Running a blog is a lot of work. This post serves as a partial reminder on why I spend so much time here. 
Welcome to month 6 of Monetize Your Blog. If you’d like to see what I posted for previous months, view all the Monetize Your Blog posts.
I am attempting to keep track of the places from which I have earned money solely on Freebie Spot. With this information, you should be able to determine which programs work best and decide if you would like to work with these companies on your blog. Please keep in mind that I only post offers which are relevant to my blog or to my life personally. I will not post something just for the sake of making a buck. Ever.
June 2011 Report
- Amazon Associates: $6.81
- Burst Media: $42.05
- Commission Junction: $9.73
- Escalate Media: $1.88
- Lijit Networks: $26.96
- Logical Media: $19.80 (Sign up through my link and receive $25 in your account!)
- MyLikes: $2.08
- MySavings Media: $10.31
- ShareASale: $36.07 New!
- SocialSpark: $50.85
- Sponsored Tweets: $0.02 (don’t know why I bother with this one)
- We Use Coupons: $1.17 (still haven’t utilized this one like I should)
Total for June 2011: $207.73 - Over $120 more than May – woohoo!
My little disclosure: I have tried not to leave anything out and have only excluded companies which may ban my account(s) for posting information (if you are one of these companies, simply email me and I will remove your link promptly). This is the lay-it-all-out honest truth which I have posted in the hopes of helping you make money on YOUR blog. Hopefully I can keep up with this and remember to post a new report each month.
Hi there! I'm Jenny, a coffee-addicted, busy-body, work at home mom of two insane boys age 10 & 4. I'm married to my best friend, obsessed with the Packers, and I love to cook, read, and design blogs.
Am I missing something? Maybe I didn't read the answer in another post how do you set it up to receive money for your blog from the advertisers? Thanks
@Chrissy T Hi Chrissy. For each place I've earned money from, I have provided the applicable link to the company. Some earnings are from telling my readers about special deals while others are from posting things like coupon alerts. Hope that helps!
I have finally started my own blog (for figuring out Couponing at Walgreens with the associate/military discount). Thanks for all your advice, it has inspired me to blog and hopefully to earn some extra change from it. Can you use Coupons.com Bandcaster and We Use Coupons together? I just ask b/c I'm sure if I ask them it will be forever before I hear back and b/c I read something on Bandcaster when I signed up through your link about not being able to post other "coupon aggregators"... not sure what it means! lol Thanks again!
That is such great news Chrissy! I'm so happy (and flattered!) to know that I inspired you. :) You can use Brandcaster and WUC together. For example if you're posting a Walgreens matchup and then a Coupons.com printable is available, you CAN link to your affiliate link. When I have used WUC, I copy/paste their matchup and give thanks (with a link back) to WUC at the end of the post. Hope that helps!
Question: what companies can you not post your earnings? i don't want to get in trouble for post them :-/
Hi Danielle. As far as I know, anything Google-related is a no-no (like Adsense and Affiliate). Hope that helps!
Jenny, Thank you for sharing all of this great information! :) I'm trying to sign up at Logical Media, via you link as well. Site not accepting my siggy in final step, but I'll keep at it =!
Thanks Terri! I hope you were able to sign up. Maybe you can skip the siggy and get it to work? And thanks for using my link. :) You'll <3 Logical Media.. they're the best!
I signed up for Logical Media with you link! Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Teri! I hope LM works out well for you! It's on of my favorites and the reps are awesome to work with. :)