Top 24 Money Making Bloggers and Income Lessons [Infographic]

by Cent Muruganandam | Jun 8, 2015 | Make Money Online, Online Marketing, Top Posts | 44 comments

Check out the latest version of this Infographic here: 12 Bloggers making 10K Monthly [Infographic]

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.

You can download this Infographic and use it in your site as long as you give credit to us with a link-back.

Total Bloggers

24

Total Monthly Earnings

$907,119

Total Twitter Followers

225,367

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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Check out the latest version of this Infographic here: 12 Bloggers making 10K Monthly [Infographic]

44 Comments

Chantelle on June 8, 2015 at 8:17 pm

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.
- Cent on June 8, 2015 at 8:29 pm
  
  Well said Chantelle. Thanks for the comment & Good Luck.
  
  Cheers,
  Cent
Simon on June 8, 2015 at 8:25 pm

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.
- Cent on June 8, 2015 at 8:30 pm
  
  Great to hear Simon. Thanks for the comment & Good Luck.
  
  Cheers,
  Cent
Sej on June 8, 2015 at 8:28 pm

I am a new visitor to your site, your website is full of information and beautiful infographics. I loved it !
- Cent on June 8, 2015 at 8:32 pm
  
  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
Petrov on June 8, 2015 at 8:32 pm

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.
- Cent on June 8, 2015 at 8:34 pm
  
  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
Jillian on June 9, 2015 at 12:18 am

I am a working mum and i will check out Deby’s website, thanks for the share
- Cent on June 9, 2015 at 12:21 am
  
  Hi Jillian, great to hear. I am sure Deby can provide specific information for moms. Thanks, Cent
Enstine Muki on June 9, 2015 at 6:21 am

That’s a huge list and thanks for featuring me Cent
Lots of guys doing great here 😉
- Cent on June 9, 2015 at 6:26 am
  
  Hi Enstine,
  
  Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment. Everyone on the list is simply inspirational including yourself.
  
  Cheers, Cent
Vanessatan on June 9, 2015 at 8:38 am

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!
- Cent on June 9, 2015 at 7:23 pm
  
  Hi Vanessatan, I like your spirit of not giving up. Good luck & thanks for the comment. Cent
Mukesh on June 9, 2015 at 9:24 am

Wonderful and informative post Cent, the list you provided gives good inspiration and also urge to be a successful blogger. Nice article.

Regards
Mukesh
- Cent on June 9, 2015 at 7:21 pm
  
  Thanks Mukesh, appreciate your comment. Cent
Daniele on June 9, 2015 at 12:52 pm

Thanks for featuring me here, Cent!

And the best is yet to come, I’m working hard to get better results.
- Cent on June 9, 2015 at 7:19 pm
  
  Hi Daniele, thanks for stopping by. You are truly a symbol of hard work and inspiration. Good luck. Cheers, Cent
pokerbaazi on June 11, 2015 at 11:26 am

thanx for sharing great information for making money..i think its great way fro making money through blooging.
i love that way….
- Cent on June 11, 2015 at 11:41 am
  
  Thanks for the comment. Cheers, Cent
Jackob Essay writer on June 11, 2015 at 5:58 pm

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 🙂
- Cent on June 11, 2015 at 8:11 pm
  
  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
Matt Jones on June 14, 2015 at 1:39 am

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.
- Cent on June 14, 2015 at 1:42 am
  
  Hi Matt, yes the list is truly inspirational. Thanks for the comment and glad you liked it. Cheers, Cent
  - viki sangre on August 2, 2015 at 4:10 pm
    
    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.
    - Cent on August 3, 2015 at 2:37 am
      
      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
Aleks on June 14, 2015 at 11:56 pm

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.
- Cent on June 14, 2015 at 11:58 pm
  
  Hi Aleks, Your comment is like music to my ears. Thanks, Cent
Claire on June 15, 2015 at 12:02 am

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
- Cent on June 15, 2015 at 12:06 am
  
  Hi Claire, Glad you found the lessons useful. Thanks, Cent
charan on June 17, 2015 at 5:48 am

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..
- Cent on June 17, 2015 at 7:32 pm
  
  Hi Charan, Thanks for the comment and appreciate your thoughts. Cheers, Cent
  - jntu world on August 2, 2015 at 12:11 pm
    
    Great people with amazing talent. Personally know Harsha Agarawal and would love to meet more people and grab their teachings.
    - Cent on August 3, 2015 at 2:38 am
      
      Hi Jntu, appreciate your comment and glad you can learn from the list of awesome bloggers. Cheers, Cent
Neal on July 13, 2015 at 10:25 am

Thanks for this infographic. Its great to get all these 24 successful bloggers together and learn from their experiences.
- Cent on July 13, 2015 at 10:59 am
  
  Hi Neal, you are absolutely spot on. What a wealth of knowledge and a lot to learn/implement. Appreciate the comment. Cheers, Cent
Mohit Chauhan on July 13, 2015 at 10:57 am

This post inspired me alot..Have to buck up my Blog to earn more revenue 🙂
- Cent on July 13, 2015 at 11:00 am
  
  Hi Mohit, don’t we all? thanks for the comment and glad to hear the post was inspirational. Cheers, Cent
Buy LoL Account on July 14, 2015 at 1:12 am

Pretty interesting. Wait a few years, and i’ll join the top ! Haha, maybe if I win a lot of money.. Looking forward !
- Cent on July 14, 2015 at 1:18 am
  
  Lets work our way from the bottom of the list shall we? Good laugh 🙂 Thanks for the comment. Cheers, Cent
  - chandan on August 3, 2015 at 7:02 am
    
    wow !! this post inspired me a lot … lets hope i can make my to this list too … 😛 , btw thnx for the awesome post 🙂
    - Cent on August 3, 2015 at 11:04 am
      
      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
Christian on July 24, 2015 at 7:13 pm

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
- Cent on July 24, 2015 at 11:42 pm
  
  A true motivational and inspirational list. Lets make our way from the bottom of the list shall we? Appreciate the comment. Cheers, Cent