Happy New Year!
It's been fifteen months already that Dead End Follies has been running. In 2010, it picked up steam and an identity of its own. I narrowed down my focus and was able to pick up a small crew of regulars, exactly like I hope. I started with 600 visits a month, mainly for photos and closed the year with 4 600 visits in two months, resulting in a little over 19 000 unique visitors for the year alone.
I have discovered in 2010 that the best possible PR for one's blog is other people's blogs. Leaving comments, not links or spam, only valid comments, will create a reason in many bloggers mind, to visit your little corner of the internet. I have to thank The Rejectionist for her summer Uncontest and Ingrid @ The Blue Bookcase for the Literary Blog Hop, for creating my two best traffic-inducing activities of the year.
In 2011, I plan on 1)Keeping my relationships with the bloggers I was able to reach in 2010 and 2)Target some higher traffic platforms for my comments. Group blogs, e-zines and news sections, so I can get Dead End Follies to the next level. My goal for 2011? Finish the year with 55 000 unique visitors, which means a 1,9X growth from what I got right now. All starting in January.
So I'm out of town as of tonight. See you on January 3rd for the 2011 programing of Dead End Follies!
I have discovered in 2010 that the best possible PR for one's blog is other people's blogs. Leaving comments, not links or spam, only valid comments, will create a reason in many bloggers mind, to visit your little corner of the internet. I have to thank The Rejectionist for her summer Uncontest and Ingrid @ The Blue Bookcase for the Literary Blog Hop, for creating my two best traffic-inducing activities of the year.
In 2011, I plan on 1)Keeping my relationships with the bloggers I was able to reach in 2010 and 2)Target some higher traffic platforms for my comments. Group blogs, e-zines and news sections, so I can get Dead End Follies to the next level. My goal for 2011? Finish the year with 55 000 unique visitors, which means a 1,9X growth from what I got right now. All starting in January.
So I'm out of town as of tonight. See you on January 3rd for the 2011 programing of Dead End Follies!
