My First Blogging Income - $125

by Webn1110 Banned
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Hi,

I started my blogging journey with Woblogger blog on 04th August in 2014. In fast four months, I got about 20 visitors per day and within first month I made about $125.

It is my first income and it is an small amount. But, it gives me a huge confidence.

From the beginning, my traffic stats:

Page views - 8273
Users - 1355
Sessions - 2072
Bounce rate - 11.44%
Avg. session duration - 04:14

Here is an screenshot of my traffic stats.

#$125 #blogging #income
  • Profile picture of the author DZM
    Congratulations! do you use adsense to made the 125?
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  • Profile picture of the author Webn1110
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    I did not use adsense beause of low traffic. I used affiliate marketing.
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  • Profile picture of the author Oziboomer
    Congratulations.

    That's a really low bounce rate so you must be doing something that your visitors want and keeping them engaged.

    Do you use any video on the site?

    Are your affiliate sales through banners, products links etc. or do you capture leads and then market to them?
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    • Profile picture of the author Webn1110
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      Originally Posted by Oziboomer View Post

      Congratulations.

      That's a really low bounce rate so you must be doing something that your visitors want and keeping them engaged.

      Do you use any video on the site?

      Are your affiliate sales through banners, products links etc. or do you capture leads and then market to them?
      I thinks following reasons helps me to decrease the bounce rate.
      • I always publish long posts.
      • Inter-linking between relevant posts is very important.
      • Clear design of my blog.
      • I add links of well reputed, high pr, relevant blog posts.
      In some posts, I use videos. Using videos id very effective.

      I promote affiliate links with coupon codes, great reviews. I answers for following questions in my post.
      • What is the product or service?
      • Who can use it?
      • What are the benefits of that product or service?
      • How to use it?
      • Customer support?
      • Discount?
      • Pros and cons?
      I also include product promotional videos.
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      • Profile picture of the author awecesar
        Originally Posted by Webn1110 View Post


        I promote affiliate links with coupon codes, great reviews. I answers for following questions in my post.
        Could you tell some more about that? Do you just search for coupons and post them or how do you get them? Thanks a lot and good job!
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        • Profile picture of the author ColossusMedia
          Hi Webn1110

          I am curious to know if many people subscribed to your email list as of yet?
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      • Profile picture of the author Jasonmills
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        Originally Posted by Webn1110 View Post

        I promote affiliate links with coupon codes, great reviews. I answers for following questions in my post.
        • What is the product or service?
        • Who can use it?
        • What are the benefits of that product or service?
        • How to use it?
        • Customer support?
        • Discount?
        • Pros and cons?
        I also include product promotional videos.
        Good... I agree with you. When we choosing affiliate products we should choose them carefully to achieve more $$$$$.
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      • Profile picture of the author Devilfish168
        Originally Posted by Webn1110 View Post

        I thinks following reasons helps me to decrease the bounce rate.
        • I always publish long posts.
        • Inter-linking between relevant posts is very important.
        • Clear design of my blog.
        • I add links of well reputed, high pr, relevant blog posts.
        In some posts, I use videos. Using videos id very effective.

        I promote affiliate links with coupon codes, great reviews. I answers for following questions in my post.
        • What is the product or service?
        • Who can use it?
        • What are the benefits of that product or service?
        • How to use it?
        • Customer support?
        • Discount?
        • Pros and cons?
        I also include product promotional videos.
        curious while using inter link do you choose open new window option?

        " I add links of well reputed, high pr, relevant blog posts."
        you add others post or yours?

        thanks for sharing.
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      • Profile picture of the author Devilfish168
        Originally Posted by Webn1110 View Post

        I thinks following reasons helps me to decrease the bounce rate.
        • I always publish long posts.
        • Inter-linking between relevant posts is very important.
        • Clear design of my blog.
        • I add links of well reputed, high pr, relevant blog posts.
        In some posts, I use videos. Using videos id very effective.

