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Blog Income Report – September 2008

written by John Chow on October 1, 2008

How to make $593 in less than one hour

After taking a few months off, the blog income report is back! The income report took a little break while I worked with Unique Blog Design to give John Chow dot Com a whole new look. The new theme is phase one of a makeover that will shift the blog’s dependence on advertising as its main income source.

The income report started back in September 2006 as part of a case study to see if you can really make money by blogging. The goal of the case study was to make full time income ($3,000 per month) with part time blogging (2 hours per day). In its first month as a monetized blog, John Chow dot Com made $352.94 and by September 2007, blog income hit $20,512.17. How well did John Chow dot Com do on its second anniversary as a monetized blog?

Total Blog Income for September 2008 – $38,030.57

September 2008 goes down as the blog’s second biggest income month. The blog did break $40K back in June but that was due to a $10,000 blog post. If that post was not taken into account, September 2008 would be the biggest month ever. Here’s the income breakdown.

  • Affiliate Commissions: $12,807.69
  • Private Ad Sales: 11,730.00
  • Appearance Fees: $4,000.00
  • ReviewMe: $4,000.00
  • Text Link Ads: $2,028.59
  • Shoemoney Tools: $2019.60
  • Kontera: $1,000.00
  • RSS Ads: $444.69
  • Total Income: $38,030.57

At its current rate, the John Chow dot Com is on its way to a $400K year, which is pretty good for a blog that just rambles about whatever is on my mind. For the first time ever, affiliate commissions overtook private ad sales to become the blog’s number one money maker. This is something I’ve expected to happen and was working on. It’s part of my effort to make the blog less dependent on advertising sales.

Shoemoney Tools is part of affiliate commissions but I’ve separated it in order to show the residue income power of affiliate marketing. Shoe offers 20% for life on any sales you referred. Shoemoney Tools are sold by monthly subscription so you can make that 20% month after month after month. Refer enough people and it can create a nice pension. This is how affiliate commissions have overtaken private ad sales. I am still being paid for sales I’ve made years ago and that income will continue to come in even if I shut this blog down.

Blog expense for the month was $296.25 for contextual advertising. Hosting for John Chow dot Com is sponsored by BlueFur Webhosting. They provided the quad-core server that powers this blog. Use coupon code JohnChowRocks for 15% off any BlueFur hosting package.

How To Be a Six Figure Blogger

The key to making money by blogging is to drive a lot traffic and then maximize the hell out of that traffic. These are the two elements that you really need to work on. It doesn’t matter how great your content is if nobody reads it. However, if you have a ton of traffic but only run Google AdSense, then you’re leaving a ton of money on the table. Google AdSense is known as welfare for webmasters. You need to run as many revenue options as possible while still preserving the user experience. Check out my recommended money makers to see what systems I used to produce my blog income.

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{ 231 comments }

Clog Money October 1, 2008 at 8:12 am

Wow Nice to see the income report not only back but with a considerable increase on the last one. Congratulations John. I love these reports as they continue to keep me inspired!!

Eric Tan October 1, 2008 at 9:08 am

I was wondering what happened to it… great job John! it makes up for the condo shopping yesterday…

Debo Hobo October 1, 2008 at 9:45 am

What does a person do with that much money? Gosh!!

Pete October 1, 2008 at 10:13 am

I can think of a few ways I can do with that money if it was me ;)

Dividend Growth Investor October 6, 2008 at 7:53 am

Me too :-) . First of all buy good quality stocks trading at bargain prices..

Geek-News.Net October 1, 2008 at 11:16 am

Well John did just get that condo yesterday so I’m sure a big chunk of it goes there.

John Chow October 1, 2008 at 11:19 am

Yes, I got the condo. I get the keys on Oct 16. Now to find a renter.

TYCP Entertainment Magazine October 3, 2008 at 12:04 pm

With the way things are so expensive now…a WHOLE lot!

Dividend Growth Investor October 1, 2008 at 10:15 am

John,

If you manage to invest your online earnings in stocks and fixed income yielding 4%-5% annually you would be able to generate additionally up to $2K/month.

thanks for bringing this report back!

Keron Calame October 6, 2008 at 9:22 am

Yeah john doing real good keep it up and u may kick bill gates butt one day lol

Dividend Growth Investor October 10, 2008 at 9:01 am

I doubt he’d ever beat Bill Gates who is worth 40 billion and has 800 million in dividend income alone.

Franklin Bishop October 10, 2008 at 6:22 pm

I want a new condo.

Eric Tan October 1, 2008 at 9:10 am

I was wondering what happened to this report… thanks for bringing it back… gives us newbies something to shoot for… Awesome job by the way… makes up for the 250K condo yesterday…

Chris Jacobson October 1, 2008 at 9:19 am

Pretty impressive.

Colin Klinkert October 1, 2008 at 9:33 am

Well Done John, Nice Haul there. I wonder if this is now your top earning site? Would be interesting to know.

John Chow October 1, 2008 at 10:07 am

No, the blog is not my top earning site.

Franklin Bishop October 10, 2008 at 6:25 pm

Must make waaaay too much money. Wish we could be that fortunate.

