I smashed my 2017 goal of making $18,000 in side hustle income this year. My primary income stream was from blogging although I did sell on Etsy for most of the year. My goal with this extra money was to put it towards retirement. I just opened a solo 401(k) with Fidelity and contributed over $5,000 to the account for my husband and myself. I already have a 401(k) through my employer but a solo 401(k) is … [Read more...] about December 2017 – Blogging Income Report – $2,560
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July Online Income Report – $1966 with Etsy and Blogging
I love summer. I'm having so much fun hiking, camping and exploring. All this time outside is really testing this experiment in online passive income. I did one good thing though, I scheduled blog posts out weeks in advance this month. Most of the posts I published in July were written in June. That simple hack allowed me to enjoy the summer a bit more. I can be a bit of a workaholic and have to … [Read more...] about July Online Income Report – $1966 with Etsy and Blogging
Real Talk Review of Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing Course for Bloggers
This post was last updated in August 2021. It was originally written in summer of 2017 when I was one year out from Michelle Schroeder-Gardner's course, Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing. I took the course for the first-time in summer of 2016. Since then, I have made over six figures blogging per year and now hit seven figures in total revenue generated. I was able to leave my corporate job and support my family … [Read more...] about Real Talk Review of Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing Course for Bloggers
Former Police Officer Quits Job for Blogging and Real Estate
Today's Feature Friday is about Darren, a former police officer who quit his job to try his hand at entrepreneurship. He reminds me of Rosemarie Groner who is a well-known budgeting blogger who was a state trooper for almost a decade before she quit her job. Darren and his wife quit their jobs, sold their house, and bought a 16 unit apartment building in preparation for starting two businesses. They also had a … [Read more...] about Former Police Officer Quits Job for Blogging and Real Estate