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February 1, 2012 By Leave a Comment

February 2012 Goals

Wow, our first month of 2012 sure seems to have flown by! January usually starts out strong for most people, with New Year Resolutions and goal setting being front and foremost on many people’s minds. Bloggers and small business owners are no different.

As I head into February one thing is front and center in my thoughts. This marks the end of my 2nd year with PLR Internet Marketing. March 1st begins the third year for me, and I’d like to achieve as many things before then as I can. (I feel so much more productive when I can list all the various accomplishments I’ve achieved with my site during any particular time period) J

I have an online interview lined up for March where I’ll discuss not only what’s been happening with my site during the 2nd year, but also my plans, hopes, and dreams for 2012 and my third year with the site so I won’t go into that here. What I do want to do however is set some last minute goals for February to make sure I get the most out of my business year.

I should point out that I do use goals, and goal boards constantly, but posting something publically is always a little more “concrete” as there are a lot more people holding you accountable. I only wish February wasn’t a short month! LOL

So without further ado, here are my goals for February 2012:

  1. Write an eBook. This will be something along the lines of an “Operations Manual” for professional bloggers. (Anyone looking to make some money with their blogs) I want to make this very in depth and content rich, so this will likely take up a fair bit of time and energy.
    Since I did write a post title “30 Days to an eBook” though, I’d better make sure it happens!
  2. Open up my internet marketing forum to the public. The forum will be going from a paid structure to free for all users.
  3. Issue a press release to announce the launch of the forum opening.
  4. Send out 3 press releases. (I’m investing some of my marketing dollars this year into a serious press release campaign to track and assess the benefits of a sustained approach. Previously I’d only sent out a couple, and that was sporadic at best.
  5. Start a commenting tribe within the forum. Comment tribes are a great way to generate comments and traffic  but there are still quite a few people who either haven’t heard of them, or don’t belong to any groups.
  6. Holding with goal number 4, I’ll send out a press release to announce the tribe launch.
  7. Complete interview for www.Aaronhoos.com outlining my 2nd year successes and challenges, as well as my 3rd year goals, hopes, and dreams for PLR Internet Marketing.
  8. Make 300 comments on blogs I follow. (Roughly ten a day) This is something I’ve been neglecting, and I need to get out there and interact more.
  9. Publish 29 posts on the PLR Internet Marketing blog.
  10. Record 20 podcasts. I’d like to eventually have all 630+ articles in audio version as well as written.
  11. List out my 3rd year goals for my business.
  12. Install DLGuard on www.blogtraffictactics.net to track sales and downloads.
  13. Install an affiliate tracking software on Blog Traffic Tactics to launch and take advantage of affiliates for the book.
  14. Issue a press release announcing the affiliate program. (This will fulfill my 3 press releases)
  15. Hand out 100 +K (Klout) to the various Twitter users I follow. (I’ve been lax in this regard, but since I keep getting Klout Perks, I should really participate more)
  16. Launch www.earningsuccess.com with Aaron Hoos and start marketing it.
  17. Start paying attention to www.thehappyself.com (One of my blogs that I’ve been neglecting, and yet still gets hundreds of visitors a day)
  18. Make sure my Fiancé gets her driver’s license! (I’m currently spending 80 hours a month driving her into the city and back for work. Time that would be better spent working my business!)
  19. Build a “Link Partners” page, and start doing link exchanges. I’ve never taken advantage of this and I’ve noticed a competing website shoot up to the 3rd position using primarily this method. So for all you bloggers, affiliate marketers, and internet marketers who would like to participate shoot me an email, and we’ll get things rolling!
  20. Expand my own “Operations Manual”. This is a document I keep for my blog and business that outlines all the pertinent information outlining the day to day activities. It serves as a great training document for employees, and outsourcers as well, and I highly recommend you create one for yourself.

That’s it, 20 goals for the next 29 days! It should keep me busy especially since some of these are fairly decent sized goals (like the eBook). I’ll post the interview, as well as a follow up in the first week of March letting you know how I did with it. I’m pretty sure you’ll call me on it if I come up way short! J

Take care, and have a great month!

 

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Why Create Blogging Goals Based On Numbers

January 2, 2012 By 1 Comment

Why Create Blogging Goals Based On Numbers
How often do you create goals? Do you create a new goal every time you have a new project or only after you reach one of your existing goals? Creating goals is a very important part of life and if you run a website, then goals are the way you can measure growth.

