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September 27, 2024
August 2024 Income Report
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August’s revenue was $9,077, down from July’s $9,084. Profits were $5,082, down from July’s $5,553.
Record direct-sales income: $5,088 on books, thanks to $4,101 total from Kickstarter, which included some Misc. Products not counted in direct sales of books. This is nearly triple the previous record, when I made $1,780 in June 2020, from the Preview Edition of Mind Management.
This outlier month puts a h...
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August 30, 2024
July 2024 Income Report
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July’s revenue was $9,084, up from June’s $3,972. Profits were $5,553, up from June’s $2,006.
Revenue this month was the highest it’s been since April 2023, when it was $10,064, which also means revenue was the highest it’s been all year.
Profit was also the highest it’s been all year. Last time profit was at least this high was September 2023, when profits were $7,128. Though that was significantly highe...
July 25, 2024
June 2024 Income Report
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June’s revenue was $3,972, down from May’s $5,586. Profits were $2,006, down from May’s $3,764.
I barely made it above $2,000 profit this month. Had I not, it would have been the third month this year with under $2,000 profits.
Low profits over past yearProfits are the lowest they’ve been for a twelve-month period since May 2021. For the past twelve months, I’ve made $44,064 in profits. As of May 2021 I had netted considerably le...
July 16, 2024
Limited-edition Journal Prompts Workbook (and habit-tracking wristband)
I’ve just developed a journal prompts workbook for building your 100-word writing habit. You can reserve yours now, only on Kickstarter.
The idea for this workbook came about because students of my free 100 Word Writing Habit email course and readers of the book, 100 Word Writing Habit kept asking if I had any writing prompts. That made me think about all the journaling I’ve done over the past 17 years.
This premiere edition is available only on Kickstarter, s...
June 28, 2024
May 2024 Income Report
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May’s revenue was $5,586, down from April’s $6,653. Profits were $3,764, down from April’s $4,524.
Revenue was below the average of $6,187 for the previous twelve months, but profits were slightly above the average of $3,693. However, I still haven’t been billed for my warehouse services and shipping for direct sales, and haven’t yet ironed out my reporting to reflect those expenses and their effects on profit...
May 30, 2024
April 2024 Income Report
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April’s revenue was $6,653, up from March’s $4,990. Profits were $4,524, up from March’s $1,667.
This month’s revenue and profit were both above-average relative to the prior twelve months. My average revenue for the previous twelve months has been $6,187. My average profit has been $3,693.
The major anomaly this month was my ActiveCampaign revenue, which was very high, at about $2,500, a level which isn’t repeated super often. Ma...
April 26, 2024
Using a pro camera for Zoom calls and streaming
I recently spent a boatload of time researching cameras, lenses, and lighting to improve my video quality for conference calls, streaming, and podcast interviews. I had to wade through many YouTube videos by streaming gamers and camera gearheads who get too technical. So here’s what I found out, specifically for conference calls, in the most basic terms possible.
Webcams on laptops and external webcams have gotten better over the years, and with Mac OS’s Conti...
April 25, 2024
March 2024 Income Report
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March’s revenue was $4,990, down from February’s $6,120. Profits were $1,667, down from February’s $1,975.
The low revenue and profits continue, but help is on the way in the form of some new products.
Low revenue and profitsThis month had the lowest profit overall since May 2023. This month, my profits were $1,667, and last May, they were $1,587.
This was also the lowest-profit month for self-published books since May 2023. This...
March 27, 2024
February 2024 Income Report
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February’s revenue was $6,120, down from January’s $6,561. Profits were $1,975, down from January’s $2,815.
This was a low-profit month amongst a trend of low-profit months. I dropped below the $2,000 mark, which I haven’t done since May of 2023, when I only profited $1,588. This low profit brings my 12-month running profits below $50,000 for the first time since August of 2021.
What was the proximate cause of t...
