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Guess My February Blog Income And Win

written by John Chow on February 28th, 2007

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Tomorrow I will be posting my February blog income recap. I’m sure everyone is dying to know if I was able to beat the $3,440.66 figure I posted in January. Well, I figure I will make a game of it. I want everyone to take a guess at how much this blog made in February.

What You Are Playing For

You are playing for a custom branded wristwatch from Abit Computer. This custom-made watch, with a face done in the Abit corporate color is given only to deserving Abit employees and visiting international media. It was presented to me on my last trip to Abit’s world headquarters in Taipei. I have never worn the watch and it has been sitting in storage all this time. Now, you can win it!

The Rules Of The Game

Make a comment in this blog post with your best guess on how much you think John Chow dot Com made for February 2007. You are allowed to make only one guess and you cannot change it once you post it. Closest answer the actual income figure, without going over, wins.

This contest closes at midnight (PST) tonight. Good luck and guess away!

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  1. hmmm, difficult one! I’ll bet my 2 cents in $4,115.20

  2. first id like to say that i don’t want the watch if i win. id rather have a link on your homepage. if thats to much to ask then please give the prize to someone else.
    my guess is $4,349.53

  3. $3675.34

    That’s my guess and I’m sticking too it!

  4. $4425.21

    I don’t think I could be more right.

  5. $4,851.28 FTW!

    *waits for Bob Barker, err, John Chow, to announce the lucky winner*

  6. Its pbly arnd 3700$ . . . . .now where is my watch :twisted: and btw this one of those lesser evil contests! :wink:

  7. I think retail is a little off in January so I’ll go $3512.89

  8. Let’s keep it simple and say $4000.00!

  9. Well I’m going to take a guess at $4260.00

  10. RichNYC

    What the hell, let’s go with $3,956.00 :wink:

  11. I would guess $3500. That is the number not excluding any advertising expense. The actual number should be $3500 – advertisting Expense

  12. $5896.62 and not a penny more!

    Don’t forget that today is the last day for contributing to your RRSP for the 2006 tax year!

  13. Since John badgered me via MSN until I entered, I guess $3320.00

    If I win, I have a friend how could do with the OhMyiBod rather than a new watch though… :)

  14. My guess is at $4460 – I can’t wait to see the actual figure.

  15. scott conrad

    4783.05

    I think with the rate my post thing below the posts and that the quality of posts have dropped lately you will probably make less next month.

  16. Allen Young

    I’ll guess $3,800.

    Should be around 4,000 in a normal month, discounted by the shorter month of February.

  17. $4624.50

    I think you should give your months revenue away as the prize…just a thought…now where are those smiley faces :cool: :cool: :twisted:

    (that last one is you john)

  18. 4332.34 :!:

    I think a couple key posts, like getting back on digg may have brought your $$ up a bit more.

  19. Ali

    My guess you made $4914.68

    Direct Ad Sales: $500.00
    Text Links Ads: $850.00
    Affiliate Sales: $650.00
    Google AdSense: $638.85
    Vibrant IntelliTXT: $537.86
    TTZ Media: $212.97
    FeedBurner Ads: $150.00
    ReviewMe: $1375 – if I did the math right

    Oh and it would be nice if you included how much you spent on advertising as well so everybody gets a real picture about how much you can “actually” make with a blog. Advertising is a huge deal and should be brought up as well.

  20. 5175.85
    I must be right! I’ll look forward to selling the watch on ebay. :razz:

  21. broc

    might as well go ahead and enter since i would probably forget to do so later tonight

    $4,001

  22. Yeah, what did you spend on advertising ?

    My guess 6783.00

    I do need a new watch so thank you in advance.

  23. I go with $4440.66

    And I want both – the watch and the link :-)

    I will Exercise for Comments!
    Sunflower

  24. Matt S

    $4160.00 (crossing my fingers)

  25. Someone has already taken $4000 so I’ll go for $4000.01 :wink:

  26. Ben Isikoff

    $2 bob… i mean john.

  27. $4,213

    How wrong can I be? Lots I’m betting…. :mrgreen:

  28. $5032.35

    Can’t wait to see the actual numbers!!

