August 2020 Traffic & Revenue report

A few days ago, I posted our report for May. Both traffic and revenue grew by over 50% compared to April. But was that sustainable growth or just a fluke? Will traffic keep growing at the same rate during June?…
What an exciting month this was! I’ve been eager to write the report for May and share the good news! The bottom line is – Traffic increased by 52% Revenue increased by 54% We’re in profit! If you’re already familiar…
Spoiler: It’s been a great month! Despite the coronavirus and Amazon’s commission slash, this has been our best month so far, on all fronts. Highest ever traffic, record revenue numbers, and the best bottom line to date! If you’re already…
Like most website owners, Amazon revenue makes a significant part of my income. The recent cuts in commissions hurt. A lot. There are a lot of blog posts out there about this “slasher movie” Amazon produced. I wasn’t sure if…
I currently manage 9 niche websites. Put together, the sites have a total of over 2,600 posts. Along with a team of 4 VA’s, two editors and dozens of freelance writers, I publish over 150 new posts every month. You…
Back in 2008, I was running a successful site that had two and a half million pageviews a month. That site was based on user-generated-content, so new content was being created daily. One day, the site crashed. We had to…
Wasn’t March the longest month ever? It sure felt like that to me. So much has changed in the world; I find it hard to wrap my mind around it all. But hey, even the longest month in our lives…
If you’re going after search engine traffic, the key to a successful niche site or blog is this Figure out the user intent behind a Google query and provide the user with the best possible answer. If you’re just starting…
The month of March 2020 was supposed to be dedicated to our family trip to Florida. I just checked our itinerary and today we were supposed to visit Blue Springs State Park. Fortunately, we decided to cancel that trip in…
I began writing this post on March 1st. This was the original intro I had in mind – February had 29 days this year – being a leap year – but it still felt short. With the month finally over,…
Time for the traffic and revenue report! During 2019 I published these reports on a quarterly basis. This year, I’m going to increase the frequency to once every month. It just feels like things are getting more interesting (finally!) and…
Hey, it’s 2020! With 2019 over, it’s time for one last quarterly revenue and traffic report for my sites. It’s going to be the last one because moving forward, I plan on publishing these every month. Consider it my New…
At least one reader noticed that I hadn’t published the Web Notes for November (thanks for letting me know that you were reading them, April!), so I decided to go ahead and actually write and publish a report for December.…
I outsource most of the content for my blogs. When creating the briefs, the first thing that I mention is the number of words I need from the post. This is usually a range, such as 1000-1200 words, or 2500-3000…
We’re a week into November and I’m only now publishing the web notes roundup for October. I actually had a Chrome window with various interesting blog posts that I had marked for reading, all sitting here waiting for this but…
One of the most frequent questions from people who begin their journey in web publishing is whether or not they’re going to make it. Will they ever be able to make a living from blogging? Sometimes they’ve been working on…
Woohoo! We are now officially in Q4 – typically the quarter with the highest CPM rates so an exciting time in the year for web publishers. This also means the third quarter of the year is over and it’s time…
Time to review some of my favorite blog posts for the past month. I started this series of posts in January as a “New Year’s Commitment” sort of project. Truth be told, I have been super busy during September, as…
Imagine doing some routine work on your blog and suddenly realizing there’s something which should not be there. A chunk of spammy text with outgoing links to spammy sites. Ouch, right? This is what happened to me today. Fortunately, I…
Time for this month’s round-up of interesting posts about web publishing. The included posts are the ones that are most relevant to me and my business strategy. These are actually my “notes” which I keep for my own learning needs. …