Debo Hobo October 1, 2008 at 9:44 am

That is simply incredible!!!!

Blograzy October 4, 2008 at 8:34 am

hey John,

I congratulate you on your success to this huge number of monthly income. I hope you continue to be like this and become the worlds richest man one day :P . I know its possible.

Henrik Blunck October 5, 2008 at 11:58 pm

I fully agree. Congratulations are in order.

Regardless of whether I agree with John Chow’s new profile, I can still congratulate him on good results. :-)

Ganesh October 7, 2008 at 7:47 pm

I agree. The one thing that we all gain from reading John Chow’s blog is that we get the inspiration to make money. :)

John October 1, 2008 at 8:19 am

nice as usual John!

Enkay Blog October 1, 2008 at 8:23 am

Great Income Report. Its good to see how much this blog has come along since it first started. Ive been a reader since Month 8 so yay for me.

Andrei Buiu October 1, 2008 at 8:24 am

Congrats John. You are really living the dot com lifestyle. ;) You will break 50k until next year. ;)

Affiliate Confession October 1, 2008 at 8:32 am

Nice income and glad to see the report is back!

Adam - Creadiv October 1, 2008 at 8:54 am

John,

It is nice to see the income report come back as I have always enjoyed it. It really gives me something to strive for. I am glad you had such a good month and that the blog continues to do well.

Adam

bb community October 1, 2008 at 8:55 am

wao! your internet income really awesome! man, i got to sign up everything in your make money tab!

Ben - frogstr.com October 1, 2008 at 8:59 am

Good stuff as usual, keep up the good work. But please, I would have preferred to see 3,500$ instead and 4,000$ in review me and no “Weight loss pill review”… ;)

Henrik Blunck October 5, 2008 at 11:59 pm

It doesn’t matter. John will review ANYTHING for money. :-)

Zac Johnson October 1, 2008 at 9:05 am

I usually have to wait a couple days after the month to post my report, as some stats are delayed 24-48 hours.

make150aday October 1, 2008 at 9:27 am

Whats your point Zac?

BTW–Congrats John..

Zac Johnson October 1, 2008 at 3:46 pm

The point is I’m surprised John doesn’t have some delayed stats as well. He always posts on the first on the month.

Pete October 1, 2008 at 10:12 am

I wonder if John works on a cash basis, as in that the money he reported is actual receipts during the month of September as opposed to account receivable.

Sorry if I mis-used any accounting terms here… it’s been a few years since business school :)

Dividend Growth Investor October 1, 2008 at 10:19 am

Well the question is valid.. In USA businesses under $5 million in revenues report income on cash basis.. While the larger ones report it on accrual basis.
Other than that it shouldn’t really matter since he seems to have exceeded the minimum payment limits :-)

John Chow October 1, 2008 at 11:53 am

I work on the accrual basis, which complies with GAAP more than the cash basis.

Dividend Growth Investor October 1, 2008 at 12:27 pm

That makes sense.. Most advertisers pay what you earned on a net 30 to 60 basis ( except for TLA which pays very quickly) and in most cases you are expected to receive 100% of the money earned.

Thanks for clarifying!

Tushar Dhoot October 1, 2008 at 6:00 pm

Good to hear you’re familiar with all these terms. I’ve heard a big part of running a business is making sure you manage your books correctly.

John Creek October 1, 2008 at 9:07 am

Big cash John, nice job!!!

Chetan October 1, 2008 at 9:09 am

Congrats John :)

Cameron - OddBlast October 1, 2008 at 9:10 am

Amazing news! Two years and look where you are at! Kudos! This sure beats my 7.75 for the year. :o ) Keep it up!

nakodari October 1, 2008 at 9:11 am

Hey John what about your blog’s traffic. What is monthly uniques and pageviews, can you give us a little insight in this field please ?

Rich Hill October 1, 2008 at 9:11 am

Incredible!

Can anyone beat you?

I don’t know if Jeremy or Darren post their results, but yours are amazing!

Rich Hill

Online Presence October 1, 2008 at 9:11 am

Congratulations!

How about putting one month’s income into a contest for us blokes to win? ;-)

stubsy October 1, 2008 at 11:30 am

Yeah one months income contest.

Tushar Dhoot October 1, 2008 at 5:56 pm

Goodness, think of the possibilities….

Probably would go a lot further for us anyways :P

Jules October 1, 2008 at 9:12 am

What an awesome jump in the past three years! Congratulations, and you are very inspiring.

Daniel October 1, 2008 at 9:14 am

Wow! Thanks for sharing. It tells everyone how real and possible it is to make real money online. Of course, you need to tell people the amount of effort you had to put in to get this up and running.

cheers
Daniel

Teraom October 1, 2008 at 9:17 am

What’s that Appearance fees??

Is it from any of the conferences where you spoke in the last couple of weeks?

John Chow October 1, 2008 at 9:46 am

The appearance fee is the money I made for showing up at a conference or event.

