❼ How I Make Money from My Blog

In the past, I didn’t pay too much attention to making money from this blog because I was more interested in using it as a place to showcase my ideas and book speaking engagements.

Also, I felt that the money I would make would be so little that it wasn’t worth the effort.

Last year, however, things changed a little bit.

[toggles][toggle title=”Prefer to Read? Click Here”]

I discovered that making money from this blog was actually a terrific way to make a difference for orphans.

So, rather than keep the money for myself, I began to give away 100% of the money made from this blog to the Global Orphan Project.

In case you’re wondering how I make my own money, I still book speaking engagements through this site and I get paid that way.

I feel very lucky because

This blog is a lifestyle blog for people that want to make a difference in the world.

I think it’s a really nice opportunity that the blog that talks about making a difference is itself making a difference :D

Anyway, with that in mind, here are the ways that I was able to make all the money that was given to the Global Orphan Project last year.

#1. My Blogging Schedule

Come rain or shine, I made sure that I posted something on this blog every single week (except for when I was traveling in India).

Posting consistently led to traffic.

Traffic led to opportunities to sell stuff.

#2. Stuff I Sold

I sold two main products last year

• I sold GoMAD (Go Make a Difference) bracelets for $10 each (buy one here)
• I sold a course on How to Make a Blog that Makes a Difference (sign up here)

I tweeted about them, announced whenever people placed orders, posted on Facebook, included them in the sidebar of my weekly emails (get those here), allowed Udemy to promote the course, and a bunch of other stuff.

#3. YouTube Videos

I actually have a post planned to share how I plan, record, and edit my videos for this blog.

You can get notified once that post is up if you subscribe here.

Making videos is fun for me and I allow YouTube to shows ads on my videos so that they make money for the blog.

It’s a win-win.

So, in a nutshell, that’s how I make the money that this blog generates and donates to the Global Orphan Project.

Hope this helps. Leave a comment below if you have any questions. xo

[/toggle]
[/toggles]

Subscribe via email here to get private vlogs on Mondays.