I’m summarizing the traditional results of the year. There have been so many events in 2024 that it feels like not one year has passed, but several years. Sanka and I got an Armenian residence permit, went to Turkey with her and my brother for a vacation, I attended two conferences for webmasters (Yerevan and Almaty), and there was also a great corporate party in Sevan.
By the end of the year, I began a qualitative transition to the next income level, and new publications now appear extremely rarely on the blog. I’ll tell you a little about that too.
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- Key events of 2024
- Winter 2024
- Spring 2024
- Summer 2024
- Autumn 2024
- Finstrip for 2024
- Blog statistics for 2024
- Traffic from search engines
- Traffic from readers
- Telegram
- Final thoughts
Key events of 2024
Winter 2024
- They found a good tattoo artist in Yerevan and ordered two mermaids from him for a full-back Sledge. The tattoo was done in several sets (on different days). The whole job took about $1,000 and three months.
- In February, I received a letter from the Armenian Migration Service regarding my future residence permit. So the whole winter consisted of work and trips to Yerevan.
Spring 2024
- I changed my European SEO agency to an international one.
- I received an Armenian resident’s card (residence permit). And then I got Sanka, like my wife.
- I bought myself a new laptop for $1,000, to replace the old one. Now I can relax playing modern video games.
- We bought Sanka a new powerful laptop for $1,300 for his birthday, so that he could use 3D software and games.
- Participated in the planting of 300 trees in the local new city park.
- We went with friends to the Armenian cottage, grilled kebabs, swam in the pool, warmed up in the sauna.
- Sanka finally got all his teeth done, for $800.
- And at the very end of spring, I attended the MAC Affiliate Conference 2024.
Summer 2024
- Right after the MAC, we had a corporate party on Lake Sevan. It is necessary to arrange such unloading every year. It has a very beneficial effect on well-being!
- At the end of June, I bought myself a new Google Pixel 7a phone. For $500. I chose this option solely because of the camera – to record my videos normally.
- As planned, we returned to Sevan again in July. This time in tents. It turned out that I prefer a comfortable hotel with all the amenities, rather than camping.
- At the end of August, I flew to Almaty via Sharjah. For CILANTRO Kazakhstan 2024, for $900. In 2025, I will try to attend at least one webmaster conference again. Because it’s an unforgettable experience!
Autumn 2024
- Autumn began with a trip to Istanbul, where I finally met my brother. The last time I saw him was in January 2022. It was probably the most memorable event of 2024! It took in the region of $1,000.
- And then the whole season was dedicated tomeetings with friends. In November, we even went to Samhain, the Celtic harvest festival.
All these and other photos are on Instagram.
Finstrip for 2024
Average annual exchange rates, for ease of calculations: 1 USD = 92 RUB = 0.9 EUR = 392 AMD.
This year, I tried to simplify accounting as much as possible by reducing the number (but not the quality) of income sources and optimizing processes. Conventionally, all the largest ones can now be divided into 4 groups:
- Client-side SEO (stable income from month to month).
- Advertising on Telegram (a source of income that unexpectedly grew in 2024 and pleased with good figures).
- Monetization of own websites (links, articles, CPA).
- Trading.
I didn’t write anything about trading in my blog. And I’m not sure yet that I’m going to write anything (with the exception of related, general educational content, like material about Simple Earn OKX). However, most likely, this is exactly the source of income that will allow me to exceed the $10,000 per month target over the next few years.
Interesting figures:
- Living expenses: $10,500.
- Freelancers’ payment: $9,000.
- Rent of housing + communal services: $3,720.
- Taxes: $1,950.
- Accounting services: $1,100.
- Hosting and domain fees: $185.
Blog statistics for 2024
32 articles were published (55 last year). 71 comments were received (204 last year).
The most popular blog articles for 2024 (top 5):
- The real reason why your FB accounts continue to be banned
- Results of a 6-month experiment on AI content generation
- Top 10 bloggers of 2024: the richest YouTubers and Instagrammers in the world
- 3 SEO tactics for rapid organic traffic growth this year
- How much can you earn on small Android apps
Last year’s trends are gaining momentum. But the Telegram channel started publishing more posts. So subscribe! New content is released there almost every day.
Search engine traffic
Everything is natural: if you don’t publish new content, the blog will gradually die. Let’s see if we can break the negative trend in 2025. I have a couple of ideas for this.
Reader traffic
Top 3 sources:
- Loot.click
- TopSape
- Posy.pro
The topsup shifted the Position from second place. But in general, this top has not changed for several years.
It is interesting to note that among the referral traffic appeared chatgpt.com .
Telegram
Statistics of my channel for the year:
- +350 new subscribers;
- 336 publications per year;
- 188,600 views;
- 14 I’ve been quoted;
- 2,000 reactions;
- 1,700 referrals.
Final thoughts
Anyway, I’m definitely not going to abandon the blog. At a minimum, there will be content about my travels (I need to save up material for future memoirs).
Well, it will also be about Internet marketing. I have already practically debugged a new mechanism for creating new posts, which will allow me to spend less time selecting topics and sources.
So see you in 2025!
P.S. And what are your results for 2024? Share your comments and links!