November 2025: Monthly Recap 📈

Hello, my friend!

I’m dropping into your inbox with my usual monthly update — a little behind-the-scenes peek at what’s been going on in my life and business. ✨

This one was supposed to land in your inbox last Friday, but I got totally caught up cooking for a friend’s dinner and didn’t get to write it. 🍽️😅

And honestly, I refuse to send anything half-baked, so the November recap had to wait… until now. 😉

Here’s a quick look at what November looked like:

I’ve finally started what’s possibly the biggest project of the year — my complete website redesign! 🤩 

My site has made over $40k this year, which has made it to the point where the entire revamp is a logical next step in the business growth.

And instead of trying to explain my feelings about what a new design should look like, I decided to do it on my own …. with a bit of help from Figma AI.

Below is the fully developed home page that will soon replace the old one:

How do you like it?

💰 My website brought in $5,730.74 purely from affiliate commissions (no brand partnerships this time!)

Normally, I land at least one brand deal a month, but this time I decided to hold off on a new partnership because the brand needs to improve their product before I can feature it. I turn down offers a lot — quality always comes first for me. Always.

On a personal note, November marked my third month working full-time as an SEO content specialist, helping local businesses with their SEO. And honestly, balancing a full-time job and a business is tough. 

I know it won’t always be like this, but trying to deliver high-quality work on all fronts has been a real challenge.

That’s why “Automation” is becoming my theme for 2026 since I’ve got big plans for my website (and more).

If you’re juggling a lot, too, how do you handle it?

Crushing website goals 🚀

Now, I'd like to share some great news about the website's performance over the past month.

Here’s a quick update on how November 2025 went:

✅ Total earnings: $5,730.74 (an affiliate report is coming soon…)
✅ 10 affiliate partners
✅ The highest amount earned from one affiliate partner was $2,049.1

So, my website brought in a total of USD $41,439.06 in 2025!

I’ll be putting together a detailed year-end review packed with everything I’ve learned, discovered, and tested, including the strategies that actually worked! 🚀 Stay tuned!

P.S. If you’re a Premium member, you can check out all affiliate reports here. You must be logged in with your email address to read it.

💰 Top partner of the month

My top affiliate partner in November, and honestly, most of this year, was Semrush.

Their platform keeps getting better, and the value for users just keeps growing. Since people already trust the brand (and I use their SEO tools myself), their partner program has been a steady income stream for me. 🙌

On the flip side, Writesonic, a fast-growing AI and SEO company, suddenly froze its Partner Program without telling anyone. They stopped replying, and pending commissions went unpaid for months.

Thankfully, after months of silence, I finally got a response, and they sent the payout I’d been waiting on since June 2025!

So now you know which company to steer clear of. 🚫

What I worked on in November

✅ Published a new article on the following topic: “My SEO Content Strategy That Made $40k in 2025.” It already ranks for the target keywords! (No link building. Just strong topical authority doing its thing. 💪)

✅ I published my thoughts and ideas about the future of SEO and AI in my latest post on: AI SEO Trends 2026: What’s Changing and How to Adapt.

If you are curious about the state of SEO and where we are heading, I suggest reading this, as it is insightful. In fact, a summary of this post generated almost 5,000 views in 3 days.

As always, every piece I publish helps me move closer to my business goals.

This year, I’ve already surpassed my goal — making $20,000 from my website. That’s up from $8K last year, and I’m already planning even bigger things for 2026.

👉 Have you done keyword research for your site yet? You can learn more about my keyword research and optimization process in my SEO ebook.

What you might have missed in November

My developer asked me, “Who creates all the content on your website?”

I said, “I do! Every piece of content reflects my personal experience and lessons learned. No one else can write about my journey as I can.”

He nodded and then added, “Just be careful, using AI content can hurt your site’s performance.”

When I said I wasn’t worried, he looked surprised. 😅

Breaking down how my website made $4,716.36 in October 2025.

I finally pulled together all my thoughts, experience, and step-by-step process for creating an SEO content strategy. The same approach helped my website make over $40,000 in affiliate commissions and partnerships in 2025. 💸

SEO is entering its next big shift.

That’s why I put together a full breakdown of AI SEO Trends 2026 — what’s changing, what’s becoming outdated, and what you should focus on to protect and grow your traffic this year and beyond.

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For the Premium members: 👋

Here’s what’s new in the content library:

• October 2025 Affiliate report: $4,716.36. in affiliate and sponsorships.

• September 2025 Affiliate report: $8,102.18 in affiliate and sponsorships.

• $20k+ from my website in 8 months —here’s how: It’s my 2,000-word case study, where I share everything that helped me grow & monetize my site.

• Google hit my site … then I doubled my traffic, where I show the impact of the Google Core Update on various websites (including mine), and highlight common characteristics of the top-performing sites.

• $12,000+ from my website in 5 months: I’m sharing my top-performing affiliate programs and landing pages that generate the most revenue.

• Optimize like a Pro: Here's what I do: I use these 9 content optimization strategies to rank on page one.

• My approach to affiliate marketing: Mistakes, learnings & new strategy

• How I ranked #8 on Google in just 6 days: The SEO strategy that got me on Google in a few days.

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You can become a Premium member for just $7 one-time payment. You’ll get behind-the-scenes tips, real strategies I use to grow my site, and answers to your questions. 🧠💡

That’s all for now! Thanks for reading and being part of this journey — your support means the world. 💙

See you next week with more updates, insights, and behind-the-scenes wins. 🚀

Victoria

P.S. You can review all previous monthly recaps here.