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If you are starting a blog or have started recently, surely you are wondering, how can I make money with my blog. You have probably read some blog monetization strategies too, but maybe still thinking I wish I knew how the pros do it. Well, your wish has come true.
Here is an awesome list of 24 money making bloggers and income lessons in an Infographic. These bloggers are from various niches all in one place and presented in an Infographic – Your Escape From 9 to 5 style! This list consists of bloggers who display their income online.
* Income figures are for March 2015 and are self-reported by the bloggers.
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1 - John Lee Dumas
EntrepreneurOnFire
Monthly Net Income |
$129 K |
EntrepreneurOnFire.com
|
Niche |
Entrepreneurship, Online Business and Podcasting |
Domain Age |
3 years |
Lesson |
Try Podcasting |
Podcasting can bring in traffic and revenue. It can be fun, lucrative and can bring a nice sponsorship income. |
2 - Pat Flynn
SmartPassiveIncome
Monthly Net Income |
$115 K |
SmartPassiveIncome.com
|
Niche |
Make Money Online / Blogging |
Domain Age |
6.5 years |
Lesson |
Build a Personal Brand |
Build a brand people can relate to. Pat’s brand is bigger than all his sites combined. He can start a new business online or offline and have a following within a small time period. |
3 - Eric James
EricJamesConsulting
Monthly Net Income |
$97 K |
EricJamesConsulting.com
|
Niche |
Sales, Copywriting, Consulting |
Domain Age |
Less than 1 year |
Lesson |
Consulting is Big Money |
If you can help individuals and businesses grow their revenue by providing some sort of a consulting service, you can score big. |
4 - Jon Dykstra
FatStacksBlog
Monthly Net Income |
$49 K |
FatStacksBlog.com
|
Niche |
High Traffic Online Magazine |
Domain Age |
6 months |
Lesson |
Create a System & Scale It Up |
For every $1 Jon spends, he earns $1.5. He spends $100K in Facebook ads every month and earns close to $150K, giving him a profit close to $50K. You can do this if you have a proven system that you can ramp up. |
5 - Lindsay Ostrom
PinchOfYum
Monthly Net Income |
$25 K |
PinchOfYum.com
|
Niche |
Food Photography / Cooking |
Domain Age |
5 years |
Lesson |
Create Visually Compelling Content |
Lindsay started creating traffic and revenue using better images. She even has a course on how to take better food images. Images are key to better social sharing, engagement and creating visibility. |
6 - Becky Mansfield
YourModernFamily
Monthly Net Income |
$21 K |
YourModernFamily.com
|
Niche |
DIY, Family, Home Decor/Organization |
Domain Age |
2.5 years |
Lesson |
It’s All About Your Viewers |
Becky’s blog is all about helping moms manage their families. She helps her viewers manage their kids, relationships, home and connects with them. |
7 - Deby
Moms-Make-Money
Monthly Net Income |
$17 K |
Moms-Make-Money.com
|
Niche |
Blogging, Making Money and Savings |
Domain Age |
2 years |
Lesson |
Diversify Your Income Sources |
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. Diversify your income so if one source is running low, you can still depend on the others. Use a combination of income sources like ads, affiliate marketing, products and services. |
8 - Matthew Woodward
MatthewWoodward.co.uk
Monthly Net Income |
$16 K |
MatthewWoodward.co.uk
|
Niche |
SEO / Internet Marketing |
Domain Age |
3 years |
Lesson |
Target One Topic |
Mathew focuses on SEO and gets targeted audience. This helps him establish authority, get speaking and consulting gigs. |
9 - Regina Anaejionu
ByRegina.com
Monthly Net Income |
$16 K |
ByRegina.com
|
Niche |
Blogging, Branding and Online Business |
Domain Age |
2.5 years |
Lesson |
Be Everywhere |
Regina’s site features her pictures in many places. She also encourages her viewers to socially follow her. This helps her increase her reach and build more traffic. |
10 - Daniel Johannes
ALittleSliceOfThePie
Monthly Net Income |
$16 K |
ALittleSliceOfThePie.com
|
Niche |
eCommerce and Amazon |
Domain Age |
1.5 years |
Lesson |
Think Outside The Box |