Pete October 1, 2008 at 10:10 am

Must be nice :)

Dividend Growth Investor October 1, 2008 at 12:47 pm

Wow, have you thought about consulting or doing motivational/internet marketing speeches for profit? I was once part of a student organization which paid several thousand dollars for a keynote speaker with the help of the university. Not bad for the speaker..

Keron Calame October 6, 2008 at 9:24 am

Dam u get paid just to show up at events and conferences.. wow just to a hot product man

Michael Kwan October 1, 2008 at 9:18 am

Nice work John. Maybe it’s time to increase my review price from a bowl of pho.

On a side note, this is not your third anniversary, because John Chow dot Com has only been monetized for two years. This is your second anniversary. The first month would be, I don’t know, your “zeroth” anniversary, because it would be akin to your wedding day. You wouldn’t say that your wedding day is your first anniversary, right?

John Chow October 1, 2008 at 9:47 am

You are correct! I’ve changed the post.

Tushar Dhoot October 1, 2008 at 6:02 pm

Good job spotting that buddy.

Great to see good eyes and people that don’t skim posts (like me)

Bash Bosh October 1, 2008 at 9:40 am

Really impressive score!
Congratulations John!

Nicholas Chase October 1, 2008 at 9:40 am

John, you totally rock, you have fun, travel around, laugh at Michael Kwan’s Segway crashing and are a motivator to newbies like me.

Thanks for spending some time with me at the Market Leverage dinner at BlogWorld Expo 2008, it was a great evening. Glad there was no ‘shop-talk’ you get enough of that during the day I’m sure.

Do you ever offer private consultation?

I would WALK to Vancouver and Dot Com Pho, for some one-on-one time with the “JOHN-CHOW-INATOR ”

By the way, did Tyler Cruz ever get his ‘ML-CASHINATOR’ ‘ money-stack back?

Respectfully,

Nicholas Chase – ‘the video guy’ at BlogWorld Expo 2008

John Chow October 1, 2008 at 12:01 pm

Hi Nicholas,

It was great to meet you at Blog World. I do not offer private consultation but may look at offering some kind of group thing in the future.

buzz October 1, 2008 at 9:43 am

One Day for Diabetes is coming up in November, John.

I’ll be challenging you to donate one day’s sales/commissions to the Team Diabetes effort.

I’m looking forward to you spreading some of that wealth around ;)

Congrats on another great month.

Saroj October 1, 2008 at 9:51 am

Great great great.You are really converting those traffic to money .Great efficiency

Daniel Kemp October 1, 2008 at 9:51 am

Geez dude. $40,000? That’s cool man. I would like to make money like that fast. Now I will read that free eBook you have and I hope to understand how exactly you have come to make such a lot of money from a blog.

Dividend Growth Investor October 1, 2008 at 12:43 pm

His e-book does have a lot of interesting stuff you could learn about online marketing. I have used one of his ideas and it did work.. But you have to be extra careful and modify his ideas in order to work for your specific situation!

make150aday October 1, 2008 at 7:43 pm

good luck… :)

Saroj October 1, 2008 at 10:02 am

What about google adsense

Pete October 1, 2008 at 10:09 am

I don’t see Google Adsense units on this page…

Dividend Growth Investor October 1, 2008 at 10:20 am

He discountinues using Adsense a long time ago. Otherwise he would still be earning only a couple of thousand per month as opposed to tens of thousands per month..

John Chow October 1, 2008 at 10:28 am

Google AdSense is welfare for webmasters.

Bryn Youngblut October 1, 2008 at 10:51 am

Say that to Shoemoney. lol

Keron Calame October 6, 2008 at 9:29 am

Yeah u are right bryn, shoemoney must name is first on google’s payout each month

Dividend Growth Investor October 1, 2008 at 12:41 pm

Haha, I am still on welfare for bloggers then. If I could actually somehow transform everyone that clicks on an adsense ad into a person purchasing a product/service from me I could probably make a little bit more than what I am earning now..

make150aday October 1, 2008 at 7:47 pm

To some extent–yes..but consider some top earners from adsense–such as http://www.askthebuilder.com– he makes around 30k/month …

Its an easy way to make money using google adsense but if you are popular like John then it might be better to get rid off adsense,,,but its not easy to be like John….

Dividend Growth Investor October 2, 2008 at 7:15 am

It definitely pays off to be diversified with your income streams.. You don’t want to be too exposed to only one of them.
If your site targets a specific niche and you get at least 2K uniques/dayly then there are other ad programs that could work for you..

TYCP Entertainment Magazine October 3, 2008 at 12:08 pm

Haha. I agree that it’s good for starting out with though!

Keron Calame October 6, 2008 at 9:26 am

Well its all i got John, i have just start using text link ads and i just start reaping over $100 per month on it.

Keron Calame October 6, 2008 at 9:31 am

By the John, do you know if ShoeMoney is the person with the record for receiving the most money for its adsense program at any one time

Pete October 1, 2008 at 10:08 am

Posts like these continue to inspire me to keep going with my websites :)

Danny Cooper October 1, 2008 at 10:13 am

Nice to see your providing the proof necessary to keep up your ultimate blogging reputation.

