20 BLOGGERS
WHO REACHED
OVER 25,000
SESSIONS/MO
From Pinterest in a
Few Months
By Anastasia Blogger
AnastasiaBlogger.com
I often receive emails from my readers who ask me how soon they will be
able to make money from their blog. Making money as a beginner blogger
usually means that you apply for an advertising management company
like Mediavine. This post will answer your question about how to make
money on Pinterest as a blogger.
UPDATE In the summer of 2020, Mediavine announced they are
increasing the minimum required traffic volume to 50,000/mo
sessions. This survey was made long before this change and at that
time I was looking for bloggers who reached 25,000/mo sessions
which was the old minimum traffic volume to apply.
You need 25,000 sessions to apply for Mediavine ads and if you’ve been
using Google Adsense before, you most probably will see a 7-10 times
increase in income for the same amount of traffic.
But how do you get so much traffic as a beginner blogger? How many
months it can take you to reach the 25,000/mo sessions?
I can guarantee that reaching this number is totally doable within 4-6
months even if you work on your blog only part-time. For all the bloggers
mentioned in this post, it became a reality because they focused on
Pinterest traffic from day one.
I’m a big advocate of free Pinterest traffic for any beginner blogger
because this platform gives you results much faster than Google SEO.
When I show that I was able to get 300,000/mo pageviews to my first
blog with Pinterest free traffic on 11th month and 74,000/mo pageviews
on the fourth month with my second blog, you might think I was just
lucky.
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You can have lots of doubts as it seems like an unachievable goal when
you start your blog and have 1-2 visits a day.
I’m following several blogging communities on Facebook and have seen
so many bloggers posting their wins of joining Mediavine and making the
first significant income from ads… on the fourth, third months blogging!
If you had any doubts about Pinterest traffic (free SEO organic traffic!)
being the best way to start growing a blog, I gathered for you a solid
proof.
All these bloggers in the list below were able to join Mediavine in less than
6 months (most actually much faster). Check their blogs, I tried to group
them by niche more or less, even though a lot of blogs succeeding on
Pinterest can’t be categorized by any niche – they are very broad, and this
actually helps them get even more traffic.
Before we dive into the numbers shared by bloggers, one more argument.
According to a research published by Shareholic (data confirmed by
Pinterest team), while Facebook’s share as a main traffic referral dropped
in 2017 by 25%, Pinterest’s share has grown in the same period of time
by 27%!
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MOMMY BLOGGERS (PREGNANCY, HEALTH, PARENTING)
1. Liesel from Laborteen reached the 25k sessions after her first month
and applied to Mediavine right at the end of her second month
blogging. One of the secrets to getting the fast results on Pinterest
is to start a blog when you have about 10 posts ready to publish.
Liesen shared this: “I published 10 and went Pinterest crazy. I learned
everything I could about Pinterest from day one! My blog is targeted
towards moms/pregnant women, so anyone in the mommy niche, I
encourage them to LEARN PINTEREST!”
2. Laura from MomEnvy reached the 25,000/mo sessions after a viral
pin in the third month blogging, and joined Mediavine in the fourth.
3. Audrey from Mommyenlightened.com hit 25k sessions on her third
month blogging. 99 percent of her traffic comes from Pinterest. She
launched with 4 posts and had over 11k sessions her first month, and
she had 24 posts when she hit 25k.
4. Brenda from PaperHeartFamily shared that she was accepted into
Mediavine in month 5 and that almost all of her traffic came from
Pinterest.
5. Jen from MinnesotaMomma started her blog in January 2018 and
reached 25,000 sessions in April! She got accepted into Mediavine at
the beginning of May!
6. Dela from BrownSkinMama recently applied to Mediavine. Dela
shared some details about how changing the main subject of the
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blog and getting serious about blogging changed everything really
quicky: “I’ve had my blog since November 2017 but I was never
proactive with it. In fact, it was a completely different subject back
then. I began treating my blog as a business in June of this year and
the following month (July) I qualified for Mediavine! It wasn’t easy, I
worked my butt off for it and I got to see the results. Hard work pays
off.”
7. Florence from ItalianPolishMomma was able to apply for Mediavine
within 7 months of launching her blog. If you can’t work on your blog
full time, it shouldn’t stop you! Florence says: “This was a huge win
for me since I was only able to dedicate a few hours a week to it.
However, every chance I did get I used my time wisely and focused
on Pinterest because I knew SEO would take longer. I gave myself a
year to see some decent income results. I’m so happy to say that I
now make a great income from my blog and all the hard work paid
off! So thankful for Mediavine! I tell all new bloggers how great they
are to work with!”
8. Christina from Raisingbiracialbabies.com shared that she has been
blogging for over a year but didn’t hit close to 25,000 sessions until
July 2018. I included her blog even though it took her over a year
because Christina shared something that might help many of your
succeed with Pinterest traffic: “It was due to me expanding on what
I was writing about (to include pregnancy) and writing a lot more
content about that subject, and getting a viral pin on Pinterest.”
9. McKinzie from TodayMommy shared that she hit 25,000 sessions
and applied for Mediavine 34 days after she launched her blog and
95% of her traffic was from Pinterest! McKinzie shared that for such
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a quick start, she had 10 posts ready by the time she launched her
blog.
LIFESTYLE BLOGS – VERY BROADLY NICHED
10. Thassia from Merakimother started her blog halfway February
2018. She has been with Mediavine since June!
11. Jen from HairsOutOfPlace started blogging in October 2017 and
applied for Mediavine after 3 months with a home, organization and
frugal living blog. Jen added: “I only focused on Pinterest the first 6
months so that’s where that traffic came from. I also started with
over 20 blog posts, so when I launched in October, I spent all my time
promoting and getting content seen.”