Most bloggers believe in informational products and Daniel has built his income around selling physical products in Amazon. True potential is only limited by your imagination so think outside the box. |
11 - Michelle Gardner
MakingSenseOfCents
Monthly Net Income |
$15 K |
MakingSenseOfCents.com
|
Niche |
Frugal Lifestyle, Savings |
Domain Age |
4 years |
Lesson |
Simplify Complex Topics |
Michelle’s niche – finance and savings has a lot of complex topics and she has built her site around simplifying complex topics. Explain things in laymen terms so people can understand and use examples. |
12 - Abby
JustAGirlAndHerBlog
Monthly Net Income |
$12 K |
JustAGirlAndHerBlog.com
|
Nich |
Home Organization, DIY and Home Décor |
Domain Age |
2 years |
Lesson |
Create Content with Variety |
Aby uses content variety to her advantage. She provides her readers with in-depth articles, list posts, round-up posts etc. By producing link worthy content and authoritative content she gets more social media traffic and search engine rankings. |
13 - Harsh Agarwal
ShoutMeLoud
Monthly Net Income |
$9 K |
ShoutMeLoud.com
|
Niche |
Tech tips, Make Money Online and Blogging |
Domain Age |
6 years |
Lesson |
Target Long Tail Keywords |
Harsh is a prolific blogger who has posted more than 3,000 articles in 6 years at an average of over 1 article per day targeting long tail keywords. His search traffic brings 28% of his website visitors compared Pat Flynn’s 15%. |
14 - Justin Weinger
SoOverThis
Monthly Net Income |
$8 K |
SoOverThis.com
|
Niche |
Internet Marketing |
Domain Age |
4 years |
Lesson |
Target Private Ads |
AdSense is easy to get into but is not lucrative. Target private ads and only use AdSense for unsold advertising spaces. You need large traffic to target private ads though. |
15 - Kirsty
NerdyNomad
Monthly Net Income |
$7 K |
NerdyNomad.com
|
Niche |
Travel |
Domain Age |
8 years |
Lesson |
Target Underserved Markets |
Have you heard of the city Kigali? It is the capital of Rwanda. She is travelling there and spotted an opportunity to create a website about the city which has very less quality information. She has created physical maps of the city and has earned over $5,000 in the month of March alone. |
16 - Dom Wells
HumanProofDesigns
Monthly Net Income |
$6 K |
HumanProofDesigns.com
|
Niche |
Internet Marketing, Web Design |
Domain Age |
2 years |
Lesson |
Offer Services |
In-demand services can provide guaranteed income regardless of traffic and marketing performance. This income is not passive but is less dependent on other factors. |
17 - Gina Horkey
HorkeyHandbook
Monthly Net Income |
$5 K |
HorkeyHandbook.com
|
Niche |
Freelance Writing |
Domain Age |
1 year |
Lesson |
Try Freelancing |
Gina went from $0 to $6,000 in a matter of a few months by doing freelance writing, VA work, product sales and coaching. Freelancing has given her an opportunity to network, help other bloggers and learn at the same time. |
18 - Matthew
TrueValhalla
Monthly Net Income |
$4 K |
TrueValhalla.com
|
Niche |
Making Video Games |
Domain Age |
3 years |
Lesson |
Target a Small Niche |
Everyone knows about making money online, relationship and health niche. This is where the highest competition is; small fish in a big pond. Mathew on the other hand makes HTML5 video games and sells them to gaming sites. He is a kind of a big fish in a small pond. |
19 - Sharon Gourlay
DigitalNomadWannabe
Monthly Net Income |
$3 K |
DigitalNomadWannabe.com
|
Niche |
Niche Sites & Travel Blog |
Domain Age |
1 year |
Lesson |
Try Other Affiliate Programs |
Sharon makes a decent income through hotel affiliate programs. Most bloggers stick to domain, hosting, email and marketing products but in the right circumstances other affiliate programs can also work. |
20 - Daniele Besana
DanieleBesana.com
Monthly Net Income |
$3 K |
DanieleBesana.com
|
Niche |
Niche Sites, Internet Marketing |
Domain Age |
11 year |
Lesson |
Promote Themes |
Daniel has been blogging for 11 years and has travelled to 51 countries so far. One of his highest income source is a WordPress theme. If you have a blogging based audience, then themes can produce a healthy income. |