Debby Phillips October 1, 2008 at 10:26 am

John,

It looks like it was another rough month at the office! Kidding! You forgot to add in the money you stole from The Cashinator!

Nice job!

~Debby

John Chow October 1, 2008 at 10:27 am

I would if I didn’t give it away! :P

Carl - BeABetterBlogger.com October 1, 2008 at 3:30 pm

Where has that money gone you raked out from the Cashinator after it closed though!? ;) Or might they have seen you and taken it back!

Kind regards,
Carl

Calson October 1, 2008 at 10:28 am

I hope i also can get profit like that. it’s cool

Mitch October 1, 2008 at 10:38 am

Great work, John, and thanks for sharing. Also, thanks for going to a dofollow blog, because that lets everyone in on some of the action.

kahmaui October 1, 2008 at 10:45 am

That’s Amazing! I see the breakdown, but I still can’t believe it.

By the way, I like Beef Ball and Tendon in my Pho. No onions or parsley though.

Bryn Youngblut October 1, 2008 at 10:52 am

Do you not give a portion of the review money to Michael Kwan? Or is he just your bitch lol

John Chow October 1, 2008 at 12:03 pm

Michael Kwan works for Pho.

Make money online October 1, 2008 at 10:52 am

finally we see a blast.. :cool:

Great man..
what is appearance fee ?

Mubin October 1, 2008 at 11:21 am

Love you or hate you, that is a nice income for making 3 posts a day.

jobucks.com October 1, 2008 at 11:26 am

wow, so impressive. I wish I could earn at least 0.5 percent of it.

Ozzy October 1, 2008 at 11:29 am

love money….love money…

^^

Movies Joe October 1, 2008 at 11:43 am

Haha… I’m still on welfare for bloggers. Good job, John.

Christian Affiliate Marketing October 1, 2008 at 11:54 am

I am digging that double column after the first post. I have been wanting to figure out how to do that. Though I liked the colors of your old one better.

jobucks.com October 1, 2008 at 11:56 am

yes…. love money lol

soares October 1, 2008 at 12:06 pm

UAU John,that´s money and just for saying this month i´ve received my first payment on an afilliate £15 and every month i receive more£5…and im happy with it imagine i received that …damn i would go to the hospital with an heart attack…lol

Best Regards
Soares

someone October 1, 2008 at 12:49 pm

You really are an example for all of those Big Shots from big companies who think that they are experts in marketing&co but they are actually useless

I wonder what you can do with a website if you would have their enormous resources.

Cheers

ZK@WebTrafficROI October 1, 2008 at 12:50 pm

Kontera seems to be constant at 1000 every month …..

Carl - BeABetterBlogger.com October 1, 2008 at 3:27 pm

I think John has a fixed contract with Kontera so they provide him with $1000 guaranteed every month, I wish I was that friendly with Kontera!

John must provide them with a lot of members.

Kind regards,
Carl

Dividend Growth Investor October 3, 2008 at 2:01 pm

Well if you have a stable amount of visitors each month, then Kontera should provide you with a somewhat stable source of revenues..

Alex Kim October 1, 2008 at 2:49 pm

That’s pretty good Mister Chow. Keep it up

Greg Ellison October 1, 2008 at 3:07 pm

Nice job on your income for the month John. I made $52.75 from websites. It is pocket change but its something. What I am proud about is that I increased my traffic this month.

Greg Ellison

Dividend Growth Investor October 3, 2008 at 2:03 pm

Greg,

Don’t be dissapointed. As long as you manage to increase the quantity of traffic by keeping the quality of traffic you should do fine in the long run.

Good luck and keep us updated on your progress!

Dividend Growth Investor

Albert October 1, 2008 at 3:08 pm

Hey not to be a dick or anything but I’m just wondering why you had to take a break from posting these? It can’t take any more than 10-15 minutes to make one of these posts.

Carl - BeABetterBlogger.com October 1, 2008 at 3:25 pm

Great inspiration and an obscene amount of money. Great stuff! :)

Kind regards,
Carl

Mike Huang October 1, 2008 at 3:39 pm

I’m not sure, but did you ever explain how that one “AllAdvantage” bar site was the main reason why your blog was boosted so high? I recall seeing you there and once they plugged you, you blog went sky high!

-Mike

make150aday October 1, 2008 at 7:52 pm

i made $150 with that bar–but that was about 8 years ago..

Tom - SpiderLine.net October 1, 2008 at 3:47 pm

Huh,… nice money.You really inspire me to keep going with my sites.
What % of visitors are from google?

Jake October 1, 2008 at 3:55 pm

What ever happened with the “anonymous” Blog you were working on? Is there an update on that?

Great work John!

Dividend Growth Investor October 3, 2008 at 2:05 pm

I guess the blog is anonymous :-)

Benjamin Flesch October 1, 2008 at 3:59 pm

John, you’re a bad bad boy, you know that?
Anyway, great Blog and awesome to see you getting rich lol

Joe October 1, 2008 at 4:12 pm

If you’re making all this cash, why do you allow your sub writers to post cheap ads for sleeping pills? Surely you can afford to turn them down?

