Jimvesting Dot Com Earnings Call (August 2008)
Author: Jim | Filed under: Earnings Reports
It’s September already? 2008 is flying by, and while I was a bit less proactive about writing/recruiting in August… the growth really speaks for itself and the gains realized in traffic and profitability are no joke. Of course, August marked a shift in focus for me… as I concentrated heavily on alternative blogging projects which will compromise my high-margin growth. Still, Jimvesting is quickly approaching the 1,000 mark of RSS subscribers and I am excited about the future.
July was a record-breaking month by all means. However, August did follow up with strong numbers despite my relatively relaxed stance toward growth in the month. Because of this, I am looking more June v. August and was impressed how earnings came in this month. Growth, as always, showed steady improvement. Once I get a bit more settled in for the quarter, I expect growth rates in traffic, subscribers and whatnot to increase as desired. Let’s check out how we fared in August! 
July Results
- RSS Subscriber Count: 547 Readers
- Average Unique Visitors: 369
- Average Returning Visitors:67
- Average Page Loads:573
- Alexa.com Ranking: 95,501
- Technorati Ranking: 11,324
- 45n5 Top 100 Rank: 29
- Google PageRank: 4
August Results
- RSS Subscriber Count: 633 Readers (15.72%+)
- Average Unique Visitors: 379 (2.71%+)
- Average Returning Visitors: 74 (10.45%+)
- Average Page Loads: 628 (9.60%+)
- Alexa.com Ranking: 103,212 (-8.07%-)
- Technorati Ranking: 10,121 (10.62%+)
- 45n5 Top 100 Rank: 21 (27.59%+)
- Google PageRank: 4
Monthly Review and Growth Strategy
As you can see by the results, I experienced mostly low-end double-digit growth for the month of August at theNetFool.com. Why? This is probably because I couldn’t keep up with writing. So despite what I felt was great content, you just aren’t going to get as many hits if you aren’t posting every day like I have in past months. That being said, Alexa.com took an unnecessary cut back in my site’s ranking… dropping me to the 100,000s once again. I feel like the algorithm favors regular posting, so it shouldn’t be too hard to build this right back up once I get back to basics.
My strategy was essentially a non-factor for this month, though I am a bit surprised how great the numbers were seeing as I didn’t have any contest last month and wasn’t involved in any competition of sorts. Still, I tried to post as often as possible… despite having one of the busiest months of my life. I’m still moving projects that I am wrapping up onto the books, so this will positively impact my September 2008 earnings once accounted for.
August 2008 Revenue Breakdown
I decided to whip up some graphs for the earnings calls, basically because you can get a better grasp on where I am making my money and how well I have performed over time. I don’t like to keep any secrets, and August proved to be a well-diversified month with earnings coming darn near equal from the business areas I have broken down. Private Ad Sales let the way with just under 35% of earnings, followed closely by Misc. Sales/Commissions at 29% and Sponsored Reviews at 25%. The laggard, though still quite profitable, was GPT referrals which produced 11.30% of my sales for August… great considering I do nothing. 
- Advertising Sales ($176.00)
- 125×125 Ad Blocks ($125)
- 468×60 Ad Block ($45)
- Text Link Ads ($6)
Sponsored Reviews ($130.00)
- On-Site Reviews – ($80)
- ReviewMe reviews – ($50)
- GPT Website Referrals ($58.10)
- SWATcash Referrals – $35.38
- CashCrate Referrals – $19.43
- ThisSiteIsForReal Referrals – $3.29
- Misc. Commissions ($149.80)
- Market Leverage Commission – $6.30
- SEOBook Commission – $20.00
- OIO Publisher Commission – $18.50
- Scottrade Commission – $105.00
- Total August Blog & Blog-Referred Revenue = $514.30
A big surprise this month came from Scottrade, my personal favorite online stock broker that I use and trade with. Basically, I was racking up free trades worth $7 a pop and not really noticing or adding it to the sheets. After I referred three more members this month alone, I decided to add the sales I have made as assets, just like they should be. Other than that, pretty standard commission all around and GPTs held up nicely. After selling out the $45 top banner ad, I had a record-breaking month in terms of private advertising… which is always a good indicator of growth.
