Hi,
This is the income report for On the Cutting Floor Website.
I have started blogging in February 2014, and I have been thrilled to see how my blog has grown over the past 11 months.
It has been quite an experience; tons of hard work and a whole new level of understanding of my own skills.
My first income report was posted on April 2014, and you can check the results here.
It has been a long time without making this report; mainly because the blog has been growing very fast. It is not easy to be a WAHM!
So, I decided today to make the report for the last 4 months: this includes September, October, November and December.
Let's take a look:
TRAFFIC:
As you can see below, the traffic has been consistent and steady during the last four months of 2014.
This is the income report for On the Cutting Floor Website.
I have started blogging in February 2014, and I have been thrilled to see how my blog has grown over the past 11 months.
It has been quite an experience; tons of hard work and a whole new level of understanding of my own skills.
My first income report was posted on April 2014, and you can check the results here.
It has been a long time without making this report; mainly because the blog has been growing very fast. It is not easy to be a WAHM!
So, I decided today to make the report for the last 4 months: this includes September, October, November and December.
Let's take a look:
TRAFFIC:
As you can see below, the traffic has been consistent and steady during the last four months of 2014.
TRAFFIC SOURCES:
Pinterest is my number one source of traffic. It has the advantage of using images to present your work. If you know what you are doing with them, the pictures of your post can be the most important aspect of your blog; good pictures will be always be catching and appealing.
POPULAR POSTS:
In terms of the most popular post, they have been the same for the last 6 months! Those are the post that people have known me for and the link to find out more about my blog.
Pinterest is my number one source of traffic. It has the advantage of using images to present your work. If you know what you are doing with them, the pictures of your post can be the most important aspect of your blog; good pictures will be always be catching and appealing.
POPULAR POSTS:
In terms of the most popular post, they have been the same for the last 6 months! Those are the post that people have known me for and the link to find out more about my blog.
LET'S TALK ABOUT PINTEREST IN DETAIL
In the last couple of months of 2014, Pinterest had changed the way people's feeds are presented: now they are taking into account the popularity of a post (by clicks, pins and likes) but also the key words that have been use.
There are a few interesting post related to this topic and how to improve your traffic from Pinterest.
By November I was getting very frustrated with the new system: I basically went from 750 visits average in September-October to a low 250 in November!
This was getting scary!
Then, I decided to make some radical changes on my Pinterest account:
1. Change to a business account: Do you see the bump in the image below that happened mid Dec? Well, that was the moment I changed from a personal to a business account. I think that it is very compelling.
In the last couple of months of 2014, Pinterest had changed the way people's feeds are presented: now they are taking into account the popularity of a post (by clicks, pins and likes) but also the key words that have been use.
There are a few interesting post related to this topic and how to improve your traffic from Pinterest.
By November I was getting very frustrated with the new system: I basically went from 750 visits average in September-October to a low 250 in November!
This was getting scary!
Then, I decided to make some radical changes on my Pinterest account:
1. Change to a business account: Do you see the bump in the image below that happened mid Dec? Well, that was the moment I changed from a personal to a business account. I think that it is very compelling.
2. Add better keywords: This is important. Check on your older posts and see which ones have been successful and why.
If you have already moved your account from personal to business, you have probably noticed the analytics area of the website; take advantage of it:
If you have already moved your account from personal to business, you have probably noticed the analytics area of the website; take advantage of it:
3. Clean your boards and organize them:
Make your Pinterest page look pinnable: Put your most relevant boards at the top, with easy searchable names and good descriptions. Change your pictures constantly to make them look fresh AND if possible choose your own post as main pictures:
INCOME:
Remember that this is the income for the last 4 months of this blog:
SHAREASALE: 4,550
MOMSAFFILIATE: 497.52
MOM CENTRAL: 225.00
VIGLINK: 62.00
SKIMLINKS: 19.23
SOCIAL REALITY: 21.45
ADSENSE: 571.00
FREE LANCE JOB: 110.00
ADVERTISING: 134.00
Remember that this is the income for the last 4 months of this blog:
SHAREASALE: 4,550
MOMSAFFILIATE: 497.52
MOM CENTRAL: 225.00
VIGLINK: 62.00
SKIMLINKS: 19.23
SOCIAL REALITY: 21.45
ADSENSE: 571.00
FREE LANCE JOB: 110.00
ADVERTISING: 134.00
TOTAL: 6190.20
ADSENSE:
One of the changes I have made with my Adsense account is to add the banners inside the most popular post and not just on the sidebar, like this:
ADSENSE:
One of the changes I have made with my Adsense account is to add the banners inside the most popular post and not just on the sidebar, like this:
They might not be pretty, but they are really effective.
GOALS FOR 2015:
1. HAVE MORE CONTRIBUTORS: I WOULD LOVE TO SEE NEW, FRESH IDEAS ON THE BLOG! I HAVE ALREADY STARTED WORKING WITH SOME AMAZING BLOGGERS AND IT HAS BEEN WONDERFUL.
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN CONTRIBUTING WITH US, PLEASE CHECK ON THIS SECTION ;)
2. GET A MORE PROFESSIONAL LOOK TO MY BLOG: ALREADY WORKING ON THAT! I HAVE ASKED THE HELP OF A PROFESSIONAL TEAM TO MAKE ONTHECUTTINGFLOOR.COM TO LOOK BEAUTIFUL. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE RESULTS!
3. PUBLISH MORE DRAFTING TUTORIALS: WORKING ON THAT I PROMISE!
THANK YOU FOR VISITING US TODAY!