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8:12 am
March 30, 2011
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dmateer25
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Again, I know my site is new, but I was averaging around 18 visits a day for the last week. Yesterday I only had 5 visits and only 1 so far today… Kind of demoralizing after consistently increasing traffic the last 2 weeks.
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8:20 am
March 30, 2011
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Actually my site views have been up this week, seems to be the case whenever Im included in carnival postings, which was more than usual this week.
Our sites are relatively comparable in age, but quite honestly I have noticed that the last 3 weeks have been especially good to me in regards to consistency of visits. The first month itself I had to post comments on every finance blog I could think of in order to generate just 5 visitors a day. Im getting next to nothing in Google traffic right now, so 85% of my unique visitors are from referral sites… but as of late, ive noticed the split between new and returning visitors getting closer and closer to 50/50, which im ecstatic about because my overall visitors are increasing, which tells me Im retaining them more as I post more frequently and build up a library of content.
LoL sorry for going on, in short, keep at it as hard as you can…and I bet within the month you are going to see some major and consistent increases with your site.
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9:38 am
March 30, 2011
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Derek@LifeAndMyFinances
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Slow weeks happen from time to time. I wouldn't worry about it if I were you. Just keep writing.
If you are 6 months old and you're only getting 1 view a day, then it's time to worry.
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11:08 am
March 30, 2011
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JT_McGee
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Keep on keepin on!
I had tons of traffic for my first three weeks, mostly from blog commenting. After that, the people who were interested started coming back infrequently, while people were weren't didn't.
Keep commenting, you've got a great site and the traffic will pick up. You got your "newbie bump," but the regular traffic will be regular as long as you regularly promote. Blog comments, twitter, etc are all great sources for traffic. Don't give up so soon!
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11:23 am
March 30, 2011
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Alan – MoneySanity.com
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I am new too. If I don't promote my site on a given day I'll get 10 visits. If I do I can get 40 or more visits. I would encourage you to keep writing, posting comments and submitting your posts to social media sites.
On a positive note, I am finally starting to see some organic traffic from Google, for some very odd searches, but traffic none the less.
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10:54 pm
April 18, 2011
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Forest Parks
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The ups and the downs of traffic come, you just gotta keep pushing through it and soon the downs become higher than your ups of yesterday, if you get my drift!
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4:50 am
April 19, 2011
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moneycone
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The first few months of blogging are dog years! Keep writing interesting articles (build your reader base readers), submit to carnivals (befriend search engines), do a few guest posts(get your name out there), leave intelligent comments(build relationships) and wait(patience is a virtue)!
Think of it as planting seeds…takes time to sprout! 
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1:11 pm
April 19, 2011
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FamilyMoneyValues
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I picked up a tip to use HARO (http://www.helpareporter.com/) from someone in Yakezie (don't remember which site, sorry). It connects reporters with sources. The report puts a query out about a particular subject. It is included in one of three emails a day sent out. Then the folks getting the emails can respond and maybe get sited in the article the reporter is posting.
I was lucky enough to get interviewed by CNBC.com for an article on Spring Cleaning Your Finances because of it. Today I was interviewed by ABC for a health related story.
It's free to sign up – but you do get three emails a day.
I tried it from the reporter end as well and hope to get some good responses back for some articles.
I got traffic boosts from the link CNBC put in the article and I also noticed increased visitor counts the day I posted my query with HARO.
You might give it a try.
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3:06 pm
April 19, 2011
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Pat S
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I think we all have good days interspersed with the bad. Most of the days around my site are relatively slow. When I get the time to actively promote the blog, and participate more around the Yakezie Network and post comments, I tend to see more traffic.
I haven't generally seen a whole lot of carnival traffic. Probably because I haven't had a post featured in the editor's picks in a while.
Either way, slowly but surely over the past four months I've seen my readership increase, and search engine results start to rise in relevance. My site's stats are still pretty weak, but I'm celebrating the little victories. (An Adsense click or new subscriber always puts a smile on my face.)
I'm starting to look at my site in the same way as an investment. I've generally been able to achieve at least a 10% monthly increase in traffic/ subscribers and other metrics. I figure if I can achieve a 10% monthly growth rate, the results over time will be significant.
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5:47 am
April 21, 2011
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Frugal Confessions
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Great tip FamilyMoneyValues! Thank you for sharing your experience with it.
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2:55 am
May 19, 2011
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Yeah we are currently experiencing the same ebbs and flows in traffic and are equally demoralised by it. Just keep posting and commenting as we are and hopefully we'll get somewhere!!!
J
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9:51 am
June 14, 2011
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LaTisha @YoungFinances
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FamilyMoneyValues said:
I picked up a tip to use HARO ( http://www.helpareporter.com/) from someone in Yakezie (don't remember which site, sorry). It connects reporters with sources. The report puts a query out about a particular subject. It is included in one of three emails a day sent out. Then the folks getting the emails can respond and maybe get sited in the article the reporter is posting.
I was lucky enough to get interviewed by CNBC.com for an article on Spring Cleaning Your Finances because of it. Today I was interviewed by ABC for a health related story.
It's free to sign up – but you do get three emails a day.
I tried it from the reporter end as well and hope to get some good responses back for some articles.
I got traffic boosts from the link CNBC put in the article and I also noticed increased visitor counts the day I posted my query with HARO.
You might give it a try.
I can't stand the 3 emails a day but when I finally opened one I saw so many topics I could contribute on! It's definitely a great resource is I had the time to take advantage. Nice job on being interviewed!
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7:23 am
June 15, 2011
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Miss T @ Prairie Eco-Thrifter
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Thanks for the headsup about this. I am definitely going to check it out.
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8:26 pm
June 15, 2011
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Super Frugalette
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FamilyMoneyValues said:
I picked up a tip to use HARO (http://www.helpareporter.com/) from someone in Yakezie (don't remember which site, sorry). It connects reporters with sources. The report puts a query out about a particular subject. It is included in one of three emails a day sent out. Then the folks getting the emails can respond and maybe get sited in the article the reporter is posting.
I was lucky enough to get interviewed by CNBC.com for an article on Spring Cleaning Your Finances because of it. Today I was interviewed by ABC for a health related story.
It's free to sign up – but you do get three emails a day.
I tried it from the reporter end as well and hope to get some good responses back for some articles.
I got traffic boosts from the link CNBC put in the article and I also noticed increased visitor counts the day I posted my query with HARO.
You might give it a try.
Thanks for the tip. I just added that to my "to-do" list…
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9:40 pm
June 15, 2011
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The College Investor
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I love using HARO. I have been included in some mainstream sites like Bankrate, as well as in several investor newsletters, all of which has generated traffic.
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9:09 am
June 16, 2011
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FamilyMoneyValues
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@SF – No problem!
An update on the results I got when I queried as a 'reporter': I invited anyone who was a millionaire if they would be willing to respond to some interview questions. I got about 4 really good responses and 3 of them actually returned the interview questions. I wrote a couple of stories based on those. Check them out at the links below:
http://blog.familymoneyvalues……ewitz.html
http://blog.familymoneyvalues……-carr.html
A good experience all in all!
Any of you Yakezie millionaires want to be interviewed? Shoot me an email – you can be anonymous
if you want.
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6:53 am
August 7, 2011
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Tony Chou @ Investorz' Blog
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This is how I think of it. Slow weeks are perfect for building a strong, blogging foundation. Generate close relations to other bloggers in your niche, build backlinks, etc. That way, you'll be ready in September when everyone comes back, and your blog will really soar.
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