Often times people will create goals based on their fantasy and that never works out. You need to set a goal that is reachable, yet far enough out there that you will have to work to reach that goal. As a blogger you will find that there are a lot of different goals you can set for yourself but you need to set the right ones.

As far as the goals go, you need to create them based on numbers and only numbers. Most bloggers will say they want to rank first for a certain keyword or get a lot of new subscribers but none of those are based on numbers. What you need to understand is that a number based goal is easy to track and that is why you use them.

Blogging Goals For Everybody

Traffic

How are you currently measuring your traffic? Do you base your traffic off of how many total pages are viewed or by how many unique visitors you get? The reason why this is important to know is because you need to use the same method time and time again or else your goal tracking will be off. One of the goals I would set is how many visitors to the blog per day. 500 visitors, 1000 visitors or even 2500 visitors, these are all great goals to set for yourself.

Tip: As far as traffic goes, I would recommend setting a goal based on unique visitors per day, per week and per month. Determining the amount of traffic you get is really easy so that should be a goal that every blogger has.

Search Engine Position

If you are watching where you are on the search engines, then you need to track where you are for all your main keywords. Blogs will rank for a lot of smaller keywords and that is ok if you don’t track them but make sure you know the bigger keywords that you rank for. The way I would set a goal for keywords is to write down the keyword that you want to rank for and which position you want to be by what time. You need to write down but the time and the position because leaving either one open is not a set goal.

Posts

How many posts do you plan on writing every day? Most bloggers will write 1 post a day and for some that is enough but for others they need to write more. A goal that I would recommend setting is “X amount of posts in X amount of days”. The reason I would setup a goal like that is because you don’t have to write 1 post every day for 30 days, instead you could write 2 posts per day published every other day for 30 days. In the end you get the same result as far as posts go.

Setting goals is very important and that is why you need to use them. Many bloggers think that goal setting just gets in the way of their actual success but when you think about it, how do you know what success is if you never set a goal?

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Internet Marketing for Dummies

August 14, 2011 By 12 Comments

When it comes to internet marketing there are a few well known facts that many of us seem to ignore, or overlook often to our own detriment. By implementing the basics early on and creating a solid marketing foundation, you’re chances of success increase dramatically.

A Plan:

First thing you’re going to need, even before a domain and website is a plan! You need a complete plan that includes every single aspect you can think of concerning the structure, launch, and growth of your business. Knowing where you’re heading will make it a thousand times easier to get yourself there.

Goals:

Every successful marketer, and in fact every successful entrepreneur will tell you how important goal setting, monitoring, and achievement are to the continued growth of any business or endeavor. Goals can generally be broken down into short, medium, and long term goals, but since these are YOUR goals, they can look and feel any way you choose.

I myself choose to have daily, monthly, annual, and then long term goals. This way I can see at a glance if I’m on track to achieve them, or need to invest more time or resources, or perhaps come up with a new solution all together. Remember, these documents are yours, and can be fluid and flexible in nature. The true power within them is creating and acting upon them.

A Revenue Model

Now while this might sound simple (we did call it internet marketing for dummies) enough for some reason it gets overlooked by more people than you might think. If you are looking to earn a living from the internet, you have to have some sort of product or service to sell. These products don’t even have to be your own, and including affiliate income is perhaps one of the easiest ways to get started making money online.

Traffic

We all need traffic to our websites and offers, and getting it usually amounts to good old fashioned hard work, mixed in with some high quality content. There are very few “tricks” involved here, but the effort will need to be put forth if you’re going to be profitable.

Generally speaking your traffic will come from four main sources, and you can focus your efforts on those in order to realize the best return on your investment which will usually be time.

-          Search Engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing, and others)

-          Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Etc.)

-          Social Bookmarking Sites (Stumbleupon, Digg, Delicious, and others)

-          Branding Efforts (direct, guest posting, blog commenting, forum participation, etc.)

I could go into more detail on each of these, but honesty each one could and has been the topic for an entire eBook. I’d suggest investing the time in educating yourself fully on each aspect above in order to capitalize on the vast amount of visitors that are actively seeking a product or website, just like yours!

Now while the title might be “Internet Marketing for Dummies”, truth be told, Internet marketing is for just about anyone looking to earn either a little, or a lot of money online. If you go into it with the mentality that this is a business like any other and requires more than just a website, and some luck, chances are you’ll start enjoying those payments that come in while you’re awake, asleep, or even on holidays!

