November Earnings and Traffic Report
The long awaited November numbers are in for stocktradingtogo.com.
The month as a whole was very successful and to be honest was probably the most fun blogging I have had yet. This blog put up a record 74 total posts in November, and added several very fine writers to the team. Alongside posts, subscribers hit a record in November of 945.
Traffic
STTG traffic for November as a whole was up 34.29% with total page impressions increasing from 34,145 in October to 45,852 in November. Unique readers to the site were up a solid 25.89% from 10,684 in October to 13,450 in November. The newest biggest traffic supplier in November was actually Stumble Upon. Now if I could just get a few hundred diggs….
What is cool is the fact that in September the site posted 24,841 total page impressions. This means that in only two months the site has nearly doubled its traffic. Also notable is that page views per visit hit a new record of 2.58 per visit.
Earnings
STTG earnings for November were up 13.56% to $1,138.90 total. I removed text link ads (TLA) from my blog and requested google reconsider my page rank, which is why it now shows “0″ and this will change with the next update.
Even without TLA I still managed to pull off more growth, and it came from more site reviews and more direct advertiser deals on the site. eCPM was the lowest its been since August though coming in at $24.84. For newer readers eCPM is a measurement of how much money you make for every 1,000 page impressions on your site. The average blog makes under $5. The $24.84 is mostly because the forum is very difficult to monetize. In fact, starting now in December the forum will be nearly 100% monetized by direct ad sales.
Other News
In November there were several major changes:
- The addition of the Stock Forum
- The addition of writer Sean Hannon
- The addition of writer Jack Haddad
- The addition of writer Karl Wiebe
- The movement to a virtual dedicated server from shared hosting
Jack Haddad actually is set to be moved to his own personal blog within the site by as early as next week so he can share more of his actual picks and trades. Honestly if you want some insight following Jack is a treat. For those who don’t know him, Jack is a hedge fund manager who manages several hundred million dollars. The guy is a machine.
Lastly here I want to say I have no idea how long this growth will be sustained. I remember setting the goal to break 30,000 page impressions and now to see nearly 46k in one month is really just cool. It seems the more the site grows the more fun I have with it, and hopefully that continues because I guess from what I hear eventually things can change a bit.
December Goals
My goal for December is very simple, hit 1,000 subscribers. Last week the site set a record of 945, so I will need to add another 55 to reach this target.
$3,000 challenge: My big goal (and the whole purpose of writing these reports) is to reach $3,000 in total income from this site in one month. I have an idea of what kind of numbers I need to make this a reality but really as of now anything goes. I started this journey on my 21st birthday, or in May of this past year 2007, and I wish to hit the $3,000 goal before my 22nd birthday, or May of 2008. We will see what happens.
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Nice increase in all areas. Hopefully Google updates your pagerank but it seems you are doing just fine after the TLA hit. I enjoy reading sites that disclose income…Thanks
Kudos, and keep it up!
I don’t really care for Google or PR anymore to be honest. It seems no matter what you do, they’ll find a way to knock your site down. Whether it’s TLA, PPP, heck who’s to say you can’t do Commission Junction or Azgoogleads, etc. As long as you’re not de-indexed, you’ll be fine.
AWESOME JOB BRO!!!
Dude, dont forget about stock charts, you haven’t posted anything there in a while….
Great numbers, even without the text link ads. I’m also going to try and get more private ads, seems to be where the big money is at.
Congrats on another successful month Blain. I also dropped TextLinkAds on MDJ and Google gave me back my PR.
FT
nice job on the numbers and with the new writers
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