Monday
Consistency Makes Money
 When I started blogging I had no real idea of how to build readership. I knew that I couldn't simply wait for traffic to arrive miraculously but I wasn't too sure what else to do.My solution was discipline! I decided that every day I would find at least one new way to try and gain visitors (but without spending any money). And this I continued to do for several months until I had gained a little more knowledge of what blogging was really all about. If I ever had to miss a day I doubled up the following day. I started by hitting the blog directories such as Bloglines, Blog Hub, Brit Blog. There are dozens of them out there. What I found though was that most of them didn't actually bring me much traffic. I then looked at things like Klik and Links 247. I moved on to free advertising and would leave my blog address wherever I could. Then there were communities to join like MyBlogLog and forums such as Blogger Forum, Digital Point; discussion style sites myLot and ... ... I won't go on and on but the important point I'm trying to make is that consistency brings success. Sure I joined and tried things that were a waste of time but it was all a learning process. This was all before I properly appreciated the power of content, keywords, search engines and other sorts of links. My advice to anyone in a blogging rut, or just starting out, is to do something positive about whatever the situation is and do this every single day. Before too long the answers will come - but if we sit back and simply wait, it'll be a long wait! Good luck, Mike. Other Reading Money Making With Free Blogs Labels: traffic |
Mike, it would be nice to make another post after you receive voxant's second check.
Mike, it would be nice to make another post after you receive voxant's second check.
Mike have you tried out Entrecard yet? I wrote a post about it on my blog. I've found it brings in pretty decent traffic for free. Been running it for a week, and gotten roughly 150 visitors so far.
Its also a nice other blogs that are in the same niche.
Another great post Mike. It's difficult when starting out to create traffic to your sites and blogs so its interesting to discover how successful blogs started out.
Your site just seems to grow from strength to strength. Always an interesting read. Keep up the good work. BTW I've just signed up for YouGov via your link, seemed painless enough :).
All the best.
Michael.
I agree totally Mike - I think as long as you keep plugging away things will just keep improving. It's pretty hard to be consistent sometimes, however you have certainly set the bar for the rest of us!
Rob
anon: No probs, I'll let it be known when I receive next payment from Voxant - nothing yet this month, but should really be any day now.
mitch: No haven't tried Entrecard but have read various posts on it.
Michael: YouGov is genuine! I've received £50 and have £18 in the kitty again now.
Rob: It does take a lot of discipline. This is okay if things are going well but harder when everything may not be as smooth as hoped.
Thanks all for the comments.
Mike.
Mike, how often do you get surveys from YouGov? I registered a few weeks ago and haven't had one yet??