Good luck to all of you!

 

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How to get 50,000 Twitter Followers

July 10, 2011 By 33 Comments

Twitter Followers

I recently celebrated my 50,000th follower on Twitter, and thought I’d share the various techniques I used to accomplish it, to help others who might still be struggling to grow their own social network.

Engage with not only the followers you have, but also the ones you don’t. A great way to build a loyal following is to actively seek out users who have questions that fall into your area of expertise. By helping others with questions, or problems that may seem inconsequential to you, might just have saved the other party hours of searching for and implementing a solution that you yourself know off by heart!

“It is by helping others, that we help ourselves”

Set goals for yourself in all areas of life and business, including those that surround your social media targets. If it’s important to have 10,000, 50,000 or 100,000 followers, it most likely isn’t going to happen by accident. (Unless you also star on a daytime television show) By setting goals and tracking them on a regular basis you’ll be monitoring and adjusting your progress, as well as seeking out new methods to try in case you aren’t achieving the numbers you’d like to be.

Leverage your existing web properties to maximize the number of people who actually see that you in fact have a Twitter account. Many of us include a small “Follow Me” graphic somewhere on our blogs. Instead make a larger sized banner telling people what you tweet, why they should follow you, and of course where to find you! If you have Squidoo Lenses, or Blogger blogs, make sure you’ve remembered to include an invitation there.

Make sure you are taking advantage of the signature file’s that can be included with any email. A signature file is simply a short bit of text or graphics that automatically gets appended to each and every email you send out. Include an invitation to follow you on Twitter, as well as the URL to your website.

Take advantage of social introductory sites like Twiends where you can grow your community by following others and being rewarded in the way of points that are called “seeds”. You then use those same seeds to offer a reward to others for following you. There are even setting which will allow you to only attract people who are in your own geographic location should that be something that is important to you.

Actively follow users who are interested in the same topics as you are. Many times, these same people will in turn follow you back. It is important to note that Twitter frowns upon following mass amounts of people only to unfollow those who don’t follow you back, so be careful and stick to the rules they’ve laid out for us.

Often times the best way to keep and attract new followers is by providing great content for them. If I notice someone retweeting my content, and I’m not yet following them, I’ll quickly rectify that. After all I enjoy getting my content shared as much as the next guy.

Make sure you are reaching all your existing followers by tweeting for maximum effect. Now I’ve personally tested what tweet frequency results in the most clicks for my particular type of follower and have found 20 to 43 minutes works best. And since many of my followers aren’t located strictly in my time zone, I have to tweet during hours I might not be in front of the computer.

There are plenty of website, or software solutions that will allow you to pre-write the messages you want to go out, and then schedule the times you’d like them sent at. This way those over in China or India also get a chance to see, and possibly share your content.

And last but not least, this is probably the most powerful method I’ve used to grow my twitter followers, and I use it to this day! What I do is choose someone who happens to be in my niche or market and has more followers than I do. I generally try to keep it within 2000 followers, but have on occasion gone after someone with more. (It’s usually easier with smaller jumps; you could just as easily go after someone with 200 more followers than yourself.)

I then take one of my post-it notes, and write out the user, as well as their current follower count. Then add my own details in with a highlight showing the difference. I then make it a point to overtake that user, and devote a small portion of time each day toward Twitter, and growth and engagement. Once I overtake that user, I simply find another with slightly more followers.

The most recent motivator in my quest for more followers is none other than Pat Flynn who until 8:00 am this morning had more followers than I at 50,127. Pat is an unassuming, yet great internet marketer who shares not only his information over at Smart Passive Income, but also his income statements as well. I know I for one, find his site hugely motivating, and plan to read every single post he writes!

“Thanks for the motivation Pat!”

This is definitely one of those overlooked methods that most people will skim past, and never consider doing because it sounds too simple. (And it is) But I have to tell you, out of all the methods I’ve used, this is easily the most powerful one for me!

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Success Series Goal – Product Reviews

June 1, 2011 By 4 Comments

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A large portion of a bloggers income comes in via affiliate products that he either reviews directly or discusses in a blog post indirectly. For example if I’m writing about how to back up your website using your Hostgator CPanel admin area, it’s only natural to include a link to Hostgator, and since I’ve been using them for years and have no problem recommending them as my number one choice for hosting including an affiliate link is a no brainer.

