First Month Blogging Income Report – Super Realistic Small Blog Monumetric Earnings!

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This post is all about my first month blogging income report with Monumetric earnings and blog income report 2024.

Are you looking for a super realistic first month blogging income report from a small blog or a startup blog?

How about thinking about starting a blog and want to get an idea of how much you will make as a beginner blogger?

In this post, I get into all of these nitty gritty details based on my beginner blogging journey.

What Makes This First Month Blogging Income Report Different Than Others?

Well, to be clear, this isn’t my FIRST MONTH EVER BLOGGING income report.

This is the first month I am sharing my blogging income as a newer blogger.

Unlike a lot of the posts you will find nowadays that was just “updated in 2024” – this post originates in 2024 and it shows a realistic beginner blog income for 2024. This is NOT a blog that was established back in 2016 and gained traction in 2019 or something of the sort.

While I like reading those types of posts for inspo of what my blog income CAN BE someday, it seems a little out of reach for me with todays blogging standards.

This is probably because intentional, profitable blogging has become a lot more saturated with the emergence of bloggers selling blogging on Pinterest, Instagram, TikTok, etc.

After seeing the potential for profit, everyone wants to try their luck and see what all the hype is about.

Secondly, a lot of ad companies have upped their requirements so it’s a lot more difficult to get into top ad services like Mediavine.

Given this, I decided to start making these realistic blog income reports, since those seem to be few and far between.

Even though they may not be as hefty as a lot of the ones you will find online, I think there is really something to say about measuring your progress and success along the way.

Not only will it give me something to look back on once I have reached my blogging goals, but it gives me something concrete to look at along the way to remind myself that I am making progress.

So, without further ado, here’s my first month blogging income report with Monumetric earnings!

Background Info On This Blog

I technically “started” this blog in July of 2020. However, I didn’t start working on it (i.e. writing posts, researching exactly how to run a blog, implementing everything I learned for Pinterest/SEO) until about January of 2021.

Between 2021 and now, there have been quite a few periods where I took few month hiatus’ from blogging. I honestly can’t say I have been super consistent with my blog until this past year.

Even now, I know I could be putting forth way more time and energy than I have been.

But, I have recently had a few big life changes that has really lit a fire under my butt so to speak, and given me a newfound motivation to make my blog a success.

Now that I have some extra time (like a lot) to myself to really get serious about my blog, AND given I was just recently accepted into Monumetric after hitting the 10k page view threshold, I thought what better time than now to start tracking my blog income.

My Actual Blogging Timeline:

• 7/1/20 – Started BJA (this blog!)
• 1/21 – Started writing my first few posts
• 2/22/21- Started putting pins on Pinterest
• 3/9/21 – Made $0.60 from Amazon Affiliates
• 3/23/21 – Made $1 in Google Adsense
• 3/26/21 – Started learning and optimizing for SEO as well as taking blog courses
• 5/2021 – Took break from blogging
• 1/1/2022 – Quit an old job that was draining me and started getting serious about blogging again
• 6/1/22 – Started working full time in a new job; posting 1-2 pins per day & writing 1 blog post per month
• 9/22/22 – Joined Ezoic
• 3/1/23 – Started consistently pinning at least 1 pin per day 
• 7/1/23 – Started making around $50 per month through display ads & affiliate marketing
• 8/1/23 – Left Ezoic
• 12/11/23 – Accepted into Monumetric
• 3/1/24 – Received first Monumetric check

So as you can see, my blog’s journey definitely hasn’t been a linear, nor consistent timeline.

It definitely didn’t take off overnight either, like a lot of what you see being claimed by other new bloggers.

Granted, this could be due in part to my lack of discipline and consistency with it.

Nonetheless, here we are!

Monumetric Ads & My Experience

Most of the income I am sharing in this income report is from display ads from the premium ad service, Monumetric. So I’m going to first go into a quick little Monumetric review in case it’s helpful for anyone debating on if it might be a good fit for their blog.

In my opinion, Monumetric is a great option for newer bloggers or for small blogs that don’t see a ton of traffic.

The current requirement to be accepted into Monumetric ad network is that your WordPress or Blogger website must have 10,000 page views (per Google Analytics) within the last 30 days.

You must also receive at least 50% of your traffic from viewers based in the United States and you must be in good standing with other Ad providers like Google AdSense.

Since joining Monumetric, my average session RPM has been in the $8-$12 range which is well above what I was getting from Google AdSense.