September 2008 Outlook
I anticipate running a smaller contest sometime in the middle of the month this time around. I do have a bigger one in the works for October so stay tuned for that one… hopefully I can pull some goodies and electronics for you all to cash in on. I’m going to go ahead and project somewhat conservative traffic growth in the mid-teens for this month. I really don’t anticipate doing an “extreme” amount of blogging, though I am hoping to get posts out on a more consistent basis as I continue to build a web presence for the blog.
That being said, I publish nothing but high quality information that you can use in a practical way to make money. Because of this, I typically spend around two-three hours on each post I write up here and definitely try to get you guys into the black on your investments. I hope that you enjoyed the new charts that I threw in today, I’ll be continuing to use them in future reports as I think it adds a nice touch.
Stay bullish on the net!
-Jimvesting
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So nice stats there. I can understand that we get lazy at times and don’t feel like doing much.
It reflects in the revenues but he at least its still some revenue and not nothing at all. I’m sure in the coming months it will be a lot more
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I’m catching up revenue wise Jim, watch out
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Good stats but still you would and will catch up with traffic rankings, as you should get back to regular daily posting Jim
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I don’t think daily posting matters. Because Jim’s post quality is so great. I’ll always choose quality over quantity.
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But if the same Jim with perfect quality posts in a bit higher frequency, that would make a difference!
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great going Jim
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Wow July was massive. If you earnt what you did in July every month you could work full time online pretty easily as the revenue would go up consistently.
I made about $100 in August from a domain flip and a site flip. About $5 in advertising.
PS. I love the fact that you don’t hide your stats. It gives us bloggers who are a little below you a lot of encouragement so please please please keep doing it
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I’m liking those stats Jim. Keep it up!
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Congrats man – nice growth considering u said u were a little lazy – I would love to see u step it up this month and see what u can get
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Good earnings. How I wish I could also earn like that. What happen to your alexa?
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Great job Jim, Its great to see other bloggers making money from there blogs as well!
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Nice income. Keep up the good work.
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Congratulations Jim.
Firstly, the pie graph is a nice complement to the stats and the stats is much better. You inspire a lot of bloggers to as good as you, Jim.
Yan
congratz jim
Jim,
Nice stats for August. I am sure they will continue to get better because of all your hard work that you put in to your blog. Let me know if you need any help or have any questions please reach out to Kyle or I and we would be happy to help.
~Debby
An excellent breakdown of your income. It was still a nice month when you consider that you haven’t posted as much on here. You did make a very nice job on your guest post on johnchow.com. Keep working hard and you have a regular reader in myself.
you are almost making a living from this blog :p
another great number is your feed count. it continues to steadly increase
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Excellent post. I’ll considered it as big earnings.
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Good stuff Jim! I like it, you continue to grow and you should, I love the site and the content, plus…I think you a cool kind of guy
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Brother,
What caused the huge spike in income in July?
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September 7, 2008 at 6:06 pm #
Really good progress chart there. Its good to see those numbers come in. Congrats and hope you see more success!
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SWATcash is paying for Jim’s college, one paycheck at a time. Send us the bill when your done. Congrats bro on all the continued success. Good luck with school.
WOW! Thats inspiring.. Thanks for sharing it.
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This will be my best comment so far today on your blog. I am truly impressed with your achievement and compliment you. I did notice, that contrary to your avowed intention to post every day, you have not been and that has affected your visit stats. I suppose that your shift to quality rather than quantity of posts will have to result in this. In any case, the rankings are good and I wish you all the best. I shall visit as often as I possibly can as I find this blog quite invigorating! I bet that no one has ever told you that before!
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