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I have no idea if this is going to be one of the smartest things I’ve ever posted…
Or one of the dumbest.
But I’m doing it anyway.
For the entire month of July, I’m posting my Facebook content earnings publicly.
Every day.
Real screenshots.
Running monthly total.
✅ I’ll update this same post every day in the comments.
No cherry-picking the big days.
No hiding the slow days.
Just a transparent look at what Facebook content monetization can actually look like.
Most people still have no clue Facebook pays creators real money.
I’ve spent years figuring out what works, so instead of just talking about it, I’m going to document it in public.
31 days.
100% transparent.
Let’s see where this ends.
🔖 Save or bookmark this post so you can follow the running total throughout July.
And if you’re curious how Facebook monetization actually works, I put together a simple checklist that breaks down the first steps.
📍Comment “FMC” and I’ll send you my FREE Facebook Monetization Checklist.
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Oh my, what a difference a year makes.
Last October, I was coming off a 34-day suspension from Facebook monetization.
At the beginning of the month, I had no idea when I'd get monetization back, or if I ever would.
Thankfully, I got reinstated, and I really thought I was going to pick up right where I left off.
Boy, was I wrong.
The traffic didn't magically come back. The earnings were nowhere close to what they had been, and it took a lot longer than I expected to regain any momentum.
There was a stretch where I genuinely wondered if I'd ever make significant money on Facebook again.
Fast forward 1 year.
October 2025: $2,107.11
October 2026: $48,902.44
I knew things were eventually going to turn around, but I never expected to see this kind of difference just 1 year later.
And what's crazy is that I went into this October with pretty low expectations. I had taken some time off, wasn't posting nearly as much, and figured I'd be lucky to hit $30,000.
Instead, I finished just shy of $49,000.
I'm sharing this because I remember exactly how frustrating it was watching my earnings barely move after getting reinstated.
I had worked so hard to build something, only to wonder if I was going to have to start all over again.
A year later, I can confidently say it worked out.
And then some. 🙏
I've seen some INSANE Facebook income reports, but this might be the craziest one yet.
$130,721 in just 28 days. 🤯
My first thought was there's NO WAY this is real.
Somebody had to be using AI to fake these numbers.
But then I went to this guy's Facebook page.
And suddenly, I had no reason to doubt it.
He's got close to 7 MILLION followers, he's pumping out political content like a machine, and the views he's getting are absolutely ridiculous.
We're talking 1 BILLION views in 28 days.
To put that into perspective, earlier this week I shared that my Facebook page generated 1 billion views over the last 90 days.
And I still have a hard time wrapping my head around that number.
This guy just did the same thing in LESS THAN A MONTH.
That's absolutely wild to me.
But you know what? Seeing numbers like this actually gets me excited.
Because as crazy as those numbers are, it shows me there's still a TON of room to grow.
I've been pretty happy with what I've been able to accomplish on Facebook, but seeing someone operating at this level makes me realize just how much more is possible.
Do I think I'll be making $130,000 a month anytime soon? Probably not.
But am I going to see how much closer I can get?
You better believe it.
Looks like I've got my work cut out for me.
And I'm looking forward to the challenge. 💪
Sometimes I think I've finally figured out Facebook monetization.
Then I come across income reports like this.
One creator is earning $7.32 per 1,000 views. Meanwhile, I'm sitting at $0.12.
I understand some creators earn significantly more, especially with long-form video.
But a nearly 59X difference in RPM?
That's absolutely insane to me. 🤯
Well, this is interesting. 😂
Someone sent me this Facebook post where a guy is using my $53,237 PayPal screenshot.
That’s literally my payout from Facebook.
Now, to be fair, he never said the money was his. But he also never mentioned it was mine.
And I really don’t care if people share my results. I’ve had plenty of people do that.
But here’s the part that caught my attention.
He’s using the post to promote some software that pulls content from other Facebook pages and basically remixes it so you can create your own viral posts.
Which, by the way, I’ve never used.
So I’m sitting here wondering if this is just clever marketing or if it’s a little misleading.
Because I can see both sides.
He’s not technically claiming he made the money. But he’s also using my $53,000 payout to get people interested in software that had absolutely nothing to do with me earning it.
I don’t know. Maybe I’m making too much of it.
Curious what everyone else thinks about this.
Two years ago, I didn't even know Facebook paid people to post.
