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How Much Do I Earn From My Online Business

September 12, 2011 - Last Modified: November 7, 2011 by Hesham Zebida 3,495

August Earning Report

Hey guys, this blog post is going to be different than any other post you’ve read before on FamousBloggers blog, this is how I personally feel about it, maybe because I made something that I am not used to do! I am wondering what your impression would be after you read it, especially that this baby blog is two years old now, and probably it’s the best time to start sharing with you some really interesting stuff, so get read for it.

I have been asked by my friends and blog readers to share my monthly income or make some sort of monthly reports to be published on the blog.

To be honest I didn’t digest the idea, and I say no, absolutely not. I didn’t want to share this kind of information to the public. My point was simple, I mean why I would share this kind of information on the blog?!

I didn’t find a reason to do it, and you can say I was actually against that idea of publishing monthly income report online.

But, then things changed, yes.. A few days ago, it happened that I changed my mind, I am sure that this happens to everyone, you stick with something for long time, and you tell yourself it’s impossible, and then you just change your mind about it.

To be honest, I realized that publishing this kind of earning reports will give my blog readers some insights about what works and what is not really working, and it will give inspiration and motivation for those who are still struggling with their online business and the whole making money online thing.

I got inspired by Pat of Smart Passive Income Blog, so go get some!

What you suppose to do with this information

I am going to put this information in your hands, you go and study it, think of it or use it the way you like, it’s free real information that is not easy to get, it’s a result of real hard work.

I am not publishing it to get ‘WOWs’, but as I told you, it will make me feel great if you actually can make use of this information, and by the way, I may change my mind any time and stop publishing income reports, so don’t think it’s a final decision 🙂

From the other side, to me -personally- I am trying to study my own performance through time and keep records, I failed in doing this in the last two years, so I think publishing it online will motivate me to keep it up.

income report graph

Check the Income Reports Page and Graph

I am going to use some simple CSS3 Bar Graphs I bought from CodeCanyon.net today, this will help me to visualize the data and make more understandable by just looking to it.

This Graph will be updated mainly on monthly bases, but it could get some live updates when I have a chance. Anyways, I’ve created a simple WordPress short-code so I display the graph anywhere I want on the blog, but it’s a little wider than the content area’s width, so it won’t fit in posts, I hope once day I work out something to code it and automate it, so it will show more live information if I update it every day via an option panel of something.

I am going to dedicate a new category for my online Earnings Reports, and there will be a specific page for the Income Reports to display the Graph along with links to all reports to make it easier for you to find it, and study the case on one page.

To make things easy for me, I will start from last month income; I’ve collected the information from last August, and I will do my best to keep these reports updated on the blog in the coming months, but I am not sure if I can get the old data and complete the Graph, let’s see what will happen latter, maybe I will get a chance to update it.

Also, one thing that I would like you to know is I am sharing my expenses on this post; I will be doing this latter next month to show you the ugly face of online business. Let’s say that in this post I am warming up, and the report will get more complete with time.

Let’s get into business

I know… I know… I talk too much 🙂

[box type=”note”]Before we get into business, I just want to inform you that these numbers demonstrate my online business income as a whole, so this is not FamousBloggers.net income, this is my whole income and expenses.[/box]

Now, let’s get into business, here is a list of my income resources from August 2011:

My Thesis Skins Business

ThesisAwesome.com has been my main stream of income since the last 8 months with more than $17.000 of income so far, you can say that this website can draw a smile on my face every morning; it’s so sweet to wake up and find out that you’ve made a few sales while sleeping.

  • ThesisAwesome.com
    • Sales: $3,198.00 (before affiliate commissions)

I am planning to move the affiliate program to ShareASale.com soon because I want to organize the affiliate payouts to be on time without having to worry about it. I know it’s kinda expensive to join such network now, but still paying $650 to get a better service for you business and members is a good deal.

If you are up to affiliate marketing and you like to promote Thesis Theme, then we maybe can work together, why not join the awesome affiliate program, let’s start earning money.

Affiliate Earnings

  • DIYthemes: $203.37
  • Scribe SEO: $41.01
  • Headway Themes: $70.52
  • OptimizePress: $315.00
  • Popup Domination: $79.23
  • Keyword Winner: $88.72
  • Backlink Profit Monster: $35.11
  • TweetAdder: $235.60
  • HootSuite : $11.98
  • 31 Days to Build a Better Blog: $8.00
    • Total: $1,088.54

 Paid Reviews

  • Direct: $350
    • Total: $350

Advertisements Earnings

  • BuySellAds: $306.92
  • Google AdSense: $240.77 (all my blogs)
  • InLinks: $35.20
  • AdvertiseSpace : $21.00
  • Direct Ads: $115
    • Total: $718.89

Gross Total in August: $5,355.43 

[box type=”note”]I haven’t shared my expenses, so the number you see above reflect my online business income, not my profit. Also, these are not the exact numbers, it could be lower or higher with a few dollars (for example: I didn’t pay attention to PayPal fees)[/box]

I remember I made almost $10,000 at 2010, that was my first year of blogging at FamousBloggers.net, not bad for a start, but I suffered a lot -being without a day job- dealing with life expenses, and while not having an income, I spend almost all my savings. However, things are getting better this year as you can see, the business grow very well and exceeded my expectations, but still not enough as there are many open doors that you have to make sure you close each of them every month, I bet you know that, well… This is life!

