So I said I’d be working to catch up and I am.  Here are my results in straight income for the past 6 months:

$433.03
$539.39
$789.84
$640.94
$515.82
$517.88

After the $790 month (a bme) things got crazy here at home.  That’s when I decided that I do want to pursue micro.  In the few months since everything has been a blur of preparation for Tuesday (when I move!).  So yes, earnings decreased again but I saw a lot of hope in March.  March gave me the idea to do some portfolio sized projecting.

In March Fotolia was a BME.  That definitely helped. So were 2 other sites as well.  But not IS or SS.  I know with “full momentum” what my earnings are (June 08 results help define that).  I think my full max BME right now is about $1200.  I can achieve that by September.  Then my goal has to be to grow to a $2k+ platform to build my new life on.

One thing is clear to me – Shutterstock is fully dependent on “momo” (momentum) to keep up the earnings.  When I was at “full momo” in June 08 I made almost $400 just on Shutterstock – in March 2010 I also made well over $300 and only uploaded  a few new images but on a regular schedule.  I haven’t uploaded more than 150 images in a month in a year!  So the big jump from $433 to $790 in 2 months was a result of working out some things that had been plaguing me about micro for awhile.

I want to record some stats for the future.  As of right now I’ve made $15,313.66 in micro.  BMEs are:

Shutterstock – $398.59
Dreamstime – $125.75
Fotolia – $111.94
123RF – $60.08
Bigstock – $38.50
IStock – $17.81
Canstock – $56.20
MostPhotos – $25.00

I have been contributing some images to IStock and Alamy lately – hopefully those will boost my earnings as well.  I hope to catch up my Alamy portfolio soon and push my max at IStock every week until I can’t push anymore!  My ultimate goal is for August 30th to write ALL new BMEs.

Shutterstock – $800
Dreamstime – $200
Fotolia – $150
123RF – $100
Bigstock – $70
IStock – $40
Canstock – $70
MostPhotos – $50

That would put me WELL over my goal of “$1200 in 1 month by September.”  Away we go!