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Income Report – May, 2022

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Happy June everyone! Welcome to the start of Summer, my favorite time of the year! We have made it to the final month of the first half of 2022!

What do you have planned to finish off the first half strong?

For our personal lives, May was a fun month for both Andrew and me. He started a new 9-to-5 job that will be a great step in his career outside of our websites. For me, it was fun to watch some awesome family members accomplish some amazing feats. My wife finished her second Master’s degree. My sister became a nurse practitioner. Finally, my brother graduate from officer school in the Navy.

Congrats to everyone!

 

What We Managed to Accomplish in May!

  • Back in January, we turned comment back on!
    • We took a break from comments but we missed the community engagement on our posts. One of our goals in 2022 is to bring that sense of community back.

We missed hearing for you all! Shoot us a “Hello!” in the comments below!

Income For May

I really don’t have much to talk about here. May was a quiet month for us. I think this is pretty common for most industries.

Last month, I did mention that I found our SEO issue and was working on fixing it. We are starting to see our metrics turn around so that is very exciting! I have learned so much from this experience!

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These are all pretty incredible income generators and we’ve mentioned them before on the blog.

Monthly Expenses for Wallet Squirrel

The expression “It takes money to make money” is actually pretty accurate. As we learn new skills, we find new software and processes that help us make more money. However, they come with a cost for their convenience. Here is where our money went in May.

Monthly Expenses – $215 Total

  • Bluehost [$36] – Hosting Service
  • Ahrefs [$104] – Keyword and web traffic research
  • Sitelock [$8] – Extra security for our Bluehost servers
  • Domain [$2] – So we can keep the domain WalletSquirrel.com
  • Bloom [$7] – Our email forms, but we’ll likely be getting rid of this soon
  • Grammarly [$12] – We can’t live without this amazing grammar tool
  • The Noun Project [$4] – The best site for icons for our infographics
  • Sendible [$30] – A social media scheduling platform. Adam seems to really enjoy it!
  • Canva [$12] – Helps us create cool graphics!

Everything leftover has been invested in my dividend portfolio.

What’s Next For June

Even though the big issues for our SEO hiccup are fixed, there are still some smaller items to tackle. I will be working on those such as setting up a CDN for Wallet Squirrel. I also look forward to getting back to creating more content in June.

Andrew continues to crush it over at our affiliate website. I look forward to seeing what this coming month can bring!

What are you tackling in June?

 

Cheers!

Adam and Andrew

April 2022 Income Report

Income Report – April, 2022

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In a blink of an eye, we are in May!

April was a great month for Andrew and me (well mostly for me). I spent most of the month battling allergies (Hello Spring!) and then the flu that my youngest brought home. Andrew continues to grow our affiliate website. Its affiliate income tripled this past month!

For me, I finally found the SEO issue that has caused our monthly pageviews to drop over the last 12 months. I feel silly we did not catch the issue earlier. This whole time we have been blaming Andrew for changing a plugin. In reality, the issue was an update to the algorithm made by Google that we completely missed. Sorry Andrew! 🙂

 

 

Once found, I made fixing the Core Web Vitals a priority for Wallet Squirrel. I also made sure they were not an issue for our affiliate website. For me, this took priority over creating new content. I was able to fix what I could but there is a lot more that needs to be fixed that I do not have the technical knowledge for. Because of this, we decided to pay someone to help us out. This work should be done within the first week of May. I suspect we will see a bounce in traffic in the next few months as our SEO recovers.

 

What We Managed to Accomplish in April!

  • Back in January, we turned comment back on!
    • We took a break from comments but we missed the community engagement on our posts. One of our goals in 2022 is to bring that sense of community back.

We missed hearing for you all! Shoot us a “Hello!” in the comments below!

Income For April

Our income was back for April! This was mostly thanks to a sponsored post and a Bluehost Affiliate. Quickly climbing the ranks is the income from our affiliate website. As I mentioned, its income tripled this past month! Well done Andrew!

Secretly I have a competition, income-wise, against Andrew (shhh!) to keep Wallet Squirrel’s income ahead of this other website till the end of 2022. I am beginning to think this is going to be tougher than I thought. Hopefully fixing our Core Web Vitals will turn Wallet Squirrel’s pageviews around so we can gain more income from website ads. That is my plan anyway. Fingers crossed!

