My strategy is pretty simple, I post my article on my wordpress blog and then cross-post it along with a canonical link on Medium, Dev.to, and Hashnode. So basically, it is the same content but it’s being shown to different audience groups.
Create Once, Publish Everywhere (COPE)
If you would like to read more about COPE, this is a great article.
I have even written a tutorial on how to automate cross-posting to various different platforms.
Blog #1 RealPythonProject Stats
This was my first wordpress blog and I created it in the Winter of 2020. I integrated it with Ezoic on 5th January 2022 and have been using Ezoic to display ads on it ever since.
In 2022, my blog got 168,402 views.
Initially, I had some trouble integrating Ezoic with my website and hence there are a few missing data points. In the month of April, a lot of my website pages became unavailable and sometime in mid-April, my entire website went down. It was due to some issues with Bluehost, my website’s hosting service. The website’s speed was affected as well and most pages were taking 15-20 seconds to load. After a bit of back and forth with the Bluehost Team, I managed to resolve the issue. However, for some reason, some of my articles got taken out of Google’s Search Index, and as a result, I had to apply to re-index multiple of my pieces.
In the last few months of 2022, my view started dropping significantly. There were a couple of reasons for it
- I started posting less content since I was pretty busy
- Google had a core Search Algorithm update in September and I believe this affected my blog. As a result, the views started tanking.
Blog #2 RealJavascriptProject Stats
I created this blog in the summer of 2022. It hasn’t grown as much as I would have liked. That is mainly because I have not been consistent in posting articles.
I don’t have Ezoic or Google Analytics setup so below is a screenshot from Jetpack Insights
In 2023, I will focus more on this blog and try monetizing it.
CrossPosting Stats
Medium
Unfortunately, there is no easy way to get yearly stats from Medium. So I’ll have to sum up the views for every month. Below is a screenshot of my best month on Medium in 2022
In 2022, I got a total of 140132 views which is almost on par with my main wordpress Blog. I had started off initially on Medium and managed to gain a few hundred followers.
I have been pretty inconsistent over the past few months but still manage to get around 10k views a month. Medium does a pretty good job at promoting your articles and a lot of top search results are often Medium articles. For anyone getting started, I highly recommend Medium as your first platform.
Dev.to
Unfortunately, Dev.to doesn’t support showing yearly stats as well. Below is a screenshot of my stats from last month
I used the Dev.to API to get my stats for 2022. My Dev.to posts got 11499 views in 2022.
Hashnode
Unfortunately, Hashnode has not worked out for me.
IMO, Hashnode has the best UI compared to other blogging platforms and comes with a ton of features. However, I think like me, most people use it only to cross-post their articles and hence there aren’t that many readers. It is still fairly new as compared to dev.to and Medium. Or maybe I am just missing out on something. If you have managed to crack the Hashnode Algorithm and are reading this, please send me some tips.
Earnings
Now the good stuff!
Money Spent
I spent 156 USD on both my blog’s domains, hosting, etc via Bluehost.
As I talked about in the previous newsletter, I spent 175 CAD on some SEO services on Fiverr.
I used Ezoic to display ads and since June I have been paying 36 USD per month to gain access to Ezoic Premium.
Total Money Spent on Blog: ~540 USD
Ezoic Ads
The drop from August’22 was due to 3 main reasons
- The biggest reason was I decided to add hard limits on the number of ads to show per page. Initially, I did not set any ad number limits and earned around 100-200 bucks per month. However, in the long term, you need to find the sweet spot between the number of ads to display and also having a good user experience. I still haven’t managed to figure it out, Ezoic has some helpful tools for this as well.
- Lower views due to SEO issues
- Didn’t publish much during the last few months.
Medium Partner Program
Total Earnings in 2022: 980 USD
As I mentioned earlier, I only cross-post my articles on Medium. So each article of mine earns me via ads and via medium partner programs. Medium also allows you to refer users and you get a portion of the membership payment. I earn around 25 USD a month (included in the snapshot above) from referrals.
Most of my time on Medium is spent reading other writers’ work.
Guest Posts on Real Python Project
Surprisingly, a couple of people reached out to me to guest post on my blog and were willing to pay 50 USD for it. I had 4 guest posts and got 200 bucks for doing nothing other than reviewing and posting their article on my blog.
Net Income from my Blog
Total spent: 540 USD
Total earned: 2494 USD
Net Income: 1954 USD
Tips for Getting Started with Software Blogging and Making a Side Income
TLDR: Cross-posting and Posting on Sub-reddits
- Initially start by creating content on Medium and cross-posting on Dev.to/Hashnode. You will not have to deal with any SEO/Website issues and can simply focus on writing content.
