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Welcome to the fourth in the series of monthly growth reports here at SelfMadeBusinessman.com. Every month I give a status check on the progress of the website and have a candid chat with my audience about what’s working and what isn’t. Some of the main benefits of doing this are holding myself accountable on my goals, as well as keeping myself and this website “grounded”. By that I mean, it’s important to show that I do NOT have all the answers and most importantly that I don’t think I do either. These monthly reports will show that I am struggling just as much as everyone else to grow my blog and monetize my projects. What’s New? In contrast to May where I spent a good portion of the month working exclusively on the blog, I spent most of June NOT working on the blog. Although I still came out with an article every week – I was able to leverage a lot of prewritten content. Likewise, I only did one guest post and one podcast, which you can see here: Articles Published In June Still on the one a week schedule and it seems to be going OK. The biggest thing I want to change with my weekly posting is to come up with some more strategically positioned SEO articles. No, I don’t mean writing for search engines or full blown keyword stuff garbage – but I believe I am missing some big opportunities here by now doing keyword research to inform my article choice. - How To Create A Brand Name (PLUS A .COM Guarantee) - How To Organize A Killer Round Up Post That Gets 300+ Shares - Case Study: How To Use Idea Extraction To Start A Software Company - How I Took A Side Business From $0 To $9k/month And Back Again In One Year Plus the monthly round up. I was happy to not only be able to bring in some real examples from the software business I am starting, which gives the blog a bit of an added dimension that you don’t typically see, but also to come out with a lot of How To/Case Study type articles – which are my personal favorites. Traffic And Social Shares This month was really nice for traffic – check it out: [sociallocker id=”1191″] Download this PDF[/sociallocker] Now, if you’ve been following along from the beginning you might note that my traffic has been relatively flat since I launched 4 months ago. In fact, I am just hitting around 10k pageviews this month, which is what I hit in my first month. So what gives, and why am I so happy? Here’s the deal. The first several months of this blog’s traffic was artificially inflated by several big events, such as: - Launch - A massive guest post on Matthew Woodward’s site - A round up of 39 entrepreneurs As well as a few other things. That type of traffic is great, but by and large it doesn’t represent the blog’s ambient traffic – how much traffic would it get if I just did nothing. Ambient traffic is more tied to things like Google organic traffic and direct traffic (from people who know you/your newsletter) Not referral traffic, like the above. Your overall traffic for a month is the sum of your ambient and your none ambient traffic (this is my terminology btw), but it’s important to remember that any spikes you see layer on top of your existing traffic. In short, my traffic was relatively high this month despite the fact that I did nothing “extra”, and I got 700 more unique views than last month! Additionally if I look at my organic traffic growth, I can see a very clear rise, which should continue at least steady from here on out. Income A few people might be wondering what kind of income, if any, I am making from this blog. Well, that’s pretty easy for me to sum up since as of now, it is zero. However there is a bit more to that story than just a goose egg. The slightly longer answer is that I am not making any money because I am not trying to sell anything (ok I have a few affiliate links, but relatively few and I don’t push them hard at all). If you are wondering why I am not trying to sell anything, that’s mostly because I am focused on my other projects, which have WAY bigger potential than the couple hundred a month I could be struggling to get from this blog at this time. It just doesn’t even compare. However, if you want to take a holistic view of things, as you should, it’s because of this blog that I am even in this software business at all. Whether that will make any money is yet to be seen, but whatever does come out of it is 100% directly because of this blog. The real value, at least now, is in relationship building. Subscribers