How I Made $54K from my Blogging Business in 2020 [Year in Review]

Free and Fearless - A podcast by Lidiya Kesarovska

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Hey and welcome to episode 7 of the Free and Fearless Podcast and the first one for 2021.  I’m so excited about this year and spent a lot of time reflecting on what happened during the previous 12 months, both in my business and personal life. From there, I decided what to release and leave behind, what to keep working on and what new things I wanna do this year. Tune into today’s episode to hear how much I earned, in what ways, and exactly what I worked on each month of the year. Show Notes: * [01:19] What’s an income report and why it matters * [03:42] How much I’ve earned in the past 3 years and what changed every next year * [05:58] My current 4 income streams (and what % of revenue comes from each) * [08:49] How I grew my email list (+ the exact numbers) * [11:13] How many page views I got in 2020 vs 2019 + my top traffic sources * [15:34 ] The 2 traffic sources that help me get nearly 100K page views/month * [18:54] What happened to my traffic and income once the pandemic hit the world * [21:55] Why I deleted 1/3 of my email list * [24:18] What I did to take control of my online presence * [26:39] How I re-designed my blog * [29:25] How I took massive action in the last 3 months of the year Mentioned: * Monthly income reports * Mediavine * ConvertKit * Blog to Biz System * Blog Printables Bundle * The Life Planner Kit * $1K Blogger * The email marketing course I took * Chic Boss [my premium WordPress theme] * Elementor [free website builder for WordPress] * The Blog Income Toolkit * My stock photo membership * My hosting provider