April 2022 Income Report

These are all pretty incredible income generators and we’ve mentioned them before on the blog.

Monthly Expenses for Wallet Squirrel

The expression “It takes money to make money” is actually pretty accurate. As we learn new skills, we find new software and processes that help us make more money. However, they come with a cost for their convenience. Here is where our money went in March.

Monthly Expenses – $215 Total

  • Bluehost [$36] – Hosting Service
  • Ahrefs [$104] – Keyword and web traffic research
  • Sitelock [$8] – Extra security for our Bluehost servers
  • Domain [$2] – So we can keep the domain WalletSquirrel.com
  • Bloom [$7] – Our email forms, but we’ll likely be getting rid of this soon
  • Grammarly [$12] – We can’t live without this amazing grammar tool
  • The Noun Project [$4] – The best site for icons for our infographics
  • Sendible [$30] – A social media scheduling platform. Adam seems to really enjoy it!
  • Canva [$12] – Helps us create cool graphics!

Everything leftover has been invested in my dividend portfolio.

What’s Next For May

After finding our SEO issue, I look forward to getting back to creating more content in May. Hopefully, my allergies will subside so my eyes stop burning. It is tough to look at a computer screen all day for my 9-5 and then again after putting the kids to bed to write articles.

Andrew continues to crush it over at our affiliate website. I look forward to seeing what this coming month can bring!

What are you tackling in May?

 

Cheers!

Adam and Andrew

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Income Report – March, 2022

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Happy March everyone! Welcome to Quarter Two of 2022.

March was not as productive for me, Adam. I took a vacation down to Phoenix to visit family. We stayed at a Great Wolf Lodge down there. What a blast that was! Our two boys loved the waterpark within the lodge. Oh! We also found a giant hole in the ground. Here is a family picture.

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I came home all recharged and ready to go and then allergy season hit me like a truck. Because of this I have been moving a little slow. In fact, I met with Andrew this past weekend for some burgers, darts, and catching up. I wasn’t able to enjoy our time together as much I would have liked because my head was in a cloud the whole time.

I still beat him in darts though.

 

What We Managed to Accomplish in April!

  • Back in January, we turned comment back on!
    • We took a break from comments but we missed the community engagement on our posts. One of our goals in 2022 is to bring that sense of community back.

We missed hearing for you all! Shoot us a “Hello!” in the comments below!

Income For March

We had a down month for March. That’s okay. Being a blogger there will be a lot of ups and downs. For me personally, these downs are a time for reflection and motivation. It is a time to stregthen the foundation to build back stronger for next month. Because of this, I am excited to see what April brings!

I personally have a lot of ambition for Wallet Squirrel this year and what I want it to become. Sometimes finding the time to put into the website is tough to find. While I think I do not have much time, my issue is really a priority issue. I can easily get distracted which turns my focus from what really matters. This is something I recognize and I am working on.

What helps you stay focused?

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These are all pretty incredible income generators and we’ve mentioned them before on the blog.

Monthly Expenses for Wallet Squirrel

The expression “It takes money to make money” is actually pretty accurate. As we learn new skills, we find new software and processes that help us make more money. However, they come with a cost for their convenience. Here is where our money went in March.

Monthly Expenses – $215 Total

  • Bluehost [$36] – Hosting Service
  • Ahrefs [$104] – Keyword and web traffic research
  • Sitelock [$8] – Extra security for our Bluehost servers
  • Domain [$2] – So we can keep the domain WalletSquirrel.com
  • Bloom [$7] – Our email forms, but we’ll likely be getting rid of this soon
  • Grammarly [$12] – We can’t live without this amazing grammar tool
  • The Noun Project [$4] – The best site for icons for our infographics
  • Sendible [$30] – A social media scheduling platform. Adam seems to really enjoy it!
  • Canva [$12] – Helps us create cool graphics!

Everything leftover has been invested in my dividend portfolio.

What’s Next For April

Our goal for 2022 is TONS of content. We still have a lot of room for growth here, especially me. Andrew continues to build up our affiliate website. This website is just at the ground but has A LOT of potential. On the other side, I will continue creating more content for Wallet Squirrel. I plan on posting four to six new articles for this month along with some new guest posts.

I also have some house keeping things to tackle for Wallet Squirrel. Some of these items are technical which I love. I am hoping these items will pick up our monthly pageviews.