Tushar Dhoot October 1, 2008 at 5:55 pm

Wow, this blog certainly has come a long way. Hopefully still a very long way for it to still go :)

Tinh October 1, 2008 at 6:17 pm

It is still a great new and success John! I think you can break 40K in the coming months. T

ElectroGeek October 1, 2008 at 6:20 pm

Congratulations John on the great earnings report!

Blog Income Report Videos October 1, 2008 at 6:23 pm

Wow…i just find out how can generate income from affiliate programs since it seems difficult to tell other people to buy a product

frenchy chu October 1, 2008 at 7:34 pm

Great! The figures you mentioned are indeed inspiring for us new bloggers. I hope my blog can also have as much income or at least 15% of that income in the future. I’m still trying to learn though.

100kjob October 1, 2008 at 8:22 pm

Great job John! Another huge blow of hot air into the blog bubble.

Kok Choon October 1, 2008 at 9:06 pm

Impressive report! Keep up the good work…btw, how many hours you wok a week? 20 hours?

John Chow October 1, 2008 at 9:24 pm

I try to keep it to 2 hours per day.

Dividend Growth Investor October 3, 2008 at 2:07 pm

John,

So you are telling me that you are making over $ 600 / hour ? Do you include the time you spend on conferences related to blogging?
What is included in the 2 hours/day you spend on this blog? I would love to read a post detailing this info..

Ahmike October 1, 2008 at 10:38 pm

What a huge amount brother, anyway I am still a newbie in blogging world. By following few of ur tips, My Google PR grown up to PR 3 less than 1 month, Thx friend!

Electronic Advice October 1, 2008 at 10:59 pm

congratulation John… You really a role model for all bloggers

Deep Arora October 1, 2008 at 11:36 pm

Wow John, I really like your boldness by telling us how much your blogs are earning you, on a monthly basis even. I can also say I do envy the way you have successfully monetized every square inch of cyberlots you have. Congratulations.

2 hours a day huh! What a schedule. Now my question is, what do you do with the remaining working hours each day? Can you make a separate blogpost about it to tell us what is John doing the rest of the day. That would be interesting to find out.

Keep up the good work John, your inspiring us!

zolar October 1, 2008 at 11:43 pm

Your income is great..
40K for blogging is much…
I must keep up my blog to earn more..

internet October 2, 2008 at 1:20 am

I also want to earn money with my blog

www.fieldoflove.net October 2, 2008 at 2:58 am

Well done! You have become a role model for all bloggers!

Nejc October 2, 2008 at 4:04 am

Don’t belive that a blog makes that money.

TYCP Entertainment Magazine October 3, 2008 at 12:15 pm

Well, you better believe it. It’s sad that people these days think that the only real way to make money is to have a 9-5 job. That couldn’t be further from the truth.

Dev October 2, 2008 at 4:16 am

great work Mr.Chow congratulation.

Daniel October 2, 2008 at 4:31 am

Hello John, this money making machine is incredible

JohnChow's Cow October 2, 2008 at 4:43 am

I’ll be having the same amount like yours monthly in the future…I hope!

Dena October 2, 2008 at 5:09 am

You continue to amaze me. I would love to make 10% of what you are making off of your blog, but I have a long way to go. I’m working on the traffic thing but I have a long way to go.

Laarni October 2, 2008 at 5:31 am

That’s just WOW! Did you know that $1 is Php 46? That would be approximately 1,748,00 pesos if you are living here in the Philippines.

WTG!

Young Che October 2, 2008 at 6:33 am

Its great to see the Income Report back in effect. I almost forgot that money was one of the main motivators for having a blog. Thanks for the fire under my backside.

Entirely integrated i journal October 2, 2008 at 6:49 am

Nice.. Affiliate Commissions quite impresive.. :)

izzat October 2, 2008 at 8:21 am

you dont have to do any work, do you? just relax at home watching tv and money keep coming.. nice one though.. wonder can i be like you.. sigh..

eGruve.com October 2, 2008 at 10:30 am

Awesome numbers …..

Minal October 2, 2008 at 10:33 am

John,

How about sharing some site statistics too. How many visitors, pageviews

thanks

ciscopower October 2, 2008 at 11:28 am

Crazy number. John, what is your future plan ? Stay with this website or open more websites? Curious.

Greg October 2, 2008 at 11:52 am

OOHHHHHH pero vaya cantidad de dinero gandul…. a ver si aprendo un poco hehehe

Julian Hooks October 2, 2008 at 12:30 pm

Once upon a time these posts were very inspirational to me… these days, it just depresses me further lol. Good job tho, I’m still dedicated to my cause tho!!!

ATLANTA WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER October 2, 2008 at 3:04 pm

Maybe I should add to your income by having you review my site. Although Im not sure if you want to review the life of a wedding photographer. Do you know what the percentage of viewers go to the sites you review?

Zak Show October 2, 2008 at 6:43 pm

That’s great! over $30k per month is my goal, for now my record is $3k per month, $1k from my blog and the rest from other websites that I run.

Zak.

jackmo October 2, 2008 at 6:44 pm

wow, you must really understand psychology to inspire so many people to read and buy your recommendations

wcp2010 October 3, 2008 at 12:30 am

Yeah! I like post like that, they motivates me!

