January 2022 Side Hustle & Business Income Report

Each month I publish a YouTube and blog Income Report showing you how much money I made in my business as well as some lessons learned that contributed to that success and outcome.

My goal is to be transparent with you, show you the ups and downs as well as inspire you to hopefully build your own YouTube channel and/or blog.

Side hustle income is a large part of the financial success we’ve enjoyed over the last couple of years. We’ve paid off debt, cash flowed our wedding and new-to-me car, and saved a down payment on our first home. Without a side hustle, all of those wins wouldn’t have been possible.

Business Income & Expense Report January 2022

In this video, I’m walking you through my January 2022 business income and expense spreadsheet following the Profit First Method by Mike Michalowicz. Click here to watch!

My January business income from smallest to largest:

Here is how I made $5,113.09 this month

Patreon: $27.23

Patreon is a monthly subscription to help support your favorite creators. On Patreon, you will find exclusive videos, like Budget Report Cards, personal videos, behind the scenes, live streams as well as all of my budget templates and printables.

Speaking: $96.62

This month I was asked to speak to a private membership group on impulse spending!

Instagram Bonus Program: $112.86

Instagram rolled out a new program where they pay select creators for their content. Each month Instagram chooses a feature that they are going to pay you for. This month they paid for the reels that you created. The Reels I created brought in 41,950 views and they paid out $112.86.

Digital Products: $603.64

On my website, I’m now selling Monthly Excel Budget Templates and Spending Analysis Templates that work in Google Sheets! Soon all of my templates will be available in Excel and Google Sheets.

*NEW* Products this month:

*NEW* Sticker now available:

Yes, I’m A DREAMER Yes, I’m PROFITABLE Sticker 3X3

Course Sales: $729.22

My course How To Save Money On Groceries Course launched this past summer.

This course will help you maintain a healthy lifestyle, stop food waste, and give you tips and tricks to harness your best grocery life. You’ll save money, learn how to spend wisely, and, most importantly, you’ll learn how to lower your food cost so you can spend on the things that bring you joy!

My signature course Dreamer To Profitable launched in January!

This course will help you build a profitable business so you can finally live the life you deserve to have! Dreamer To Profitable is definitely for you. This is a step-by-step guide to getting the life of your dreams.

Here is what some of our students have to say:

“Hi Kelly! I just wanted to let you know I enrolled in ”Dreamer to Profitable" three weeks ago, and was so inspired after watching the first couple lessons. I didn’t have a business or side hustle, or even any kind of money-making idea when I enrolled. Since starting, I’ve made my first $1,083 by writing blog posts for people!"

“I have been on YouTube for three years now, and I make a couple hundred dollars a month from it in ads. I knew I could make more money, but was not sure how. Since taking this course, I now have FOUR new revenue streams that compliment my YouTube channel. Not only has this tripled my income, but it also got me excited again to make content and serve my audience.”

“I’m a single mom of two. I work full time, and I hate to admit it, but I’ve been living paycheck to paycheck for years. It’s a struggle to get everything done in the day, and I was nervous about investing in this course and afraid I wouldn’t have the time to do it or to put in the work. I was determined, and I did!!! This course not only helped me solidify my business idea, but also taught me how to manage my schedule and come up with a system to get it all done. I am so thankful for this course! THANK YOU!!!”

Affiliate Marketing: $820.44

If affiliate marketing is something you are looking to get into, I recommend taking the course Making Sense of Affiliate Marketing. Michelle digs into the best way to promote brands that you know, like, and trust and well as all of the legal elements of affiliate marketing. I’ll be honest, there was way more things that you need to be aware of and do to be FTC compliant than I expected. The course breaks it all down for you.

Ad Revenue: $1,223.08

My blog and YouTube ad revenue are combined in Adsense.

I recently launched a 2nd YouTube channel with tutorials for entrepreneurs and challenging myself with daily uploads until I reach YouTube monetization requirements of 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 hours of watch time.

Tutorials for Entrepreneurs with Kelly Anne Smith videos this month were:

My Main Channel (Kelly Anne Smith) videos this month were:

My blogs this month were:

Sponsorships: $1,500.00

Brand sponsorships are a great way to increase your income as well as tell your audience about amazing brands and companies! I am extremely particular about what companies I work with and always fully vet those companies before accepting a sponsorship.

My Equipment:

• My Camera

• My lens

• Canva

• Lighting kit

• Microphone

• Editing software

• Email service

• SEO tool

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