Success doesn’t mean relaxation, it means more responsibilities. Success requires more hard work to keep things running, especially in this stage, my stage, I call it .. The start!

It’s some sort of revolution, no… no… It’s a revolution

And, every revolution requires sacrifices. I’ve made sacrifices!

It’s almost 09:00 am here in Houston, and I am still working on this post since last night to deliver it to you Monday morning. So please, no hard feelings if you find a typo here or there 🙂

By the way, if you are wondering how many hours I work everyday…

I can tell it’s something between 15 – 18 hours 7 days a week with no days off. Many nights I sleep with -one eye open- my Galaxy under the bellow, or with the iPad on my chest. I dream of my business, my fellow bloggers and friends, those who I do respect a lot, even though I never meet them in my whole life, but I know they are real.

Appreciation!

I’ve got a lot of support from the community, and I would like to thank everyone who helped me, I really appreciate it and I wish one day I can return the favor.

I hope this information will benefit you, inspire you and motivate you in your journey.

Finally, I am making a full living from my online business.

What about you?

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About Hesham Zebida

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I create websites with WordPress, and I develop Schema Plugins to help SEOs. I am a social network lover. I am also the night creature who works hard to keep this project up. Owner and founder of the Famous Blog.

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{ 54 Responses }

  1. Tarun kumar says:
    Wow, it's great. We are here suffering to make $10/ month, so it's an inspiratory tale of you.
  2. Gregory says:
    Wow, amazing how someone can make money by blogging! Well with such a nice website, no wonder there are people who want to pay to let you review something. Nice post by the way, not just some numbers but explanation where the numbers come from. Have a nice day. Gregory
  3. Trung Nguyen says:
    Wow, awesome - I think your income is the goal of many people (include me) - I hope I can learn more about how to make money online thank to your income report every month. Just follow your blog. Nice, thanks again.
  4. torn says:
    Is that real? Can you give me advice about my blog? Anyone? Thanks!
  5. Robert says:
    Hi, great post! I really like to see what others are doing online. I am always looking for people who share this, because it helps me get better and better. Your work is greatly appreciated. I see your earnings are improving, that's great for you, but what about the hours? I know I am passionate about internet marketing and everything involved, but I couldn't do the hours because of my family. Great respect for the effort you put in to it! Robert
  6. Greg Lam says:
    Hi Hesham, Thanks for posting the financials. I've actually done the same on my blog as well. The interesting thing I found reading yours is the CPC. I haven't started doing any adsense yet, and never thought to look at how much money you would get per click. Seems silly to say that, but adsense is down the list on ways that I could make money. Might have to reconsider, because I checked some words I'm targeting and they have some pretty good CPC.
  7. samrat kafle says:
    Hey Hesham, that's a amazing report really inspiring a lot of bloggers and me too.One thing i liked about you is your transparency to your loyal visitors,which is great thing in itself,, thanks for your clear cut report :O
  8. Tram Tran says:
    This is awesome, thanks so mug for changing your mind and do this report. Btw, you work too much, take a rest !
  9. Tinh says:
    Impressive revenue Hesham. I wish I could dedicate my 100% time to blogging and affiliate marketing :-)
    • Hesham says:
      Haha.. yeah, that would be nice, I know you can do it!
  10. karan says:
    Well, this post is actually inspirational. I see myself earning the same amount of money in exactly one year from now.. :D
    • Hesham says:
      Hey Karan, glad to hear that.. passion is important :) well done buddy and my wishes for you!
  11. Tilen Hrovatic says:
    Congrats man! this is a really nice income for one month :)
    • Hesham says:
      Thanks!
  12. Isabel Rodrigues - Pro Blogger Journey says:
    Well Done Hesham Your earnings are a reflection of your hard work. Keep up your good work..
    • Hesham says:
      Thanks Isabel, yes it wasn't an easy job :)
  13. fran the Online Writer says:
    Hi Hesham I read your post too late after publishing. But I enjoyed reading it, as it has a deep personal touch and a lot of insightful learning for making money online. I liked how you changes your idea and published it for others. Awesome factual read. Thanks. Fran A
    • Hesham says:
      Hi Fran, Thanks for stopping by and reading my post, and yes, there is nothing wrong when someone change the way she/he think about things, it's useful to be flexible as possible! I am thankful to people like you who encourage me all the time and give me a big push towards success.
      • fran the Online Writer says:
        Hi Hesham : You are very welcome. I learn a lot from you too. See you again
  14. Faissal Alhaithami says:
    I guess you made the best decision by doing this! as it nice to see how you are doing in making money online, and prove to the visitors way they should come back to read about make money online on famousbloggers.net we see a lot of blogs and i mean A LOT who talk about making money online and they actually DON'T :D Well done hesham ^^ you are really doing great job. I hope that your earning will increase month after month because you deserve it.
