Bloggers that Make $1000 per Month
I have a few confessions to make. First, I am not one of those bloggers that make $1000 per month. I am lucky to be 5% of the way there and make $50 per month. I am pleased that I am covering my hosting costs and able to make a little bit on the side, but it really doesn’t make a big difference in my day-to-day living expenses.
My second confession is that I am looking for a little inspiration. It has been a very busy week. I will admit that earlier this week I was close to getting burned out. It probably had something to do with leaving the house at 6:30 am on Monday and Tuesday and not getting home until 10 pm. Two long days in a row like that can really wear on me.
So I am not looking for bloggers that make $1000 per month who are doing it full-time. That is much like being self-employed and running a business. There are several bloggers that I have run across on the web that are doing that. Big deal! I make more than $1000 per month at my day job, too.
Instead, I am looking for bloggers who are making $1000 per month while working 40-50 hours per week who have kids and are running them back and forth to practice, helping out with the household activities and sacrificing sleep to write, post, comment, and interact. These are the individuals from whom I wish to draw some inspiration.
Why $1000 per Month?
Psychologically, it sounds like a number that could have a meaningful impact on finances, that’s why. Four digits sound so much bigger than three digits. One thousand dollars can make a big impact on debt. It can provide living space or would be a nice addition to an emergency fund. It is simply a nice, round number and should be achievable on a part-time basis.
It is also about what I get for rent from my rental properties. The difference is that they have a mortgage. Imagine creating the equivalent of a $100,000 asset that is yielding $1,000 income per month. The thought of that is simply exciting to me.
Finally, it would provide a significant chunk of change to help me get out of debt. I have done some calculations and found that $1000 per month plus some savings that I can get out of my current budget would help me eliminate all consumer debt plus my personal mortgage in a little over 6 years. Another exciting thought.
Part-time Bloggers Making Four Digits Profit per Month
I would like to come up with a list of bloggers that are making four digits on a part-time basis. I want this list to provide inspiration for those of us who are just starting out and think that achieving this goal while working full-time might be out of reach. I don’t believe that it is, but at times, it does seem quite difficult.
Derek at Life and My Finances made over $2500 in August. I am pretty sure that he works full time. I seem to recall references to that in his blog. I also know that he is rehabbing a house which is a ton of work as well while maintaining an online presence.
If you look at the earnings post detailed above, you will notice that it took 10 months to reach $1000 per month. You will also notice that most of the income is from private advertising. It obviously takes some time to build up a web presence so the point is to work hard for a year or two and then reap some benefit.
Retire by 40 made over $1400 in side income for the month of August. I know that he works full time, but am not sure exactly how much of the $1400 is strictly from blogging. If it is not over $1000 per month yet, I bet it won’t be long.
Looking for Part-Time Bloggers
Now, I could go and look and several blogs for earnings reports and try to figure out if the bloggers work a full-time job as well. I did try that for some of my favorites, but many don’t publish earnings reports. Some that do are often full-time bloggers anyway. So, if you are a blogger that works full-time and makes over $1000 per month, just let me know in the comments or send me an e-mail.
You don’t have to reveal what you do for a living or how much you make in your job or even in your blog. That is less important than simply knowing there are more successful part-time bloggers out there.
I would like to know what you regard as some of the more important tips that led to your monthly income. Was it great content or design? How long did it take? How much did you interact with the blogging community? What are some of the things that you did right or wrong? If you knew then what you know now, how would it be different.
I would like to eventually compile the list of bloggers and their most valuable tips into a separate post. Thanks so much for reading, and I look forward to hearing from you.
These types of bloggers are an ispiration to me. I too hope to reach that income level from my blog at some point. I try to learn as much as I can from them since they have learned so much over the years.
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I think it is good to be able to learn from others and draw inspiration from them.
Please keep us updated with your findings, I’d love to meet those part time bloggers as well!
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I just hope that I find some.
Hope you’re feeling better. I don’t share my earnings but I will say they aren’t near $1000. Try not to beat yourself up, just give yourself more time. I know how hard it is to run a website and work full time and more on top of it. But for me I don’t blog for the money. If I have a good month, awesome. If I have a bad month, oh well I did my best with the time I had, and at least I wrote some posts that I think are helping people! I really think content is king and the money will eventually start coming over time. Hang in there! -Sydney
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I am feeling somewhat better. I don’t write for money either, otherwise I would have quit a long time ago. It is just easy to get close to being burned out from time to time.
I’ll say that a big part of earnings are being a part of the blogging community, posting regularly, and having an established site. It all starts out with little income, but can pick up a good deal after a while, all of a sudden.
I have no doubt that it will be a surprise when it happens.