June was a great month for subscribers and I went from an average of 2.5 people per day to an average of 4! Facebook : 204 (+32) Social media seems to be lagging behind but I’m not super concerned about that yet. It’s one of my lowest priority metrics at the moment. Income So far the blog as not produced any income. I will continue to report income that I receive directly through the blog (but for the time being, will be keeping my other online income separate). Conclusion And Goals My goals for last month were: - Have 2 guest posts published on top quality, high traffic, niche related blogs. (SUCCESS if you count the podcast) - Spend an entire day in a variety of forums and measure the ROI on traffic. (FAIL) - Come out with 4, top quality blog posts on Self Made Businessman. (SUCCESS) My goals for next month are: - Focus on my upcoming software business Yep – that’s it!
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Welcome to the third in the series of monthly growth reports here at SelfMadeBusinessman.com. Every month I give a status check on the progress of the website and have a candid chat with my audience about what’;s working and what isn’;t. Tá cuid de na buntáistí is mó de seo a dhéanamh ag a bhfuil mé féin freagrach ar mo spriocanna, as well as keeping myself and this website “;grounded”;. Faoin Ciallaíonn mé, it’;s important to show that I do NOT have all the answers and most importantly that I don’;t think I do either. Beidh na tuarascálacha míosúla a thaispeáint go bhfuil mé ag streachailt díreach oiread agus is le gach duine eile ag fás ar mo bhlag, agus monetize mo tionscadail. What’;s New? Agus caitheadh den chuid is mó Aibreán shiúl ó bheith ag obair ar an bhlag, Chaith mé cuid mhaith Bealtaine (an chéad leath) ag díriú beagnach go heisiach ar an bhlag. Chiallaigh sé seo líofa i ar ardú céime ábhar, chruthú, and a lot of aoi phost. I can honestly say that two weeks working on the blog full time was…;leadránach. I can’;t really imagine dedicating myself entirely to growing it and it’;s made me realize that it is time for an additional project (níos mó sonraí ar an níos déanaí). Airteagail Foilsithe I mí na Bealtaine I’;ve been working out a once a week posting schedule, a Sílim go bhfuil méid sláintiúil de ábhar úr. I wouldn’;t want to do more often, agus tá mé ag smaoineamh ar a dhéanamh fiú níos lú cosúil le 2-3 uair sa mhí, ach do anois, 4 uair in aghaidh na míosa an-doable. 39 Fiontraithe éirigh leo Comhroinn n Sale or CHÉAD 5 Teipeanna Gnó Ó Líne Oibre Do Dhá bhliain An Treoir críochnaitheach Chun Aoi Postála Do Tráchta Dhá Cás-Staidéir Ar Ag baint úsáide as Reddit a toradh Gin Cén fáth An riachtanas is gá duit A Próiseas Giniúint Luaidhe Anois (aoi post) Plus the monthly round up. An round up post was a great success and definitely contributed to some new audience members. Chinn mé freisin a chur san áireamh post eile níos pearsanta (5 teipeanna gnó) a bhí mé ag shying ar shiúl ó, ach is dóigh liom go mbeidh mé ar aghaidh a chur san áireamh na poist níos pearsanta gach uair amháin agus awhile le deimhin a dhéanamh ar an bhlag Forbraíonn pearsantacht ar leith. While I prefer to write more “;useful”; content like the definitive guide to aoi phost, I also think it’;s important to include articles about my entrepreneurial pursuits to help the blog differentiate a little bit. Not everyone who reads is a blogger or a business owner –; roinnt daoine go bhfuil fiontraithe aspiring ach. Aoi Postála Cosúil Crazy I decided to experiment with aoi phost and made that my number one focus in the beginning of May. Chun a bheith macánta, the results were rather lackluster and I’;m a bit disappointed. Cé go bhfuil mé aoi ar fáil ar roinnt blogs chaighdeán an-ard, I didn’;t receive nearly enough traffic to justify the work. Seo iad mo phoist aoi: Cage Blagadóireacht: Conas a Faigh 500 Cuairteoirí I 48 Uaireanta Sean I. Conas a dhéanamh A Cúrsa Killer ar líne Comment Luv: Conas Got mé 10k Leathanach Radhairc I Mo Chéad Mí Ag fágáil oibre Taobh thiar: Conas a Stop Comparáid Yourself Le Daoine Eile Luke Peerfly: Conas made mé $ 3k Díol An Cúrsa ar líne Mbeal Shóisialta: 5 Bealaí Cruthaitheach a Úsáid Meáin Sóisialta Le haghaidh do Ghnó Mar is féidir leat a fheiceáil go bhfuil sé seo beagnach dhá mhí iomlán de scríbhneoireachta ábhar agus cé go bhfuil mé sásta go raibh an deis chun aoi phost ar a blogs chaighdeán den sórt sin agus iad siúd caidrimh a thógáil, Mé a rá go raibh mé ag súil i bhfad níos mó i