    • Hesham says:
      I hope so :) It's not easy to be open to everyone, especially when it's about your income, but giving it a try won't hurt. And, yes you are right, I know many people who talk about things that they don't have any clue how it's done lol Thanks for the great wish my friend, I really appreciate it.
  15. Jimmy Sigenstroem says:
    Well for me it's not so much the amount that a webmaster earns, it's more from where it comes. Before I read this post I didn't know about "Inlink" and "Direct Ads", by reading about where others earn their money I get an idea to where I might earn more than I do now.
    • Hesham says:
      Hey Jimmy, This present the reality of my online business income, and yes it's not that much, and it's hardly enough for my basic living needs, however I don't expect a massive grow in income till next year. Inlinks is an automated service that sells in content links, I have it on some other blogs of mine, not satisfied with it that much because prices are too low! Direct Ads, means ads I've sold directly to an advertiser who contacted me via my contact form, so it's direct (1 to 1) deal, no middle guy, the best way to sell ads because you don't have to pay commissions. (but still have to put your eye on expired ads and payments time). Thanks for stopping by
  16. Steve says:
    Good Idea Hesham! I have also planned to go live with a monthly "earnings report" That I will likely start around the 1st. I personally find these things to be both enlightening and inspiring. Congratz on your success and keep up the hard work. I can only imagine the amount of work you put in... you deserve your success bro! -Steve
    • Hesham says:
      Hey Steve, That would be awesome, it's always good to know what works for others. However, each blog or a website has it's own unique finger print, so it's really hard to duplicate the income :) thanks a lot, and looking forward to see your reports.
  17. DiTesco says:
    Hi Hesham. It is so good to see that you are doing such a great job. Personally I feel the same way as you did, because I really don't think that sharing income reports provide any value. You did point out some good reasoning why you changed your mind. Perhaps it will motivate me to do the same in the near future. Looking good buddy.. keep it up and much success to you. You totally deserve it. If I know of anyone who works harder than me, that would definitely be you, lol
    • Hesham says:
      Hey buddy, We discover good ideas when we try them, and find out that they are actually working for us :) I think this will motivate readers, and self motivation to you as well, but you know it keeps me worry all the time, because I don't want to go below last month lol (I have a feeling that this will happen) Anyway's let's see where it takes us! You are a great person DiTesco, and I really appreciate your friendship :)
  18. Pritam Nagrale says:
    Hi Hesham, I am very much inspired by seeing at your monthly income report. Also you have not mentioned about total expenses but still the figure is too good. This was my first time I visited smartpassiveincome.com and I am really thankful to you for sharing this. Pat's income was very huge I am forced to follow his blog for getting more knowledge on the topic.
    • Hesham says:
      Hi Pritam, I am actually trying to put together some spreadsheets, I am collecting my expenses to include it in the next report. The start is hard some times, so I just started anyways, things will be complete soon! Glad to hear that this information inspired you, and I hope you make good use of it.
  19. Neeraj Sachdeva says:
    Kudos on you for sharing the income info. As you said, there are expenses as well, which you haven't highlighted. Also, I have previously checked out Smart Passive Income blog, so it is always nice to see some sort of evaluation online. As I expand and grow my blog and other online activities, I would be doing the same! Good luck!
    • Hesham says:
      Hi Neeraj , Great, sure I will include expenses next report, and looking forward to see how things goes with you. Thanks for your time.
  20. geld verdienmachine says:
    Hesham I am jealous of your earnings not your hours. I start using Affiliate Magician plugin for wordpress since a couple of days. My affiliate income doubled. With the plugin you earn a commission even if someone does not click your affiliate link.
    • Hesham says:
      Hi Geld, Good to know that you've doubled your income, plugins are useful some times :) Keep rocking!
  21. Wasim Ismail says:
    Hey Hisham Just read the post now (I know I'm late) Great choice, I always read others monthly reports, such as Pat's and it always motivates me, and i'm sure others. It goes to show that it is possible to achieve what you want and generate a good passive income, month in month out. Anyway best of luck, and keep it up. Tc
    • Hesham says:
      Hi Wasim, Cool, so now you have another report to read :)
  22. Michael Aulia says:
    Great decision, Hesham. It is a bit daunting to post your income and all that to the public. I've actually been doing that every month for the last 2-3 years. My aim is to encourage my readers and it does help them a lot (judging from their comments). Some were following me for 2 years and made a comment remembering how puny my income was 2 years ago, so it's great. Hope to see you post about your earnings in more time to come too (or until you decide to stop it again at least :)) Wish I can have more affiliate sales income like you. Great stuffs