What are you tackling in April?

 

Cheers!

Adam and Andrew

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Income Report – February, 2022

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Happy March everyone!

In February we spent a lot of time working on some new content. This was something we did not do a lot of in 2021. We are working on getting back to basics.

Let’s see what we did get accomplished in February and what we are planning for in March. Andrew is so excited he is doing backflips in my backyard.

What We Managed to Accomplish in February!

  • Back in January, we turned comment back on!
    • We took a break from comments but we missed the community engagement on our posts. One of our goals in 2022 is to bring that sense of community back.

We missed hearing for you all! Shoot us a “Hello!” in the comments below!

Income For February

In February, we bounced back a little to what we typically earned in 2021. This was a nice small win for the month but we have a lot of work to do for 2022.

I personally have a lot of ambition for Wallet Squirrel this year and what I want it to become. Sometimes finding the time to put into the website is tough to find. While I think I do not have much time, my issue is really a priority issue. I can easily get distracted which turns my focus from what really matters. This is something I recognize and I am working on.

What helps you stay focused?

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These are all pretty incredible income generators and we’ve mentioned them before on the blog.

Monthly Expenses for Wallet Squirrel

The expression “It takes money to make money” is actually pretty accurate. As we learn new skills, we find new software and processes that help us make more money. However, they come with a cost for their convenience. Here is where our money went in July.

Monthly Expenses – $215 Total

  • Bluehost [$36] – Hosting Service
  • Ahrefs [$104] – Keyword and web traffic research
  • Sitelock [$8] – Extra security for our Bluehost servers
  • Domain [$2] – So we can keep the domain WalletSquirrel.com
  • Bloom [$7] – Our email forms, but we’ll likely be getting rid of this soon
  • Grammarly [$12] – We can’t live without this amazing grammar tool
  • The Noun Project [$4] – The best site for icons for our infographics
  • Sendible [$30] – A social media scheduling platform. Adam seems to really enjoy it!
  • Canva [$12] – Helps us create cool graphics!

Everything leftover has been invested in my dividend portfolio.

What’s Next For March

Content, content, and more content. I hope to create four more original articles for you this coming month. These articles will help you make and save more money. One article is about a personal project that my wife and I have been working on over the last eight months. I look forward to sharing how we have been able to cut $700 in expenses out of our already lean budget. We have some awesome financial creativity to share!

We will also have some great guest posts coming your way. I am very excited for these.

Andrew continues to build up our affiliate website. This website is just at the ground but has A LOT of potential.

What are you tackling in March?

 

Cheers!

Adam and Andrew

January 2022 Income Report

Income Report – January, 2022

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Hello, fellow Squirrels!

January was not the start to 2022 that we wanted. That is the way life goes sometimes. We had some major life events happen within January that needed to take priority over everything in life. Again, that is okay. While Wallet Squirrel means the world to Andrew and me, our families will always come first.

I see this a lot in our society. People forget what really matters in life. To be honest, I cannot blame them. It is very easy to mix up priorities. I do this all of the time with my phone by spending too much time mindlessly scrolling through Instagram.

Let’s see what we did get accomplished and what we are planning for in February.

What We Managed to Accomplish in January!

  • The biggest item for the month is our comment sections are back for each and every post!
    • We took a break from comments but we missed the community engagement on our posts. One of our goals in 2022 is to bring that sense of community back.

We missed hearing for you all! Shoot us a “Hello!” in the comments below!

 

Income For January

For January, our monthly income fell $385.66 down to $196.50. That is the way things go when you are running an entrepreneur. Some months are more prosperous than others. This does cause an emotional rollercoaster that took me a long time to understand.

One day you are on cloud nine because this awesome thing you created had an awesome month. Then the next month comes in like a dark cloud casting a shadow over your joy. If you have ever felt this, don’t worry, this is normal. Some months are going to be down. It is how you handle those down months that will determine if you will get back on track or not. So keep your head up. Stay positive. Use these down months as motivation. If you can do that, I can almost guarantee that you will bounce back even stronger.

January 2022 Income Report

These are all pretty incredible income generators and we’ve mentioned them before on the blog.

Monthly Expenses for Wallet Squirrel

The expression “It takes money to make money” is actually pretty accurate. As we learn new skills, we find new software and processes that help us make more money. However, they come with a cost for their convenience. Here is where our money went in July.