  29. $5,900.23

    I would have guessed lower, but already got beat out.

  30. I will say 5,316.12$$$

    If I win you can save on shipping costs since I;ll give you the choice to eitehr deliver in person or have me pick up.. lol

    either way all I can say is WOW :twisted:

  31. Bri

    I’m just gonna pull a number out of thin air…
    $4876.93

    :? ?: Probably not even close…

  32. $4425.25, juggling with some figures I know I’m correct.

  33. Bri

    I’m just gonna pull a number out of thin air…

    $ 4876.93
    Probably way off…

  34. I would like to go out on a limb and say $4,211.05.

  35. Well, let’s see, lemme remind everyone about the half off review me, and valentine’s day could have increased readership.

    My Guess: $6719.21

    John, you’re definitely outdoing yourself this time. Nice Work!

  36. $4,207.39

    All those review me reviews add up quick.

    Cheers!

  37. Yes, I do think you passed your amount.

    $4,123.94

  38. Since John keep saying that he is evil, my first thought was something closer to 666, but nah, I just throw out my dice and the random number it hits were 7, 7, 3, 2, 0, 1. :lol: , so here is my guess:

    $7,732.01.

  39. John – I think I’ve a better chance to win if you fill you pockets with jelly beans and I try to guess how many.

    My guess for Feb – $5,617.20

    and for what it’s worth I think your pockets can hold 627 jelly beans

  40. based on traffic decline, I would say 3000

  41. Ted

    I’m going to run with the :evil: theme and say $4666.666

  42. $4650.00 I’m guessing that your increased readership as well as the extra review me reviews boosted up the revenue. But Feb being a couple of days shorter might decrease the adsense ad revenue a bit, other wise id say over 5k. I’m sure next month will be over 5k if your not this month.

  43. $3651

    and a duck!

    Yes, I am wise in the ways of science.

  44. I am gonna be totally crazy and say $6000. LOL

  45. All the time I was calculating how much ti put, it made me hate you a wee bit more… ;)

    My best guess is: US$ 5126.08

  46. I don’t know whether to wish you good luck John (in increasing your revenues) or wish myself good luck (in winning the competition). Given the increased attraction to your blog in recent times I’m guessing you’ll beat January but not by that much. Hmmm, I guess $3897.45

  47. Dot com mogul, right? A million dollars!!!

    Kumiko

  48. $ 3,600 for February although I wish you more :wink:

  49. bryan glanz

    wow youre evil man :twisted: already capping the charity donations to 10 grand. My guess is $5089.25 so pretty much you will onlyt be donating from jan to feb. Ive begun to think that donatin to charity is just a put on and you are keeping the money for your evil self………..well done

  50. testing my luck with random number generators…$6053

  51. Allen Young

    $3,801

    Should be around $4,100 for a regular month discounted a little for the short February month

  52. I’ll say $4300. It has to be more than what you did last month considering your ReviewMe posts too.

  53. Hmm… interesting. Let’s see… 9 x ReviewMe reviews published so far in February + 1 that is yet to be posted = $125 x 10 = $1,250

    $621.68 from TLA. So far = $1,871.68

    …oh, what the heck, let’s just guess ;)

    $5,432 made in February.

  54. $5183.02
    (because you’re always adding your two cents…)

  55. Paul

    And the winning number is … … … . :

    $ 3927,91

    How b-e-a-utiful !

  56. Hmm… $3680.68. Now, I have a one in five hundred chance to win? Mabey.

  57. Let’s see, your growth rate has been slowing down as follows:

    Oct 286% growth
    Nov 55% growth
    Dec 30% growth
    Jan 23% growth

    I will guess your growth rate is starting to stabilize, but will probably continue to slow dow a bit, so I will guess 20% growth for February:

    $3,440.66 x 1.2 = $4,128.79

    My guess is $4,128.79

  58. I guess with all that last minute income its arround $5500 ???????????

  59. I’m going to go with $5784.16. The 16 cents are of vital importance of course ;)

    Best of luck, I hope you beat that.

    The Man of Silver

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