Hello there. See how I’m back already? I like to keep my promises 
You’ll notice a bit of a jump in income for September. You might also notice that that increase in income has come from 2 main sources: BlueHost and Thesis Theme for WordPress. While this might seem cause to celebrate, I need to be honest with you: I know the person who bought both and as a result gave me the affiliate income.
My good friend Jason Athen is an artist who was wanting to revamp his website and decided to go with Thesis because of all the flexibility it offered in design. Check out his website and let me know what you think. I think it is looking awesome!
While I am definitely not a computer programmer, if you are thinking about making the switch to Thesis and have any questions, let me know and I’ll do my best to answer them.
So here is the breakdown in income for September:
- Google Adwords – $124.91
- Infolink – $30.32
- Lijit – $9.23
- BlueHost- $65.00
- Thesis Theme for WordPress $28.71
Total: $258.17
I’m trying out a new advertising company called Lijit. I gave them top spot for the first few days but found that they the ad was often not being filled. I’ve moved it to the bottom of the sidebar now and you can see how well (or not well) it is preforming. I think it is a great idea to try new things, but sometimes they just don’t work out so well.
So last month I was telling you that I started to watermark the images here on The Endless Meal so that no matter where they end up on the web viewers will know where they came from. I had a few of you ask me for more specific directions about how to add the watermark so I thought I’d try my best to explain that.
I use Lightroom for all my editing and it is what I use to add the watermark.
1. Choose to export the image:
2. Click on the drop down menu beside watermark and choose Edit Watermarks
3. Create the watermark you want either by uploading an image or by using the text options.
4. When you have the watermark you want, click done. A box will pop up that says Preset Name. Name your watermark whatever you want (this will not effect the image) then click create.
5. That’s it, you’re done! Next time you want to watermark one of your images all you will need to do is click the box beside Watermark when you export the image.
I hope that helps to explain how to put a watermark on your images using Lightroom. If you have any questions please of let me know and I will do my best to answer them!
If you are interested in reading more about this series, check out:
November Cooking Up an Income Report – $235.37
October Cooking Up an Income Report – $268.29
September Cooking Up an Income Report – $258.17
August Cooking Up an Income Report – $161.77
June Cooking Up an Income Report – $109.09
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Thanks for sharing this info, Kristen. It’s really helpful for newbies like me. I recently switched to bluehost, so I will definitely sign up for the affiliate program. I’ve also noticed that a few of my images on Pinterest don’t link back to me. Watermarking is a great idea!
That’s definitely a nice bump in income! I’m going to be switching to Thesis as soon as I can find the time… hopefully within the next few months! I remember you said it took you about a week, and the major thing was resizing the images… what did you mean by that exactly? Probably a dumb question! Anyway, I’ll be clicking on your link when I’m ready to take the plunge! One more question… does Thesis have something built into it for fonts?
Keep up the awesome job! I love your site!!
Not a dumb question at all! I changed the layout of the blog (you can do that with Thesis) and after I did that all the photos that I had up just looked too small and kind of silly. What I had to do was save a different size image to my desktop and them upload the new image size to the blog. Also, because thesis has teasers (the image that acts as a preview to the post) I had to upload a teaser image for each of my posts.
A quick tip on that: you can use the same image file that you have for submitting your images to foodgawker/tastespotting to save you some time
As far as fonts go, yes there are lots you can choose from!
I hope that answers your questions. If I wasn’t clear (it can be hard!) just let me know k!
I’m really super nervous!! LOL. I guarantee I’ll have questions, and I appreciate all of your help more than you know!
You rock!
Don’t be nervous … you’re going to do great! Your blog has come so far in such a short time. You can do it!!