Monthly Expenses – $215 Total

  • Bluehost [$36] – Hosting Service
  • Ahrefs [$104] – Keyword and web traffic research
  • Sitelock [$8] – Extra security for our Bluehost servers
  • Domain [$2] – So we can keep the domain WalletSquirrel.com
  • Bloom [$7] – Our email forms, but we’ll likely be getting rid of this soon
  • Grammarly [$12] – We can’t live without this amazing grammar tool
  • The Noun Project [$4] – The best site for icons for our infographics
  • Sendible [$30] – A social media scheduling platform. Adam seems to really enjoy it!
  • Canva [$12] – Helps us create cool graphics!

Everything leftover has been invested in my dividend portfolio.

What’s Next For February 

Adam and Andrew met at the beginning of February to talk about our goals for 2022. We feel like we need to get back to our basics for blogging and continuing to build our community. Over the next month, we plan on creating lots of new content for Wallet Squirrel and our affiliate website.

We also have some house cleaning to do to get back to basics. These basics will make us more efficient and should increase our monthly views in the coming months.

Adam continues to work on his last piece for his Metaverse series. This article is taking a lot more time than he expected but this is something not to be rushed.

 

Cheers!

Adam and Andrew

December 2021 Income Report

Income Report – December, 2021

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Welcome to 2022! I look forward to continuing to add to the consistency that Andrew and I have built in the last couple of months.

Back in November, I challenged Andrew to an end-of-the-year competition. We decided to see who create the most content in eight weeks. Andrew crushed me at this by writing TWELVE articles! What an amazing job he did! Sadly for him, he gave me a handicap because I have two young kids. With this gracious gift, I was able to beat him in the competition.

I loved this friendly competition and I think Andrew did too. It was a great motivation tool for us two. I suspect we will be doing more of these in the coming year.

 

I do plan on using the winning money for my final metaverse article. More about this at the end of this report.

 

What We Managed to Accomplish in December!

Income For December

We finished the year with another month of $500+ income! It is so exciting to see the consistent stream of income hitting our little website. Over the past few months, we have hit a hiccup with our pageviews after a technical glitch that just killed us. Finally this month we were able to get this trend turned back around. Once we get our numbers back up, I suspect we will see even higher and consistent monthly incomes from ad revenue, affiliate income, and sponsored posts.

December 2021 Income Report

These are all pretty incredible income generators and we’ve mentioned them before on the blog.

Monthly Expenses for Wallet Squirrel

The expression “It takes money to make money” is actually pretty accurate. As we learn new skills, we find new software and processes that help us make more money. However, they come with a cost for their convenience. Here is where our money went in July.

Monthly Expenses – $99 Total

  • Bluehost [$36] – Hosting Service
  • Sitelock [$8] – Extra security for our Bluehost servers
  • Domain [$2] – So we can keep the domain WalletSquirrel.com
  • Bloom [$7] – Our email forms, but we’ll likely be getting rid of this soon.
  • Grammarly [$12] – We can’t live without this amazing grammar tool
  • The Noun Project [$4] – The best site for icons for our infographics.
  • Sendible [$30] – A social media scheduling platform. Adam seems to really enjoy it!
  • Canva [$12] – Helps us create cool graphics!

Everything leftover has been invested in my dividend portfolio.

What’s Next For January

Every January, Andrew and I get together to talk about our goals and strategies for the year. This year is no different, we will be doing the same. I look forward to seeing what we come up with then.

I will continue writing new content for Wallet Squirrel while Andrew works on our Affiliate Website. I am looking forward to my last and final article for the Metaverse where I actually buy some NFTs and why I decided on those! I will take you along for the journey so you can make your own purchases as well!

After last year’s hiccup, I want to go back to the basics for Wallet Squirrel. For this, I will be working on a foundational plan to continue the growth of our pageviews.

 

Cheers!

Adam and Andrew

Wallet Squirrel November 2021 income report.

Income Report – November, 2021

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And just like that we only have 24 days left in 2021. I tend to use this month to reflect on my successes and failures over the past 11 months. This gives me time to celebrate those successes. It also gives me time to think about what I did wrong with the failures so I can succeed in the coming months.

I plan on finishing 2021 off with a bang! Andrew did take me up on an end-of-year challenge. We are seeing who can create the most content before the end of December 31. I am writing content for Wallet Squirrel and him for our affiliate website. Currently, he is up by one article. Whoever writes the most, wins a large chunk of change.

