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September was….a month to forget. 

My sites weren’t hit too hard by the recent “helpful content update” (HCU) as I’ve gotten away from primarily info sites, but that doesn’t mean I got out of it all without a scratch. 

The biggest positive this month: Website 10, which is one that’s primarily AI content has increased to $350/mo in earnings.  Granted it’s not a huge amount of money, but continual progress is a very big positive.      

The biggest negative this month:  OHP – the site you’re on right now – earned 24% less than last month.  I attribute this to some folks using parasite SEO in my niche, paired with me losing rankings through the numerous updates that Google has.  

Here are the numbers behind my business for the month:

  • Revenue: $12,502 (This includes revenue from all sources)
  • Expenses : $7,512 (This only includes business expenses. I no longer include my own pay, healthcare expenses, or 401k investments here as it’s all a distribution of revenue that no one else reports on either)
  • Net Income: $4,986

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Another thing to mention this month is an easter egg in this report that I don’t discuss, which hints at a new business venture.  If you think you see it, comment and let me know!

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Personal Life Update

September overall was a pretty chill month.  We spent the first week in Mexico on a well-deserved family vacation.  Once we returned, my mother-in-law stayed with us for three weeks which made taking care of our baby girl easier.  I was able to dive deeper into my projects and get things setup for the future.

That’s all for the personal update.

If this is your first time on my website let me explain a few things about my detailed income reports each month that outlines the money I made (or lost) each month.

I’m doing this for a number of reasons:

1) I strive to be transparent about what it takes to make money online.

2) These reports help me keep track of my own progress.

3) These reports hold me accountable.

Keep in mind, I don’t create these to gloat about my earnings. I create them to help you understand the true “earning curve” of online business.

On a side note, I don’t disclose my actual website URL’s on my reports because I’ve had bad experiences with copycats in the past. 

So, in my income reports, you’ll see website generalizations like Website 1, Website 3, Website 5 Website 4, etc.

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Now that we got that out of the way, let’s dive into the report.