- Once you have gained a few followers on any of the above platforms, consider buying a domain and publishing over there. Don’t stop cross-posting on Medium and other platforms.
- Be consistent. As you saw from my stats when you stop posting, your views and earnings drop. It’s hard to stay motivated and be consistent so you’ll have to manage your expectations for earnings. The more consistent you are, the more you will earn.
- Shamelessly promote your articles on subreddits. Just post it and forget about it. Reddit will lead to a lot of traffic to your articles.
- Write about stuff you learned at work/school or challenges you faced at work/school. Most of my articles are about challenges I faced during my day-to-day life as a developer.
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Human: 1 — ChatGPT: 0
Last Month’s Blog Summary
1️⃣ New Articles
In November I focused more on my JavaScript Blog as compared to my Python Blog
There are a few more articles that I posted in November which have not been listed below.
How to Send and Receive Data in Flask
I’ll be using Repl.it for writing all the code. Repl.it lets you quickly deploy your API and is really convenient.
How to Store Credentials as Environment Variables and Read in JavaScript
Secrets are called secrets for a reason. We do not want others to know about them, be it in real life or in JavaScript. In this tutorial, you will learn how to store your credentials as environment variables and learn how to read them in JavaScript. We will discuss 3 different ways to store credentials […]
Understanding the this keyword in JavaScript
In JavaScript, the This keyword refers to an object that is executing the current piece of code. This is one of the most important but yet a bit confusing topics in JavaScript. In this tutorial, the following topics will be covered We will cover these topics in the tutorial and at the end of this, you […]
2️⃣ Money spent on my Blog
Ezoic Premium: 18USD ~ 25 CAD
Fiverr SEO Service: 175 CAD (Still don’t know if it was worth it or not)
3️⃣ WordPress Blog
I have two blogs
The second one is still in its early stages and doesn’t show any ads. The data below is taken from my first website.
Newsletter Subscribers: 27 (No change since last month)
Kofi Payments: 0 (No change since last month)
The Blog received 11,133 Views and 10,258 Visits. According to Google Analytics, there was a drop of 1.7% in User Sessions and a 0.7% drop in Users as compared to October
In the month of November, the blog earned 83.98 USD by displaying ads. Compared to last month, this is a 16.7% increase. That’s a W!
4️⃣ Medium
Email Subscribers: 25 ( +1 in November)
Referred Members: 12 (-1 in November)
In November, I earned 59.26 USD which is a drop of 23.75% as compared to October. Now, this is an L. I haven’t been active on Medium so I guess this is expected, hopefully, December looks better!
My articles on Medium got 10,773 views and 2,590 reads in November. This is an increase of 1.48% as compared to last month. Although there was a slight increase in the number of reads, there was a decent drop in the earnings. The Medium Partner Program is pretty unpredictable.
5️⃣ Dev.to and Hashnode
Neither of them earns me anything.
6️⃣ Summarizing the Summary
Total Views: 14,551 (19% decrease as compared to last month.)
Total Earnings: -56.76 CAD (Hopefully buying the SEO Gig on Fiverr was worth it)
Funny Stuff on the Internet
Cool GitHub Repos
1️⃣ Rejected.us
This is basically a collection of stories of people who got rejected. It’s mostly developers so it’s pretty relatable. I used to take a look at this frequently during my undergrad and some of the stories were really inspiring.
Below is a “tile” from the website.
You can find the web app over here
GitHub — Rejectedus/rejected.us: The codebase for rejected.us
The codebase for rejected.us. Contribute to Rejectedus/rejected.us development by creating an account on GitHub.
2️⃣ ChatGPT
Note: this is not the official ChatGPT repo.
This repo lets you interact with ChatGPT via a Python Script. As of today, I couldn’t find any API by OpenAI that lets you use ChatGPT so this repo is pretty useful. It was created by reverse-engineering ChatGPT and can be used to build cool stuff like chatbots or a Voice Assistant.
Lightweight package for interacting with ChatGPT’s API by OpenAI. Uses reverse engineered official API. — GitHub — acheong08/ChatGPT: Lightweight package for interacting with ChatGPT’s API by OpenAI. Uses reverse engineered official API.
