In May 2010, I earned a total of $2,248.
- $1,615 – Direct advertising (banners, text links, paid reviews)
- $399 – Travel Blog Success
- $136 – Private consulting
- $55 – Linkworth text link ad
- $44 – Miscellaneous affiliate payment
By May, earnings from Travel Blog Success appeared to be leveling off at $400 per month, or $100 per week. While I’d been hoping for more new members to join each week and month, I’ve been satisfied with results of creating and launching my first product (ever!).
My goal with Travel Blog Success was never to earn a living completely off of it, but rather to launch a product that could supplement my other online income sources, and thereby allow me to live abroad, or travel again, sooner rather than later. Basically, I saw it as a means to expedite the growth of my online earnings.
Considering I am writing this update from a comfortable room I’m renting in a new building in Medellin, Colombia, I’d say my plan worked out well.
May 2010 marked the start of my first foray into private consulting. I’d created the membership site to help travelers build high quality blogs, however there will always be people who for one reason or another, prefer to work on a 1:1 basis. The earnings from consulting were based on an agreed upon hourly rate, which I set quite low in order to gain the client and test the waters.
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