Top 24 Money Making Bloggers Share Their Income Lessons [Infographic]
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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 DumasEntrepreneurOnFire
| 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 FlynnSmartPassiveIncome
| 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 JamesEricJamesConsulting
| 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 DykstraFatStacksBlog
| 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 OstromPinchOfYum
| 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 MansfieldYourModernFamily
| 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 – DebyMoms-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 WoodwardMatthewWoodward.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 AnaejionuByRegina.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 JohannesALittleSliceOfThePie
| 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 GardnerMakingSenseOfCents
| 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 – AbbyJustAGirlAndHerBlog
| 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 AgarwalShoutMeLoud
| 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 WeingerSoOverThis
| 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 – KirstyNerdyNomad
| 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 WellsHumanProofDesigns
| 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 HorkeyHorkeyHandbook
| 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 – MatthewTrueValhalla
| 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 GourlayDigitalNomadWannabe
| 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 BesanaDanieleBesana.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 – NathanIncomeBully
| 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 TangTravelBlogBreakthrough
| 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 HawsNichePursuits
| 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 MukiEnstinemuki.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.
