I for one do not feel like these posts are bragging. I feel that they are educational, and they help to demonstrate one of your major messages: namely, that success is dependent upon pursuing several avenues (affiliate promotions, etc.).

I’m interested and would like to continue to see the figures, but I can also understand your reticence to keep publishing them.
A solution? Make them available to subscribers only as part of our additional content via email.
Then on the site you can simply update & let the world know that you’re (for example) 24% up on last year etc. without using actual figures.

I think you present the numbers in a tasteful way so I think it is fine. It doesn’t appear to be bragging at all. I have always been afraid of publishing income reports because you are basically telling people how much money they can make if they become your competitor.

Your niche is a bit different and I think you almost have to continue to give some sort of income reports moving forward. It just fits well with the transparency that you provide from your blog. You kind of say “Here is EXACTLY what I do, how I do it, how you can do it and here is how much I make.”

Would be good to see a breakdown of how much each blog has generated instead of just your total revenue.

I really enjoy seeing your success! I think you give folks like myself something to model our efforts after. I really like and can relate to what you said that “It’s not about the money, these are side effects of the process.” David, when I read your Posts, I can tell this is something that your passionate about and fortunately you’ve found the model to make this financially rewarding.

I would like to continue receiving these updates.

Pretty nice income for the month.

No dont stop! What you may feel as bragging is what others see as inspiration! Keep it going and may success bless you and your family for what you continue to teach the rest of us.

Personally I feel that posts like this are useful in 2 ways.

1) It is motivational in encouraging others who want to make their living online. It shows that it is possible and gives goals to strive for.

2) As you said it proves that you know what your talking about. While anyone who follows your blog regularly will know that is the case- new readers might not take the time to go through older posts initially and this can help convert new casual readers to long term readers.

On a side note I love how the breakdowns are shown so that you can see which areas are earning which amounts of your income.

Keep posting it! It’s interesting in which ways you make your money! Also it motivates me!

Don’t stop reporting your income. We can tell you’re not bragging. Thanks for being so conscientious, though.

Dave, Nice job. Keep up the transparency. It would come off as boasting if you had not explained your reasoning for doing this from the onset of your experiment. You have been open since the beginning and I appreciate your openness and candor about your income.

Keep up the great work!

Congratulations for doing quite well — it’s always wonderful to see people succeed, especially on their own terms. I would vote for you to keep it private. I think the merits of your blog here speak for themselves, and do agree with you that it might be taken more often the wrong way than the right way. If someone feels like challenging you via email or in a comment, have a private exchange where they can discover the numbers and be proven wrong. Til then, I think it’s obvious you’re not a braggart or a phony.

Please do keep posting these numbers as often as possible. I find it inspiring and motivational.

Just report about this blog income only. That would encourage people to start their own blog.

Keep posting. Many of us doesn’t see your bragging at all. Actually, this is one of the posts that I anticipate every first week of the month.

I think this acts as a kick (a hard one) to the lazy ones out there to act and catch up fast. Still here? go and do something to your blog!

Dave,

Please keep posting the figures. It’s down right inspirational!

Mark

I think you posting your revenue is inspirational and informative. It shows what is possible, and it’s also interesting to see where the revenue is coming from (advertising, affiliate, etc).

Dave,

Please keep posting, I don’t feel that this is shallow and it very inspirational to many! I think many enjoy seeing some real data and real figures not just some Joe making false claims.

Jared

Please keep posting your gross revenue. In the numbers you revealed the not-so “secret” secret of truly making money through the internet.

Thank you.

What your numbers show is amazing-glaring proof of what probably only 20% of your readers and fellow bloggers understand.

It’s right in your face and its hard to miss, but so many will look right past it and just congratulate you on giving them inspiration…

Instead of thanking you for the 80/20 principle you unknowingly revealed.

Kendall Matthews

Yup, reporting yr income (especially when it’s huge amount$) is tricky, David!

For yr credibility factor – this step is a great move. And important one too.

So it’ll be a yes – pls continue to share yr earnings here.

There will be those who are inspired by yr report. There will be those with an eyes of envy big & green.

Learning more from U,
Dave

Please don’t stop reporting the income. I’ve just started following you recently and it helped me with your credibility.

Dave, keep the info coming, it’s not in any way bragging, instead it’s motivational as a lot of people have said, keeps in our minds the fact that this is achievable and what the real potential is.
Cheers
Chris

oh yes please .we want the reports David .you are doing a great job

I like the updates, even if they are just to satisfy my curiosity. After-all, your slogan is ‘Secrets of a Six Figure Blogger’

I like to see the numbers, so yea keep posting them. They are a nice motivation. And i really like the breakdowns to see where the income comes from.