I have gotten a little behind on sharing my income reports, but here is my second one!
If you recall, I made $1820 in October 2016. In December, just two months later, I greatly increased my income to just over $3000!
While I’m still not totally comfortable sharing my numbers online, I know that it helps many others see what is possible through blogging, being a virtual assistant, freelancing, and other forms of online income. I don’t even have any products out yet, so don’t feel that it’s necessary to create an ebook or course to make good money online.
December 2016 Income
Okay, let’s dive into the details of my income for December:
- Affiliate Income: $170
- VA/Freelancing: $813
- Sponsored Posts: $720
- SEO Services: $1,385
Income: $3,088
Expenses
I purchased a few courses and renewed memberships related to my online business in December. All in all, I spent about $600 in expenses, making my total income for the month right at $2,400.
Total Income for December: $2,400
What Worked in December 2016:
- More services. In December, I started offering Pinterest management services along with content creation/management. Many bloggers need help scheduling pins and creating pinnable images so the services are in high demand.
- Increased affiliate income. My blog posts here on OIM are starting to take off on social media, and they are earning me affiliate income. My best affiliate products at the moment are Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing, Lena Gott’s Blog Traffic eBook, and Tailwind.
- SEO position. In early December, I landed a freelance position with a SEO consulting firm. I managed a variety of services for four clients during the month. Services included writing blog posts, updating alt tags, meta tags, and page titles and descriptions, and scheduling social media posts.
- Blogging Giveaway. I put together a huge giveaway that went live on December 1. From it, I gained over 350 new email subscribers!
What Didn’t Work in December 2016:
- Twitter. I keep tweeting my new blog posts and even affiliate links. I’m just not getting anywhere on there. I’ll keep plugging away though, since it’s easy to schedule tweets with CoSchedule.
December 2016 Traffic
- Unique Visitors: 9,685
- Page Views: 15,450
I had a very good month, traffic-wise, on Online Income Mom. From October, my uniques and pageviews have both tripled! I consider that a win since most people were busy shopping for the holidays in December rather than looking up how to build an online income.
My most popular post in December was “PicMonkey Editor Tutorial: How to Create Pin-worthy Images”
What’s Next for OIM
I am working on some ebooks to put out in 2017. I am currently working on one about content creation and another about getting started as a freelancer. Hopefully the first one will be out in March!
I also want to get back to a consistent posting schedule here on the blog, which I slacked on in December and January. But, good things are coming!
How is your online income coming along?
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35 Comments on “Income Report: How I Made $3,088 in December 2016”
Congrats on your earnings! THAT is amazing 🙂
That’s really awesome, it’s good income all thanks to your hardwork. I’m sure it’s going to be even better in the coming months since you mentioned that you slacked a bit during December and January.
Thanks for sharing whats working or not. Twitter hasnt been doing much for me either – not sure who is even reading all those tweets! Anyone? Gotta hustle more like you are doing… Happy Friday!
It’s nice to see that success is really possible. You’re inspiring me to work harder.
Congrats to you success! I always love to hear from other bloggers what is working for them. Gives me even more motivation to keep pushing!
Good for you! Keep up the good work!!
It sounds like you are doing great! Twitter doesn’t work much for me either. While I may get a lot of followers or retweets, it seems people aren’t really clicking through.
Thanks for sharing even if you’re still not comfortable doing it. I have yet to make more than a few dollars, but I am always inspired by income reports like this one. 🙂
Great job on your earnings! Good for you to keep plugging away on Twitter. I’m trying to do the same thing.
You’re doing such a great job! What an inspiration!
That is so wonderful, It’s so great to see that people can really do this! Thanks for sharing!
It looks like you had a profitable month. Congrats on the SEO consulting gig. Great job
Congratulations! That is quite an accomplishment to be so profitable. Twitter is the worst social media platform for me too. I have much more luck with Instagram!
Looks like you had a fabulous month! Congrats on the increase and I hope it’s just up from there. Twitter has become a weird platform, I’ve been struggling on it too
Congrats girl! That sounds like a great start. Twitter is my least favorite social media, I just can’t figure it out.
Love seeing these income reports so please keep sharing! We have similar page views and I’m not making nearly as much so congrats! I only just started stepping my game up though. Need to make more products and start charging for them rather than giving them away! lol!
Great job! I wish I could get the traffic to make affiliate marketing to work for me!!
Congrats on almost doubling your income from October! THat’s amazing…. Thank you so much for sharing. I am obsessed with income reports and so so happy for your progress!
Wow! Great work on growing your business. I hope the trend continues.
Thanks for sharing with us! I love seeing how other bloggers are earning their incomes.
Well done, you’ve done incredibly well!! I have been blogging full time for a while now but haven’t been this successful yet, fingers crossed! xx
congrats! love to hear these stories. I know it is possible just need to find my way of making it happen.
Great job growing your audience and your income in just two months. It sounds like you are up to a lot of exciting things this year. I can’t wait to see what the future has in store for you!
That’s really impressive! I’m not quite there yet, but am not freelancing.
Wow you did awesome!
I’m starting to wonder about the effectiveness of Twitter. I’ve noticed a decline in engagement and quality followers. Kudos for doubling your income in two months. Seems like you are on a great track.
Great earnings! I really need to sit down and do something like this (for myself) and see what I am pulling in month to month!
Congrats on your great month! Blogging can be a great source of income with a little strategy. I love Tailwind too!!!
These sound great! I need to work on doing more things to build my blog financially. I work full time outside of blogging too, so some of these ways would be difficult. My numbers are nothing compared to yours and I think you are doing great.
Looks like you’ve got a great hustle going. I started some freelancing as well in January and it’s definitely giving me a boost.
Thanks for sharing. I have been thinking of ways I could work from home online.
This is very helpful and inspiring! I need to learn more about SEO I hear it is very helpful in getting your blog recognized.
Wow! What a great month! I love how you showed how each part helped you to earn money. Best wishes for the coming months.
Great job on the income report. PicMonkey has a been a lifesaver for me and Canva for pinworthy photos!
I Love posts like this! Inspiration like this is what makes me keep working on My blog!