Jan

Web Earnings for 2008 (Year End Total)

Happy 4th of July to all the Americans reading.

In 2008, I earned a total of $6,141. I doubled my 2007 income, which represented my first year of blogging and learning how to monetize my site. But about $1,000 of this represents cash gifts, donations, and payments for Dares, so the advertising growth was perhaps 75% over 2007 versus 100%.

Either way, this was my sole income for 2008 as I traveled around the world. It easily allowed me to travel longer than I would’ve done otherwise, and in more style. Having some money come in also provided a mental boost, and encouraged me to put in the hours of work each day and week required to keep the blog updated daily.

Next, time to catch everyone up on how I’ve been doing in 2009.