        I promote affiliate links with coupon codes, great reviews. I answers for following questions in my post.
        • What is the product or service?
        • Who can use it?
        • What are the benefits of that product or service?
        • How to use it?
        • Customer support?
        • Discount?
        • Pros and cons?
        I also include product promotional videos.
        I don't under this part " add links of well reputed, high pr, relevant blog posts. "

        so you mean you add others high ranking post which not your one but from others?
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  • Profile picture of the author iAmNameLess
    Are you using links as events in analytics or is that a true organic bounce rate?
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    • Profile picture of the author Webn1110
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      Originally Posted by iAmNameLess View Post

      Are you using links as events in analytics or is that a true organic bounce rate?
      This is my true organic bounce rate for fast four months. I saw many top bloggers have high bounce rate.
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  • Profile picture of the author Life Naturally
    Great job! Did you get the $125 in affiliate revenue from one sale or was this from multiple sales? I still have had ZERO success with affiliate revenue even with decent traffic numbers.
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    • Profile picture of the author Webn1110
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      Originally Posted by Life Naturally View Post

      Great job! Did you get the $125 in affiliate revenue from one sale or was this from multiple sales? I still have had ZERO success with affiliate revenue even with decent traffic numbers.
      My first sale is about $65 and others are $40 and $20. Good targeted traffic very important for conversion. Build traffic manually.
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  • Profile picture of the author QueenMelanie
    well done you! know you'v got your feet wet and know what works it is time for you to start scaling up and start seeing the big bucks!
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  • Profile picture of the author TeKn1qu3z
    I'd say get some more traffic then go adsense. It's going to be hard to make money from adsense but you can use it to supplement your income, but based on your current traffic you won't make much.
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  • Profile picture of the author ifediri
    The Bounce Rate is Amazing... Your posts may be very engaging, Do your visitors make Comments on your website's posts?
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    • Profile picture of the author Webn1110
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      Originally Posted by ifediri View Post

      The Bounce Rate is Amazing... Your posts may be very engaging, Do your visitors make Comments on your website's posts?
      Some users put comments on my posts. I usually publish long posts and I made links between posts. It is very effective method to decrease bounce rate.
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        • Profile picture of the author Webn1110
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          Originally Posted by cinehub24x7 View Post

          You can block links on comments!
          Interlinking articles is the best solution for decreasing bounce rate on Blog. When you write a new article try to link it with older articles using anchor texts. This way the visitors will get more articles to read and stay more time on your Blog. As the number of articles read by a visitor increases the bounce rate of the Blog decreases.
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  • Profile picture of the author maxitoutwriter
    Amazing! Glad to see you have succeeded with it, and your bounce rate is impressive.
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    • Profile picture of the author entreprenelius
      Wow great job! things like this are my inspiration to keep into this and try to keep my own motivation high to try and succeed into making a brand.
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      • Profile picture of the author Devilfish168
        how you get those target traffic ?
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        • Profile picture of the author Webn1110
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          Originally Posted by Devilfish168 View Post

          how you get those target traffic ?
          Building large amount of targeted traffic is difficult. Nevertheless, I followed very simple steps to build some targeted traffic to my blog.

          1. Forum posting - I posted some posts in relevant niche.
          2. blog commenting - I build backlinks by commenting on high pr well reputed blog in same niche.
          3. Social media - I promoted my posts on FB, Twitter, G+, Pinterest, and Tumblr.

          Using these 3 methods, we can build more traffic than my current stats.
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          • Profile picture of the author pennya08
            Thanks for the good insight that it does work. Congrats.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jasonmills
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    Wow. It is your first step to success. I visited your blog and I like the design and content. It is the reason, which I think to decrease the bounce rate.
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    • Profile picture of the author Webn1110
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      Originally Posted by Jasonmills View Post

      Wow. It is your first step to success. I visited your blog and I like the design and content. It is the reason, which I think to decrease the bounce rate.
      I followed very simple steps to build targeted traffic to my blog.