21 - Nathan
IncomeBully
Monthly Net Income |
$2 K |
IncomeBully.com
|
Niche |
Internet Marketing |
Domain Age |
4 months |
Lesson |
Sell Your Own Products |
Nathan is a good example of how you can make money, even if you have very less traffic by selling your own product and owning the whole sales funnel. |
22 - Will Tang
TravelBlogBreakthrough
Monthly Net Income |
$1.5 K |
TravelBlogBreakthrough.com
|
Niche |
Internet Marketing, Travel Blogging |
Domain Age |
Less than 1 year |
Lesson |
Start Earning From Day 1 |
Will has started his blog with monetization strategies in mind. He promotes affiliate products and does freelance work to generate a small income from day 1. |
23 - Spencer Haws
NichePursuits
Monthly Net Income |
$1.4 K |
NichePursuits.com
|
Niche |
Niche Websites, Internet Marketing |
Domain Age |
4 years |
Lesson |
Consider Outsourcing |
If you have used ‘Long Tail Pro’ (Keyword research tool), then you would know Spencer Haws is a partner on that business. He has multiple lucrative businesses and sites and this is only from one site where he reports the income. Since Spencer is multi talented and very busy spreading his time between ventures, he outsources to leverage other people’s time wisely. |
24 - Enstine Muki
Enstinemuki.com
Monthly Net Income |
$1.4 K |
Enstinemuki.com
|
Niche |
Make Money Online, Blogging and Internet Marketing |
Domain Age |
1.5 years |
Lesson |
Consider Doing Paid Reviews |
Enstine has made most of his income in March by doing paid reviews. He almost made $1,000 using this strategy. His other income source was affiliate marketing. |
The Big Lessons from the Numbers Above:
- Providing Services is hard to scale up as it takes your time away.
- Start with Affiliate Products and Recurring Commissions.
- Niche Specific Ads Requires Lots of Traffic, at least 100,000 visitors a month.
- Focus on building a viewer base and don’t just focus only on SEO.
- Put Money back into your blog.
- Transparency can bring more visibility; the above list is just an example, but it’s not everyone’s cup of tea.
- There is no direct correlation between number of years blogging and earnings. There are some relatively new sites making a decent buck online.
- Girls have a better chance of achieving $10,000/month based on the median income of our sample group.
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This article gives lot of hope and inspiration to new bloggers like me. With hard work and dedication, one can be a successful blogger in a short period of time. Thanks for sharing this.
Well said Chantelle. Thanks for the comment & Good Luck.
Cheers,
Cent
Cent, thanks for this informational post.Entrepreneurship and Consulting are the 2 most important niche i am trying to focus on. Will definitely checkout No. 1 & 3.
Great to hear Simon. Thanks for the comment & Good Luck.
Cheers,
Cent
I am a new visitor to your site, your website is full of information and beautiful infographics. I loved it !
Hi Sej, thanks for the lovely comment on a Tuesday morning. Encouragement like this will keep me going – no need for red bull 🙂 Cheers, Cent
WOW, i am amazed with Jon – the amount of money you can splash on marketing. It’s certainly working, plus if you have the means why not use it.
Spot on Petrov, I am certainly inspired by Jon too. It is amazing what he has achieved in 6 months. Thanks for the comment. Cent
I am a working mum and i will check out Deby’s website, thanks for the share
Hi Jillian, great to hear. I am sure Deby can provide specific information for moms. Thanks, Cent
That’s a huge list and thanks for featuring me Cent
Lots of guys doing great here 😉
Hi Enstine,
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. Everyone on the list is simply inspirational including yourself.
Cheers, Cent
I really admire people mentioned above. I am also a newbie in online money making, particularly affiliate. I find it hard to get sales. Really. I made many mistakes, but I will not give up. These people inspire me a lot. Anyway, thanks for this “huge” list!
