Well it has been an interesting learning experience since I first started blogging. In December of 2009 I was hoping I’d be able to break the 60 cent per month barrier, just a few months ago in July I only had about 7,000 visitors per month across 7 different blogs.

Well jesus that was a mess. I’ve decided to consolidate to four different blogs and my traffic has increased to roughly 13,000 hits per month. I now average $80 per month and have at one point broken $400 in one month. My blogroll is now:

• BloggerBoon.com (this blog)
• A LIL’ Know How (alilknowhow.com)
• Online Scam Website (onlinescamwebsites.com)
• BodyBuildingBoon.com (my bodybuilding website)

And so I have less to manage, less blogs to log into to check for comments, and more content (and better content) for my existing blogs. After starting OnlineScamWebsites.com I broke $400 in one month barrier by writing about niche and hot buzzword topics relative to the latest internet scams. Of course those articles go in-and-out of relevance pretty fast (Turns out online scams don’t last long and thus their topic google-age is relatively short)… After about 3 months the articles written become obsolete, so fresh content is always needed. Interestingly though, my other blog’s content stays relevant for much longer period of time. While the earnings per post are MUCH lower, the traffic and earnings continue to roll in even after over a year.

Interestingly I’ve actually written an article that effectively capitalizes on Amazon.com’s affiliate program. I have been trying to figure out how I could effectively write a blog post that would drive people to buy a product through amazon.com for a while, I had limited success with the windshield wiper review I wrote on here (at approximately $5.00 / month in amazon affiliate earnings)… But a new opportunity presented itself when my sister got new Hunter Rain Boots for Christmas. They were a bargain because they had this sticky white wax residue all over the exterior. I guess real rubber rain boots sweat this white wax naturally, a process called “blooming”… Well it was our difficulty finding a solution to removing this “bloom” that led to me writing a blog post about the topic, and linking to the appropriate products needed to remove the bloom through amazon.com. The affiliate earnings from that one blog post have topped $30 per month and it has helped hundreds of people repair their hunter rain boots to look like new. See: (How to remove white residue from hunter rain boots).

I have also recently re-done this blog’s theme. While when I created the original theme I was pretty satisfied (although it was kind of busy). This new one is much more simplified with a much cleaner header logo. I still feel that it could be much more “impressive” although I really do like the logo I created. I’ll have to think of something to spruce up the sidebar or page design as its really just a giant piece of white. Not extremely creative… But definitely a step in the right direction.

Officially, My Goal for the end of this year is to be making $1000 per month through my blogs. However, I am unsure how realistic of a jump that is. We’ll see how close I can come as I am continually learning new techniques to increase traffic and increase ad conversions.