March was yet again another great month for me personally, filled with a healthy amount of time away from my computer and a few days each week dedicated to filming video content for the massive overhaul I completed with Built to Blog. I continue to be super grateful that I don’t need to work all
January was another great month for me personally, one of the best I’ve had in a while actually. This is particularly true in the context of continuing to really redefine my relationship with work (I’m grateful to embrace the fact that I don’t need to work all day/every day), and I’ve been creating a lot
Looking back, the past year has been marked by great change in my life. I’m now living down by the beach in Los Angeles (Santa Monica), enjoying a winter that looks & feels a whole lot more like summer… it’s sunny and 80ºF outside as I’m writing these words—and the beach is calling my name
Whew! This income report is coming to you late, but I’ve been enjoying a lot of offline time exploring several of my favorite US National Parks these past couple of months, so my attention has been elsewhere. November saw a pretty consistent slide across the board with my blog, from revenue remaining flat (due to
October saw either a flattening or decline across the board with my blog, from revenue going down (this was largely due to a major affiliate payout missing their projected payment date), to a leveling off of traffic and drop in email subscriber growth. Income came in at $24,626.17 and I brought in 234,944 readers—with 321,352
September was another very successful month for my blog and the third highest in terms of revenue generated for this year, which I’m super grateful for as I celebrate my birthday (yesterday 🎉). Income came in at $43,297.99 and I brought in 255,427 readers—with 316,888 unique sessions. Now, digging into the numbers for September… blog
August was another very successful month for my blog and the second highest in terms of revenue generated for this year, which I’m especially grateful for, considering I was on vacation for most of the month. Income came in at $45,473.20 and I brought in 320,767 readers—with a solid 398,916 unique sessions. Now, digging into
July was another record month in blog income for this year so far. Income came in at $47,772.75 and I brought in 374,561 readers—with a very healthy 468,164 unique sessions. Now, digging into the numbers for July… blog income made another sizable leap over the previous month, again landing pretty far above my forecast range
Let’s jump straight into June’s blog income report, because it was a big one—and I’m heading out for some much needed offline time for the next couple of weeks. Income came in at $43,942.96. Due to a Google Analytics reporting error with a spike in (fake) bot traffic, my reporting was a little too difficult
Note from Ryan: If you haven’t read my thoughts around how and why I’m supporting Black Lives Matter, please head over and read this letter. I don’t often talk about my personal life here on this blog, but these monthly income reports are always my #1 most read articles… so I wanted to place this
Another month is in the books… for what’s shaping up to be a pretty unprecedented year, with so much change going on across the world. I’ve found that a lot more of my time lately has been going toward finding ways I can help better support people through initiatives like my blog scholarship program (which
Wow, what a rollercoaster of a month it’s been in the world. So much has been happening (and changing almost daily) as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic—and I’ve been hearing a lot from you about how those changes are impacting your daily lives, both positively and negatively. That led me to create a new
This blog income report is coming a couple weeks late again, so I’m keeping it short and sweet as I catch back up on everything. Much of my time has still been going into finishing up my blog redesign and auditing my existing content library for update opportunities. Blog income for February came in at
Whew, this is the latest I’ve ever been on getting a blog income report published, so I’m going to keep this short and sweet. Most of my time this month has been going into implementing my blog redesign (as I’m sure you’ve now noticed the new look & feel)—and I’m still working away! Blog income
Welcome to a new year! The last month of 2019 saw me taking a much-needed 2 week break away from work. Even still, I published 2 new long-form articles on blogging-related topics, while spending the bulk of my time updating and improving my top-performing content (to make my existing content library more impactful). Blog income
I had another productive month in November with new content output—publishing 4 new (extremely) long-form articles on blogging-related topics and updating several top-performers to keep relevant and fresh as we approach the new year. Blog income for the month came in at $24,616.56. Traffic was down a bit from the previous month, bringing in 357,114
October was another strong month for my blog in terms of content productivity. I published 9 new long-form articles on blogging-related topics and updated several of my top-performers. Blog income for the month came in at $21,200.09. Traffic was up significantly again, bringing me 459,996 readers and 561,732 unique sessions. On the personal side, Shelly
This September was another extremely productive month for my blog, especially in terms of new content going live. I published 7 new long-form guides (5,000+ words) on blogging-related topics and my blog income for the month came in at $25,280.27. Traffic was up in a big way, bringing me 397,339 readers and just over 487,333
During the month of August, I had the most productive time in my blog’s history from a content output perspective. I published 8 brand new long-form guides (5,000+ words) and my blog income for the month came in at $30,814.19. Traffic remained even with last month, bringing in 371,059 readers and just over 464,655 unique