dtéarmaí na dtorthaí. Ní ceann amháin de na rinne sé isteach i mo barr 10 foinsí tráchta an mhí seo, agus mar thoradh siad i síntiúis ríomhphost beag. Tá mé fós cúpla níos, a bhfuil mé ag súil le dul beo i mí an Mheithimh, mar sin b'fhéidir go mbeidh mé a fheiceáil roinnt torthaí éagsúla agus b'fhéidir hone in ar a blogs ba chóir dom a bheith ag díriú. A Epiphany Ghnó agus Tionscadal Nua An chéad dá sheachtain de Bhealtaine thoradh athrú aigne iomlán. Ar dtús thosaigh mé amach a fheiceáil cad a d'fhéadfadh liom a dhéanamh leis an bhlag má chuir mé uair an chloig go lánaimseartha isteach é. Chaith mé seo a scríobh den chuid is mó ábhar agus a chur chun cinn, agus cé a chonaic mé roinnt feabhas, i mo thuairim, Ní raibh sé údar an obair. Tar éis cúpla comhrá dawned sé ar dom go cé go bhfuil mé ag gabháil do stíl mhaireachtála fiontraíochta, agus iad ag taisteal ar fud an domhain, I wasn’;t pursuing my number one goal: a bheith ina úinéir an ghnó. I’;ve always wanted to own and run a business in the “;real”; ciall, nuair a dhíol mé a táirge fisiciúil nó ar siúl seirbhís a mattered i ndáiríre do dhaoine ar scála mór. I’;ve wanted to have employees (not just virtual assistants). I’;ve wanted to have a legal entity. Cé go raibh mé ag smaoineamh faoi mo bhogadh amach romhainn, Bhí roinnt de mo chuid smaointe rudaí cosúil le cúrsa ar líne, oiliúint, nó ar shuíomh ballraíocht. Not to say these can’;t be wildly successful, is féidir leo cinnte, áfach tugadh mo líonra, lucht féachana, and experience –; bheadh siad is dócha mar thoradh díreach i beagán shreabhadh airgid níos mó ag teacht i. Anois, there’;s nothing wrong with cash flow –; I wouldn’;t mind more of it, ach ag deireadh an lae, there’;s time for that. Is féidir liom a dhéanamh i gcónaí ar chúrsa ar líne, nó oiliúint, nó ar shuíomh ballraíochta agus mar mo lucht féachana agus líonra fhásann beidh siad ach níos mó agus níos mó. What there might not always be time for is throw myself into a “;real”; gnó agus b'fhéidir, a chur roinnt rioscaí tromchúiseacha (ó thaobh airgeadais). Right now I’;m young, a bhfuil coigilteas suntasach, and pretty low responsibilities –; it’;s time to shoot for the moon. Mar sin, chinn mé go Ba mhaith liom a shaothrú an Bogearraí Mar A Seirbhís (SaaS) samhail, ag tosú ag leveraging an theagasc an chúrsa bogearraí maith ar a dtugtar an Foras, agus féach cad a d'fhéadfadh mé in ann teacht suas le. I’;ve spent the last few weeks chatting with business owners and researching, agus bhí mé dhá smaointe a bhí a d'fhéadfadh a bhfuil suim acu i leanúint liom. Agus ansin, in áit strangely, Fuair mé ríomhphost ó dhuine i mo líonra, a luaitear go raibh sé ag obair cheana féin ar a táirge bogearraí, cosúil le ceann de mo chuid smaointe. Hopped muid ar glao, agus scéal fada gairid, I’;m partnering up with him and his developer, and that’;s the story how I joined a software startup! Ar ndóigh, beidh níos mó eolais a fháil ar seo ar an bhlag, and I think it will add a nice new flavor to the posts I’;ve been putting out as we get into more “;practical”; phoist gnó. Tráchta Agus Scaireanna Sóisialta Rinne mé a fheiceáil léim deas i tráchta agus thrasnaigh an Cuairteoir uathúil 3k an mhí seo. Mar sin féin, i gcomparáid leis an obair a chuir mé é ba mhaith liom a rá nach raibh sé inchosanta. Tá bíodh bealach cliste a théann faoi (is cinnte) nó ba chóir dom mo thosaíochtaí aistriú. Tá mé ag roghnú an dara ceann, mar sin, an epiphany gnó / SaaS. Subscribers Bhí féadfaidh cosúil go leor chun ups shíniú i gcomparáid go dtí Aibreán. Ríomhphost : 209 (+72) Facebook : 172 (+65) Social media seems to be lagging behind but I’;m not super concerned about that yet. It’;s one of my lowest priority metrics at the moment. I gcrích agus Spriocanna Mo spriocanna an mhí seo caite a bhí: - An bhfuil 4 phoist aoi foilsithe ar scoth, tráchta ard, blogs a bhaineann le nideoige. (SUCCESS) - Caith an lá ar fad i réimse na fóraim agus a thomhas Roi ar thrácht. (TEIP) - Experiment with paid FB ads and find a winning offer that converts leads at < $1 in aghaidh an luaidhe. (FAIL –; experimented ach ní raibh a aimsiú a thairiscint a bhuaigh) - Teacht amach le 4, blog cáilíochta phoist barr ar Féin made Fear Gnó. (SUCCESS) Le haghaidh an mhí seo chugainn ba mhaith liom a - An bhfuil 2 phoist aoi foilsithe ar scoth, tráchta ard, blogs a bhaineann le nideoige. - Caith an lá ar fad i réimse na fóraim agus a thomhas Roi ar thrácht. - Teacht amach le 4, blog cáilíochta phoist barr ar Féin made Fear Gnó.