging efforts. I am currently working on Amazon associates and will soon start on Bluehost as well.
Janet says
Hi Michelle,
Thank you for posting so openly about your blogging success. I just found your site this month and it inspired me to start working on my own blog, something I have been wanting to do for a long time. Looking forward to learning more from you, and thanks again for being an inspiration.
Anthony M. says
Hi Michelle,
It’s very inspiring that you made that much money in April with blogging. I’ve recommended this business model to friends and family members who enjoy writing but they all just either say it’s a good idea and never start or they never get passed their first post or two. Sometimes you just want to shake someone and say “don’t you realize the possibilities are endless if you can just keep at it and stay consistent!”. Anyway, thanks for your post it was very inspiring.
-Anthony