It was another great week! Let’s get into the numbers…
1. Published articles
Last week I wrote and published 6 articles for Medium. 5 of those were also published on Substack, and I also had 1 Substack article that was exclusively for paid members. 4 of my Medium articles went into publications.
2. Mentions
I was mentioned in 6 articles by other writers last week.
All the stories are linked in the article on Medium.
Be sure to give all these amazing writers a follow if you’re also on Medium!
3. Medium earnings
August is looking great so far!
For reference, I was at $172.77 by June 11 and $244.31 by August 11. In fact, I went back every month this year and this is my best start for the entire year.
I mentioned it last week, but it’s mostly due to this article:
Last week it was at $59.75, so it more than doubled in earnings since then!
I think I figured out why this one took off. I searched “Medium” the other day because I was looking for a specific article from Zulie and I saw it was on the front page of that search:
Here’s how the rest of my articles from last week are doing:
(Not that great.)
4. Medium followers
My Medium followers went up to 3.5k!
Sweet!
5. Gumroad Sales & Downloads
Gumroad introduced something new last week…tipping! I’m amazed that I’ve received some tips on my products. Thank you to my buyers and tippers! (It’s not necessary, but I do appreciate it!)
Medium Money = 5 sales + a couple of tips ($112.20)
Medium Mistakes = 1 sale + a tip ($6)
4-Step Affiliate Marketing System = 6 downloads + a tip ($6)
I can’t wait to get my new book about mini emails on Gumroad. Coming soon!
6. Amazon book sales
I got another book sale from Amazon last week. Here’s how things are looking there:
I would love to get more reviews for the book, but I’m not sure how I can do that. Is there a way to contact the people who bought it? Or should I just hope and pray?
7. Substack
Here’s what my Hustling Housewife Substack numbers looked like in the last report:
And here’s what they look like now:
I reached a new milestone of over 200 subscribers. That’s awesome!
8. Affiliate Sales/Benable
I received one new affiliate sale, and I was paid for one affiliate sale.
I also earned cashback on 3 different sales from Benable. I’m up to over $22.
I need $80 to cash out, so I still have a while.
But it’s fine. I like Benable because I set it up once and it just runs on its own!
These sales are coming from my “What do dogs need to be happy?” list. I only have 7 items on that list. If I can bump it to 15, Benable will promote it more.
I’m going to work on that this week and see if I can boost those sales.
9. Email Subscribers
In the last report, my subscribers were at 665. Here’s what they look like this week:
That’s a nice little bump.
I keep debating whether to move this newsletter to Substack. I want to create some ways to increase my subscribers, but I would like to make this decision first.
I’m leaning toward keeping it at ConvertKit, but I like how Substack makes it easier to grow your list.
I’m so conflicted about this! What would you do?
What’s next?
I have two main things to work on this week:
Update my Benable, as I mentioned above.
Work on (and complete??) my Email Money book.
By the way, I got many great opinions about what to name this book. I really liked the one from
, which was Mini Email Money.It’s a little more specific about the type of email I’m referring to. Even if someone thinks, “What the heck does mini email mean?”, hopefully, they’ll be curious enough to check it out.
(P.S. I know mini-email is supposed to have a dash, but I’m not a fan of the aesthetics of it. lol)
A personal win…
My family and I hit concert #2 of 5 for the summer. We saw Slipknot in Camden, NJ for their 25th-anniversary tour.
It was so much fun! The energy was at 100% the entire time! We had amazing seats right in the front and middle. And we found out our seats are just one row up and a couple over for our last concert of the season (Korn). Funny!
But next up is Creed on August 23 at Hershey Park.
Did you have some wins of the week? Let me know in the comments!
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