10000 hour rule monthly report 

So when we started setting up this blog initially it was to help parents become more aware of raising their children. But as things got busier and busier with bubs and work. It was time to reflect back on the purpose of this blog. Something that we enjoyed doing. During our time away from blogging I remember I read a book called Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. It’s a very well known book but to give a very brief overview. He found that the most successful athletes and businessmen all had a relationship of learning and spending 10000 hour rule more on their craft!

So I wanted to test this theory and see if it is the case, if I spent 10000 hours on blogging will I become 

1. Successful at blogging
2. Learn how to monetise on blogging 

Because of COVID-19 it has all impacted us somehow and most importantly it has impacted our income. 

So for another source of income for my family and for you I want to take you on our journey through blogging for 10,000 hours and follow the 10000 hour rule!

How will I measure the success on my blogging adventure, well we can have a few metrics

The 10000 hour rule blog stats will consist of the following

At the end of every month I’ll report on the following stats. This will track my progress and my goals that I’ve set for this blog

• Total Hours spent for the month
• Total hours spent to date.
• Subscribers
• Income
• Expenses 
• Net income 
• What I want to achieve for next month in other words goals

Total hours spent for the month

Because I want to start fresh, we will start off with the month spent today, but October 31st is the month end, I’ll continue to track how many hours I’ve spent on it. But so the 1st and 2nd month will be slightly skewed. 

Total hours spent to date  

I’ve probably put in about 35 hours to date setting up the website, social media and the current content in the blog. 

Subscribers count

I’ll use mail chimp to collect my emails as it is for free and I currently have 0 subscribers. As I ramp up and get more subscribers I want to ensure my content is the best I’ll migrate my email list to Getresponse

Expenses

So far to date I’ve spent

$427.57

The breakdown on the expenses are as follows:

• $224.07 - for hosting on Bluehost
• $154.73 - for the current theme I am on
• $13.83 - for the keyword research I’ve done
• $34.94 - Imagify to omptize my images on my website

Please note all those have affiliate links. 

For people who say blogging is free, yes it is free but to get a nice website going and fast one too. You’ll need to spend money to get it up and running. Treat it like a business and you’ll see what this means for you. In the scheme of things it’s a small investment for a bright future ahead. 

Income

$0 - I have not generated any income from my current blogs. 

I do plan to use future affiliate marketing to continue to support this website as money is become very tight these days due to the COVID-19 Pandemic! 

Net income

-$427.57

Goals for next 10,000 hour monthly report

• Write 3 blogs a month
• Aim for 10 page views on my blog
• Aim for 1 subscriber next month

My first ever 10,000 hour report

Some bloggers have a monthly income report. But i thought you know what, lets do something different because who wants to see just the income but the hours that goes into a website, therefore I created and want to follow the 10000 hour rule. The blood sweat and tears that go into anything needs to be measured and one way to do is to measure the time you put into something!

Hope you enjoyed it and if you are interested please support me and join my subscriber list, you never know. You could be my first subscriber!!

See you next month and stay safe! 

Billy