I will crush him though! MUHAHAHA!!!

 

What We Managed to Accomplish in November!

Income For November

October was our seventh month in a row with over $500 of income! We have been working through some personal life stuff over the last few months. With those behind us, we feel like we are getting things back on track which feels amazing! Right now, with this income, we are putting it to work for us by reinvesting back into Wallet Squirrel and our affiliate website. This reinvestment is intended to help us grow the two websites.

Wallet Squirrel November 2021 income report.

These are all pretty incredible income generators and we’ve mentioned them before on the blog.

Monthly Expenses for Wallet Squirrel

The expression “It takes money to make money” is actually pretty accurate. As we learn new skills, we find new software and processes that help us make more money. However, they come with a cost for their convenience. Here is where our money went in July.

Monthly Expenses – $99 Total

  • Bluehost [$36] – Hosting Service
  • Sitelock [$8] – Extra security for our Bluehost servers
  • Domain [$2] – So we can keep the domain WalletSquirrel.com
  • Bloom [$7] – Our email forms, but we’ll likely be getting rid of this soon.
  • Grammarly [$12] – We can’t live without this amazing grammar tool
  • The Noun Project [$4] – The best site for icons for our infographics.
  • Sendible [$30] – A social media scheduling platform. Adam seems to really enjoy it!

Everything leftover has been invested in my dividend portfolio.

What’s Next For December

Andrew continues to work on our affiliate website. This site has a lot of potential to grow into something special. I am very excited to see where this goes in the next few months.

Adam will continue to work on Wallet Squirrel by creating new content and building content. Look out for more articles about the metaverse. This series is turning out to be awesome! He hopes to get more link building done as well.

We look forward to seeing what our competition brings. This really is a win/win for us as we are producing SOOO much content.

Andrew has given Adam two more months to make some special out of our Instagram and other social media accounts. That is going to be a mountain to climb!

We wish you the best!

 

Cheers!

Adam and Andrew

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Income Report – October, 2021

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Wait, it is November?!?! Where did October go? With only two months left of 2021, 2022 is knocking at our doors. There is so much I want to get done in these last two months. I have a few goals left that need to be checked off. My overall theme for these last two months is to focus and be consistent. I want to go into 2022 with a solid foundation of new habits that will make 2022 my most productive ever.

What do you do you plan on working on these last two months?

What We Managed to Accomplish in September!

  • We published several awesome guest posts, you should check them out!
  • Andrew continues to crush it on our affiliate website.
  • Adam started a new 9-5 job that took up some time.
  • We to share tons of cool finance jokes, infographics, and quotes on social media. Check out our Instagram!

Income For October

October was our Sixth month in a row with over $500 of income! We continue to push through some personal life stuff and other projects. Even with this lack of attention to Wallet Squirrel, we have still managed to bring in some good income. Right now we are putting this income to work for us by reinvesting back into Wallet Squirrel and our affiliate website. This reinvestment is intended to help us grow the two websites.

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These are all pretty incredible income generators and we’ve mentioned them before on the blog.

  • Ezoic – we make money when people see or click (extra money) on website banner ads
  • Affiliate Marketing – we earn a commission if someone buys a product through a link on your website
  • Blue Host Affiliate –  an affiliate link for website hosting we use.
  • Online Surveys – we earn money from participating in online surveys like Swagbucks.
  • Stock Photography – we earn money whenever one of our photos sells online.
  • Sponsored Link – we are paid to add a link to companies we rigorously review and like.
  • Interest Checking/Saving Account – we earn interest on the money in our checking and savings accounts.
  • Cash Back Credit Card – we earn extra money via 2% cashback from using our credit card.
  • Seeking Alpha – we earn recurring ad revenue from SeekingAlpha.com for some articles we wrote years ago.
  • Lending Club – we earn interest from peer-to-peer lending.
  • Dividends – we earn dividends from the stocks we own.

Monthly Expenses for Wallet Squirrel

The expression “It takes money to make money” is actually pretty accurate. As we learn new skills, we find new software and processes that help us make more money. However, they come with a cost for their convenience. Here is where our money went in July.

