A New Level
No, I’m not talking about leveling up in some game.
I found out last night that my blog has reached a new level. It’s self-supporting.
Do you see the ads over to the side there, on the right? The rows of words and phrases that are linked? Those are ads. Last night I was checking something at the site where those are bought and sold and where I get the code to allow them to be sold on my website. When I signed in, I saw that this month, I had finally, after nine years having a blog and four or five of having advertising, finally, I had made more in a month than my hosting fees. Not much more, but enough that this little hobby, this obsession of words and pictures, this dance of code and graphics, pays for itself, and a little extra. Enough to buy a latte and a piece of pastry. Enough.
That may not seem like much for the people who are trying to make a living at this, but I’m not. In fact, I’ve been hoping to find just what’s happened; that magic balance between effort and reward. I’ve hit that perfect equilibrium where I post enough, rank enough, and pull enough traffic to pay for myself.
It’s not a big goal, perhaps, but it makes me happy.
nice! i need to blog more regularly and interestingly and put of ads. i’ll call them my student loan fund.
Congratulations!
Wooo Hooo! That’s awesome!
Thanks, gang, remember, you’re the ones who made it possible!