How I’ve Quadrupled My Blog Revenue in 2-3 hours a week

Hi there! Just wanted to take a few seconds and thank YOU, my readers. Without you, this blog would not have turned into the income stream that it is for our family. It’s seriously hard for me to believe that I started my own business from home- I never saw myself as an entrepreneur! And with that, if you’re a blogger, I want to help show you how to increase blog income by twofold, if not more! (Find out if you’re ready to monetize here.)

At the end of last summer, I set my monthly goal for blogging at $560/month. Why the obscure number, you ask? That’s exactly what it would cost to send my 2 oldest kids to the hybrid private school/homeschool they were attending. We didn’t have it in our budget to send them, so we stepped out on faith that I would, indeed, be able to earn this much. At the time, I was making around $200 a month, and that wasn’t even steady. I’m happy to say that not only did I meet my goal every month, but as of this year, my average for 2015 so far is $800 a month!

I try not to spend more than 2-3 hours a day with my blog and VA (virtual assistant) work. With 4 kids ranging from 2-10, it just isn’t possible to put in more than that right now. Sometimes it comes in waves where I work more one day and less the next, but my average is a good, solid 2-3 hours of work a day. Sometimes that means getting up super early, staying up super late, or using my kids’ nap/quiet time to get things done.

Here’s how to increase blog income when you only have a little time each day:

Become an Amazon affiliate, then promote, promote, promote! Talk about at least one item a day on your social media. I’ve been an Amazon affiliate for as long as I’ve been blogging, but have just now put it to good use. I promote something almost every single day on my Facebook page- BUT it’s only items I currently use, would like to use, or find interesting.

I also link to items appropriately in blog posts. In this one blog post alone about Whole30, I referred over 40 sales of It Starts with Food and Well Fed, plus the sale of almost 20 food processors. All by adding a few links in the post that MADE SENSE to the post. (Plus, it’s passive income. That post will always be there and the links will always be there.)

My Amazon income June 2014: $25. June 2015: $100.

Find other affiliates that make sense to your blog.

I wrote this post and have made over $500 on it- and again, it’s passive income. Once I wrote it, it’s done and it just keeps bringing in income without my touching it besides promoting it on Pinerest now and then. I’m using affiliate links for Swagbucks and eBates in it- both programs I personally use and recommend. (Their affiliate programs rock, too)

Swagbucks income June 2014: $0

Swagbucks income June 2015: $45

eBates income April-June 2014 (their program runs on a 3 month basis) $0

eBates income April-June 2015: $80

(another good affiliate program: BlueHost)

Do Virtual Assistant (VA) work for other bloggers/companies. 

Once you’ve been blogging a while, you’ll find that you have a certain knack for things that others simply don’t have the time to learn or time to do them on a regular basis. I’ve been doing VA work for several bloggers/companies and it’s things I already know how to do, so I just carve out a little time to do them each day.

VA income June 2014: $0

VA income June 2015: $300

Just by implementing these practices, I’ve quadrupled my blog income since the same time last year.

 

Let me know if you have any questions in the comments! (Also, I am now offering blog coaching! Click here to read more!)

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