Monthly Expenses – $99 Total

  • Bluehost[$36] – Hosting Service
  • Sitelock [$8] – Extra security for our Bluehost servers
  • Domain [$2] – So we can keep the domain WalletSquirrel.com
  • Bloom [$7] – Our email forms, but we’ll likely be getting rid of this soon.
  • Grammarly [$12] – We can’t live without this amazing grammar tool
  • The Noun Project [$4] – The best site for icons for our infographics.
  • Sendible [$30] – A social media scheduling platform. Adam seems to really enjoy it!

Everything leftover has been invested in my dividend portfolio.

What’s Next For November

Andrew continues to work on our affiliate website. This site has a lot of potential to grow into something special. Adam will continue to work on Wallet Squirrel by creating new content and building content. Even though we have not officially talked about it but I think we are going to take the divide and concur approach over the next two months. Maybe we should turn it into a little competition for the remainder of 2021 to see which site gets the most views.

We will see what Andrew says when he reads this article. 🙂

Andrew has given Adam two more months to make some special out of our Instagram and other social media accounts. That is going to be a mountain to climb!

We wish you the best!

 

Cheers!

Adam and Andrew

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Income Report – September, 2021

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Happy October everyone! Adam here. I used to hate the Fall because I grew up in Iowa. Fall in Iowa sucks. It is cold, cloudy, and rainy throughout the whole season which then leads into the bitter cold of winter. Fall in Colorado is the polar opposite compared to Fall in Iowa. You actually get to enjoy everything that makes Fall so great. I especially enjoy the vibe of Halloween.

What is your favorite part of Fall? Leave a comment below.

To close the third quarter for 2021 out September was another great month for Andrew and me. I am amazed at how consistent the income stream for Wallet Squirrel has become. I can’t believe we have turned it into what it has become. I look forward to seeing what we can do in the fourth quarter.

Let’s take a look at what we did back in September.

What We Managed to Accomplish in September!

  • We published several awesome guest posts, you should check them out!
  • Andrew continues to crush it on our affiliate website. It has been inspiring to see what he has accomplished to get more and more traffic over there.
  • Adam had some personal life stuff that took priority early on in September. The good news, he got a new 9-5 job that will be great for him.
  • We have been sharing tons of cool jokes, infographics, and quotes on social media. Check out our Instagram!

Income For September

September was our fifth month in a row with over $500 of income! Even though we have run into some speed bumps with our traffic, our income continues to stay consistent. Speed bumps happen, that is part of the process. Sometimes it feels like we take one step forward and ten steps backward.

I try to maintain a positive outlook on what is going right. This keeps me motivated to fix what has gone wrong.

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These are all pretty incredible income generators and we’ve mentioned them before on the blog.

  • Ezoic – we make money when people see or click (extra money) on website banner ads
  • Affiliate Marketing – we earn a commission if someone buys a product through a link on your website
  • Blue Host Affiliate –  an affiliate link for website hosting we use.
  • Online Surveys – we earn money from participating in online surveys like Swagbucks.
  • Stock Photography – we earn money whenever one of our photos sells online.
  • Sponsored Link – we are paid to add a link to companies we rigorously review and like.
  • Interest Checking/Saving Account – we earn interest on the money in our checking and savings accounts.
  • Cash Back Credit Card – we earn extra money via 2% cashback from using our credit card.
  • Seeking Alpha – we earn recurring ad revenue from SeekingAlpha.com for some articles we wrote years ago.
  • Lending Club – we earn interest from peer-to-peer lending.
  • Dividends – we earn dividends from the stocks we own.

Monthly Expenses for Wallet Squirrel

The expression “It takes money to make money” is actually pretty accurate. As we learn new skills, we find new software and processes that help us make more money. However, they come with a cost for their convenience. Here is where our money went in July.

Monthly Expenses – $99 Total

  • Bluehost[$36] – Hosting Service
  • Sitelock [$8] – Extra security for our Bluehost servers
  • Domain [$2] – So we can keep the domain WalletSquirrel.com
  • Bloom [$7] – Our email forms, but we’ll likely be getting rid of this soon.
  • Grammarly [$12] – We can’t live without this amazing grammar tool
  • The Noun Project [$4] – The best site for icons for our infographics.
  • Sendible [$30] – A social media scheduling platform. Adam seems to really enjoy it!

Everything leftover has been invested in my dividend portfolio.