One area that I see myself as being weak in is the fact that I’ve spent very little time over the last year promoting affiliate products and instead focused only on serving up informative articles. I need to strike a healthy balance between the two, because while my readers come by for the content, I’m sure they understand my need to earn a living as well, and by telling them about the products and services that I’ve personally tried, or am using can help them decide whether or not they want to invest in that product/service.

I think for every seven articles that I write on blogging, affiliate marketing, internet marketing, social media, and such I can include one that talks about one of the tools I use with my own business, and include an affiliate link without offending any of my readers. The problem is I haven’t been and my revenues reflect that.

A large part of my time is spent reviewing my competitors’ products, and learning what I want to incorporate into my business, and what I’d like to avoid at all costs. An honest review of a product could help someone who has an interest in it to make the final decision to either a. purchase it or b. pass it over and keep looking for something that will better suit there needs.

Since I’m now in my second year, and this is my “growth” year, I need to focus a little more time and effort on sharing my opinions on a larger number of online products. Ultimately I’d like to have 50 – 100 product reviews completed over the course of the next 12 – 24 months. I think the added income will go a long way toward allowing me to not only reinvest my earning back into my business, but also start pulling a wage from it as well.

Up until this point I’ve used my earnings to build a foundation for my business so that I have a solid position with which to start launching products, services, reviews and such, and I knew going in that I wanted to build something solid and of substance that would continue to grow for many years to come.

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Success Series Goal – Affiliate Tracking System

May 31, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Affiliate Tracking

Today I’m going to tell you about number ten on my list of success ingredients that I’ve set out as being an important part in the success of my blog and business.

Affiliate tracking software allows you to maintain an accurate tracking system that allows you to upload banners and other collateral as well as set tracking links for each affiliate who signs up. This tracking system allows you to keep track of who is selling what product for you, and just how much traffic they are sending your way.

You can offer performance bonuses, implement fraud control, track offline marketing efforts, and run all sorts of reports that tell you why, how and where traffic is coming from as well as commission payouts and much, much more!

You can upload materials to make your affiliates job much easier, and allow them to make more sales which will result in more sales for you, and more importantly more sales for your affiliates who will then be inclined to work even harder for you.

Some of the items you might want to upload and make available to your affiliates are:

-          Banners (I’d go with the five most popular sizes and shapes)

-          Email templates

-          Blog posts

-          Page peels

-          Light boxes

-          Text links

-          Text ads

-          Keyword lists to use to promote the product/service

-          PDF documents

-          Video’s

 

Most of you are probably familiar with the ClickBank tracking system which takes care of everything for you, but gives you no control over the affiliates themselves and gives you very little freedom. Unlike ClickBank you control all aspects of your affiliate network when you use a software solution and the flexibility you have will more than make up for any additional costs you incur.

For myself I’m getting ready to launch a product/service with a partner and we’ve decided to capitalize on the power of affiliates as a way of getting more exposure than we’d get using only our own resources.

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Success Series Goal – Internet Marketing Training Course

May 27, 2011 By 2 Comments

One of the things I’ve been wanting to do for a while now is a comprehensive video training course outlining the different aspects of internet marketing and all of the components that are involved so that both new internet marketers, as well as advanced internet marketers can go through it and come away with a ton of knowledge that they can apply immediately to start making money online.

Having your own product goes a long way toward establishing yourself as an authority in your industry, and those who go through your course will know firsthand which tips and tricks you’re using to generate your own online income. The benefits of having a product that is detailed and comprehensive are more than just financial.

Another often overlooked benefit to creating your own digital product is the knowledge you come away with. Using products like Camtasia, Audacity, and others can be a great skill to add to your existing ones for sure.

Putting together a great product is only half the battle, you can have the best course online, but if you haven’t got a solid product launch strategy, chances are only a handful of people will appreciate the course. It’s important to plan out how you intend to get your product in front of as large an audience as you possibly can.

Attracting affiliates to help you promote your new product is another key aspect to a successful launch, and a lot of this is accomplished with planning and preparation. Having all your materials made well in advance ensures your chances of a problem free launch.

Benefits of having your own product:

-          Sets you apart from those without.