Moise Levi October 3, 2008 at 3:05 am

I have never had any luck with affiliate marketing like CJ …..lots of clicks, but no sales …….

amirulcyber October 3, 2008 at 3:11 am

What a great monthly income john.thanks for increase my motivaton.

kay October 3, 2008 at 3:13 am

hi john,
your have great tools to motivate me that is your monthly income report.thnks john.

Raj S October 3, 2008 at 5:40 am

Amazing! Your skill is worth more than the money here.

TechnoSamrat October 3, 2008 at 5:54 am

Wow.. That’s really a very HUGE amount…… You are really doing a great job with just 2 hrs of work…..

Chris October 3, 2008 at 6:32 am

Wow … that’s all I can say. Wow. =)

Bloggeries October 3, 2008 at 7:47 am

IMPRESSIVE. I remember last year when everyone thought it was “great”.

Keep it up!

ilovephotoblogs October 3, 2008 at 11:57 am

Incredible! Just when I was starting to feel good about $450/month..I am curious how successful the tear away page corner ad works…But, it must be doing ok if it’s there.

TYCP Entertainment Magazine October 3, 2008 at 12:16 pm

Fantastic John! It looks like the Appearance Fees & Shoemoney Tools got you that far, but still. That’s a nice amount of money to have in this day & age.

Matt October 3, 2008 at 12:31 pm

Wow – I can not believe this. I am really looking forward to reading your e-book and newsletters this weekend!

friggin random October 3, 2008 at 6:36 pm

Absolutely amazing. You are one I look up to Mr. Chow.

ravi October 4, 2008 at 6:33 am

Mr.chow you r simply great.
your articles are powerful and clear.
that’s the main reason that i love in u r site.
i visit u r site daily to know some thing new.

Cypher October 4, 2008 at 6:40 am

Congratulations, this is a considerable income! I think that such receipts are in Europe with blogs not be achieved.

Alberto October 4, 2008 at 10:08 am

Great income.

Jon October 4, 2008 at 3:41 pm

Very impressive, you are an inspiration to many of us!

Jon
http://woodmarvels.com – Create Unique Memories

Make Money Blogging October 5, 2008 at 6:17 am

Oh my god..another make money blogging boost..Good job Johnchow! I love to see your income report..it push me to blog more! =)

Stacy October 5, 2008 at 7:12 am

Thanks for sharing a detailed account of how you earn money from blogging; it’s an inspiration!

Finance October 5, 2008 at 8:30 am

Hi John,

What are the other items that are part of your affiliate commissions? I mean, Shoemoney Tools did make you $2019, but that still about $12K in affiliate commissions that are not accounted for.

Alex M. October 5, 2008 at 8:55 am

38K is huge! I wonder for how long earnings are going to increase on this blog. Well if traffic seems to increase then earning are doing the same. Keep it up John !

devSoft.Mobi October 5, 2008 at 10:01 am

congratulation. Mr.Chow . Just like Alex M. Say, 38K IS HUGE

bose outdoor speakers October 5, 2008 at 1:23 pm

So you hit $38,000 but this time without the pay it forward post huh. It seems the blog will continue growing and shows no sign of stoppage. I wonder how much it will cap off at? 50k a month? That’d be awesome.

H. October 5, 2008 at 7:07 pm

That’s just madness !

there’s no way I am going to ever monetize my blog like that.

This is truly impressive, congratulations.

DTanner October 5, 2008 at 9:05 pm

Awesome numbers there..
Bankaholic sold for $15 millions
How much will you sell this blog for ? Any ideas..

Marketing Masters Blog October 5, 2008 at 10:59 pm

Congrats on the huge month John!
Keep up the great work.

Henrik Blunck October 5, 2008 at 11:55 pm

You write: “Google AdSense is known as welfare for webmasters.”

When Joel Comm says he earns anywhere from 500-1000$ per day [source: Adsense-secrets.com] and he said a few days ago it was an average of over 800$ per day, that would amount to 240,000$ when calculating just 300 days.

Welfare? I think not.

But I think you have proven the point that you started off with high quality, and may have needed some traffic generation using AdWords. You might not need AdWords anymore, but if you built your business upon offering others “welfare” you judge yourself by your own opinions.

You still need traffic and I’m not quite sure all that many people are really FOLLOWING you anymore. We see your article collections by mail, but many don’t read you anymore. Wonder why? You don’t need to. It should be fairly obvious….

Good luck anyway. :-)

PS: Previously you also quoted expenses, but that has been taken off the table. :-)

Ahbingo October 6, 2008 at 3:10 am

Wow, I really hope that I can earn that much per month. Congratulation, John.

iHaCK.ASIA October 6, 2008 at 3:15 am

i also hope i can earn like John Chow……. and Congratulation

Eric October 6, 2008 at 3:22 am

Congrats John!..do you mind sharing the breakdown of your earnings from your “affiliate commissions”?

