Cooking Up an Income: August Profits
Well hello again! I know it's been a while and I'm sorry for leaving you guys out of the loop on what's going on here. It's been a busy (but really awesome!) summer.
There's been an interesting trend going on around here that I wanted to share with you. It basically looks something like this: do less, make more. Whoa! I know, it's crazy 🙂
The thing is that there's this cumulative effect when it comes to blogging. Once you've put out a blog post, it doesn't go away. It will stay out there on this thing we like to call ‘The Internet” and gets added to all the other blog posts you do. Once you have a number of posts out there, if you step back for a wee bit you'll still continue to see the effects of all your hard work. I think that's pretty cool!
So here are some stats for you to see the difference between July and August:
July Income: $129.09
- Google Adwords – $79.89
- Infolinks – $49.20
- Viglinks – $0
- Thesis Affiliate Link – $0
- Blue Host Affiliate Link -$0
- Total visits 32,175
- number of posts: 8
August Income: $161.77
- Google Adwords – $98.86
- Infolinks – $33.25
- Viglinks – $0.85
- Thesis Affiliate Link – $28.81
- Blue Host Affiliate Link – $0
- Total visits 34,350
- Number of posts: 5
What were most people looking at (and hopefully drooling over)?
- Roasted tomato and goat cheese tart with rosemary and mascarpone
- Honey Garlic Chicken
- Smokey Parmesan Corn on the Cob
A note on Pinterest: I recently noticed some of my photographs on Pinterest do not lead back to The Endless Meal. This can happen when someone posts the photo to Pinterest from a different site. It is really awesome that people like the photos, but it would be even more awesome if they knew where they came from.Here's my solution: Place a small watermark with The Endless Meal in the bottom of each photo. I've made the watermark fairly transparent so it will not affect the quality of the photograph, but people will know where the image originated from. Here's how it looks:
What do you think of it?
If you have any questions about any of the info you read here just let me know, I'll do my best to answer them. As always, thank you so much for reading!
Cheers,
Kristen
For more food blogging tips and to learn more about the rest of this series, check out the other Cooking Up an Income Reports.
Kristen, you’re doing so great! How did you go about creating that watermark? I’m so bad with things like that. I’ve realized that I need to do it as well… recently another blogger completely stole my content… photo and word for word recipe (they’re in big trouble now and their site is shut down…oops!). I’ll take any advice you can give me! 🙂
Great idea about the watermark, Kristen! Also, congrats on your income report! 🙂
Hey Lindsay,
Thank you so much! You and Bjork are really an inspiration. It is truly incredible what you have been able to accomplish with your blog. I just love seeing the success you guys are having!!
Hi! I found you through Pinterest, and have pin several of your items! I love it when sites do watermark their photos, as it makes it easier to find the original site. There are some set up fake site just to cash in on revenue, which is maddening because then I never find the recipie, and the creator never receives credit or click-thrus! Watermarks are def the way to go!
Thank you so much, Meg!
I’ve been frustrate with that before too. When a see a pic of some delicious looking food, I want to be able to see the recipe!
So glad you gave us an update on cooking up an income. I was really curious on how much money you were going to make. It is amazing how the income keeps coming.
I promise not to wait so long for the next one! Thank you for being patient and waiting for it 🙂
I have been thinking of adding a watermark to my pics as well. I think I will do it now! Thanks so much for sharing this!
No problem at all, Jocelyn!