From afar, it seems like your blog is getting established and has been growing. I suspect you’re on the right track:)
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Thanks. I do think I am learning quite a bit and would like to think that I would be at least half way there in a couple years.
I hope to be there soon (happy movie playing in my head) my main blog is more for fun for myself but hope it earns something. I would more like to see my niche sites get to that level so it’s more passive income than the blog or my amazon work.
I’m sure you’ll get there, Internet is a marathon not a sprint when it comes to making money
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No doubt it is a marathon. I hope you make it and even more so.
We’ve been at it about 8 months or so now, and are just now getting advertising contacts on a per-month basis. I don’t really want to push adsense or affiliate stuff too hard because it can make a site look a little awkward. We’re hoping to be pulling in around $500 a month in 3-4 months. We’ve also built up some niche sites that were experimenting with right now, and we hope those will start to produce income soon as well. My partner and I both have full time jobs, but neither of us have any kids, and we only have half of the work you do since we each have a partner! So that is nice (maybe something to consider)? But in all seriousness, on a selfish note, please keep blogging. Your blog is one of the few that isn’t exactly the same, I learn a ton from at least half of your posts (a fairly outstanding rate I think) and your comments are usually very insightful.
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Thanks for sharing. It is cool that you have a partner with which you can develop many sites. It takes me a lot of effort to figure out some of the technical aspects. I would prefer mostly writing, but I am getting by. I would have to say that this is probably one of the best comments that I have read. It is encouraging to me that you are learning something since that is the point. The next time I am feeling a little burnt out, I will read this again.
I wish could be on your list CFM, but I’m not there yet. You’re very correct, the $1,000 per month barrier is a psychological hurdle and incredible achievement. Hopefully I can change this comment in the years ahead!
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I am sure that you will be able to, and I will be there right along with you. Not sure how long it will take, but I will keep plugging away.
Gosh, I wish I was even half-way to $1k/mo in blogging income. I have to be honest and say I’m slightly below you, cashflowmantra.
Good luck in your search and please share any tips you have. I certainly don’t blog for money (as I would have quit a while ago, like you), but it certainly wouldn’t be bad to be compensated for the time it takes.
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Half-way would be nice. I will be sure to share anything that I learn. Thanks for reading. I enjoyed your latest post about time.
I really liked this article. The voyeur in me was fascinated. I’d like to know as well who the part time bloggers are, not killing themselves, and making $1000/month. I look at my blogging and myself as a singles hitter. I’m in it for the long haul-don’t want to get burned out- want to be here in a couple of years and expect over time to be bringing in $1000/month!
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I am also looking at the long haul. Blogging has replaced watching television for the most part. It is more interactive and beneficial than passively watching. Apparently, there must not be too many part-timers making it who read this blog since I haven’t gotten too many positive responses. I may have to go out and hunt some down myself.
Sounds like a case of blogger mood disorder (BMD). It comes and goes.
At other blogs I’ve written, I’ve made several hundred dollars a month, but it serious cut into my family life.
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BMD is pretty funny. Yes, I can see where blogging is a lot of work.
Looking forward to your findings. And keep you the good work – I really enjoy reading your blog and feel like I learn a lot.
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I am glad that you are learning a lot. That is my main goal.
Most advice I read from more established bloggers is to focus on writing good content and the rest will follow. I think there is a lot of truth to this.
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I read the same thing and it seems like very good advice.
I don’t think the PT bloggers earning 1k last long. They all seem to quit their FT gig before they topple over from exhaustion. Go ahead and cc me on those emails. I’m very interested who they are.
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It may very well be that those who are starting to get to that level end up blogging full time.
Its definitely hard work! It takes constant writing, constant networking and just getting your name out there. Writing is only half the battle.. getting links, commenting, guest posting is the other half. Once you start getting traffic then its all about ‘testing’ different ads, affiliate offers, etc. The ones who make $1k+/month are those who have done all of this work and continue doing it every day.
One thing that helps is to keep track of where you are today, so that when you look back in a year, you can see how far you have come.. that will keep you going.. that will get you motivated to keep going. It’s all about the long haul!
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PS. Some times all you need to get where Squirrelers said “It all starts out with little income, but can pick up a good deal after a while, all of a sudden” is a little bit of links.
I have seen sites that have been on the verge of a large amount of traffic/income and all they needed where some decent websites linking to them, create authority to their site and when Google sees that, their traffic explodes and their income rises dramatically. Writing great unique content along with getting a few relevant links from good sources is all some websites need before they make money.
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The marathon and not a sprint comment always comes to mind.
Seeing that other people make such large amounts of money from the internet part time encourages me to work harder at it.
Wish I could say I was at $1000 every month – just done a few quick sums and it turns out I will be at more like 20% of that which I suppose I can’t complain about especially considering it is pretty much all fully residual.
