Bjork here. I’m Lindsay’s husband and the Official Grocery Getter here at Pinch of Yum. How do I get this honorable title? The equation is quite simply, actually: 1 motorcycle + 1 Filipino license = Official Grocery Getter.
Once a month I take a break from my intense grocery getting duties and write a post that reveals the income and traffic from Pinch of Yum’s previous month. Our hope is that these monthly income and traffic reports are inspirational and educational.
Inspirational in that you can see that’s it’s possible to create an income from a food blog and educational in that you can see where the income we’re earning is coming from.
Last month we challenged readers to put together a recipe video. It was awesome to watch all of them (which I did…every minute of every video)! I’ve embedded the videos at the end of this post. Be sure to check them out and leave a nice comment for those that submitted a video. 🙂
After all of the recipe videos you’ll see a screencast from me that explains how food bloggers can create income from these videos.
But first, let’s have a look at the numbers.
**Bjork pushes his glasses up his nose**
The Income Breakdown:
- Tasty Food Photography – $1,437.27
- Bluehost – $975
- Google AdSense – $945.43
- BlogHer – $863.66
- Thesis Theme – $28.71
- Amazon – $26.93
Grand Total: $4,277.00
Income As Percentages
If you’re interested in learning more about some of the ways that you can monetize a food blog, we encourage you to download this free ebook, “16 Ways to Monetize Your Food Blog,” from our sister site, Food Blogger Pro!
Traffic
We’ve included a new screenshot this month for traffic – The previous month’s top 10 popular pages. It’s the third image below.
Creating An Income From Recipe Videos
As the folks who submitted videos know, creating a recipe video is a lot of work! Wouldn’t it be nice if you could create some additional income when you put the time and energy into making one?
The video below shares an idea you can use to help create an income from your videos by including affiliate links in a YouTube videos description area.
Thanks
As always, thanks for reading! I’m off to record some more Food Blogger Pro videos. 🙂
I have read your blog its awesome
oh.. thats impressive.. very motivating.. The report will motivate new food bloggers who are planning to start their own recipe blog.. Thanks for sharing the report
thanks for sharing your income i also wants this figer soon help me my website is
http://www.chickenrecipespro.com
Thank you for your post.. I like to visit your post again
Nice posts.. Thank you for your valuable work share with us
Hi, you have done an amazing job. Keep up the good work 🙂
Hey there! I just wish to give you a huge thumbs up for the
great info you’ve got right here on this post. I am returning to your website for more
soon.
This is a topic which is near to my heart…
Cheers! Where are your contact details though?
Thanks so much for including my video Bjork! I just adore you guys so much. Keep up the amazing work and keep inspiring us all to be better!
Bjork, do you think those affiliate links can be inserted into blog posts, too, the way you added them to the youtube page? You are amazing to figure out all these things…and even more amazing to share it so openly. THANK YOU!
This is a very good tip particularly to those new to the blogosphere. Simple but very accurate information… Thank you for sharing this one. A must read article!
Aloha!
Stopping in again to try to learn a bit from you guys! 😉 My husband just read through this with me, and he agrees that you are pretty awesome for sharing so openly. He’s watched me try to figure things out and this is such a blessing!!
Dave (my husband,) also said to tell you that you are welcome to come visit us on the north shore of Oahu on your way back to the mainland if you have time to stop! 🙂 Haha.. I guess he figured out that he likes you pretty quick!
I’ll be back around. Thanks a ton.
God bless,
Monica
That’s awesome! 🙂 Glad you’re finding all this stuff helpful Monica!
Thank you so much for sharing your resources and income info. It’s so inspiring to see that you’re generating income by doing something you love, and doing it really well 🙂
Wow! What a great birthday surprise! I missed this post because I was travelling home for a funeral. This sure brightened up my day. 🙂
Lindsay, thank you for everything you are doing. I have been following you for a few months now and you have been an inspiration to me. I started my blog 6 months ago (ourfullplate.com) and I love blogging. The only thing I hate about blogging is I can’t afford to do it full time…YET and I know that now because of you. I thought that there would never even be a possibility, until I read your blog. I am an Active Duty Army officer, mom to two beautiful boys, wife, CrossFitter, and now newly turned to the Paleo lifestyle. I am busy as a bee but I know I am not the only one. I started my blog to show people cooking healthy doesn’t have to cost a fortune or take a lot of time. As I write, I noticed today was my most popular day, almost 800 views. I know it is not a lot but hey it’s a start. I applied to BlogHer because of you (crossing my fingers). So basically I just wanted to say thank you again and keep doing what you are doing. You are inspiring women like me to get out of their comfort zone and help others.
– Laura
Thanks for your nice comment Laura! 🙂 We love hearing that these resources are an encouragement to people and it’s always awesome to “meet” people like you who are now pursuing their own blogs with a passion. And congrats on your high traffic day – 800 views is a high number for only having started 6 months ago!
So… it’s dinner time, and I decided to try your “healthy sweet potato skins” recipe that I found on Pinterest. I cook almost exclusively from recipes collected on Pinterest. So, I wander over to your website here at Pinch of Yum to look up the ingredients, and see the amazing work ya’ll are doing in the Philippines! So awesome! And then I get to thinking… you could really increase your site traffic by posting your recipe photos on Pinterest. It’s not a huge time investment, and would keep your blog continuously in front of a wider audience. Blessings to you guys! And keep up the good work.
Hi Jess! Pinterest has been a huge source of traffic for me even though I’m not even a Pinterest user/pinner. So weird how that works! I have mixed feelings about using it myself but I sure appreciate people pinning my recipes! 🙂 Thanks for the nice comment!
Thanks for including my video. We really enjoyed watching all of the awesome videos you featured. : )
Man, you guys are awesome. Not only do I love reading each of your recipes, I also enjoy your Monthly income reports. They are very informative, inspirational and educational. Thanks a lot!