October saw either a flattening or decline across the board with my blog, from revenue going down (this was largely due to a major affiliate payout missing their projected payment date), to a leveling off of traffic and drop in email subscriber growth. Income came in at $24,626.17 and I brought in 234,944 readers—with 321,352
Looking back, the past year has been marked by great change in my life. I’m now living down by the beach in Los Angeles (Santa Monica), enjoying a winter that looks & feels a whole lot more like summer… it’s sunny and 80ºF outside as I’m writing these words—and the beach is calling my name
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Note from Ryan: If you haven’t read my thoughts around how and why I’m supporting Black Lives Matter, please head over and read this letter. I don’t often talk about my personal life here on this blog, but these monthly income reports are always my #1 most read articles… so I wanted to place this
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September was another very successful month for my blog and the third highest in terms of revenue generated for this year, which I’m super grateful for as I celebrate my birthday (yesterday 🎉). Income came in at $43,297.99 and I brought in 255,427 readers—with 316,888 unique sessions. Now, digging into the numbers for September… blog
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July was another record month in blog income for this year so far. Income came in at $47,772.75 and I brought in 374,561 readers—with a very healthy 468,164 unique sessions. Now, digging into the numbers for July… blog income made another sizable leap over the previous month, again landing pretty far above my forecast range
August was another very successful month for my blog and the second highest in terms of revenue generated for this year, which I’m especially grateful for, considering I was on vacation for most of the month. Income came in at $45,473.20 and I brought in 320,767 readers—with a solid 398,916 unique sessions. Now, digging into