      1. Forum posting - I posted some posts in relevant niche.
      2. blog commenting - I build backlinks by commenting on high pr well reputed blog in same niche.
      3. Social media
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  • Profile picture of the author zeus136
    Great results for low traffic volume. You've proved your business model so all you need to do now is scale up.

    Zeus
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  • Profile picture of the author HARSHA4306
    Good to see that you have low bounce rate and your making income from your blog. I wish you success.
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  • Profile picture of the author jessicawang
    Hi Webn1110,

    Congratulation! I have also just started a blog, but for many month there is no sales and no optin, even Adsense has banned my account. Every month I am just paying for web hosting and auto-responder for nothing.

    May I take a look at your blog?
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    • Profile picture of the author Webn1110
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      Originally Posted by jessicawang View Post

      Hi Webn1110,

      Congratulation! I have also just started a blog, but for many month there is no sales and no optin, even Adsense has banned my account. Every month I am just paying for web hosting and auto-responder for nothing.

      May I take a look at your blog?
      What is your blog?
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    • Profile picture of the author Webn1110
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      Originally Posted by jessicawang View Post

      Hi Webn1110,

      Congratulation! I have also just started a blog, but for many month there is no sales and no optin, even Adsense has banned my account. Every month I am just paying for web hosting and auto-responder for nothing.

      May I take a look at your blog?
      What is your blog?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jasonmills
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    Did you publish this post on Shoutmeloud?

    How I Made $125 Within First Month of My Blog via Affiliate Sale

    Wow!!!! WoMaster The Article Was Quite amazaing And Inspiring. Thanks for your step by step explanation.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ilan Finer
    Nice!.... Depending on the niche, you may consider starting to collect email and sending them an automated followup system to increase your conversions.

    I believe that with the traffic you have right now you can make much more money.
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    • Profile picture of the author Webn1110
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      Originally Posted by Ilan Finer View Post

      Nice!.... Depending on the niche, you may consider starting to collect email and sending them an automated followup system to increase your conversions.

      I believe that with the traffic you have right now you can make much more money.
      Yeah.. Building an email list is very important. I started a campaign with optinmonster. Do you have any tips to build email list as soon as?
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    Congratulations! Glad to see you get such great Google Analytics reports in the first month of your blog.
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    • Profile picture of the author Webn1110
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      Originally Posted by priyadarshana View Post

      Congratulations! Glad to see you get such great Google Analytics reports in the first month of your blog.
      Thanks..

      Building targeted traffic to new blog is very difficult. Do you have any experience about it?
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    Can u tell me....what is the source of this current traffic........? Is it social or paid or organic.........
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    • Profile picture of the author Webn1110
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      My current traffic is from search engines, social media and referrals. All of them are free traffic.
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    • Profile picture of the author Webn1110
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      Originally Posted by taposh123 View Post

      Can u tell me....what is the source of this current traffic........? Is it social or paid or organic.........
      About 50% of total visitors come from Search engine (Google).
      About 25% of total visitors come from referrals.
      And others are from social media, email subscribers, direct and others..
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  • Profile picture of the author Jasonmills
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    I checked your site with alexa. Good ranking.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ben West
    That is a great start. Your bounce rate shows you are doing something very, very right with your content. Keep up the trend and you can turn it into a full time income!
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    Are you using the Wordpress SEO plugin by Joost de Valk?