Hi Vanessatan, I like your spirit of not giving up. Good luck & thanks for the comment. Cent
Wonderful and informative post Cent, the list you provided gives good inspiration and also urge to be a successful blogger. Nice article.
Regards
Mukesh
Thanks Mukesh, appreciate your comment. Cent
Thanks for featuring me here, Cent!
And the best is yet to come, I’m working hard to get better results.
Hi Daniele, thanks for stopping by. You are truly a symbol of hard work and inspiration. Good luck. Cheers, Cent
thanx for sharing great information for making money..i think its great way fro making money through blooging.
i love that way….
Thanks for the comment. Cheers, Cent
Cent, I have started a blog recently, and your infographic is what I am looking. Thanks a lot for great work! I can’t imagine how much time did you spend on gathering this information?! You are my superhero 🙂
I am going to use all recommendations mentioned in this article and create the infographic that helps people to improve writing skills. We need to share our experience visually 🙂
Hi Jackob,
Great to hear the information was useful. I can’t honestly remember how long it took me put this together. Awesome to hear you are going to implement these tips. I agree Infographics are an awesome way to communicate. Thanks for your kind words and comment. Good luck 🙂
Cent
Hey man, this is awesome. Good round up and infographic. I like how you have incorporated a lesson from each blogger. This list is truly inspirational. Thanks.
Hi Matt, yes the list is truly inspirational. Thanks for the comment and glad you liked it. Cheers, Cent
My favorite Shoutmeloud owned by Harsh Agarwal is on 13th. His blog comes on first page in lots of queries and I visit them regularly.
Hi Viki, yes, shoutmeload is a pretty good site and of course Harsh is a great blogger to follow. Thanks for the comment. Cheers, Cent
Cent, this list is great. There is a lot to learn from these amazing people – but most importantly thanks for bringing them together. I really am a big fan of your infographics and visit your site regularly.
Hi Aleks, Your comment is like music to my ears. Thanks, Cent
There is a lot of information in this roundup post eg – niche selection, ways of making money, lessons from each of these bloggers – especially good for a newbie like me. Thanks
Hi Claire, Glad you found the lessons useful. Thanks, Cent
Admire for work mate.. and am the following some of the bloggers in the list.. this post is really helpful for new bloggers like me when we follow the probloggers blog its like a education learning some new things.. and wonder most of earning through affiliate and selling own products.. thanks for sharing..
Hi Charan, Thanks for the comment and appreciate your thoughts. Cheers, Cent
Great people with amazing talent. Personally know Harsha Agarawal and would love to meet more people and grab their teachings.
Hi Jntu, appreciate your comment and glad you can learn from the list of awesome bloggers. Cheers, Cent
Thanks for this infographic. Its great to get all these 24 successful bloggers together and learn from their experiences.
Hi Neal, you are absolutely spot on. What a wealth of knowledge and a lot to learn/implement. Appreciate the comment. Cheers, Cent
This post inspired me alot..Have to buck up my Blog to earn more revenue 🙂
Hi Mohit, don’t we all? thanks for the comment and glad to hear the post was inspirational. Cheers, Cent
Pretty interesting. Wait a few years, and i’ll join the top ! Haha, maybe if I win a lot of money.. Looking forward !
Lets work our way from the bottom of the list shall we? Good laugh 🙂 Thanks for the comment. Cheers, Cent
wow !! this post inspired me a lot … lets hope i can make my to this list too … 😛 , btw thnx for the awesome post 🙂
Hi Chandan, great to hear this post was inspirational. Hope we can all make it to a list like this in the future 🙂 Appreciate the comment. Cheers, Cent
Good stuffs with some familiar faces around .
But I thought Michael Dunlop makes more than most in the list.
Is true I heard you mention those that publish their income online.
Another useful set of people for us new bloggers to now look up to.
Thanks,
Christian
nowlookupto.com
A true motivational and inspirational list. Lets make our way from the bottom of the list shall we? Appreciate the comment. Cheers, Cent