12. Sara from GatheringDreams started her blog in November 2017. In
just 2 months (!), by January she had over 100,000 page views to her
blog and applied to Mediavine. Sara also was very generous sharing
some details about her blog and Pinterest strategy. First, Sara didn’t
try to niche down from the beginning, she blogs about food, travel
and personal finance. Here is how Sara works on new content for
Pinterest: “I mostly worked on pin design and making several pins per
post. And I keep creating new pins for old posts every few weeks!”
13. Stormy from FunThriftyMom.com is doing an amazing job
managing three blogs at the same time! She shared that she has a
few blogs and she was able to get them on to Mediavine in a couple
of months each. She says: “The blog FunThriftyMom I literslly just
created to see how quickly I could get it to 25,000 sessions as an
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experiment. Within one month I had it to 3,000 pageviews per day.
I really think it depends on niche and use of the right keywords. But
totally doable. Three of my blogs I’ve gotten to 25,000 sessions within
2 months. That being said, they don’t stay at those higher views
without everyday work.”
14. Jennifer from ThreeKidsThreeCatsAndAHusband blog shared an
interesting story, it took her a lot longer to get 25,000/pageviews
but I included her in this post because Pinterest traffic really helped
her take off in a few months she started targeting this platform
strategically. Jennifer actually started her blog years ago but didn’t
really do it right until mid-April 2018: “My traffic went from 3k
session/month to 31k in July! Almost all of it was due to Pinterest. I
made lots of pins, chose better topics to write about, and made my
pin headlines interesting. I also improved the keywords I used in my
pin descriptions. At the moment, my Pinterest account says I have
1.4 million months viewers. My blog was originally a “lifestyle” blog,
but I shifted to focus almost exclusively on Disney, and that’s part of
the reason my traffic took off.”
15. Sylvia from MommyOverWork started her blog in October 2017
but didn’t take Pinterest seriously until December. Sylvia shares:
“I went Pinterest crazy and recreated pins for all my posts during
the holidays, started heavy promotion to a ton of group boards
in January, and qualified for Mediavine in February. I hit 300,000
pageviews in July.”
Yes, I went back to the Facebook group to double-check that I copied
it correct: Sylvia hit 300,000/mo pageviews in 6 months since she
went Pinterest crazy. This is the biggest number of monthly views
anyone shared for my post.
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FOOD BLOGS
16. Kasey from ButtertoGetHerKitchen her food blog in March 2018
and got accepted at 25,000 sessions in early June 2018: “Just 4
months of blogging was all it took for me! I researched day in and
day out for best practices and monetization. I’ve focused heavily on
Pinterest and it is, in fact, my number one traffic source. No courses
were taken!”
ORGANIZATION BLOGS
17. Lindsay from www.organizationobsessed.com started her blog
at the end of October 2017 and was accepted into Mediavine in
February. Lindsay shared some more details: “In the beginning, I only
focused on Pinterest and grew to over 70,000 pageviews a month
within just the first 6 months. I blog about organizing, cleaning, and
printables. I would love to be featured in this!”
FINANCE + JOBS + BLOGGING TIPS NICHE
18. Russel from UnconventionalProsperity shared the following: “When
I started my new blog last year () I reached the 25,000 sessions in
month four. All that traffic was from Pinterest and I was accepted
into Mediavine by the end of my fourth month. All that traffic was
from Pinterest and I was accepted into Mediavine by the end of my
fourth month.”
19. Whitney from TriedandTrueMomJobs started her blog in February
and joined in June.
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HEALTH, FITNESS, DIETING
20. Rhazia from Wholosomeinside started her blog in May and applied
to Mediavine at the end of July. Normally, from application till the
moment when ads appear on the site, Mediavine can take several
week, so I understand, Rhazia will start making money with ads on
the fourth months since she started her blog!
CONCLUSIONS
That’s a lot of information from so many successful new bloggers who
were able to apply for Mediavine within a few months since they started
working hard on Pinterest traffic! I will try to make a short summary
here, but if you read what each one of them shared carefully and check
how they work on their Pinterest accounts, you might be able to see
something I didn’t pay attention to. Most of them are successful because
they do a lot of research, analysis and observation of how big Pinterest
accounts drive tons of free traffic to blogs.
So, here is what I think is really important for any beginner blogger if you
want to get Pinterest traffic fast and apply to Mediavine within a few
months.
1. Focus on Pinterest as a new blogger! Google SEO takes a lot more
time.
2. When you start a blog, better be ready to publish at least 10 posts on
day one – this will help you build your Pinterest account faster.
3. Don’t niche down too much for starters. Pinterest traffic works great
if your blog covers pretty broad topics. The highest traffic in this
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post is received by the so-called lifestyle blogs, which basically have
no specific niche at all. They blog about anything that is popular on
Pinterest – DIY, crafts, holidays, decorations, food, beauty, health,
home, and garden, etc.
4. Create multiple pins per post and regularly refresh your pins for old
posts.
5. Learn all about Pinterest SEO. You can do it by observation and
analysis or take a course for a fast start.
6. Don’t give up even if your blog is over a year old and doesn’t get
much traffic. If you master Pinterest, you’ll see dramatic changes in
traffic within a few months. It’s actually easier if you have a blog for
a while – you have the content ready, just create pins, SEO optimized
Pinterest boards and start promoting your content. You’ve seen in
this post a few examples of bloggers who were giving the last shot
with Pinterest traffic after having no blogging luck for a year or more.
And it worked for them really fast!
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