Billy October 6, 2008 at 8:48 am

$38,000 in one month, thats about what my dad makes working in the factory per year, and thats after being with them 7 years! Congratulations! I would be happy if my blog started making enough just to pay for hosting costs, haha.

martinact420 @ Great Ways to Make Money Online October 6, 2008 at 12:47 pm

What a great income. All kidding aside, why would you say you just ramble on about random stuff. I would say this blog is very well thought out! You know better than I though.

Diana October 6, 2008 at 8:23 pm

That is an impressive number – 40k per month! You are on the way to become a millionaire soon.

Neeshes October 6, 2008 at 9:14 pm

Not too shabby, John. The legend grows.

Nathan October 7, 2008 at 1:41 am

Great motivation for us all John. I’m not near that level yet, but I enjoy reading about how you monetize, which I believe is the key to all of this. Traffic is nothing without good strategy for how to monetize it.

Credit Scores October 7, 2008 at 6:04 am

Wow is all I can say! …. and here I am trying to make enough money to cover my hosting costs. I think I need to take a better look at my monetization strategy.

m4stono October 7, 2008 at 6:27 am

wow that’s a great money..

Stockpreacher October 7, 2008 at 5:15 pm

I just wonder that is it the only source of income you have in your life? What i mean is are you make money only from this blog or have other source of income such as consultant, coaching,…..etc.

John Chow October 7, 2008 at 5:39 pm

I have other income sources. The blog is just a side venture.

Ganesh October 7, 2008 at 7:49 pm

I can’t image how much you would be earning. But I pretty well know that you make a lot of money from TTZ.

Urban World October 8, 2008 at 9:37 am

Great job John! Very motivating.

Timon Weller October 8, 2008 at 9:15 pm

Well done John, keep on blogging!

Teddy Wong October 9, 2008 at 3:09 am

Crazy income during the economy downturn.

Blog Tactic October 9, 2008 at 5:18 am

That’s a big sum. If I can earn 1% of it, I will be happy. So I’m working on it.

Chandra October 12, 2008 at 6:12 am

Its really great to see your income John.. Really inspiring.. :D

bang October 12, 2008 at 6:57 am

hmm, I haven’t read any thing like this for a while. As a guy who want to make money online, i was glued to the article until i finished, you are simple and yet effective!

EZ Money October 13, 2008 at 10:42 am

John Chow never ceases to amaze me with his earnings. He is simply amazing! This man knows hot to make money online. When John Chow speaks…I listen!

Travelinator October 13, 2008 at 7:55 pm

I made 50 cents on my site today.

Keral Patel October 14, 2008 at 12:13 pm

Oh so this is new look I guess. That is why I was thinking if I landed on the wrong blog or what.

Nice layout :)

Daniel October 14, 2008 at 1:44 pm

Not sure If I want to slap you or hug you! Good work John!

Also. I think we would all like a breakdown of your business empire, surely a post that would draw a huge number of visitors!

jj-momscashblog October 14, 2008 at 7:09 pm

Hey John, You really give some of us hope… even if it takes several years, it’s hope.
Thanks for sharing

Travis October 14, 2008 at 7:59 pm

I’ve got this post bookmarked for inspiration any time I start to get discouraged or don’t feel like posting on my blog for a day or two.

himi October 15, 2008 at 4:00 am

To John Chow:

If you continue that way, you’ll soon have to change the text about your e-book to Learn how I went from Zero to $40,000!

Don’t forget to do that! ;)

Lele October 15, 2008 at 8:06 am

Hi John

Well done! It sounds like you have a really good system going there. I hope you don’t mind me posting this but I think your readers may welcome this if you guys want to make money from your blogs and article sites drop me a line at inspiringebusiness (at) gmail (dot)com we are looking to buy in post and article links on a regular basis. Not a 10,000 a month income but as they say every little helps!

Ferdinand October 15, 2008 at 9:00 pm

Wow, maybe I’ll buy a new car every month if I make money like you did. Good job John. Congratulation and don’t stop to teach us how to make money online. Nice to know you.

Berlin travel girl October 16, 2008 at 3:34 am

Oh my god, this is truly amazing. I also like the new look, congratulations to the guys from Unique blog desgin. Keep on beeing awesome! Susan

Ben Pei October 16, 2008 at 5:08 am

Such an envy…Congratulations anyway..

Tony Chung October 16, 2008 at 12:22 pm

John, it’s great that you support local business. I’ve hosted my sites on Bluefur since their MonsterHosting days. The service and support is top-notch. Gary always responds promptly (even at 2AM) and the characters on support (Tina, Susan and Matt—”from the beginning”) are a hoot.

Cheers on your success and willingness to share.

Yoolee October 16, 2008 at 12:51 pm

How did you manage to make $1,000 with Kontera. Wow, I am so impressed. By looking at your report, it seems you do not make money with Adsense? Are you not using this program. I downloaded your ebook and hoping I will make money just like you too.

