Case Study: My Monthly Income

If there is one lesson you need to take home from this chapter, it is that you should find a good balance between the need to earn dollars from your blog and the risk of irritating your users.

The second important lesson is that you can’t put all your eggs in one basket. Diversifying is a good strategy when blogging. Trying out a variety of methods to make money over the course of several months that turn into years will let you verify what works for your blog and audience and what doesn’t. Find multiple streams of income that have proven to be worthwhile for you, and keep them working in tandem.

Keep track of your earnings and where they’re coming from by adding such information in your blogging dashboard or ...

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