During the month of July, I finally saw the effects of my recent volatility in search rankings over the past couple months punch my blog income, ending the month at $39,448.92 (still amazing considering where I was this time last year, but a sizable drop from last month’s figures). Traffic held steady though, bringing in
During the month of June, I saw another small dip in side income, ending at $54,923.08. Traffic also tapered off a bit with a combination of recent search algorithm updates and the usual summer slump for blogging & business-related content, dropping me down to 377,000 readers and just over 462,000 unique sessions. Overall, it was
The month of May saw a very slight dip in side income, landing at $57,411.29. Traffic continued soaring past last month’s high bringing in 476,000 readers and just under 585,000 unique sessions in one month (!!!). My blogging business had another great month, and I’ve got a lot to be grateful for. On the personal
The month of April (again) saw my highest level of side income, $58,234.08. Traffic also broke a new milestone crossing 400,000 readers and 500,000 unique sessions in one month. My business has never been better—I have a lot to be grateful for which brings be to an even more exciting announcement… SHELLY AND I GOT
The month of March saw my highest level of side income ever, $58,210.48. That’s more than I made in well over my first year of work out of college, and I couldn’t be more ecstatic. Traffic also broke a new (incredible) milestone crossing 400,000 readers in one month and my business has never been better—I
Alright, 2019 is officially off to an incredible start for my blog. Traffic rose to a new all-time high and my side income doubled my previous high—moving up to a whopping $40,441.47 (which still doesn’t feel real). Everything is still going great over at Close (my remote full-time job) right now and I’ve been able to
Whew! The first month of the year was a total whirlwind, but also one of my most productive on the blog in a very long time. My blog really killed it this month, smashing all-time highs in traffic, email subscribers and podcast downloads (and I almost tied my side income record too). On another note,
Hello 2019! Shelly and I rang in the holidays with a flurry of travel, quality time with family and a New Year’s Eve wedding of two good friends. What a roller coaster ride the last year has been for us both. More on that in another post soon, but today we’re talking numbers. And as
Wow, this year has flown by! And as predicted last month, November brought with it another reduction in side income… I’m now down about $7,000 from my all-time high in September of 2018 (for one main reason—but not for long as we’ll soon talk about). My distribution of side income continues to trend in the right
As I predicted, October took a pretty decent hit to my side income… and I’m down a bit from my all-time high last month (for now 😉). For the fourth month in a row now though, my slow shift of replacing my freelance-based side income with more scalable (and passive) income sources like affiliate commissions and
Woo! The month of September brought my highest side income of the year (so far) 🎉 And for the third month in a row now, the massive content and affiliate experiments I’ve been launching since the beginning of summer have continued to pay off in a big way. I talk a lot about those experiments and the
For the second month in a row, the content and affiliate experiments I’ve been tinkering with this year have really paid off. I’ll do a deep dive breakdown on all of that in a separate blog post soon, and it’s being covered first in my new course, Built to Blog. Overall, I generated $16,008.94 in side
This month, a lot of my investments from throughout this year have started to pay off (which feels great 💪) Overall, I generated $10,650.91 in side income revenue during July of 2018. On the personal side of things, Shelly & I are finally starting to look at places in San Francisco, and we’re expecting to make
The month of June saw one of my biggest dips in side income and net losses yet! It was a month filled with massive content and contractor investments that’ll pay major dividends in the months to come. Overall, I generated $5,858.66 in side income revenue. And on a personal note, Shelly & I are still staying here
For this month’s side hustle income report, I generated $6,313.71 in total revenue. My blog traffic was up to 224,076 unique sessions, I added 3,459 new email subscribers to my list, and got 15,616 downloads of my podcast. What a month! Here’s to an exciting June…
April’s been a very busy month, so this update is going to be short & sweet! I generated $6,960.37 in revenue, and once again (as in March and February) spent more than usual with things like yearly tax services and on travel back and forth between my hometown of Hanford, California dealing with family affairs after the
The month of March was intense from a personal life perspective, with a couple of major unexpected things happening. Right at the beginning of the month, Shelly and I decided that we’re going to move back to San Francisco. She accepted a job offer that was too good to pass up on with a former
For the first time in a couple of years, my side businesses actually lost money during the month of February. I generated $6,164.07 in revenue, but spent a lot more than usual. And while it wasn’t a significant loss ($37.77) it was still a bit of a surprise since I’ve been profitable for so long. Digging
In January, I earned a total of $9,322.89 in side income. This is my first installment of what I plan on being monthly side income reports, now that I’m back to working a full-time job for the first time in almost 2 years (!!!).