-          Gives you credibility

-          Provides you with a way to show off your expertise

-          Is an additional revenue stream for your business

-          You learn about product launches first hand

-          You can build an affiliate army to promote for you

-          You gain experience/expertise in tools you might not otherwise have used

-          And so much more

Going through the process from beginning to end is a lot like learning a new job skill, and effectively makes you more marketable, and since most of you have already made the transition to working for yourselves, it gives you the ability and skills needed to earn more.

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Success Series Goal – Fans

May 19, 2011 By 3 Comments

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Just like the followers on Twitter another aspect to my social media marketing campaign is to have a large fan base on Facebook. To date Twitter has been my stronger performer and is also my third largest source of traffic to my blog.

Having a large fan page can mean not only more traffic, but more revenue as well when a product is added into the mix. Just like an email list where you can send out a special promotion or offer for your latest product, so too can you post on your fan page wall, and send out an update to the thousands of people who have “liked” your page.

I originally set my sights on 20,000 fans or so because I saw that Darren over at Problogger had just over 20,000 and it seemed like a big number at the time. I’ve gone back and adjusted it to match my twitter goal of 58,000 just because I felt it was something I could achieve and like most I’m a big believer in more is better. (Even when it isn’t always the case)

Growing a fan page is similar to a twitter profile, you need to make it easy for people to not only find you, but also offer them a reason to “like” you. Here are a few of methods you can use to grow your own fan page.

-          First off, set a goal that you’d like to achieve as far as fans and growth are concerned. Goals can act as great motivators, and also help to keep our attentions focused on topics we’ve set as important to our businesses.

-          Customize your profile; use high quality graphics, and landing pages. Offer your fans something they can’t get on other pages so that they are more inclined to not only become fans, but also interact with you which will help to drive even more “likes” to your page from other potential fans.

-          Set a custom vanity URL as soon as you hit the 25 fan requirement, it makes you more easily findable, and lends itself to a more professional and branded image.Include a Facebook widget on your blog or website to make it easier for people to “like” your page. Include a request for them to join you there.

fan page

-          Link your blog and twitter account to your fan page so that it’s updated with all your tweets and blog posts which will result in more traffic being sent to other areas of your business that are also important in your growth.

-          Use Twiends to advertise your fan page on, it’s a great tool that can be used either free or paid depending on your circumstances and whether you have more time than money, or more money than time.

-          Facebook ads are a great way to get some tremendous growth to your page, and when done correctly can be managed for less than .50 cents a fan.

-          Google ads are also a great way for driving fan growth but while you can get traffic for around .12 – .20 cents if you know what you’re doing the percentage of people who click vs. the percentage of people who join is much lower than with Facebook ads.

-          Make it easy for people who are on your email list to connect with you on all your social networks.

-          Include your Facebook in your email signature file so that people receiving emails from you on a regular basis can easily find your fan page, and support you by “liking” it.

-          Ask your current Facebook friends. I’d suggest only using this once as it can get annoying to constantly be bombarded by page requests from people.

-          Use contests to build awareness around your fan page, and offer up prizes once in a while. It’s not only a great way to drive fan growth, but is also a great way to reward your existing fans also.

-          When commenting on other fan pages, do so as your page rather than as your personal account. If you’re not sure how, simply login to your fan page, and in the top right corner you’ll see the option to use Facebook as either yourself, or your page. Remember! Always post responsibly on other people’s walls, and don’t spam them with the sole intention of trying to attract their fans to your page.

Depending on how serious you are about growing a following on Facebook you can use as many methods as you’d like to promote your page. Obviously the more places you can be found online the better. If you haven’t already “liked” my fan page, please consider doing so now. Also if you’d like to promote your own fan page, website or offer then I have a special arrangement with my “Top commentators” allowing them to post freely on my wall. Simply be a regular commenter on my blog and as a way of saying thank you, you’re entitled to leave comments and links on my fan page witch currently has around 32,000 fans.

www.facebook.com/plrinternetmarketing

 

 

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Success Series Goal – Followers

May 17, 2011 By Leave a Comment

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Twitter seems to hold a certain fascination with internet marketers around the world, and not just twitter, but the number of followers they can get with Twitter. The more people that follow them, the more potential there if for people to notice and take action on their tweets, whether it be a blog post, an offer for something, a sponsored tweet they are getting paid for, or simply a retweet for one of their followers.