Now I'm looking at a screenshot showing over $145,000 in earnings in just 90 days.
And somehow, over 1 billion views.
Yes, BILLION with a B.
I still have a hard time wrapping my head around that.
Back in the fall of 2024, I posted something random on Facebook and found out they were going to pay me $137.
I had no clue what I had done to earn it.
But I was definitely curious.
So I started messing around with different posts to see what would happen.
The next month I made $500.
A few months later I made $1,000.
And eventually I started wondering how far I could actually take this.
I've been an entrepreneur for years. I've made money blogging, on YouTube, brand deals, you name it.
But making money from posting pictures on Facebook?
That wasn't exactly part of the business plan. 😂
Fast-forward to today and over the last 90 days:
• 1,086,023,018 views
• $145,414.86 in earnings
And here's the part that still cracks me up.
Most of that money is coming from PHOTOS.
Not some highly produced video that took me three days to edit.
Just pictures with captions.
Now, before somebody jumps in and says this is easy money, I can assure you I've put a ridiculous amount of time into figuring this out.
I post a LOT. Usually 20 to 25 times a day.
I'm constantly testing things, watching what works, and trying to figure out what Facebook is doing.
And trust me, some days I have absolutely no idea what Facebook is doing.
But here's why I keep sharing these screenshots.
There are people scrolling Facebook right now who have no clue they could potentially be getting paid for the same type of content they're already posting.
I was literally one of those people two years ago.
And you don't have to make videos all day either.
Facebook's Content Monetization program can pay eligible creators for:
• Photos
• Reels
• Videos
• Even regular text posts
You can even qualify with your personal profile if you have professional mode enabled.
Now, am I saying you're going to make $145,000 in 90 days?
Of course not. That would be ridiculous.
But two years ago I didn't even know making $137 was possible.
That's why I talk about this so much.
If you're curious whether your Facebook page or profile is set up to eventually get monetized, I put together a checklist that walks through the 7 things you need to know.
Click on the following link to download my Facebook Monetization Checklist.
It's completely free. 👇🏼
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If you worked your first job for $4.25 an hour and had to ask your manager for permission to take a bathroom break, I think those years should count DOUBLE toward Social Security.
There should be a special driving test where they put you on a highway, and if you sit in the passing lane doing 55 while 20 cars line up behind you, they immediately revoke your license.
And I'm only slightly kidding....
Oh yeah, check this out. Even Grok knows I'm legit. 😂
Apparently, sharing screenshots of my earnings, recording my Facebook monetization dashboard, and showing actual PayPal deposits still isn't enough for some people.
Now we've got people asking Grok if I'm telling the truth.
You really can't make this stuff up.
Yes, it checks out. Jeff Rose has publicly shared Facebook Content Monetization dashboard screenshots and recordings for months showing $40k–$60k monthly ranges in his finance niche. Meta pays eligible creators via PayPal around the 21st for prior-month earnings. High five-figure payouts are uncommon but documented for consistent high-view posters.
Nothing like waking up to a Facebook payday! 💰🙌
Still blows my mind that posting content on Facebook can turn into this kind of income.
For everyone else monetized on Facebook, how much did Facebook send you this month?
THIS IS THE KIND OF MESSAGE THAT MAKES MY DAY.
When I created my Get Paid to Post course, I wanted to show other creators what I've learned about making money on Facebook.
What works, what doesn't, and all the stuff I wish I'd known when I started.
Then I get a comment like this.
She just started monetizing in September, bought my course, had a post hit 4.7 MILLION views, and is now averaging around $100 A DAY!
That's roughly $3,000 a month from posting content on Facebook. 🤯
And what I love most is that she's just getting started.
I'm obviously proud of the success I've had with Facebook monetization, but seeing somebody take what I've taught, actually put it into practice, and start making real money themselves is a completely different kind of rewarding.
Huge congrats to Huyen! This is freaking awesome. 🔥
Jeff Rose, CFP® retweeted
I’m on Track to doing my best month on Facebook content monetization. I have just about 5.5k Followers
Big ups to @jjeffrose for his videos
Can a faceless Facebook page actually succeed?
Absolutely.
But if people aren’t following YOU, then the content has to do even more of the heavy lifting.
You need a clear niche.
Strong hooks.
Consistent posting.
Content that creates emotion, curiosity, conversation, or shares.
And you need a recognizable style so the page starts to feel familiar even without a person attached to it.
Faceless does NOT mean personality-less.
The page still needs a point of view, a voice, and a reason for people to come back.
If you can build that, you don’t need to be the face of the brand to grow.
IT'S LIVE!
Just published my latest YouTube video breaking down how I had my BIGGEST month ever on Facebook and Instagram, earning $62,253 from posting content.
In the video, I share my actual earnings and break down my TOP 3 highest-earning posts, including how much each one made, where I found the original ideas, and how I turned them into content that made money.
Still blows my mind that posting on social media can generate this kind of income.
Check it out! 👇
I ACCIDENTALLY STUMBLED INTO FACEBOOK MONETIZATION IN MAY 2024.
Back then, it was called the Facebook Performance Bonus Program, and I wasn’t even trying to grow my Facebook page.
I was already making two Reels a day for Instagram, so I figured I might as well cross-post them to Facebook. Why not?
Then I shared an image in May that ended up paying me more than $100.
My immediate reaction was basically, “What the hell just happened? Wait... Facebook pays you for IMAGES?”
I had no clue.
What’s even funnier is that it still took me a few months to fully comprehend the opportunity sitting right in front of me. Eventually the light bulb came on and I started taking it seriously.
From there, I tested everything I could think of. Reels, images, text posts, different formats, different topics, different posting frequencies. A lot of it worked. A lot of it absolutely bombed.
There were plenty of posts I was convinced would crush that Facebook apparently decided nobody on planet Earth needed to see.
But every flop gave me more information.
September 2024: 50,000 followers.
September 2025: 355,000 followers.
October 2026: 800,000 followers.
And just to be clear, I’m not posting this so everyone can tell me how amazing I am. This took more than two years. There was no secret hack, no magical content formula, and definitely no straight line up.
I just kept screwing around, paying attention, adjusting, and trying again.
That’s probably the biggest thing I’ve learned from this entire experience. Being consistent doesn’t mean blindly posting the same crap every day and hoping Zuckerberg eventually rewards you.
You have to be willing to experiment.
You have to pay attention when the audience tells you something isn’t working.
And occasionally you have to post something that makes you say, “There is no freaking way this is going to work,” only to watch it blow up.
More than two years later, the followers are still coming.
800,000 is pretty freaking wild.
A little over a year ago, Facebook suspended monetization on my page.
The timing was brutal.
I had just come off THREE straight record months, including what was then a record high of $39,000 in a single month.
Funny enough, that’s exactly what I’ve done again over the last three months, so yeah… rolling into October has me feeling a little paranoid. 😂
Back then, I had no idea when monetization would come back. Or if it would come back at all.
I went DEEP into Reddit forums trying to find other creators who had gone through the same thing.
I found people who were restored quickly, people who waited months, and plenty who sounded like they never got a straight answer.
Thankfully, mine lasted 34 days.
But it was one heck of a reminder:
Do not build your entire income around a platform you don’t control.
Facebook has been VERY good to me.
But what Facebook giveth, Facebook can take away in a matter of seconds.
Diversify your income. Own your audience. And never get too comfortable.
Day 30.
The finale.
Thirty days ago, I started this challenge with one goal:
Make $50,000 from Facebook in September.
And because apparently one goal wasn’t enough, I gave myself one more for the final day:
Can I make $2,000 in one day again?
In this video, I finally reveal whether I hit the $50K goal, whether I hit the $2K day, and exactly what I did trying to get there.
There’s a lot packed into this one.
Some of it worked.
Some of it didn’t.
And after 30 straight days of sharing the numbers, the experiments, the wins, the flops, and Facebook randomly deciding how much it likes me that day… we finally have an ending. 😂
I’m also really grateful for everybody who followed along.
You guys made this challenge way more fun than I expected.
Now October is here, which means I probably need to come up with another ridiculous challenge to obsess over.
Drop your best ideas in the comments.
Day 30.
Let’s see how this thing finished.
THE GREAT RESET.
There’s something bittersweet about closing the books on a great month with Facebook monetization and watching that earnings number roll right back to $0.
One month you’re staring at a number you worked all month to build. The next morning Facebook basically says, “Cool. Do it again.”
And that’s exactly what I love about this game.
Every month is a fresh scoreboard.
New posts. New experiments. New winners. Probably a few absolute duds mixed in too.
September is officially in the books.
Now we find out what October has in store.
