Hello Everyone,
Dave Gates reporting in for my forth Jewel-Osco Saturday Morning Sampler Savings Report of 2018.
I though it would be interesting to report how much I’ve saved by redeeming the coupons for free items at our local grocery store.
Secondly, I like building blogs and this experiment offers me the opportunity to create content and learn new skills.
We live in the Chicago-Land area and one of the major groceries stores is Jewel-Osco. Last year I signed up for MyMixx rewards and downloaded their smart phone app.
A lot of blogs publish income reports on how much their blogs are earning. I’ve decided to take this concept and turn it around a bit.
Instead of reporting on how much my blog is making, I plan to report how much I’m saving by redeeming coupons for free items. It’s kinda fun to track how much this adds up.
disclaimer: Some of the links below are affiliate links. If you have any questions about any of the information from this report, please leave a comment and I’ll reply very early in the morning before the wife and kid wake up.
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This report includes the following.
- SAVINGS THIS MONTH April 2018 ($5.66)
- YEAR TO DATE SAVINGS 2018($53.24)
- LIST OF ITEMS
- WEBSITE TRAFFIC
- EMAIL LIST
- BLOG UPDATES
- LESSONS LEARNED
- MOVING FORWARD
Click here to see How much I saved last year.
NUMBER OF COUPONS REDEEMED THIS MONTH = 5
LIST OF ITEMS
- Promised Land Milk (12 oz)
$1.67 - LALA Yogurt Smoothie (7 oz)
$1.25 - Nissin Chow Mein
$1.25 - Avitae water (16.9 oz)
$1.49 - BodyArmor Lyte (16 oz) I did NOT get this one and is NOT included in my totals.
$1.79
WEBSITE TRAFFIC
Overview
Any blogger will tell you there is a lot of work behind creating the articles and maintaining a blog. But it is actually fun and interesting. There are many ups and downs along the way.
Our traffic is slowing increasing and our newsletter is growing. I’m super excited about it, for more details see below.
If you are enjoying these reports please share and comment. I’d really appreciate it.
March 1, 2018 – March 30, 2018
April 1, 2018 – April 30, 2018
Here are the top traffic sources for March 1, 2018 – March 30, 2018
Here are the top traffic sources for April 1, 2018 – April 30, 2018
EMAIL LIST
March 2018
April 2018
Our current email newsletter service is with Mailchimp.
My plan is to track the growth of this list. I joined in last year, we have a great base to start with. Everything I read suggest offering something of value for free. Do you have any suggestions?
What sort of opt-in reward would you be interested in?
For all you long time bloggers, I know you’ve always said to start growing your email list. Well, now is your opportunity to join my list and help me grow this thing.
BLOG UPDATES
Our email list is growing, we added a few more to our list. How exciting. We went from 13 to 19 subscribers. Exciting!
I’m still loving the themes from Studiopress. I highly recommend them. I’m currently using the Lifestyle Pro Theme.
I’ve been working on the monthly report you are reading here.
We are taking a break from our Coin Roll Hunting and What I’m Reading Series of articles. Coin Roll Hunting is more of a winter inside activity, and now that we are having better weather in Chicago-Land, it is time to start working outside.
Yes, I’m still happy with Bluehost and their services. If you are in the market for starting your own blog, I highly recommend you click on his link and check it out. Thank you.
LESSONS LEARNED
Time to start working outside. Yeah!!!
Do you have any other recommendations for this report? Please comment and share below.
MOVING FORWARD
The plan is to continue visiting my local Jewel-Osco on Saturday morning’s for their Free items in 2018. I’m a sucker for anything free.
I’m also gearing up for tree house project so stay tuned for that article series.
I’ll also be working on tweaking the layout of the site and writing more articles. Stayed tuned, and please leave me a comment, don’t be shy!!
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Sincerely yours
Dave Gates
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