October 2025 Blogging Income Report

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The month of October was a big month for me, personally and as well as here on Let’s Glow. Although, I feel like life just never stops and the business and craziness just always follows, no matter what we do. Embracing it and learning to lean into it and work with it instead of against it and being overwhelmed is the only way we’re surviving. 😅❤️ And I honestly can’t believe the holiday season is already upon us. I still feel like it’s August!

In this blog post, I am going to share my October 2025 income and expenses and how I got there. To read about my blog growth and strategies, read the related post here.

Here is a breakdown of where Let’s Glow sits financially, five months into blogging and two months into having an actual strategy:

For full transparency, I have excluded any income from network marketing sales through my Arbonne business or any affiliate income made through Instagram, Facebook or X. I want to track and share purely blogging income.

Costs Explained

I have not yet earned enough revenue to break even on my start-up costs for my blog, so I am still in the “investment” stage. This investment is both time and money. But the beauty of blogging is that just a little while of investment can pay off hugely ❤️ Check out this blog post here for a more detailed explanation of the costs of starting a blog.

Hosting

I host through Bluehost, because they are the most affordable and they integrate with WordPress which I find to be incredibly user friendly. Sign up through my link here and get exclusive pricing at $1.99 a month!

Domain Purchase

This is a necessary cost for any blogger, and that is your domain purchase (your website name/URL). It is the cost of your little corner of the Internet.

Storage and Backup

I purchased this through Jetpack after a few months of blogging and realizing that if I were to lose everything, I would be absolutely devastated. For under $100 I can protect my blog and my countless hours of work that I am literally putting my heart and soul into!

Anti-Spam

CleanTalk AntiSpam not only blocks spam but it removes all existing spam once activated. At $17CAD a year this is well worth the investment! It is probably one of the easiest things I have done to protect my site.

Theme Installation

I got my theme from Creative Market and the installation and activation was so easy! From there you customize and design your site appearance and widgets to how you like it and make it your own. Read this blog post here about CSS coding to really make your site exactly how you like it.

Monthly Costs Explained

Tailwind

Right now my only monthly investment is Tailwind, the leading Pinterest scheduling tool. It is a complete lifesaver for me as someone who wants to spend as little time on screens as possible! For $35CAD a month I can schedule hundreds of pins instead of pinning all day every day. Read this blog post here about my Pinterest growth strategy.

Blog Income Explained

Ad Revenue

This month I have not earned any ad revenue, and I was actually rejected by AdSense for a second time. But each rejection is just an opportunity to improve!

Affiliate Income

This month I actually received my first check for $4.96 from affiliate marketing through my blog. I know, killing it 😅 But this month I also started being an Amazon Associate, and am still learning the ropes (things are way more complicated as a Canadian blogger!).

I have been doing affiliate marketing for several years. My main source of income from Instagram is actually my network marketing business with Arbonne. However, I consider income from links on my blog to be affiliate income whether it is through Arbonne or another partner I have.

Product Sales

This month my product sales were $0.00; this is to be expected, because I have been focusing on my site overall, writing blog posts, my affiliate links, and my social media/Pinterest. Over the summer I started my product shop here I create and sell digital products. I did this with WooCommerce and I absolutely love it.

Examples of products I’m currently selling:

• 26-Week Glow Cleaning Schedule | Simple, Real-Life Routines for Moms
• Weekly Meal Planner (With Shopping List)
• Social Media Guide – A FREE Guide To Getting Your Content SEEN

I definitely have more ideas for more digital products, but that adds another layer of strategy and they are also just very time consuming to plan, create, and publish — so my plans for that are just remaining plans for now.

October 2025’s Income Reflection

My second month of having a real blogging strategy was definitely quite the learning curve, and I put a lot of time and effort into expanding my library of posts for more evergreen and seasonal content and improving the appearance and navigation of my site. I was actually very close to burning out (I was pushing for 5 posts a week for an “investment month”) so I am glad the month is over and I can hopefully start seeing more reward from my investment.

I wrote more about my blog update in this post here, where I share my starting and ending numbers for October.

Looking Ahead for November 2025 + Beyond

Right now my monthly cost is just for Tailwind. That means once my start up costs are earned back, I really don’t need much to earn a profit.

This is why I decided to start sharing these updates and income reports. Not only do the numbers tell the real story, but it reassures other new bloggers that they aren’t alone on a growth journey that may feel slow, especially a lot of our inspiration comes from bloggers who are already successful and are sharing their numbers and income in the tens of thousands or more!

If you are here to follow along, thank you! And let’s continue on this journey together!