Blog Traffic and Income Report – July 2017

Welcome to the seventh monthly Blog Traffic and Income Report for The Mastermind Within! For new readers, each month, I post the traffic statistics and income The Mastermind Within blog has earned and comment on any changes, improvements, and disappointments. I want to be as transparent as possible, because true improvement can happen only when you get the raw details of a situation.

This post will take the following form: first, a recap of the various posts written throughout the month. Second, the traffic and income statistics which are gathered from Google Analytics and the various affiliate and ad networks The Mastermind Within takes part in. Third, I will discuss what changes or strategies I have for the next month, August 2017, to try to grow traffic and make money. As always, any and all feedback is gladly welcomed. I know that I don’t know everything about blogging. (not even close)

“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe

“Those who succeed were – at one point or another in their lives – willing to put themselves in situations that were uncomfortable, whereas the unsuccessful seek comfort from all their decisions.” – Grant Cardone

July 2017 Post Summary

In July, I posted 9 times. As mentioned in our goals post, I want to post 250 times in 2017. In the first 6 months, there were posted 105 posts. With 9 posts in July, that makes 114 for the year. I don’t think 250 is a reasonable goal given all the things going on in life, especially since I thought I’d have help with the goal.

I had a few posts on the general blog topics:  the June Traffic Report, and my goals update for June.

• Blog Income and Traffic Report – June 2017
• The Mastermind Within Goals Check-in – June 2017

I had 6 posts in July.  Here is a list of the non-book review posts I wrote in July:

• My Goal to Read 75 Books – June 2017 Check-in
• Erik’s Income Statement and Balance Sheet – 1st Half 2017
• Influencing Generation Z to Leverage the Internet and Capitalize on Technological Progress
• 6 Improvements from Reading 29 Books in 6 Months
• My Personal Development Bucket List – Lots of Ideas, Little Time
• How House Hacking Gets You on the Fast Track to Financial Freedom

I posted 1 book review in July. I actually finished 3 more, but haven’t gotten around to the book reviews.

Book Review

Guest Appearances

There were no guest appearances for The Mastermind Within blog.

In August, I have a few guest posts on the horizon that I working on.

Next… on to the numbers!

July 2017 Blog Statistics

In July 2017, the blog had 3,126 page views and we made $9.99!! Big money!! (You think I can retire off this? Joking!) This represents a increase of 29% in viewership month over month.

July 2017 Google Analytics Summary

July was up from June in terms of traffic. Traffic increased 29% on a month over month basis. I had an increase in the number of users month over month by 27% and the bounce rate and pages per session had positive changes month over month.

July 2017 Traffic and Income Report

In the Income Report, you can see the breakdown of revenue for the month of June: I have affiliates links throughout the site from Bluehost, Amazon, MyFinance, SoFi, and Xtheme. In addition, I utilize Google AdSense. As the page views increase, these numbers should increase. Time will tell; this is a fun experiment!

I am very excited the number of email subscribers following The Mastermind Within has continued to increase!

THANK YOU READERS AND SUBSCRIBERS 🙂 In May, The FREE Personal Finance Income Statement was a big contributor to our increase in total subscribers, and it has continued in June and July.

One positive thing is we saw an uptick in search engine traffic. Over 30% of the traffic was from search engines, which is a good sign! Real estate on Google is extremely valuable! 🙂

Overall, the blog is doing fairly well! As you can see above, 190 subscribers and 20,381 views in 7 months is pretty good, but far from great (especially if I want to take this a solid income stream) By staying consistent, the train will keep humming!

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Action Steps for August

Consistency is the key to blogging. July was a busy month. I only produced 1 book review in July while finishing 4 books. August will be another busy month, but I’m excited to get through more books as my lady friend also loves reading – it’s fun to compare our notes on certain books we’ve read 🙂 In addition to more book reviews, I’m looking forward to continuing to provide value to you, my reader. Please let me know if there is anything you’d like me to write about.

Also, we spent a fair amount of time commenting on other people’s blogs. We do this for two reasons: one, it is part of our mission statement. We want to build a community where knowledge can accumulate and ideas can prosper.

The Mastermind Within Mission Statement:

The Mastermind Within hopes to build a collaborative community where ideas can flow openly, and readers can build knowledge and experience amazing personal growth.

The second reason is it is a fairly decent method to get traction in the blogosphere. By commenting on the following sites, we were able to get a majority of our page views:

In the coming months, I will keep providing value through posts and products, continue to be consistent with my posting, and continue to grow each and every day! 🙂

How did July go for your blog or website? What tips or tricks could you share with me to improve The Mastermind Within?

“Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.” – Benjamin Franklin

Erik

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