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Randomly one day, I noticed there was a deposit in my bank account which I was not expecting and upon further investigation, realized Amazon had sent over a commission payment. Sweet!
I started documenting my earned income because one, I am super excited to have my blog bring in some money and two, I want to build Cook With A Shoe to be a viable side business providing additional streams of income.
Income
Amazon Affiliate – $10.52
Most of the products I recommend to you are linked to my Amazon affiliate account and while the price remains the same for you, I do receive a percentage of the final price. So thank you if you have purchased something through my Amazon links! You can read more about my disclosure here.
Total income- $10.52
Growth
During July, I decided to start focusing on one social media and picked Pinterest. I have had several blogger friends be so gracious to help explain how to be successful on Pinterest and give me their feedback and tips, which I have started to implement.
Even though I have just barely scratched the surface of applying new strategies, there has already been a huge jump in traffic.
At the beginning of July, I had an average of 447 for monthly viewers and now there
I am starting to Pin more strategically and have worked to improve some of my pictures and descriptions. Pictures from older posts need to be redone in order to be more Pin-worthy.
Another thing I am doing is co-hosting the Pinterest Game (which if you have pins that need re-pinning, you will want to join the Game and see if you can win with the most pins! The Pinterest Game is open to anyone until Wednesday 12p EST).
July also saw a huge spike in traffic resulting from my guest post, 31 meals from 1 chicken. My newsletter subscribers went from 34 to 50 in a month. What?
I am so thankful for the opportunity to guest post on Don’t Waste the
I will have another guest post published this coming week over at Cents and Order. Yay for guest posts!
Goals
My goals for August are to continue to increase my Pinterest
I am also focusing on increasing my newsletter subscribers by creating content upgrades throughout my site and more opportunities to subscribe.
Interviews are in the works! I am developing a series where I will interview people about their money habits and money wins.
My interview line up will include people who are working their way through paying off debt, people who have been handling their money well, and people who have become debt free.
If you are in one of these categories and would like to appear on Cook With a Shoe in an interview, please get in touch with me.
I am seriously considering hiring a Virtual Assistant a couple hours a month to help me with social media. Since I am working so much between my
Do you, or anyone you know, work as a Virtual Assistant? Let’s talk! Charissa(at)
That's a wrap and I am off to work on my August goals.

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I have a VA, that helps get my posts out. I hate linking up to link parties but she does it weekly for me to over 100 parties. Which drives a ton of my traffic and pinterest too. You can ask her about social media too and she is so affirdable.
I can give you her name and info. Email me for info.
Txdeebrady@gmail.com
Haha your comment about hating linky parties made me laugh, Dee. I wouldn’t say I ‘hate’ it, but it sure is difficult to spend enough time linking up and still having time to write new articles. I will be emailing you, thank you for the suggestion!
I love Amazon but Amazon does not love me…I’m at a whopping $1.17. For the year. So you are doing great for hitting that payout already!
Allison over at Frugal on the Prairie may be able to help you on the VA front.
LOL! $1.17 for the year?? It took me about 7 months to get my first payout, if that helps make you feel a tad better, :-). It is really hard to link to Amazon with a budgeting blog, but hang in there Kristina. Have you tried coming up with a resource page with some of your favorite items so you can link to Amazon? Thank you for suggesting Allison, I will contact her.
Congratulations on getting some blog income, more followers and more LUV from guest posting and nominations! Wow! That is a full plate of blessings. It is amazing that Pinterest gave you nearly a 10 fold increase in viewers! That is fabulous! Keep up the great work.
Thank you Holly. I was pretty shocked to see the increase in Pinterest in just a month. Yes, there has been a lot happening around here and I am super excited to see where this blog will go. But, really, all the success is due to all of the readers who keep coming back, so Thanks!
Whoa, that is a HUGE increase in traffic from Pinterest! Congratulations, Charissa! And from one Pinterest Game co-host to another, thanks for playing and hosting! 🙂
I was pretty shocked myself to see the numbers jump that high and honestly, I just gave a little bit of focus to Pinterest last month. I am excited to see how my numbers grow, as I continue to make more of an effort with Pinterest. I have enjoyed co-hosting the Pinterest Game with you too, Wendy!