May Income Report

My May income was about the same as my April income.

I spent the first week or so focusing on finishing up finals for school and the following week prepping for graduation (eight years later, but I did it!). I worked a bit more on my social media accounts and getting those updated and organized with my mastermind group, and then I spent Memorial Day weekend on vacation with my family! I managed to bring in a little income for the month. But I plan to dive into more projects that generate revenue for me during June and July!

For my senior capstone project, I started an ebook.

Last month I mentioned my ebook, The Ultimate College Survival Guide. I’m really excited about it, but it’s still got a long way to go before it will be ready to publish. So just keep your ears open for presales and the launch date – it’ll be happening sometime over the next couple of months!

Aside from working on that (it’s my first BIG project for Belles & Bucks), I’ve been planning other projects that will pop up over the next six months. But I’m going to keep all of that a secret for now. 😉

A couple months back I mentioned how I was starting to use rebate apps like Ebates or Ibotta (affiliate links).

If you aren’t familiar with them or missed the post, here’s a quick overview of the two programs. Using Ebates on your desktop is awesome because you can add a pin to your browser, and it will automatically tell you if a retailer has rebates available when you click onto their site. There are some in-store purchase options as well if you connect your card to your account. By doing so, it triggers the app to know you made a purchase in-store and you will receive your rebates.

Ibotta is something I mainly use for groceries. There are often generic coupons, like receive $0.50 back for any grocery store purchase. But they also have store specific and brand specific coupons available as well. I do my shopping at Meijer, so I already get a lot of coupons from my Meijer app. But the great thing is I can double up on my coupons between Meijer and Ibotta, saving money and getting rebates at the same time! Plus, I can connect my mPerks account to Ibotta so it automatically pulls my receipt information in. Other stores you may have to scan the receipt with your camera in order to receive the rebates.

My first cash back for Ebates came through this month. It wasn’t much, but every little bit helps. And since I’ve only reached $9.00 with Ibotta, I can’t withdraw any cash back yet. (You have to hit $20.00 to do so.)

Here’s a quick recap of my earnings from the past year.

May 2018: $574.74 (all paid posts)
June 2018: $344.84 (all paid posts)
July 2018: $421.48 (all paid posts)
August 2018: $134.11 (all paid posts)
September 2018: $114.95 (all paid posts)
October 2018: $249.90 ($229.90 paid posts, $20.00 product sales)
November 2018: $766.32 (all paid posts)
December 2018: $877.09 ($862.11 paid posts, $14.98 product sales)
January 2019: $996.22 (all paid posts)
February 2019: $225.36 ($26.50 product, $5.00 freelance, $193.86 paid posts)
March 2019: $520.41 ($285.41 paid posts, $235.00 product)
April 2019: $171.71 (all paid posts)

Total May 2019 Income: $170.69

Most of the May income is from paid posts ($165.33). I received $5.36 in cash back from Ebates (affiliate link). Unfortunately, May was another slow month. But I have faith that this is just a short dip in the trend and it will be brought up over the next few months!

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