I’ve been really excited about how well the One Tree Hill Blog did this month. They had a huge episode (100th one) and season finale of sorts since we’re now in a writer’s strike induced break until we have 6 more episodes starting April 14. So for that reason, I think numbers skyrocketed. Especially since they sort of plummeted since then. I expected the lull but still hate it nonetheless.
So we had more records set this month. A high of 43,000 page views the day after the 100th episode. Before that, we were averaging in the 20-30K range. Since the last episode aired, we have been averaging 15,000 a day. We had a monthly total of almost 600K page views.
But let me tell you the shock and awe I experienced when I read another very well established OTH fan site has 22 MILLION hits in a month. Holy Cow! I thought we were doing well but we are just eating the crumbs. I know it’s only been 3 months and they’ve had 4 years but still. It definitely put things into perspective.
That being said, I’m still ecstatic about the financial numbers for the month.
I know today is not over, but this is what is expected at the close of today:
- BlogHerAds: $760
- Adsense: $170
- Kontera: $48
- Linkshare: $18
- Total: Right under 1K at $996
That ROCKS! Trust me, I’m not complaining about having an extra 1K in my pocket but I still see more potential (just do some multiplying and there’s potential for making thousands of dollars)! Although really, you could never have convinced me that in 3 months time, we’d be this far so I really have been quite happy how March has turned out.
Amy that is awesome! Fan sites are a great business model. I love doing them and will probably always have one going. I may sign up with Blog her for one of my new sites. Do they pay on time? I have the Today Show Network on Java-girl.org and it pays .50 per 1000 impressions. I think it’s similar to blogher.
We HAVE to get those adsense numbers up! With that kind of traffic you should be raking it in. Hmmm…brainstorm time.
I know..me and adsense haven’t really gotten along since the start.
BlogHer sometimes pays up to $2 per 1000…just depends on what they have in there.
That’s amazing! I need a “how to make money blogging” lesson. Congratulations.
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Wow! How’d you get that gig and how can I get in on this?
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kardel – yeah, um, thought about creating an ebook for that. maybe one day.
daphne – you can blame Allison over at java-girl.org. she started it! the story is she had a successful one for Gossip Girl and i had to get in on the action and created the oth one from scratch with a bunch of help from her at the start-up.
Amy’s last blog post..March OTH Blog Report
Just don’t forget to withhold for your taxes. Our first year of self-employment, we didn’t, and it was BAD, and a second mortgage and $20K of credit card debt and 5 years later, we’re still digging out of the hole.
Withhold HALF. Trust me.
Amy @ http://prettybabies.blogspot.com – who can’t imagine that kind of traffic
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Thankfully it is just side income. But I am definitely planning on taking a hit on taxes this year.
i think that Infolinks have beaten Kontera when it comes to higher payout among blog publishers”:,