Month 13 Blog Update

January was a tough one to beat with it being my one year blogging, but February managed to top it! Here’s what went down…

Goals Achieved

February 7th was officially my blogging anniversary, so it’s been fab seeing that whoosh by and gearing myself up for the next one. February was a great month – income was the highest it’s ever been, I took part in a fantastic-ly fun press trip (stay tuned for a post next week on this!) and I also networked with quote a few bloggers and industry peeps both online and at events.

Things have been pretty insane lately, so I’m definitely looking forward to the trip I have booked next week – a month of travel bliss! I’ll be visiting Dubai, Kuala Lumpur and then Australia, I can’t wait! My last proper trip was six months ago, so this feels like a long time coming, that’s for sure. I’m going to force myself to relax and try not to think about work too much, and will be doing my best to get a tan! I’ll still be blogging while I’m away (maybe not so frequently though), so keep an eye out for some hopefully sunny photos and tweets from the beach!

Month 12 Stats

Traffic – 6,938 visits (Down slightly from last month, but hey, it was a short one – thanks February! Traffic is increasing steadily but gradually though, and most of this is thanks to Google – now my site is over a year old I’m hoping this continues)

Link Building – The last month has been crazy busy, but I’m regularly doing link exchanges and also finding that people are linking back to my site too, which is great.

Content – I have been trying to mix it up with content recently and fill some of the destination gaps and also try to answer questions that I’m regularly receiving from readers in regards to location independence/blogging. If there’s anything you think I’ve missed please let me know and I’ll cover it in an upcoming post.

Twitter Followers – 2,064 (Up 25 since last month)

Facebook Fans – 631 (up 12 since last month)

RSS Subscribers – 210 (up 5 since last month)

Alexa Ranking – 238, 142 (Increasing – hoping to get below 200,000 again soon)

Income – It was my best month ever! I made $1553 in advertising which consisted of a few  renewals and also taking on two new clients which purchased multiple ads. It’s exciting seeing this number increase as it means people are starting to recognise this site as a solid resource – this makes me very happy!

About My Monthly Blog Updates

I wanted to start these monthly updates to hopefully help other bloggers out there just starting out or wanting some support in starting to monetize their site or growing it in some way. I certainly don’t claim to know it all, but I’m hoping that the lessons that I learn will be helpful and inspirational to others looking to make a living from blogging.

So, I think it’s fitting to put the question out there and see what you would find helpful to read about in these monthly updates – I will do my best to include it each month, so please let me know!

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