Not to mention, when I had AdSense and even Ezoic, I was getting complaints about the amount of ads and how spammy they were. Since switching to Monumetric I have had no negative feedback whatsoever and the ads themselves are premium ads.

So basically, when it comes to Monumetric vs Google AdSense or Monumetric vs Ezoic, my two cents is don’t waste your time with either of them and shoot for Monumetric. Although Ezoic pays more than AdSense, it was difficult to set up and slowed down my website significantly. Not to mention the “spammy ads” complaints I received.

Of note, Monumetric does have a one time $99 set up fee when you start, but it pays for itself after the first month or so, and it’s well worth the headache of having to do it yourself.

My Current Blogging Stats for First Month Blogging Income Report

The most important statistics that I like to track that are closely related to income are:

• Site visits per Google Analytics; including a breakdown of traffic sources (i.e. website visits coming from search engines/Google and Pinterest/social media)
• Email Subscribers

Site Visits

In March 2024, I received 9,400 page views, which equals about 7,400 sessions.

My traffic sources, almost entirely, were from Pinterest.

Pinterest Specific Stats

I try not to get sidetracked by vanity metrics, especially since all that really matters is how much traffic I am getting to my blog from the platform.

However, for March 2023, I was getting about 400k monthly views which has since increased to 600k at the time of writing this post.

I also had about 550 Pinterest followers by the end of March 2024 and currently at the time of writing this post (mid April 2024) I have 647 followers.

Email List Sign Ups (I am using ConvertKit Free Version!)

As of March 2023, I currently have 269 email subscribers, with almost all of these coming from my Eczema Flareup Checklist opt in.

My First Month Blogging Income Report

Without further ado, let’s get into how my blog is performing and what my actual earnings were last month.

To preface, my blogging income comes from a combination of affiliate marketing and display ads.

I do plan on adding an e-book into the mix, which is in the works but not quite ready yet.

Ad Income (Monumetric Earnings): I made 73.88 in ad income via Monumetric.

As you can see, this income was earned my first month with Monumetric (December 2023) and is paid on Net60 terms, so I didn’t receive it until March.

Affiliate Earnings: For affiliate income, I made $43.86 through Amazon Affiliates.

That comes to a total of $117.74.

Monthly Blogging Expenses 

The only monthly blog expense I currently have is Canva Pro which comes out to $12.99 per month.

It is totally worth it with all of the built in designing features you have access to.

It’s worth noting I do also pay a yearly fee to Bluehost of $120 for hosting and $21 per year for PerfMatters plugin to keep my site running fast, but I don’t take that into account as a technical monthly expense.

Blog Goals for My Next Blogging Income Report

So what are my blog goals for my next income report?

Well, for one I don’t think I’m going to be doing these monthly. For me, I think quarterly is reasonable.

So by next quarter, my blogging goals are as follows:

• Write 1 new post per week.
• Pin between 5-10 new pins to Pinterest daily.
• Increase Pinterest following to 1,000.
• Increase Pinterest monthly views to 1 million.
• Increase monthly site visits to 20k.
• Make $200 in ad income in one month.
• Make at least $100 in affiliate income in one month.
• Finish my first E-book and begin selling.

As you can see, these goals are fairly modest.

However, I want to set realistic goals for myself so I’m not disappointed in my progress.

And hey, If I do happen to exceed these goals, then even better!

My ultimate goal, as is the case for most bloggers, is to be accepted into Mediavine for ad income. This is because they pay, on average, over $20 RPM and for this reason it can be life changing when it comes to blogging income.

However, my monthly sessions will have to get to the 50k requirement first for that to happen so I’m trying not to get too impatient!

Final Thoughts on My First Month Blogging Income Report and Monumetric Earnings

I think it’s important to keep in mind, especially when starting out as a beginner blogger, that slow and steady wins the race.

If you do happen to take a break like I did, don’t beat yourself up at about it.

It’s way better to take a short step away if you need to, than to risk burning yourself out completely. Just get back to it when you are ready.

For me personally, I know that with more discipline, consistency, and patience, my blog will continue to grow.

It’s also pretty cool to think that even with me putting in the bare minimum of my time, I am still making nearly $200 a month in extra income.

That in itself makes me excited to think about how much growth potential this has, as I continue to put in more time and effort.

If you just started a blog, how does your beginner blogger first month blogging income report compare?

Drop a comment below! 🙂

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This post was all about my first month blogging income report with Monumetric earnings.