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No, that is nothing to complain about since I have yet to make that much in a month. It is encouraging though and means you just got to stick with it.
I’m a part-time blogger and make over $1000 per month. At least I have made that much the past few months, there is no guarantee it will continue. I post my income every month for those who want to see how I make my online income.
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Great! I am glad to have a positive response. I plan on directing anyone who wants to learn from you in your direction.
I made about $400 this month – way more than I’ve ever made before. I don’t think this will be a trend though – one was a lump payment for a year of advertising.
As my Alexa ranking drops, I have had more interest from advertisers – but your Alexa ranking is already under 200k, so I would imagine you get some offers too?
I’d be happy if my blog consistently made an average of $100/month, but by then I will be looking forward to bigger goals, like $500/month. One day!
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I would be happy with a similar monthly income to start and grow from there.
Look forward to your research and hope you feel better. Putting on my amateur psychologist hat, I think because you were getting slammed at your day job, you looked to your blog for good news to try and get you back to your normal state. When your blog wasn’t bringing in the big bucks, all of a sudden you have two problems on your hands. I really enjoy your stuff, please don’t burn out. I recently figured out I kind of had this problem too and wrote about it “Are You An Update Addict?” Swing by and check it out, it may help. Have a good weekend!
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Thanks for the encouraging words. I appreciate it and am looking forward to being able to write some more this week. I just got back from the time off and am looking forward to getting back into the swing of things.
I made $1504 in August, but September isn’t looking good at all.
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Just having that kind of good month in August is a start. Now you just need to develop some consistency. Good luck for October.
Back before the Google Panda update, I knew of a few writers that were making $1000+ per month using free websites like HubPages, Blogger, Squidoo, and others. I haven’t heard of many writers still earning that kind of revenue from free websites. That’s why you have inspired me to start my own website dedicated to teaching others how to save money on utilities. Think about it: If you can save $50 a month on your light bill, isn’t that like getting a $600 a year raise? Thanks for your articles on other sites and this website too. It gives me hope that all my hard work is not in vain.
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I do think it was easier to earn money on the free sites before the Panda crackdown. One has to be able to adapt especially online. Keep working hard and thanks for the kind words.
My situation seems very similar to yours, just a few months behind. I started “serious” blogging in late September, after I discovered the Yakezie network. Three months in and I haven’t really made any money yet. Still learning a lot, and hoping to hit the $1,000 in a month plateau by sometime this summer!
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It does sound like you are a few months behind. I started with Yakezie in July so today is the last day of the Challenge and I am less than 200K Alexa and have learned so much. It has been a wonderful and valuable experience. Keep it up and you will make it.
I am late to the party but I just published by first income report. I have linked it below in case you want to read it.
I work full time in my own software company so blogging is just part time for me.
I used to clear 5k per month in one niche using adsense before Panda. This number has since dropped to 600 but I am rebuilding this year so should be a fun ride!
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Good luck with the rebuilding year.
It’s hard to say if I work full time. I work all the time plus I blog. As a photographer my work comes and then I work until I am done. I just did a job that took me 8 hours but I did it during the night hours. No I don’t sleep. As for how much I make on blogging… Not much. I think I am scheduled to make $105 for the month of January. I don’t have any private ads yet. I am hoping to one day get them.
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Don’t worry, the ads will come. Your blog will grow as well.
I know your not looking for bloggers who make $1 a month tops, but that is me. I would love to enter the elite list of four digits monthly but that is a long long way off if it ever comes. And while I do not have a full time job, my school work basically amounts to the same time commitment.
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You are doing the right thing by getting involved in Yakezie. It will change your outlook.
I am also in a very similar situation when it comes to blogging. My blog is very young and gaining traffic, but my Page rank is the real issue.
I need that PR2+ for affiliates to generate any sort of income what-so-ever. I think it is sad that I see some very successful blogs that have very poor content. I even know someone who effectively steals content and mass publishes it on various blogs he owns — and he makes enough almost to take it full time (again he isn’t writing virtually anything).
The world of blogging is the wild wild west.
I’m new to your site, but I’ll be checking in to see your progress — I wish you the best of luck.
There does seem to be a randomness at times to the internet with quality not always being at the top of the heap.
I look forward to seeing your list as it will be interesting to see what all of these bloggers have in common and what steps they have taken to get to where they are.
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Most of these bloggers have worked with private advertising to make their money. By having consistently good content, they have attracted traffic and then ads.
I concur that you must have fresh content not only to attract new visitors but also to have previous visitors returning to your blog or website.
I have a couple of websites and one blog and I have not made over $1000.00 yet. I have to be in this elite group one day. Just have to continue working hard and believe in myself and my product.
I keep working to build traffic and readers. That is the hardest part for me.