I know that we’re now four days into September, but I’ve been extremely busy and haven’t had much time to do much of anything recently.
Charity Donations
Last month I asked my readers which charities you’d like us to donate to and for once we got actual suggestions. One of the suggestions was for charity: water.
During the month of September, Virgina Clay is also matching all donations (up to a maximum of $1,000,000 total) which will double the impact our donation makes. This month we decided to donate a total of $400 which is our highest donation to date (we always donate an absolute minimum of 10% of the blogs revenue, at this stage we are donating much more).
Thanks to Liz for the suggestion. If anybody has a suggestion for which charity we should donate to for next month, then please let us know in the comments or on twitter. Also keep in mind that some credit cards give a category bonus on charity donations.
This blog has now given a total of $1,375 to charity, you can help us give more to charity by letting your friends and family know about the site, sharing the site on social media or linking to useful posts on reddit/forums.
Most Popular Posts Of The Month
Below is a list of the posts that were the most read for the month of August, 2014:
- GoBank Reappears?
- 500 Free Lufthansa Miles & More And Entry To Win 5 x 100,000 Miles & More Prizes
- TD Easy Rewards Visa Credit Card $200 Sign Up Bonus & 5x Points For The First Six Months On Select Categories
- AmEx Gift Cards: Observations, Musings … and Woes
- View Your Pre-Approved & Pre-Qualified Credit Card Offers
Blog Stats
- Newsletter subscribers grew from 1024 to 1154
- Traffic grew by 0.73%
- Revenue was up compared to last month and flat from the month before
As you can see from the stats, this month was mostly stagnant. Again this is due in part to the fact that I am blogging less due to a new contract with work and being on the road more often.
$25 Newsletter Give Away
Every month we give away $25 to one of our newsletter subscribers. To do this we use random.org to pick a number between 1 and 1154 (the number of newsletter subscribers we had at the end of the month) and then match that number up to the person who signed up in that position to our newsletter. This months winner was #1139 or ga****@aol.com, we’ve e-mailed them to let them know how to claim their prize. If they don’t claim it by the end of the month we will give it to somebody else the following month.
