January 2020 Blog Income and Traffic Report: How I made $2,827 blogging this month; Details on how I made money blogging including tips and goals for the next month!
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Hi Beauties!
Welcome to my January 2020 blogging income and traffic report! I somewhat dropped the ball on my reports and have missed a few months, but life can get busy with a baby in the house!
If you missed my last income and traffic report, you can read it here: OCTOBER 2019 BLOG INCOME AND TRAFFIC REPORT: HOW I MADE $2332 THIS MONTH
If you want to see all of my income and traffic reports, you can read through them here on this page!
January was a great month for Nikki's Plate. I saw a huge decrease in my traffic for December, which isn't unusual for a health blog. Many people are not looking for healthy recipes during the holidays, and many people are not looking for home decor ideas in December either, which is fine because January definitely makes up for it!
January started off with a bang right after New Years, which really lifted my spirits after the blogging slump of December.
Before I jump into more details from this month, let’s start with a little back story.
BACK STORY OF NIKKI’S PLATE
I started Nikki’s Plate in 2015 as a creative outlet (which many bloggers do).
I have a strong passion for creating healthy recipes, DIY/Home decor and photography. Being a university nursing student left me feeling empty. I didn’t love being a student (who really does?) and wanted a hobby to relieve stress and take my mind off studying at times.
I quickly fell in love with the blogging world. I got sucked right in! I wanted to eat, breathe, and sleep blogging.. which I couldn’t really do. For those who aren’t aware, a bachelor of science in nursing degree is one of the hardest undergraduate degrees! It is very time consuming and left my blog in the dust most months. I was lucky to post 1 blog post a week while in school... so needless to say, my blog was put on the back burner for a few years.
Now that I have graduated and am a nurse, I am able to focus on my blog again. I spend some of my days off blogging. For a long time, I didn’t have a blogging schedule and just blogged as I wanted… but now I have decided to start taking my blog more seriously to improve my traffic and income.
Of course, my dream is to become a full-time blogger, and nurse casually on the side. Blogging is where my heart is, and I want to pursue my dream of blogging as a career.
WHY I SHARE MY TRAFFIC AND INCOME REPORTS
I want to share these reports for several reasons:
- Blogging is freaking AWESOME. I want to inspire others to start blogs. I am hoping that sharing these numbers with others will encourage passionate people to make the leap to start their own blog. I have NEVER regretted starting my blog and I love every minute I get to spend on it.
- Educational Information for other Bloggers. I want these reports to also be informative and educational for other bloggers looking for additional new tips to help grow their blogs and make money with their blogs. Blogging is a continual learning process. I love reading other bloggers' tips and advice for growing my own blog and want to contribute to the blogging community with my learning experiences.
- A way for me to keep track of my blog statistics. I will have to say that when I looked up my income and traffic reports from 2017, I was extremely happy to see how far I have come. Sometimes when you get discouraged with your progress, it is nice to look back and see actual numbers to show you are actually improving. Therefore, these income and traffic reports are just as much for me as they are for all you!
- I love reading other income and traffic reports. I cannot express how grateful I am for all the blogging income and traffic reports out there! I find so much value in reading other blogger’s reports and always take away something from each one. What better blog post to write then one you love reading!?
IS BLOGGING FOR YOU?
If you have a passion that you want to share with the world then YES. Blogging is such a great outlet for sharing what you love in a welcoming online community.
<< Click here to learn how to start your own blog in easy steps! >>
If you want more financial freedom than blogging is also for you! Blogging allows me to pick up less shifts at the hospital and helped me pay off my student loans. I love having an extra income from a hobby that I truly LOVE.
Blogging gives you the opportunity to:
- Work from home
- Stop living pay check to pay check
- Spend more time with family and friends
- Get out of debt and pay off those loans
- Travel whenever you want
- Be your own boss!
If you're ready to start blogging then follow my step by step start up guide here!
To be honest though, blogging is a lot of work... and it took me a long time to get to where I am now in the blogging world. I know a lot of bloggers advertise things like “How I made this much money in my 3rd month of blogging!!” but they are all false (for the most part). Many of these bloggers spend along time preparing for their initial blog launch or have blogger connections to skyrocket traffic, which usually they fail to mention in these blog posts…
I just wanted to make this clear because I am not the kind of person to lead anyone a stray! I want to be honest with all my readers and tell you that yes blogging is an amazing adventure, but yes it is a lot of work and can take you a long time to start seeing results.
Blogging is not a get rich quick option! So make sure it’s something you’re passionate about because you may be working on it for a while before you start making any income.
