Web Earnings for January 2010

I really thought January was going to be an average to low month, but it turned out to be my second highest month on record.

In January 2010, I earned a total of $2,055

• $1,927 – Direct advertising (banners, text links, paid reviews)
• $67 – Woo Themes affiliate payment
• $35 – Linkworth text link ad
• $26 – Nomadic Matt affiliate payment (for his ebook)

My traffic was the highest on record for a single month at Go Backpacking:  25,000 unique visits and over 50,000  page views.  This was helped by the fact that the blog was a top 5 finalist for the Best Travel Weblog award in the 2010 Bloggies.

I don’t usually try to win those popularity contest type of awards because it requires me to appeal to my audience to vote, but this time I really went all out.  This is only the second year (out of ten) that they’ve had a unique travel blog category, and I want to win it.  Not that it comes with a big reward, $20.10, but because it would be a nice selling point to throw out at potential sponsors.  A little recognition can go a long way.

Two weeks into February, it’s looking like I’ll easily be able to surpass January thanks to the successful launch of my new membership site, Travel Blog Success.

If you like what you see and read here, consider joining the course and community I built from scratch to help others achieve the same results, and better, than me!

Related posts:

1. Web Earnings for March 2010
2. Web Earnings for January 2008
3. Web Earnings for November 2009

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