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    Home » Income Reports

    Food Blog Income Report - 3rd Quarter 2022

    Published: Oct 1, 2022 » Modified: Oct 1, 2022 » By: Kylie » This post may contain affiliate links. » 2 Comments

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    Each quarter I share my income reports to give you a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to run Midwest Foodie! It also gives me a chance to share with you what I'm working on and the new things I'm trying.

    Info graphic that reads "3rd quarter 2022 income report midwestfoodieblog.com $73,145"

    If you're new here, be sure to start at the beginning with my first income report to see how this blog got started 5 years ago!

    Let’s take a look at the stats for July, August, and September 2022! These traffic totals do not include web story traffic.

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    Traffic
    Traffic Sources
    3rd Quarter Income Total: $73,145
    Monthly RPM/RPS
    Total Expenses $5,915
    Donations $750
    Profit $66,480
    Expenses Breakdown
    What I've Been Up To
    Pinterest Updates
    My Pinterest E-Book

    Traffic

    July 2022

    Pageviews749,047
    Sessions611,459
    Users451,016

    August 2022

    Pageviews718,332
    Sessions586,613
    Users439,263

    September 2022

    Pageviews728,930
    Sessions597,067
    Users440,931

    Traffic Sources

    July 2022

    Screenshot of my July traffic sources including organic, social, direct, referral, and other.

    August 2022

    Screenshot of my August traffic sources including organic, social, direct, referral, and other.

    September 2022

    Screenshot of my September traffic sources including organic, social, direct, referral, and other.

    3rd Quarter Income Total: $73,145

    July 2022

    AdThrive$21,456
    Amazon Associates$566
    Pinterest E-Book + Vegan E-Book$485
    Affiliate Income$825
    Sponsored Post$900
    Total Income$24,232

    August 2022

    AdThrive$20,457
    Amazon Associates$395
    Pinterest E-Book + Vegan E-Book$301
    Affiliate Income$1311
    Sponsored Post$900
    Total Income$23,364

    September 2022

    AdThrive$22,255
    Amazon Associates$378
    Pinterest E-Book + Vegan E-Book$194
    Affiliate Income$1122
    Sponsored Post$900
    Recipe Usage$700
    Total Income$25,549

    Monthly RPM/RPS

    JulAugSep
    RPM$28.64$28.48$30.53
    RPS$35.09$34.87$37.27

    Total Expenses $5,915

    Monthly Recurring Expenses $2,787

    Microsoft One Drive: $6
    Akismet: $30
    Nerdpress: $366
    Peach Perfect Financials: $717
    Lightroom: $32
    SendOwl: $27
    ConvertKit: $297
    Gsuite: $36
    Agathon: $240
    Canva: $30
    Tailwind: $30
    KeySearch: $42
    Gusto: $135
    Groceries: $600
    Ahrefs: $199

    Other Expenses $3,128

    Content Writer/Photographer: $2,832
    Keywords Everywhere: $10
    Yoast Premium Plugin: $79
    Tasty Pins: $29
    Tasty Recipes: $79
    Props: $50
    Rank IQ: $49

    Donations $750

    This quarter our donations went to:

    • Erica's Soul Food ($250)
    • Green Muse ($250)
    • GirlTrek ($250)

    Profit $66,480

    Taxes

    Please note that this “profit” does not take into account the taxes I will have to pay on it. It’s easy to look at these numbers and think the profits from blogging are great (which they are!) but it’s also important to remember that there are a lot of monthly expenses that go into blogging, and then taxes come along and take about 25%-30% of anything you have leftover!

    Expenses Breakdown

    • Content Writer: My very best money spent, hands down, is on a content writer! My least favorite part of blogging is writing the actual post so I love being able to send her an outline and then just getting to proofread and add my final touches to the post before publishing. I wish I would have hired a content writer from the very beginning because it's definitely a pain point for me that is worth the ROI to pay someone else to do it.
    • Rank IQ: I just purchased Rank IQ. I've heard good things but I'm not quite sure that I'm ready to dive in fully to a new tool. In my tiny bit of dabbling so far I've found that most of the search terms they are recommending have very little search volume so it hasn't been super helpful to me. I will keep you posted next quarter if I end up using it more. I've just grown so accustom to using KeySearch that I might just stick with that for now.

    What I've Been Up To

    • Content: I'm still publishing 2 posts per week and updating old posts here and there. I'm planning to hire another content writer to update old recipe posts for me and I'm quite excited about it. In the new year I'm planning to focus more on perfecting my older content and will likely begin publishing less new content. I feel like I've got some diamonds in the rough so to speak that I could really shine up and get a little more juice out of.
    • Work/Life Balance: The best part of this year has been finding a really comfortable work/life balance with the blog. I'm getting back into regular exercise, prioritizing more family time and down time, and feeling like I'm working to live not living to work.

    Pinterest Updates

    • Nothing new here! I'm still plugging away with the strategy outlined in my e-book. I haven't made any new idea pins since last quarter. Traffic is still holding steady and will hopefully increase during Q4.

    If you're looking for the tried and true strategy that has gotten me where I am today, be sure to check out my Pinterest e-book! More details below!

    My Pinterest E-Book

    • This e-book will help you develop a quick, easy, and simple Pinterest strategy that will drive consistent traffic to your site in JUST 20 MINUTES A WEEK!
    • This e-book is ideal for those who prefer to work at their own pace. This is not a Pinterest course. It's not going to take you days or weeks to work through.
    • It's loaded with screenshots and images to help clarify the concepts that you're learning and is geared toward those who already have a basic understanding of Pinterest, Tailwind, and Canva.
    Download e-book now!

    As always, thank you for reading! None of this would be possible without you 🙂 And don't forget to check out my previous income reports for more behind-the-scenes info!

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    1. Rylee

      November 15, 2022 at 5:35 pm

      Wow, congrats on a great quarter!! I am just starting up and wondering how you got so many backlinks to your site so quickly?

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      • Kylie

        November 15, 2022 at 8:22 pm

        I've been blogging for 5.5 years so it definitely hasn't happened quickly! It's happened through slow, organic growth over time - creating quality content that folks want to link to! Best of luck in your journey, Rylee!!

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