Stats (Without the Analysis) for May 2008
The month of May has been a total write-off work wise so any results that I present here are simply continuation of previous work. I’m posting my monthly stats for completeness but I’m going to leave out the commentary this month because I didn’t actually *do* anything to affect the results that I present here.
Income
- Bluehost - $1,010
- Teaching Sells - $95
- Direct Advertising - $73.70
- 20 Ways to Make $100 a Day ebook - $25.65
- AdSense - $25.24
- StumbleUpon Traffic ebook - $7.50
- Zen to Done ebook - $4.75
Total income earned during May 2008: $1241.84
Well I wasn’t expecting much this month but it sure is nice to see the income continue to trickle in from work that I did several months ago. This is truly a residual income.
Newsletter Subscribers
One thing I have just noticed is that Aweber tracks both the total number of people subscribed to your lists, and also those who have unsubscribed which of course are people no longer reading. Last month I reported having 113 subscribers and I honestly don’t know which number I used. This month the total of subscribed subscribers is 178.

RSS Subscribers
Last month ended on 2,269 and this month ended on 2,317 however, that number takes into account the Aweber count of newsletter subscribers so my subscribers dropped this month, which is not surprising. Thanks to the rest of you who have stuck around during this dry spell!
Traffic Stats



When there are no new posts there is very little referral traffic which is reflected this month. Search engine traffic accounts for over 38% of my traffic this month - that’s one reason to build organic traffic as it relies purely on your existing material and doesn’t require you to keep writing new stuff.
Looking Ahead to June
I stated in my last post that I would be taking some time off and I have done - lots of it. I have started working again now and I completed another part of Traffic Rush yesterday but I am working on a very much part-time basis and will probably continue to do so for the next month or two.
It’s hard to say what June holds as far as the blog goes because I’m really just taking things day by day for a while so I am not planning my posts like I used to. However this blog is an important part of my work and I haven’t enjoyed doing my stats today and seeing all my numbers drop. I don’t want to waste the hard work that I have already invested into it so I am motivated to get back into the swing of things, but in a natural way without forcing it.
For those of you interested, the guest post I wrote for Steven Aitchison has been published. It’s called Getting Help When You Are In Despair.
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Nick Stewart
June 1, 2008
Congratulations on your income!
I know the first $ are the hardest for sure. Once you get going there is no stopping you!
BTW, I looked through your “Build Niche Sites with WordPress” ebook and I must say well done. It’s really quite good!
I was wondering if I could have your permission to send it to my email list. (I didn’t see any copyright statement in the ebook but perhaps I just missed it.)
Please email me at nickstraffictricks@gmail.com
Thanks!
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