How I Learned from Another Blogger’s Mistake to achieve success for my blog
One day, I stumbled across a blog post on Tycoon Blogger which was talking about how he (Dan) wrote a guest post for maxblogpress which resulted in thousands of visitors who just came to his blog, there was no way to capture any of their details for future purposes. Here is an excerpt from the post below:
“I have learned this lesson the hard way, I did my first guest post about a month after starting this blog. My theme was a crappy free theme, I did not have any logo, my posts were weak and I do not even think I take my feedburner account up and running. About a month ago, I published another guest post on MaxBlogPress.com and it drove thousands of visitors to my site. My blog was in much better shape to project a better image and capture some regular readers but I still could have done more to get my blog ready for the influx in traffic.”
After reading the above statement, I was happy I hadn’t submitted a guest post earlier until everything was in place.
I submitted my post to maxblogpress (on how to get more blog comments) with a link to my blog and my mailing list. I woke up to find my squeeze page got over 200 visitors in one day as a result of my guest post (it used to get an average of 10 a day).
I also added close to 100 subscribers to my list and I got almost 1000 visitors to my blog in one day (according to Google analytics), over 500 of those visitors came from my guest post on maxblogpress
I was so happy with the result of the guest post and because I was proactive.
Below are some great things I did to get more advantage of the traffic.
1. A Great Guest Post: I have submitted a guest post to maxblogpress before when I was very new to blogging, I didn’t read the guidelines and the post was rejected, I tried it some months later when I now have some blogging experience and results and it was accepted.
Your guest post does not have to be rocket science, it just has to be great. 99% of the stories here on maxblogpress are success stories. Mine was about how I got 1500 comments for my 4 months old blog.
I also discovered blogs hardly reject success stories.
2. Be Wise: I know this might hit a lot of bloggers but it is simple wisdom that will make a blogger know how important a mailing list is. If you are determined never to build a list then focus on your RSS subscribers because they will be notified when you have a new blog post which means repeat traffic to your blog.
I focused my effort on my list and It got 220 visits in just one day (as a result of my guest post here) but due to my poor squeeze page, I was only able to capture 50 emails on that day, I still did something because half a loaf is better than none.
Build your list and focus your guest posts on your list and not only on your blog. Many people will not visit your blog again, by having them on your list you can make them return often (just as Pawan does here).
3. Great Content: Since the day I submitted my post to maxblogpress, I have been writing great posts on my blog.
Having great content on your blog when there is a traffic surge will determine whether the people who came will come back again.
4. About Page: I discovered the most viewed page on my blog on this particular day was my about page, everybody want to know who you are so make sure you have a detailed about page before you give guest posting a trial.
The traffic almost made me faint, it was like social media traffic but it is more quality and important because you have people who want more from you. I was able to make effective use of my traffic and I hope you can also learn from this post.
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waw amazing!!!
1500 comment in 4 month.
thanks info i will try it
Is this post about making money? Because more traffic does not necessarily equate to money, nor does a large, but ill-gotten list. Do you want to be a famous blogger, or do you want to have financial success online? Writing one blog at a time with philosophical analysis is not going to do the trick.
As an aside, Google Analytics is a poor indicator of your real traffic picture, and those in the know avoid it.
Why let Google snoop your site only to let them find that you have a “make money site”? A good way to have poor ranking, or even get de-indexed.
Good questions, I think.
Guess post is really help to bring a traffic to your blog. Happy to see people to recognize guest writer on their blog.
the end of the Google Analytics picture looks like the BP share
I don’t use Google Analytics anymore. Statcounter is a great alternative. Thanks for the tips.
So I am confused, should I not be using Google Analytics at all? My website is http://www.herjuicebox.com and it is a Lesbian Community Blog/News/Information site. I am always looking for ways to generate more traffic and get more members to sign up (free) but reading this just made me feel like I have been going in the wrong direction…. Why is Google Analytics a bad thing?
thanks for the information about the Create the guest list on the blog
yeah i really appreciate this info and i want to thank you very much.
I agree about the About page, and the general layout of the blog. Evan a free layout can capture just as much attention as a paid one … if well executed.
Hi Onibalusi,
Thank you for such interesting information! I really enjoyed blogging and writing articles and have been wondering becoming involved in guest blogging for quite a while. Now you have rekindled my interest so I think from this week forward a new objective will be to get at least one guest blog post out there EVERY week.
Kind regards
Kevin Martyn