Monthly Income Graphs

Revenue

Revenue By ChannelConsultingOHP WebsiteYouTubeWebsite 6Website 8Website 9Website 10UdemyWebsite 2Website 7Website 3Website 5Website 1Website 4
September 2023$4,378$7,439$98$77$151$4$350$5XSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDX
August 2023$3,161$9,672$98$53$252$4$250$46XSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDX
July 2023$7,581$10,270$113$85$220$4$250$101XSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDX
June 2023$4,750$11,084$143$14$86$6$0$12XSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDX
May 2023$3,550$9,651$185$131$258$12$400$104XSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDX
April 2023
$3,039$11,327$135$71$175$5$250$119$3$60,000$42,000XSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDX
March 2023$6,088$9,779$165$56$186$10$50$1$1,237$783XSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDX
February 2023$5,317
$12,022$203$138$181$14$118$1$1,235$915XSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDX
January 2023$10,296$12,124 $190$102$167$9$81$3$1,760$1,131 XSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDX
December 2022$6,084$11,295$192$140$133$17$40$3$1,867$904XSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDX
November 2022$6,885$9,964$272$324$172$15$22$6$1,930$1,508XSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDX
October 2022$5,435$12,228$306$405$244$5$96$2$3,495$2,055XSOLDXXSOLDXXSOLDX
September 2022$5,575$8,472$354$873$166$4$46$10$4,738$2,883$43,268XSOLDXXSOLDX
August 2022$8,330$9,118$305$808$165$4$163$4$5,524$3,611$1,080XSOLDXXSOLDX
July 2022$18,808$11,557$361$552$193$4$24$4$4,430$5,902$950XSOLDXXSOLDX
June 2022$7,596$12,426$354$327$155 $12$42$3$4,648$6,987$1,153 XSOLDXXSOLDX
May 2022$9,888$12,322$375$991$187$26$89$15$5,733$4,992$775XSOLDXXSOLDX
April 2022$7,525$12,805 $1,694$1,203$331 $11$29$12$6,364
$4,358 $1,182 XSOLDXXSOLDX
March 2022$11,842$12,527$1,891$1,245$188$14$100$2$6,669$4,514$1,703XSOLDXXSOLDX
February 2022$9,727$9,906$1,667$501$153$15$54$5$6,753$3,676$1,282XSOLDXXSOLDX
January 2022$5,530$10,552$1,684$220$210$21$151$3$6,672$4,699$1,381XSOLDXXSOLDX
December 2021$6,040$10,662 $1,652$323$216$75$82$9$7,555$3,471$1,571XSOLDXXSOLDX
November 2021$6,780$7,329$1,836$551$188$19$27$2$6,954$3,950$1,655XSOLDXXSOLDX
October 2021$6,112$8,258$1,706$512$93$12$217$3$5,580$3,057$1,609XSOLDXXSOLDX
September 2021$4,323$5,640$1,711$408$18$22$36$7$5,023$2,939$2,114XSOLDXXSOLDX
August 2021$5,841$9,204 $1,718$315$50 $15$19$2$4,753$3,163 $1,656 XSOLDXXSOLDX
July 2021$6,700$7,465$1,758$269$76$21$73$10$5,611$4,805$1,932XSOLDXXSOLDX
June 2021$5,820$8,573$1,470$258$42$18$82$6$5,320$5,749$1,596XSOLDXXSOLDX
May 2021$6,288
$7,183 $1,530$94$39$19$76$5$4,135
$4,466
$1,277XSOLDXXSOLDX
April 2021$3,975$6,925$1,472$148$60$12$90$1$2,738$3,750$1,417XSOLDXXSOLDX
March 2021$3,950$6,662$1,807$102$36$30$86$4$3,183$3,086$1,704XSOLDXXSOLDX
February 2021$3,700$4,234$1,833$130$18$45$50$14$1,663$1,901
$1,366$277,583
XSOLDX
January 2021$3,000$4,078$1,524$124$81$14$38$14$1,741$1,733$833$8,076XSOLDX
December 2020$2750$2,316$1,733$173$80$26$76$15$1,670$2,356$950$10,448XSOLDX
November 2020$2000$1,628$1,386$117$59$33$40.00$16$1,361$2,045$741$14,132XSOLDX
October 2020$2600$1,886$983$68$289$13$0$13$1,230$1,815$670$16,439XSOLDX
September 2020$2000.00$836.18$877.29$68.34$116.50$7.93$0$11.52$1,159.98$1,958.93$644.78$13,758.12XSOLDX
August 2020$2,339.50 $685.48$790.50$35.15$97.13 $14.09 $75.00 $14.56 $969.42$1,829.59$709.66 $14,356.31$15,345.21
July 2020$2,250.00 $545.96 $682.49$76.03 $34.04 $4.29 $72.74 $15.52 $773.31 $1,390.39 $473.26 $10,146.39 $39.01
June 2020$2,000.00$664.08$457.43
$2.82$0.45$4.72$0.00$5.22$612.44$2,100.43$397.93$18,386.69$201.03
May 2020$2,000.00$576.57 $489.31$30.95 $5.78 $5.83 $0.00$11.89 $383.33 $1,628.39 $407.86 $14,388.25 $298.50