Growing my social network is just as important to me, as it is to you! That’s why I’ve listed in as one of the success series goals that I feel will help me achieve success with my blog, and my business. I’m sure this number could go on indefinitely (when you hit 1000 you want 2000, when you hit 2000 you want 5000) but for me I had to settle on a number to make it attainable for myself, rather than something vague that was always just out of reach.

My number is 58,000, many of you probably are wondering why that specific number and it’s just what I came up with for my business, and I felt it was enough to reflect a solid amount of success in the social following field. It surpasses John Chow, who happens to be one of the industry leaders and many others in our niche so I marked out intervals of 500, and each time I cross a milestone (today I made it to 36,000) I cross it off my list and move on to, in this case 36,500.

These smaller goals that lead up to the larger, overall goal make it much easier to focus on and to achieve. If I had looked at the whole number I’d simply have gotten discouraged and I’d probably never achieve it.

Here is a list of the different methods I’m using to grow my twitter fan base to its full potential.

-          I’ve swapped out my ad in the header spot to a simple “Follow Us on Twitter” banner.

-          I’ve added a “follow us on Twitter banner into my forum as well.

-          Added a twitter counter widget to show new visitors “hey 36,000 other people have followed me on Twitter, why don’t you follow me also?” The social proof is very powerful in situations like this.

-          You know all those wonderful little Ad Words coupons Google is always sending you? Use them to create a twitter campaign and drive some traffic to your twitter profile.

-          Twiends is a social connections website that provides introductions between users, and while there is no guarantee that they will continue to follow you after you’ve spent credits to attracting them, it can be a great way to grow your followers none the less.

-          Interact with other twitter user’s online, strike up conversations. People are much more likely to follow someone they have interacted with in the past, and are also much more likely to retweet those people’s tweets

-          Make a custom background for your twitter account that tells people more about you, and what sort of a person you are.

-          Use hash tags #SEO will be seen by a much larger audience than a simple SEO tweet to your followers.

Be creative there are a ton more ideas a person can implement in order to drive follower counts through the roof, and with a little creativity and persistence you’ll soon be tweeting to tens of thousands instead of thousands. (or hundreds of thousands?)

Please support my efforts by following me if you aren’t already! I promise to share tons of valuable information that I use on a daily basis myself. www.plrinternetmarketing.com/twitter

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Success Series Goal – Subscribers

May 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment

Subscribers

Part of a blogs success can be measured by the number of subscribers it has, and since most marketers tend to focus a lot on the numbers (and I’m no different) showing a subscriber count in the thousands is not only visually rewarding, but can also lend itself to a higher earning bracket for your website, and the traffic benefits can be astounding when you consider that people who subscribe are most certainly interested in the topic you cover.

In my first year the blog grew by about 1200 subscribers and since it really wasn’t something I was focusing on with any sort of intensity I’m happy with those results. This second year is another story all together though, and my expectations are much higher.

I tend to use leaders in the industry to compare myself to (which when you are first starting out isn’t probably the smartest thing to do) and since people like John Chow, or Problogger have anywhere from 100,000 to close to 200,000 subscribers after years of work and publishing great content I certainly have my work cut out for me.

I’d like to try and quadruple my subscribers in this my second year, and if I can end up with close to 5,000 by March I’ll consider myself successful in regards to this particular goal. I realize it will likely take several years of hard work to catch up to the likes of Darren or John, but I don’t intend to give up so I’ll get there!

Here are a few tips for growing your subscribers count on your own blog:

1.       Offer your visitors something of value in exchange for subscribing.

2.       Make sure you are publishing content your readers will find interesting.

3.       Write in your own style, or “voice”, don’t be afraid to be unique.

4.       Make it easy for them to subscribe, if they can’t see anywhere to do it, they likely won’t.

5.       Use a large and prominent RSS button.

6.       Write a post asking them to.

7.       Post frequently and consistently.

8.       Spend a minute to choose the best possible title for your post.

9.       Submit your feed to RSS directories.

10.   Increase your site’s traffic, if you double your traffic, you’ll likely double your subscriptions as well.

And that is my success series goal number 6. Stay tuned for all 31 issues of my success series goals, and at the end you’ll see the 32nd recent addition that I’ve since added to them. Perhaps you can offer up some suggestions on it, when I post it and you can help shape the future of this blog!

Thanks for reading, and I’ll see you all tomorrow where we have Edgar Boutaric guest posting some tips for us on How to outsource your blogging business.

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