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New Articles
Do you know about Pokemon Exception Handling or Yoda Conditions? This article talks about it
I wrote a couple of articles. The first article was pretty interesting, if you have some time I hope you read it. It talks about some peculiar/funny Programming Lingo. It has a total of around 4k views since I posted it. I managed to get quite a few views by posting the link on various subreddits
WordPress Blog
I have two blogs
The second one is still in its early stages and doesn’t show any ads. The data below is taken from my first website.
Newsletter Subscribers: 27 (No change since last month)
Kofi Payments: 0 (No change since last month)
The blog received 11,330 views from 10,377 visits. According to Google Analytics, there was a 20ish% drop is traffic in October. Maybe some new algorithm update?
In the month of October, the blog earned 71.93USD by displaying ads. Compared to last month, this is a 6% increase. Although the traffic dropped, there was a slight increase in earnings. I’ll take that as a W 
Email Subscribers: 24 ( +2 in October)
Referred Members: 13 (+1 and -1 so effectively no change)
On Medium, I earned 77.72 USD. Compared to the last month, this is a 3.8% increase.
My articles on Medium got 10,564 views and 2,552 reads in October. I am not sure what ‘views’ means in Medium, I give more importance to the ‘reads. Compared to last month, it’s a decrease of 8.5%.
Neither of them earns me anything.
Summarizing the Summary
Total Views: 17,951 views (12% Increase compared to last month — mainly cause of Dev.to)
Total Earnings: 149.65 USD(5% Increased compared to last month)
Funny Stuff on the Internet
Don’t ever try to disturb working code…
Cool GitHub Repos
1. Pokemon Cards CSS
I might be biased since I am a Pokemon fan but honestly this is pretty cool. Check out their website
2. Clones of Popular Websites
If you are looking to beef up your portfolio, this repo is for you. It contains a list of clones of popular websites. A few of them even have tutorials on how to build the clones.
About Me
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Rahul Banerjee’s Newsletter 
— Revue
Issue #1 — RealPythonProject September Recap
This will be my first newsletter and as they say — “first impression is your last impression”. Quite literally when it comes to newsletters so I will try to keep this interesting.
Last Month’s Blog Summary
Why share my earnings and stats? To be honest, I don’t know. I find it interesting reading about other bloggers’/freelancers’ stats and earnings. Maybe this motivates you or maybe you are just curious like me. Either way, I hope you find it interesting.
New Articles
I published the following article and honestly it tanked. In total it only got around 15 reads on Medium and around 10 reads on my WordPress Blog. Below is the article
How to Use Python to Post on Popular Blogging Websites
Create once, publish multiple times. Automate the manual work with Python . We will use the various APIs…www.realpythonproject.com
WordPress Blog
I have two blogs
The second one is still in its early stages and doesn’t show any ads. The data below is taken from my first website.
Newsletter Subscribers: 27
Kofi Payments: 0 (When I created the account, I was being very optimistic and hoping someone would donate Lol)
The blog received 12,501 views from 11,462 visits. The data is taken from Ezoic so it’s usually under-reported. According to Google Analytics, the blog received around 13k views.
I earned 67.68 USD by displaying Ezoic Ads on the website. Previously I was spamming my blog with ads and earning around 150 USD — 200 USD per month but I decided to reduce the number of ads to improve the user’s experience in hopes that they end up reading the entire article and subscribing to the newsletter.
Medium
Email Subscribers: 22 ( +2 in September)
Referred Members: 13 (No Change in September)
I earned 74.87 USD in the month of September.
I am not sure what ‘views’ means in Medium, I give more importance to the ‘reads. I got around 2,770 reads last month. It
Dev.to and Hashnode
Neither of them earns me anything.
Summarizing the Summary
Total Views: 15982 views
Total Earnings: 142.55 USD ~ 196.02 CAD
As a developer, do you understand these Memes?
If you have spent some time on tech Twitter, you should get the reference in the title.
Cool GitHub Repos
1. PRegEx
Regex is a pain but this repo lets you generate Regex using easy-to-remember Python Syntax
GitHub — manoss96/pregex: PRegEx — Programmable Regular Expressions
2. Software Developer Folio
Use this repo to finally build your Portfolio. The thought of starting to build my portfolio from scratch made me procrastinate. Luckily repos with portfolio templates like these exist. It reduced a lot of the required effort.
GitHub — saadpasta/developerFolio: 
Software Developer Portfolio Template that helps you showcase…
About Me
I recently graduated with a BASc in Computer Engineering from the University of Toronto. I moved to Vancouver shortly after graduation and started working as a Software Developer at Amazon. I like to play around with new APIs/ Libraries and write about them. You can connect with me on LinkedIn or Twitter
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