Dear John,

I’ve been saving my Entrecard credits for some time now and have finally horded enough to place my humble card on your (pricy) Entrecard widget for a day. Since you’re probably new to my blog, I’d like to first say welcome, and second, show you around a bit. So kick off your sneakers and come on in!

My name is Jeremy Waller. I’ve been blogging now for about a year and a half. I’m a bit of a finance nerd, tech junkie and entrepreneur. After you subscribe to my RSS feed, you’ll get approximately 3 posts per week on these topics (or whatever else I decide to blog about. It’s my blog. I make the rules) freshly picked from the ripe fields of my mind. I’m a part-time blogger and just don’t have the time to be a posting machine like you are, but the posts I do put out are mighty tasty (Dot Com Dump anyone?)

Go check out some of my ramblings and, before heading out, why don’t you join MyBlogLog Community and become one of my followers on twitter (Just in case you were wondering, I’m one of your followers.) I’m giving some link love to anyone who follows me.

Thanks again for stopping by!

Sincerely,
Jeremy Waller

This is the first real monthly earnings report since this blog was resurrected at the beginning of this month from an 8 month hiatus. Year to date income for WallerBlog dot Com has averaged $47.03/month. Blog income for May was down from the YTD average, but has increased from April’s $34.13.

Total Blog Income for May 2008: $37.32

Here is the breakdown:

• PayPerPost: $20.00
• Private Ad Sales: $7.00
• Google AdSense: $5.40
• TNX.net: $4.92
• Grand Total: $37.72

Blog income has decreased since the beginning of the year. This is primarily due to Google’s PageRank update. My blog went from a PR 3 to a PR 0. This has effectively killed all income from Text-Link-Ads and LinkWorth. Before this month LinkWorth was my biggest money maker. That loss has been mitigated by the addition of PayPerPost.

Traffic Stats

Traffic this month is up to 1,294 page views from 608 visitors. The top traffic sources were:

• Google: 138
• Direct: 119
• StumbleUpon: 125
• Entrecard: 95

As usual the big G was the top referrer. The biggest surprise though was the 125 visitors from StumbleUpon. The Blogging Tips Carnival was Stumbled and received more traffic than any other post this month.

Determination is the key

Determination is the only thing that will make your small blog a success. Determination to write good content, determination to research monetization opportunities and determination to network to drive traffic to your blog. This month I am determined to work to gain quality backlinks in order to gain more green on my PagerRank. This will give me many more opportunities to increase this blog’s income and get me closer to my goal of earning a full-time living via the internet.

Entrecard is holding two new contests in which they’re giving away over 75,000 Credits. This is a publicity stunt to announce their new e-book and a feature that bloggers have been asking for from day 1, the ability to add multiple blogs.

Starting today, you can add all your blogs to Entrecard simply by going to your Dashboard and clicking “Linked Blogs” in your Dashboard navigation. You will be able to choose whether to link your account with another EXISTING account, or to register a NEW BLOG with Entrecard, and automatically link it to your account.

You can switch from one blog to another, and drop or advertise as either one, from the very top right of your Entrecard screen. Where your email address is displayed there will be a link to “switch” to another account of yours.

Win 15,000 credits

In order to get in the pot for the bankroll of credits, you’ll have to add a second blog to your account. Entrecard will randomly select one winner in each of the following classes:

Entrecard is giving away a total of 75,000 credits, as there will be one 15,000 credit winner for each class. All you have to do is use their new feature to add Entrecard to your other blogs, or simply link your other blogs together using the “switch” button in the top right of the site. Winners will be picked on June 25th.

Write a Post Get 2,000 Credits

Entrecard is holding an additonal contest to help spread the word about their “add new blog” feature and their new E-Book. Anyone who posts on their own blog, mentions the new “add a blog” feature, and posts a link to their new E-Book wins 2000 credits. Just leave a comment on this blog post with the link to your post.