April 2020$2,000.00$311.09$723.35$21.63$4.80$1.16$0.00$24.59$488.53$1,268.24$499.28$9,868.73$628.28
March 2020$2,000.00$401.28$324.14$24.68$61.30$2.37$0.00$20.26$482.14$1,244.49$599.43$15,729.25$629.15
February 2020$2,000.00$261.22$340.49$49.32$0$3.05$0.00$36.03$467.75$2,139.96$543.09$22,548.73$435.32
January 2020$3,240.00$1,334.33$264.30$9.13$0$2.35$0.00$12.35$382.79$2,646.41$541.68$20,512.80$1045.23
December 2019$2,575.00
$934.81
$202.66
$78.56
$17.69
$9.36
$304.53
$2,026.21
$694.61
$19,383.27
$1,864.92
November 2019$0$602.88$358.91 $182.80
$21.59 $15.77 $196.02
$2,173.90 $617.31 $21,920.53 $1,338.93
October 2019$300.00$1,073.56$202.14$84.62$30.00$72.89$58.41$2,546.04$230.27$23,620.75$711.71
September 2019$0$335.35 $177.05 $50.33 $35.00 $14.72 $17.80 $2,627.86 $170.04 $21,006.31 $585.93
August 2019$275.00
$414.58 $156.00
$97.26
$40.00
$23.67 $2.57
$2,590.92 $133.92 $17,817.28 $553.82
July 2019$0$427.66$130.26$76.00$35$17.16$2.10$3,652.24$74.26$16,855.42$574.78
June 2019$0$709.07$141.46$100.19$0$30.74$5,561.07$46.29$15,402.28$562.63
May 2019$0
$1,062.34 $116.02 $35.71$0$22.25 $4,900.70 $61.17 $17,578.97 $749.14
April 2019$0$239.73$76.86$0$9.53$4,078.83$46.05$16,273.68$700.42
March 2019$0$439.88$76.24$20.24$19.98$3,620.30 $152.99 $17,006.79$931.22
February 2019$0$551.53$65.63$28.75$15.68$2,799.98$291.72$15,656.00$647.94
January 2019$600.00$469.30$76.52$45.75$10.41$3,280.64 $401.91$16,483.03 $1,009.83
December 2018$0$483.96$73.60$98.43$20.16$2,488.53$487.37$11,776.03$2,078.19
November 2018$0$657.86$79.91$205.87$10.67$2,324.75$386.31$12,886.78$789.26
October 2018$150$369.22$83.86$93.27$15.46$3,135.04
$306.89$13,246.69$747.29
September 2018$175$321.67$82.99$14.94$0.00$3,853.20$210.72$11,784.71$628.97
August 2018$0$512.72$93.63$97.18$5.31$3,266.47$39.81$11,556.29$980.89
July 2018$0$722.76$84.33$91.48$8.05$4,991.15$26.84$12,864.08$707.66
June 2018$0$432.01$95.96$50.92$11.06$6,858.01$52.42$11138.00$797.02
May 2018$0$391.63$100.82$44.40$6.96$4,288.26$40.23$9152.94$699.19
April 2018$0$545.01$85.48$24.90$11.74$2,028.65$236.23$9637.30$804.71
March 2018$0$380.29$94.79$80.61$13.78$778.01$224.68$14236.64$1362.83
February 2018$0$644.36 $86.86$23.90$22.27 $382.03 $454.08 $10918.94$838.51
January 2018$0$757.59
$67.06
$113.95
$14.26
$467.71
$486.99
$7993.31
$718.04
December 2017$0$785.74$96.12$59.21$28.50$432.22$114.05$6707.43$555.72
November 2017$0$480.41$90.40$187.01$17.70$574.91$4.31$7545.13$479.34
October 2017$0$265.38$66.71$135.59$13.06$617.67$6859.17$319.02
September 2017$0$673.87$58.13$81.39$11.31$348.16$6781.51$223.95
August 2017$0$945.04$63.57$133.91$16.36$391.68$7429.92$181.93
July 2017$1,496.38$1055.57$94.84$41.80$58.55$344.91$5658.64$85.84
June 2017$600.00$403.84$79.81$148.88$11.87$423.04$5924.41$31.71
May 2017$51.50$79.00$82.58$76.08$8.71$214.18$6805.18$9.67
April 2017$0$106.71$57.76$80.25$3.57$116.65$8175.11
March 2017$0$355.12$59.11$137.29$6.43$224.16$9527.42
February 2017$125$438.54$52.40$165.43$32.99$160.48$3726.98
January 2017$0$267.33$41.60$222.20$104.19$4005.52
December 2016$125.00$384.57$41.32$138.07$52.63$3553.43
November 2016$125.00$357.77$48.13$259.26$22.10$3778.45
October 2016$126.00$213.88$48.92$238.90$1.37$3841.36
September 2016$112.01$402.32$57.14$271.02$3102.56
August 2016$731.05$44.72$55.08$423.49$3318.70
July 2016$135.19$347.47$52.12$186.34$3353.06
June 2016$330.00$132.77$72.22$397.55$3219.41
May 2016$206.25$253.67$75.89$135.25$4677.02
April 2016$497.50$286.38$62.52$353.02$5008.23
March 2016$556.75$265.29$60.14$301.06$2311.67
February 2016$431.25$250.70$62.00$324.58$2760.21
January 2016$1140.00$117.58$46.19$400.97$233.00
December 2015$1163.75$76.00$38.83$17.15$121.30
November 2015$1150.25$39.00$36.78$245.68$138.11
October 2015$760.50$89.54$40.65$49.50$107.72
September 2015$1112.32$113.10$27.46$17.49$102.95
August 2015$1463.75$51.75$25.09$12.05$39.68

