Blog to Travel

In September, I earned $653.51

• $126.11 from Text Link Ads
• $527.40 from the renewal of a direct sale (5 links on different pages for 12 months)

In October, I earned $108.00

• All of it from Text Link Ads

I would’ve earned an additional $30, however I declined a Review Me request. I raised my TLA rate to $42 per link, per month, however because I’m usually running at full capacity (10 links) for the majority of each month, it’s going to take many months for new buyers to purchase my links at the higher rate.

In November, I expect to earn $134.36

• All from Text Link Ads again

I raised my Review Me price over $100, given the amount of work they require. I’m not inclined to do any now, however I may change my tune once I’m on the road. If I can continue to earn $134 a month while I’m traveling, that could cover a few splurges, an extra activity or two, or who knows!

Since I’ve saved enough to make it around the world *without* having to work, I’ve down shifted and intend to fully enjoy myself, updating my primary GoBackpacking Blog for fun instead of profit. I expect my traffic to potentially decrease as I will be posting less often. I’m still happy to have retained a PR 4 after the last Google Page Rank update, and was surprised to see Blog to Travel hit PR 2.

I depart New York City on November 30th for Tahiti!