Pilar October 16, 2008 at 5:50 pm

Dude! Can I borrow ten bucks? :D

Zigfred October 16, 2008 at 6:45 pm

Wow ! John you truly are my idol ! hehehehehe

I’ve followed your footstep and came up with an ebook myself. It would help if you will give me your inputs :-) Perhaps if you have time you may want to check it out (http://www.zdiaz.com/index.php/2008/09/29/finally-our-very-own-guerilla-blogging-ebook/)

comunactivo October 17, 2008 at 7:14 am

did you think about the posibility of create another blog to see how much you can make on a new one?

Regards

Bryan Hee October 17, 2008 at 8:37 am

I’m so envy to you can maintain your income from blogging.

To Your Success
Bryan Hee

bhas October 18, 2008 at 2:47 pm

omg.. you guys are soo blinded in believing his blog income keeps on increasing every month and not a single income drop in a certain month. even google has their ups and downs. sure I could make up a blog income report just like this one too.

this blog is getting better and better too now that there are more food cuisine pictures rather than case studies. lol!

rukawaw October 18, 2008 at 9:00 pm

Cool guys earning cool money..thats is cool :)

For sure will read more on your blog to know the secret on earning those secret money from the blog.

Not to mention this is only your side venture!

Downloadic October 21, 2008 at 8:30 pm

That is just unbelieveable!:..

Jason Sieckmann October 21, 2008 at 10:11 pm

I cannot tell you how much your ebook did for my John. I will always remember you as the guy that got me into blogging. Someday I might just have $10,000 for you myself. :) Thanks for helping others succeed.

Nashville4u October 22, 2008 at 9:01 am

Wow this is great motivation and inspiration for all those bloggers out there. Many people do not realize the amount of money to be made if you keep a consistent and engaging blog.

Anthony Dinh - DiariesOfABlogger October 22, 2008 at 10:18 am

JC, ur monthly revenue reports never cease to amaze me…very inspiring and keeps us newbs goin…~40k/m rambling about watever tickles ur fancy, but mostly about what u had for dinner LOL, not bad!

Keith Cash October 22, 2008 at 11:30 am

Congrats on the growth. Truly motivating for me and my kids.

I try to keep it only 3 hours a day but get it to 6 hours of work. Maybe in the near future I can get it down to 2 hours a day. Wait I have too many project for 2 hours a day. It is nice.

Danny Cooper October 23, 2008 at 10:46 am

Here it is, the famous John Chow income report that keeps people coming back no matter what you write between these.

arun October 26, 2008 at 6:37 am

nice post man!!

Phinux October 26, 2008 at 3:07 pm

I wonder,what are
# Affiliate Commissions: $12,807.69
# Private Ad Sales: 11,730.00
# Appearance Fees: $4,000.00

at all?

give me the example in your blog.Thank you.

ZK@WebTrafficROI October 26, 2008 at 3:15 pm

Thats awesome ..looking forward for your October earnings…if this is in USD you ll make a killing with the canadian dollar down against the USD

Indexmy October 26, 2008 at 7:17 pm

Wow.. very motivate me to do like u John .. Congrate ..

edhitok October 27, 2008 at 7:44 pm

It must be great.
Congrats John and enjoy the money

Michael Zhao October 28, 2008 at 12:24 pm

I’ll be thrilled if I see 200 dollars a month! working 2 hours a day! Dammit!

Shikari October 28, 2008 at 11:13 pm

Wow, that was a great and unbelievable report.

I never knew you can make so much money from blogging.

This will really inspire the youngsters :)

Thanks

mohan October 29, 2008 at 8:28 am

That was a huge amount . You will compete Mr. Bill Gates in the near Future !!

Como ganhar na Mega Sena October 29, 2008 at 11:12 am

OMG! You deserve it!

Congratz

GPS October 29, 2008 at 6:38 pm

Wowzers. Congrats, and thanks for sharing.

Tim Hanson October 31, 2008 at 2:55 pm

I wonder if the secret to get a new blog up and moving is to lie about how much you make until you really make money then post that. I see so many bloggers brag what they make but now I think it is a marketing ploy. At the end of the day you can’t prove what anyone claims on the internet.

Dividend Growth Investor October 1, 2008 at 10:16 am

Would it be too much to ask how many other sites you own other than this one and techzone?

Geek-News.Net October 1, 2008 at 1:52 pm

Dang John, I’m not even going to ask which one is the top earner as I’m jealous enough of the stats from here let alone another site of yours.

TYCP Entertainment Magazine October 3, 2008 at 12:06 pm

Yeah, I always figured that you were making more on other sites, including TTZ.I remember when you talked about making affiliate commissions off TTZ.

ZK@WebTrafficROI October 26, 2008 at 3:20 pm

Thats even more awesome …..

The Blog Academy [dot com] October 1, 2008 at 1:48 pm

Well done John, congrats on the killer month. Still raking it in. Is there a picture of the condo on the site yet?

Steven-Sanders October 1, 2008 at 6:24 pm

I like to see a smart investor. Put the money you make into real estate, and if there is ever another dot com crash, you’re still set on making money. :)

Dividend Growth Investor October 3, 2008 at 2:16 pm

You should also consider investing in dividend paying stocks that have a history of increasing their payments to shareholders for several decades. It’s much less work than renting out condos.

Abdul October 7, 2008 at 1:20 am

All I can say is ‘Woah!’