Expenses

As mentioned in the intro, these expenses do not include my own pay, healthcare expenses, or 401k contributions. 

PRODUCT OR SERVICERevenueExpensesNet Income
Consulting$4,378
Udemy$5
Partners and Affiliates Revenue
Website 6 Partners and Affiliates$36
Website 8 Partners and Affiliates$43
Website 10 Partners and Affiliates$350
OHP Partners and Affiliates$7,133
OHP Course Sales$147
YouTube Revenue
Thalita YouTube Channel$4
OHP YouTube Channel$94
Ezoic Revenue
Website 6 Ezoic Revenue$39
Website 8 Ezoic Revenue$97
Google Adsense Revenue
Website 6 Adsense Revenue$2
Website 8 Adsense Revenue$11
OHP Adsense Revenue$159
TOTALS$12,498$7,512$4,986

Project Updates

Udemy Update

I don’t focus on Udemy any longer, but I have made money from them every month since I stopped.

OHP Website

OHP site traffic increased slightly, and it’s a bit weird how it all went down.  For the month, traffic was up about 10%, but the OHP site had a positive result from the core update of about 30%, then was hit by the HCU a loss of about 25-30%.  Because of this, things basically remain unchanged. It’s very annoying that a site could be considered great from its core algorithm update and then be dinged by the HCU so quickly.  These updates were days apart, and it’s very telling of just how ridiculous Google has become with their updates as of late.

That said, I know a TON of people who saw losses of 50-60% with this update, so overall, I’m pretty happy that I wasn’t on that end of things.

PLAN:  I’m going to increase my content output on this site moving forward.  The goal is between 12-15 pieces per week and we’ll see how that does in the SERPS moving forward.  Beyond that, I have a staff member that’s updating up to 4 articles per day as well, which definitely keeps things updated/fresh on the site.

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Website 6

Traffic fell a bit this month, but earnings increased by around 45%.  Skewed a bit because it was never making that much money, but this site seems to have benefited from the HCU.  The weird thing? 

I haven’t published anything on this site for about two years. Why Google feels that now the content is helpful and overall “good”?  I have no idea, but I’m not complaining.   

PLAN:  For now, we’re going to let this site sit and see what happens organically with Google.

Website 8

This site got crushed by the HCU.  It’s reported a 30% loss in traffic for the month, but I think it’ll be closer to 60%+.  The good news?  Not a big deal to me, I haven’t touched the site in over 1.5 years. 

PLAN:  No future plans for the site, I just want to let it sit and see what happens.

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Website 10

Another solid month for this site.  Traffic increased about 51% and earnings increased to $350.  We continue to publish about 15 articles a week here and it seems to be working, so we’re going to keep on this content schedule for now.

PLAN:  Continue on with 15 articles per week.  I previously focused on commercial-intent content, but as of the last few weeks, we’re 100% focused on informational content.  This is increasing the traffic to the site, so I’m going to stay on this path until it makes sense to adjust. 

Link building continues on this site with HARO and constant resource link building where I can find the opportunity.

I’m also working on some link-building campaigns as well.  A big part of it will be HARO, but also some other tactics I’ve used in the past that tend to do well.

Website 11

MoM traffic increased 41% on this site to 1,673.  This is a pure AI site, and I think it might be a winner based on what I’m seeing.  As of now, I’m letting content sit, but soon I think we’ll be scaling up production here.  I did throw ads onto the site at the end of the month, and I’m seeing a solid $19 RPM for ads thus far, which is a solid number. 

PLAN:  I’ll let this site sit for a little while longer and monitor how it does.  Now that it’ll be bringing in some revenue, I’ll happily have my VA produce more AI content and get it published. 

Website 12

MoM traffic decreased 9% to 1,513.  Similar to website 11, this is another pure AI site, and it’s also looking like a winner.  What’s interesting here is that a month ago, I published 150 new blog posts in quick succession to see if we could get a traffic boost, and oddly it resulted in the opposite effect.

PLAN:  I have applied to have ads on this site as well to gauge what the RPM is.  This will help me understand just how valuable the site can be.  I have not been approved for this site yet, but hopefully, I will be soon.

OneHourProfessor YouTube Channel

The OneHourProfessor YouTube channel continues to sit.  Subscribers/earnings/views are all falling, and I understand why but still can’t go back to it.   

PLAN: Things still on hold here. 

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