How I Made $54K from my Blogging Business in 2020 [Year in Review]

Hey and welcome to episode 7 of the Free and Fearless Podcast and the first one for 2021.  I’m so excited about this year and spent a lot of time reflecting on what happened during the previous 12 months, both in my business and personal life. From there, I decided what to release and leave behind, what to keep working on and what new things I wanna do this year. Tune into today’s episode to hear how much I earned, in what ways, and exactly what I worked on each month of the year. Show Notes: * [01:19] What’s an income report and why it matters* [03:42] How much I’ve earned in the past 3 years and what changed every next year* [05:58] My current 4 income streams (and what % of revenue comes from each)* [08:49] How I grew my email list (+ the exact numbers)* [11:13] How many page views I got in 2020 vs 2019 + my top traffic sources* [15:34 ] The 2 traffic sources that help me get nearly 100K page views/month* [18:54] What happened to my traffic and income once the pandemic hit the world* [21:55] Why I deleted 1/3 of my email list* [24:18] What I did to take control of my online presence * [26:39] How I re-designed my blog* [29:25] How I took massive action in the last 3 months of the year Mentioned: * Monthly income reports* Mediavine* ConvertKit* Blog to Biz System* Blog Printables Bundle* The Life Planner Kit* $1K Blogger* The email marketing course I took* Chic Boss [my premium WordPress theme]* Elementor [free website builder for WordPress]* The Blog Income Toolkit* My stock photo membership* My hosting provider* Teachable* Fearless Content [my new course] Transcript This is my third annual blog income report. If you’re new to this type of content, let me quickly explain. An income report of a blogger or any other business owner, means that you get to see exactly how much they earned and spent over the course of a month or a whol...