If you are looking to start your own blog, I HIGHLY recommend Bluehost to start. I LOVED working with them at the beginning. They not only have amazing customer service, but their hosting fees are super affordable! For those who don’t know what BlueHost is, it is a web hosting service so you can have your own domain (website), mine is ‘www.nikkisplate.com’. I had to move to BigScoots once my page views increased because it was slowing down my website (BigScoots is obviously a lot more money per month but I had to do it). So if you are just starting a blog, go with Bluehost!!
THOUGHTS ON JANUARY 2020
January was a fun month, I liked to be able to blog about whatever I want rather than pumping out holiday related content. It feels good to be back on my own groove if you know what I mean!
Life obviously still remains hectic having a baby in the house, my blog time has decreased IMMENSELY since she was born. I'm talking now a few hours of blog time a week... which is sad but that's life!
Here are the posts I managed to spit out in January:
HA! I honestly thought there were more January posts... OPPS.
Anyway, with that being said, lets just jump into the numbers shall we?
JANUARY 2020 BLOG INCOME AND TRAFFIC REPORT
JANUARY 2020 TRAFFIC
My traffic, like I said early in this post, has gone up quite a bit! After the little decline in December, it shot up again in January... which is expected for my blogging niche. A lot of people are not interested in eating healthy or home DIY during the holiday season unless it is related to Christmas in one way or another.
My top posts in January were...
Like I have said in the past, I have found that old posts can take a year or so to really take off. So putting in the time now will eventually pay off. Sometimes it just takes a good post a while to catch friction in the blogging world.
January 2020 Traffic Numbers:
Pageviews: 156,096
Sessions: 115,324
Of course, I am still struggling with organic traffic and SEO. I am hoping to take a course in the future to help me with this... but for now, I am too busy raising my baby girl!
For those wondering, my social traffic is 95% from Pinterest. Pinterest is amazing for driving traffic to a blog. If I could give a new blogger one piece of advice, it would be to focus on your Pinterest strategy FIRST. Stay away from all other forms of social media for now and focus on Pinterest.
I do use Tailwind for Pinterest now. I didn’t at the beginning but once my blog started to make a little bit of money, I put all my earnings back into the blog to improve it. And honestly Tailwind has been AMAZING for growing my Pinterest account and driving blog traffic. I would be lost without it now.
January 2020 Social Media Numbers
NIKKI’S PLATE PINTEREST PAGE: 7988 Followers
Nikki’s Plate Email Subscribers: 1339
January 2020 Blog Income Report
Here are the numbers for my January 2020 blog income:
Mediavine (ad revenue): $2,726.68
Reward Style Affiliates: $91.22
Amazon Affiliates: $9.61 (327 link clicks)
BlueHost: $0
TOTAL: $2,827.51
This income is in USD currency.. I convert all my earnings into CAD due to living in Canada... so it is usually multiplied by 1.3. So in my currency it would equal about $3675!
If you want to start blogging and generate an income that allows you to work from home and make your own schedule, make sure you check out my post on starting a blog. I give you all my tips and tricks to starting a successful money generating blog! If I can do it, you can too! What are you waiting for!!
MY FAVOURITE BLOGGING TOOLS:
Bluehost – My current hosting company. They are reliable, fast and most importantly affordable. Their support staff is also helpful and answer all my questions. Check out my easy step by step guide: How to Start a Blog
Tailwind – My all time favourite scheduling tool for sharing your content on Pinterest and Instagram! Tailwind saves SO much time and increases your traffic and followers. BEST. TOOL. EVER.
Foodie Pro Theme – This is my current blog theme used on Nikki’s Plate. I am so obsessed with it. It took my blog to the next level. Its easy to use and has so many additional features that make blogging easy. This is a Genesis Framework Theme
Food Blogger Pro – learn how to start, grow and make money with your food blog!
WP Tasty – Handcrafted WordPress plugins made by experts in the field!
Share a Sale – This is a great place to find tons of affiliate programs so you can start earning money on your blog by just adding a link!
ConvertKit – This is a VERY popular email newsletter provider. Many bloggers love using convertkit to grow their email list! I am hoping to switch to this mail provider soon!
OptinMonster – This tool is a great way to grow your email list. Easy way to turn visitors into subscribers and costumers!
Creative Market – An online store for fonts, graphics, templates and more! – plus you can get 6 free goods every week just for making an account!
January 2020 Blog Income and Traffic Report: How I made $2,827 blogging this month; Details on how I made money blogging including tips and goals for the next month!
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