    • Hesham says:
      Yes Michael lol, it's not that easy :) Great, great.. That's what I like to head my friend, and yes I will try to update every month. I wish you bog success, and more affiliate sales :)
  23. Eran says:
    I think its awesome that you shared this. I am always curious what people make online to see if its really worth the effort. I guess I struggle to believe a lot of people when they are vague with the numbers. I have one question... How much traffic does it take to generate that kind of revenue? Thanks Eran
    • Hesham says:
      If you show me the money, I know you are real :) I understand what you mean, I passed through all this, at the beginning no one believed me till they saw the money coming, then they start believing and realizing that I have a vision. It doesn't really matter how much traffic you can get, but it's more about what type of traffic you are getting and what you can do with it (how to convert it to buyers), I hope this makes sense Thanks Eran
  24. Ming Jong Tey says:
    Hi Hesham, This is awesome! I am sure you put in tons of great effort to grow your business and now you are earning a living online full time! Very well done. To get started online full time initially is definitely stress and there are tons of thing to be done. However, this is your business and you have full control of it. It is well worth your time to build asset for yourself :) Cheers, Ming
    • Hesham says:
      You've got the point Ming, building multiple assets is the key!
  25. Alan Tay says:
    Hi Hesham I can see you make a lot of money from affiliate marketing and I personally think this post is a good one to share out to those who thinks that Google Adsense is the only way to earn online. Adsense is not even 10% of your total income and I would like to say 'Well Done!' to you. I think I should open up my mind set as well apart of earning from Google Adsense only.
    • Hesham says:
      Nothing profit more than creating and selling your own product or (time), then affiliate products, then anything else. AdSense could work great, but requires good amount of traffic to achieve high earnings. Anyways, it just depends on your model, the nature of your site and the type of target traffic you are getting. Every business needs a plan, good luck
  26. Ivan Walsh says:
    Hi Hesham, Have you thought of doing the same for the Genesis framework? The target audience is smaller but... you'll probably have less competition. Just a suggestion. Ivan
    • Hesham says:
      Hi Ivan, Of course I thought about that, the only problem is that I can think of is Time, creating such a project requires a lot of time to make a new complete setup, it's not impossible though. Thanks for the suggestion, and by the way small target audience doesn't necessary mean less profits.
  27. Saket Jajodia says:
    Awesome..!! I hardly make $1 in a day from my blog but hoping soon to get some good income.. And I really liked your CSS3 bar graph.
    • Hesham says:
      I see that you have a quite good number of posts on your blog, maybe you need to focus your efforts on what converts into real money!
      • Saket Jajodia says:
        I have temporally removed AdSense, actually I don't have much visitors on my blog thats what makes my blog income so less.
  28. Lavall Chichester says:
    Hi Hesham, Keep up the good work. Pat influenced me as well and I read his blog constantly. I started making about $100+ a month from my blog, which is nothing but very inspiring to me. Once the first Ad Sense check came in I realized that this is real and that I can make money with my blog I got really excited. Pat makes 30k plus some months, which is really wonderful. I'm glad that you are posting your income reports because it really will inspire people to strive to build online assets of their own.
    • Hesham says:
      They say the first $100 is the hardest to get and once you figure out that, it will keep coming. Good luck
  29. Tuan says:
    I remember you shared your earnings with us once in the past, am I wrong? This is very impressive earnings and I hope you would do it monthly because the reports could motivate new online business a lot. My goal is to reach the revenue of $1000 per month at the end of this year, there are 3 months left and I hope I could accomplish it. Btw, I love the graph you use to visualize data, very beautiful.
    • Hesham says:
      Hi Tuan, That post was actually after one year of blogging, and I didn't share too much details or full report of my income. Good luck to you buddy, and I really with you achieve your goal this year,I will do my best to publish the report every month, thanks for stopping by.
  30. Harleena Singh says:
    HI Hesham, Wow! Unimaginable- figures and it's great to see the site soar to such great heights within such a short time, all thanks to your efforts and hard work! I am glad you changed for the better, as a positive change is what we all need that enhances our personal growth as well. Thanks so much for sharing all about your earnings online and how you go about it. It sure is a great insight for others and am sure we all are going to learn something from this post :)
    • Hesham says:
      Hi Harleena , I really hope so, I will continue doing this if people find it useful. Thanks a lot, I really appreciate it

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