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Blog Income Report – April 2008

written by John Chow on May 1, 2008

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It’s the first day of the month and that means it’s time once again for the world famous (OK, maybe just Internet famous) John Chow dot Com blog income report. In last month’s record breaking income post, I ended the report with this comment:

If I were to believe all those “I’m going to unsubscribe from your blog because you Rick Rolled me!” comments, this blog is going to hit a record low for April. I guess we’ll find out next month.

Next month is here and guess what? I do have a record low! Well, it’s a record low for this year anyway.

Total Blog Income for April 2008: $29,569.05

Making $29,569.05 for the month of April is lowest this blog has made all year. Blog revenue went down $1,872.19 from the previous record month. Here’s the income breakdown.

So far this year, the blog is averaging $30,317.42 per month so April is kind of a disappointment. However it was not unexpected. Advertising generally slows down as we enter the summer months. Nearly all my income sources went down with the exception of affiliate commissions and TTZ Media. I’m pretty sure I’ll be removing FeedBurner from the revenue mix. This blog has over 24,000 RSS subscribers and FeedBurner was only able to make $17.21 from it?

Traffic to the blog held steady at 289,736 page views from 153,127 visitors. Blog expenses for the month were $485.52 for contextual advertising on Google AdWords and Bidvertiser. Hosting for John Chow dot Com is sponsored by BlueFur Web Hosting. BlueFur provides this blog with great service and amazing uptime. I highly recommend them. Use coupon code JohnChowRocks to get 15% off any BlueFur hosting packages.

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If I can go through this year and be able to say, “In my worst month, I made only $29,569.05.” I think I can live with that. :twisted:

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Even for a "low", that is still an impressive number.
I'm still shooting and aiming for 10 percent of that :)
Perhaps May will give you a new record high

John,

THAT surely is a humongous monthly revenue :eek:

I feel that the time in which I only make $29 569.05 a month is just around the corner. The value of the dollar has to drop even faster for that to happen though... :grin:

Nice, I earn 15$ a day

Even a "low" of $29K is GREAT. Congrats on the numbers. It shows how successful this blog is when your potential worst month gives you just shy of $30K.

We're slowly getting there as well. Only need another +$29.000 :lol:

Congratulation john, your income just increase a lot.

John your yearly low is too darn high ... I think you will make up for this month in May .....

Salam!!!

Sorry I,m going to write in Malay Language....

Saya rasa John Chow ni giler ker???
Pendapat sebanyak 29K USD tak banyak bagi dia.... tapi aku masih ada 12$ saja dalam akaun google... ada sesiapa boleh tolong tak... harapkan John Chow sampai la tak nak tolong ....

I fell so regret until now... cannot make money as John Chow??

I've been doing my catch up on the make money bloggers and it looks like everybody is reporting a down turn in earnings for April. Personally I make my money in quite different ways to you (I mainly concentrate on high traffic PPC) but I've also had a crap month.

One thing I would say is that you're very lucky to get the $1000 straight from Kontera without relying on clicks, they have been one of my favourite networks for a long time now but in the last 6 weeks my earnings are down about 75% from the same traffic and clicks. Widgetbucks have also turned to cr@p.

Seeing the situation of my blog,I need to spend more than 100 years to catch up yours.. :shock:

Oh..common Liciece hahaha. Have you run out of adrenalin to continue blogging seeing the outcome of your blogging career? Just kiddin man. Discover and explore more about blogging. :grin: :grin:

Content is king & traffic is queen. Good luck!

i wish i could make that much money.. heck i'll be happy with half of that...

every body talk about you. I see your post and I believe you are sure a great people. thank for your information

I love money.... Just need to make more

You Stupid ShitHead, It's good money :roll:

Impresive numbers :)

Your summer already starts in April? What are you using next month as a reason the income went down? Overall you'll see fluctuation by a few points either way. It's not a trend. It's not a specific reason - it's just how income from advertising on the web works. ;)

Really amazed and impressed on how much John earn for April :shock:

John Chow,
You are the man. US$29k for April and is your worst month this year.

30 Grand.
That's 1000$ a day. Just sit back and think about that for a second. Amazing. It really is, in ANY industry.

I know it's not popular, but Adsense is kind of a project for me. So in Feb I made 10 cents a day
March I made 1.00 a day
May I'm doing 10.00 a day

That's a nice trend. Congrats.

One additional thing i observed was that the other ads do not appear like ads on teh site..however the new pepperjam ads displayed next to johnchow.com looks quiet odd!!

John, How is it that you always get 1000$ from Kontera. Have you struck a deal with them. I had to remove Kontera from one of my sites since the payout was way less than the other ad options.

Please advise

Yeah, he had mentioned before that he pretty much has a deal with them & they pay him $1000 every month.

John,
Aren't you actually cannibalizing your online revenues by having multiple ad sources? Ever since I added Kontera and Adify to my blog, in addition to Adsense, my earnings have been declining..

I like how some people are playing this off like it's something big. Had he gone below $10,000 for whatever reason, than he'd have a problem, but $29,569.05 is still a lot of money no matter how you slice it.

Good going, John.

Wow..With more than $30k average per month, you are so awesome man!

Dear John!

To me u are so fantastic.... until now I only earn 12.30$ with google... please give me a tip John... I wanna to be like U... everything I have done but nothing much change....Help me John

Salam!!!

Dear John ?? are u mad or what 29K ... still not ok for u??

I only got 12.30$ with adsense and until now I'm try to find how people can make money so easy with Google.... can you teach me John... TQ :mrgreen:

I think it will rise pretty soon John. All the best :lol:

So not so good this month Chow. The blog doesnt really talk about too much news not, just random stuff.

Congrats John, You are becoming an inspiration source for me!!! I have just started earning and can see my future now....

My April income up 50% but is 2.5% of your April income... :???:

congratulations John....Hope you break all your records this month

Congratulations John :grin:

I think it's good resault for this blog

Really nice average income this yeat, really inspiring! :) Summer months are crappy on the internet anyway, but it's not affecting you too much! Keep up the good work!

Its simple John, You made less money this month due to the fact there are fewer days in April. Congrats on the month.

Nice. Keep it up ... :shock:
If you continue like this you might make 400 K per year

The secret to making big money by blogging is to drive a lot of traffic, then turn that traffic into cash by running as many advertising options as possible while still providing a good user experience. If you’re just running Google AdSense, you’re not maximizing income. (JohnChow) .. This is one of the real secrets , now it`s up to anyone to figure out the best way to drive traffic for their own niche. :D

Good luck John & Everyone .. I mean 150.000 UV / month means a high Alexa Ranking so no doubt your earnings only from Private Ad Sales would be around 15K :mrgreen:

your still on pace to make over $360,000 this year.

He is on the way to make complete his 1 million this year

I think you have some trouble with your math :shock:

TTZ was probably included in Shankar's maths.

Is TTZ media's income even published? Also John is your tech site still being worked on or has it now been abandoned?

John has make somewhere around 1000 X times more than me this month so I would say it`s a large amount of money wherever you live. John keep the good work up. (I just started a new blog) Does Adwords advertising work for blogs ? I always wondered about this subject. :D If traffic converts into cash ? :mrgreen: