Blog Traffic – From 0 to 1000 In Six Months
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Finally, I did it. I was really hoping it would happen this year and it just squeezed in on the second day before the new year. I made it over 1000 on my RSS Feedburner counter.
Now while I can’t boast Steve Pavlina numbers I’m really happy with how things have grown here at Entrepreneur’s Journey. My goal was to have 500 unique readers per day visiting this blog by the end of 2005 and I’ve more than doubled that number. My actual daily traffic numbers broke the one thousand unique visitors barrier a few months ago but the RSS feed count has been peaking around the 800-900 mark for a while, so I’m glad to see it break through.
I’ve learnt plenty about growing blog traffic in the past six months. I can honestly say I built this blog from basically brand new, with about 20-50 regular visitors back in July, to six months later breaking through the four figured blog traffic mark. True the blog did operate as far back as November 2004 but for at least the first six months it was a casual blog for BetterEdit.com and didn’t attain it’s own identity and direction until mid 2005.
Entrepreneur’s Journey traffic growth over six months:
Blog Traffic Course
It’s been interesting to experience the growth of a blog and learn which traffic generating techniques work best. I’ve shared some of them with you, for example my article – Smarter Online Marketing And The Results Of The Million Dollar Homepage Experiment gave a nice comparison of two traffic creation strategies, one that worked well for free, and one that didn’t work as well and cost $100.
I’ve learnt methods to bring a solid spike in blog traffic and how you can improve “stickiness” and retain an audience, so each traffic spike contributes to your long term growth and builds on previous work. I’ve learnt which methods produce slow but consistent growth over time and I’ve tested and played with lots of different “free and easy” ways to generate traffic, some of which are worth doing and others that really shouldn’t be bothered with at all.
While there is no quick fix and there certainly is no easy way to build blog traffic I feel that I know what the “secret sauce” is to create a thriving blog. I have the framework, currently in my head, that can be applied to a blog on almost any topic that will result in similar success, growing a brand new blog from zero to a consistent one thousand visitors per day in six months. Those will be targeted visitors of course too, so while your intentions don’t have to be monetarily based (I love you people blogging just for the fun!), with a 1000 targeted daily visitors you can definitely make money. Results will vary dramatically depending on your topic of course, but the potential for income only exists when the targeted traffic is in place . Heck I make over $4000 most months from only 400 daily visitors to BetterEdit.com – it’s all about the targeting!
I Need Your Feedback
I’d like to do something with this new and very current knowledge and I know what it is – teach other people how to grow their own blog traffic. I’ve received a handful of emails in the last week asking me for blog traffic tips which I think is a good indicator that there is a need for this sort of advice. However I don’t want to make any long term commitment decisions without getting some more feedback, so this is where you come in.
If I was to transfer my current blog traffic experience and knowledge into an online course of some form, would you be interested in taking it? What would you pay to learn how to turn your blog into a 1000 visitors a day website over a six month period by following a week-by-week blueprint?
I’m fairly confident if you followed a blueprint, which of course I’m yet to create, your blog(s) would enjoy the same success as this blog. I don’t want to produce something and just leave you alone to work your way through it by yourself. I’d like to work with each and every person that takes the course to offer personal advice and consulting style help, probably through a private online forum so others in the course can benefit too and we can work together to grow our blogs and help each other. The fun for me comes from working with other people and experiencing the excitement of working towards a shared blogging goal. I’d consider myself a participant as well as teacher, as I’d like to take Small Business Branding, my newly acquired second blog, through the blog traffic growth experience too.
The other option I’m considering is offering blog growth consulting services. If any person is interested in employing me for advice to help grow their own blog or a company blog please contact me (contact details in the top right corner under my photo).
I look forward to hearing your feedback on my ideas.
Yaro Starak
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[...] Check out this podcast from two of my favorite savvy solopreneurs, Yaro Starak and Darren Rowse, on how to increase traffic to your blog. Darren gets in excess of 5k visitors per day to his Problogger site, and Yaro recently surpassed the 1k visitor-per-day mark on his Entrepreneur’s Journey site. I’d say they might know what they’re talking about. [...]
Yaro, I need to start a blog at AutoApproved.com. I need your course!
Tyler
Up until yesterday I would have said I’m not very likely to pay for anything like this. But then just yesterday you convinced me to join Perry Marshall’s newsletter.
I think I already have a good grasp on traffic generation and know what my biggest probblem is: that I never actually make time to post on my blog (or to finish the custom blog app I’m writting).
But there’s always the chance I could learn more and would like to see your take. So I’d probably pay to find out (and the forum sounds like a nice little bonus too).
I’d love a course to increase the traffic to my blog but I just can’t afford to pay a lot. However, having said that, I think it would be worth a nice chunk of change if you provide support like you said you want to. Maybe just set up a support forum that includes resource material and have members who will pay monthly (even limit the membership numbers so you can provide good support) ~ that way those of us who are not yet getting rich by blogging could afford to join since we’d be paying on a monthly basis. I’m really happy you’re considering something like this, I love your blog and the info you provide, I’m sure whatever you decide, it will be a success. Thanks!
David
Congratulations! With that kind of momentum, 2006 should really be impressive.
Yaro-
Great job on the growth! I’m motivated and really inspired by what you’re doing and read your posts religiously.
My goal is professional blogging; I am also creating joint ventures and digitally delivered products available from my sites.
I’d be wildly interested in a blogging course on traffic building (as the only method I know right now is to write write write and distribute those articles). Best for me right now thought at a very low price point
$20 USD is about all I could do right now. (Just getting going, with no job).
Anyway, thanks for all you do!
Amy
http://rootenergy.com
http://www.spiritual-healing-secrets.com
I’d definately be interested as currently myself and business partner are both running our own personal sites/blogs (see link), but we’ll also be launching a blog kind of similar to yours Yaro, but targetted specifically at young entrepreneurs and especially those just starting out.
I’d probably be prepared to pay a max of $300 … depending on the depth and legth of the course etc maybe a little more.
cheers…
Nathan Waters
Hey Yaro,
Contgrats on breaking the 4 figure mark. I think your blog traffic course is a great idea. Have you considered offering a number of packages – Gold, Silver, Bronze etc. – that may cater to both the DIY crowd and those needing consulting? Price range for basic course could be USD 40 – 60ish, and the consulting course could/should be much more – perhaps USD 100/month x 6 months?
Will
There’s more than just promotional techniques. Anybody can do the promotions but it takes a good blog ang good writing skills for people to keep coming back. What is your goal for the end of next year? 10,000 visits a day?
Yaro – the simple fact is there is no framework today out there that entrepreneurs can emulate for their own blog projects. I would like to first see an ebook, then a kit (CDROM/Binder), and possibly some webcast follow-up. You could easily market this in the States. I think people are catching onto how this will shape many small business and large companies as they spread their interests in this area of the internet.
Right now, I would pay $49 for the ebook, $79 for CDROMs and a FULL KIT with framework and proven case studies/methodology $249.
You can make it happen with your experience. I’l
Congratulations! Wow, that’s great ! I was always curious about seo for blog since I saw one blog site rank up to top 2 with a popular keyword that has over 1,000,000 competitors.
I like to read personal experience and your blog is very interesting. I will come back again soon.
Maybe this is just wishful thinking, but it would be nice if you published some (or all, heh) of what you’ve learned here and make it free to the public. Then, to those who want more focused attention and your personal expertise a fee could be added.
Just want to offer you congratulations on your achievement, Yaro. I enjoy reading your blog and hope to improve mine with your techniques as we go into 06.
Congratulations, Yaro! That is fantastic growth.
You have inspired me to use feedburner to burn my feed so I can track my growth too. I’m sure it will not be as spectacular as yours
I would prefer an ebook to a course, and would probably pay up to $50 for it.
Pat
Yaro, I definitely would purchase your course. Having recently purchased the 6 figure blogging course from Darren Rouse et al, I am keen to learn everything I can. Am keen to build a network of $ generating web sites and your knowledge would be a great help.
Also good to see another queenslander doing so well in the blogosphere.
Cheers
Ed
If it’s in the intermediate to Advanced level I’m in, after 9 months of blogging and attaining a few thousand uniques a day to my blogs I’m looking for something a bit more meaty.
It needs to be more than any of the free resources, anyone who wants to be a blogger and has not read every page of your own website, Problogger and Performancing is not really that serious.
New techniques and ideas surface everyday, things change quickly on the web. What worked yesterday does not work today.
As there is already a ton of free and open resources for beginners out there already, perhaps it would be more profitable to make it small and elite. Where a limited number only can join the club for a healthy sum.
Hi Yaro,
I think you have a great idea. I like the idea of personalized service since every site is different. If you keep your course under $100 you’ll have a bonanza on your hands. It’s very interesting to see your growth chart. My chart is similar but with slower growth. Additional traffic and increased adsense revenue would quickly pay for the course. Keep me posted!
John
Yaro,
not to be negative, but I would not buy your product — My own blog network receives well over a 1,000 unique hits a day. Getting traffic is the easy part — its all about networking. What is challenging is taking that traffic and converting it into sales/leads — write a book about that and I’ll be willing to buy it, but on simply getting traffic? neaw!
Yaro,
I am sure that you could sell a course for more than I’d be willing to pay and have it successful. Depending upon the length and depth of it, I am sure you could have something that was worth your time and sellable in the $200-$300 range. My own personal limits do not quite reach that high right now, but I would certainly jump on anything up to around the $100 or so range.
I think that Mike Wanner’s suggestion for the eBook, CD-ROMs, and Full Kit implementation is a good one. That way, the people just trying you out could purchase your eBook, and then you already have 2 more sales as they take what is in the eBook and ramp it up and want more.
Another good option would be to be a teleseminar course of some sort; maybe have a six week course with each week devoted to what you should be doing in a particular month or some such.
Yaro,
Congratulations on reaching your goal. I would be willing to pay $50 to $75 dollars.
Hi Yaro,
I think that the course is a great idea. I’m looking forward to it.
-Tori in Japan
I’d be interested in your course to improve blog traffic. I won’t mind paying about $150 for a course which can deliver results.
Wow.
Excellent post and excellent results Yaro!
I can only hope that over the next year or so I can build a similar readership.
Kudos!
I think people are catching onto how this will shape many small business and large companies as they spread their interests in this area of the internet.
Hi Yaro
Congratulations on reaching the big 1,000! Maybe you could put together an ebook or report on how you did it, which you could sell… I know several people who’d be interested n reading it.
Paul Hancox
that fine you think about blog traffic i also want to build up my blog if your course is good i will do as well