What’s Next For October

After working so hard to earn the new job, Adam looks forward to getting back in the swing of things. Personally, 2021 has been a very mentally draining year for me. This week is the first time I have felt somewhat normal all year. I look forward to putting this new energy back into Wallet Squirrel. I have a few new evergreen articles that I want to get written and published. On top of that, I continue to grow our social media presence.

Andrew is always looking for the next best thing. I’m sure he has something special up his sleeve. He continues to build out more content for our affiliate website. We think this website can be something really special so we are trying to put more energy into it.

What are you doing to make October the best?

 

Cheers!

Adam and Andrew

 

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Income Report – August, 2021

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Hello Everyone! Adam here for this month’s income report. We are running a little late this month. We have had lots going on in our personal lives as well as other side projects that needed attention. A lot of those things are wrapping up so I am excited to get back into the swing of things.

As I mentioned, we have been busy outside of Wallet Squirrel, so not much has been accomplished. Besides Andrew working hard on some performance issues for the website.

We also decided to take a step back from some additional resources. These seemed to be getting our way by distracting us. We decided to take a step back and go back to the basics.

One of my life goals is to reach financial freedom simply to do more fun events with friends!

What We Managed to Accomplish in August!

  • Andrew has been working hard on our affiliate website. It has been inspiring to see what he has accomplished.
  • Adam had some personal life stuff that took priority. Nothing bad, just a big life decision that he had to work through.
  • We have been sharing tons of cool jokes, infographics, and quotes on social media. Check out our Instagram!

Our August Website Traffic

After some hard work from Andrew, we are starting to see our traffic stabilize after a drop-off in pageviews. As I mentioned we have worked to get back to the basics that got us to 30,000 page views a month.

We have worked at eliminating distractions in our game plan to help us get back things on track. Sometimes the more simple plan is the better plan to succeed.

All we want to do is write, and facing all these issues is hard. Blogging is definitely not easy and it’s no wonder why so many quit. We’re either crazy or highly motivated to have made it this far!

Income For August

August was another $500+ month! This is now the 4th month in a row to have over $500. It is just amazing that we have been making this much money online on a consistent basis. I look forward to what we can do for the remainder of the month.

In August we hit $657 for the month. Most of it came from ads placed on our site, a sponsored post, and the third biggest contributor was from our dividend portfolio!

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These are all pretty incredible income generators and we’ve mentioned them before on the blog.

  • Ezoic – we make money when people see or click (extra money) on website banner ads
  • Affiliate Marketing – we earn a commission if someone buys a product through a link on your website
  • Blue Host Affiliate –  an affiliate link for website hosting we use.
  • Online Surveys – we earn money from participating in online surveys like Swagbucks.
  • Stock Photography – we earn money whenever one of our photos sells online.
  • Sponsored Link – we are paid to add a link to companies we rigorously review and like.
  • Interest Checking/Saving Account – we earn interest on the money in our checking and savings accounts.
  • Cash Back Credit Card – we earn extra money via 2% cashback from using our credit card.
  • Seeking Alpha – we earn recurring ad revenue from SeekingAlpha.com for some articles we wrote years ago.
  • Lending Club – we earn interest from peer-to-peer lending.
  • Dividends – we earn dividends from the stocks we own.

Monthly Expenses for Wallet Squirrel

The expression “It takes money to make money” is actually pretty accurate. As we learn new skills, we find new software and processes that help us make more money. However, they come with a cost for their convenience. Here is where our money went in July.

Monthly Expenses – $99 Total

  • Bluehost[$36] – Hosting Service
  • Sitelock [$8] – Extra security for our Bluehost servers
  • Domain [$2] – So we can keep the domain WalletSquirrel.com
  • Bloom [$7] – Our email forms, but we’ll likely be getting rid of this soon.
  • Grammarly [$12] – We can’t live without this amazing grammar tool
  • The Noun Project [$4] – The best site for icons for our infographics.
  • Sendible [$30] – A social media scheduling platform. Adam seems to really enjoy it!

Everything leftover has been invested in my dividend portfolio.

What’s Next For September

Since August and the front half of September were consumed by other priorities, we look forward to getting back into the swing of things. Adam plans on getting more content ready for his Instagram campaign as well as for Wallet Squirrel. There are lots for him to share such as why he decided to refinance his house. Andrew continues to build up the affiliate website. I am excited to see where that goes!

Cheers!