    Congrats! Hope you find continued success.
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    • Profile picture of the author Webn1110
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      Originally Posted by jvbiz View Post

      Are you using the Wordpress SEO plugin by Joost de Valk?
      Yeah. I'm using it. It is very useful plugin to customize and improve rankings.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jasonmills
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    What are the methods that you used to build targeted traffic?
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    Wow, that’s a big earning for a first try in blogging. Congratulations. I wonder what kind of blog you have to get such good traffic. I know a lot who tried to earn income from blogging but fail to generate good amount for almost a year. Some even stop trying to earn from blogging while others tried different strategies to generate traffic. I would love to hear your story.
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  • Profile picture of the author sameon
    Pretty awesome! Glad to hear you've done a great job and are able to earn in just a few months! Thanks for the tips here. Will definitely try it on my own too. Thank you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Michael Ten
    Good job! Build authority and always stay white hat (so your venture will be sustainable) and keep scaling up!
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    Great job! Soon you will be making $125 per day!
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    • Profile picture of the author More Than Tips
      Congrats! You could also consider expanding to youtube I heard of a product recently that converts articles to video so your favorite blog posts you may consider doing that.
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      • Profile picture of the author Jasonmills
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        Originally Posted by More Than Tips View Post

        Congrats! You could also consider expanding to youtube I heard of a product recently that converts articles to video so your favorite blog posts you may consider doing that.
        Yeah.. A great tip.
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    This is great news!
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    Awesome, keep doing this
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      Congrats! What affiliate network did you use? Clickbank?
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      nice my blog is disapproved now what can i do
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    • Congratulations, keep doing
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      very inspiring my friend
      on your path we are taking !!
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  • Profile picture of the author Webn1110
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    What are the best traffic building methods for beginners?
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  • Profile picture of the author sam2476
    Wow, That is impressive $125!


    I have made about $40 in my first 2 months so hope to get there.
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Originally Posted by sam2476 View Post

      Wow, That is impressive $125!


      I have made about $40 in my first 2 months so hope to get there.

      Just stay with it... youll get there!
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    how often do u blog during the start, and now?
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    so a few month later, how are you doing at this point?
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    mm-M! Juicy achievement

    I didn't knew you were on WF Nilantha. You are in my list of bloggers who I like to read when I have time to spare. I am a long time lurker of your blog and you are right, the long detailed case studies are a major part of your success. Keep them comin'.
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    Congratulations. Keep up the good work. Hope you ad a few zeros to that earning.
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    Which payment gateway you suggest me. ( as a srilankan)
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    Good job, am still working hard ring earn my first penny
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  • Profile picture of the author LJBlake189
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    Congratulations..

    Keep doing this.. In my first month, i got nothing. After that, i made about $200 per month..

    I'm trying to increase it.
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    so u mean affiliate gives better earning than adsense?
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    • Profile picture of the author Medcore
      Originally Posted by adtech2 View Post

      so u mean affiliate gives better earning than adsense?
      It depends on the affiliate offer you're signed up with. Adsense pays per click or $1-2 per 1000 views.
      With a good affiliate offer, you may get $50 commission per sale. I've even heard of people giving away $500 commission per sale.
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    Congrats, $125 is definitely a great first income, only thing you need to focus on now is scaling it like a mad man!
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    Congratulations ....keep its
    I wish u grow day by day
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  • Profile picture of the author stuart kelly
    Hi there Everyone
    I have a question that maybe someone here can answer for me, What I am trying to do is get my beard oil out on the market place and need to know how to go about setting up a blog.
    Any advice greatly appreciated
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    Wow! Congratulations! Which affiliate websites do you use?
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    Good luck bro
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    Which countries most clicks adsense?
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    Congratz. Keep doing this.
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    That's great work.
    It is just like an impossible thing without using adsense.
    Congrats.
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    wow thats impressive mate keep it up!
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    Congratulation..! Imagine when $ 125 will come regularly
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    Congratulations.
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    That's a really low bounce rate, Your posts may be very engaging. what affiliate marketing do you use? well done you!
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    Congratulations my friend!
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    Congrats!!! Now, focus more on secrets or strategies used to earned your first blogging income and improve on it to earn more.
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    Congrats, nothing feels better than generating your own revenue.
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    Congratulations! You make money with Jvzoo
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    Wow, that bounce rate is impressive
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