Well I guess I’ve been single for a week now. Again this blog has been a good place to direct my energy rather than wasting time sulking. The only problem is that I’ve had so many guest posts lined up that I haven’t really had a chance to post much.
So to answer that problem I’m thinking of finally trying to pursue some guest posting opportunities on other blogs. I think other bloggers are surprised that I’ve never done any guest posting. Instead I’ve been using other marketing strategies to build up my blog. I’m happy with progress, but guest posting might be the key to taking things to the next level.
Speaking of progress, there was a big PageRank update recently. As expected I stayed at PR4. I don’t expect to get to PR5 for a long time. So just maintaining PR4 works for me.
I’d say my most impressive blog stat would be my Alexa Ranking. I never would’ve thought I’d get that stat so low at this point. Ironically in the past I used to bash a certain blogger network for using Alexa Ranking as one of the main membership criteria. Still it’s got me motivated to work harder to get under 30k. Realistically I’d like to be at that goal by the end of the year.
Lately my RSS subscriber totals has been growing substantially too. People must be realizing how awesome this blog is…that or they just like the recent contests. Since my traffic is at an all time high, it could go either way. About half that traffic comes from search engines which is going in the direction I had been planning. I even had my first day with over 1000 unique visitors earlier this week.
I wonder what’s next for Modest Money.
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Of course all these stats would be peanuts without support from a solid group of bloggers. You guys and gals are all awesome. FinCon13 can’t come soon enough to be able to meet most of you. Thank you very much to those bloggers who linked to my blog this past week.
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So I’ve been keeping track of who’s been tweeting posts lately. I’m just not sure of the best way to acknowledge those bloggers. Any ideas? Previously I’d just include them in my blogging tips posts but that series is on hold temporarily. Maybe link to the top 10 tweeters in my Friday posts? Or are weekly FF posts sufficient? What do you think? What would make you tweet more?
Great work on the numbers Jeremy! That’s awesome you got 1000 unique visitors the other day, that’s great. I am not certain on how best to recognize those that share my posts socially. I try to include many of them in my roundups, but I know highlighting them specifically can be good to.
I saw the new Page Rank update as well. I was pretty stoked about mine, but as you know it gets more difficult the higher you are.
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That was impressive that you jumped up to PR4 already. I know it took a lot of marketing for me to get to PR4 in my first PR update. PR5 is a long ways away though. So now I don’t care too much about the PR updates as long as it doesn’t drop.
From PR0 to PR4 is impressive! How long you been blogging?
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I think he is only 9 weeks in. I’m answering for him since I know lots of people are too busy to check out all the posts they’ve commented on. It does take a lot of work to get to PR4 on your first update.
I figured he was and went ahead and sent him an email. Impressive feat!!!
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Hey listen dude, you wanna guest post somewhere? You can guest post on Blue Collar Workman! I can’t pay yet, which sucks, but it’s still guest posting.
If you’ve got a story about doing fix-it-up stuff around your place or your car, or if you’ve got a story where you had to deal wtih contractors, fix it dudes, or other blue collar dudes, well hey, any of that would be great for Blue Collar Workman!
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Thanks for the offer TB. I’m not sure if I could come up with something suitable though. I don’t really fix anything around my rental apartment and I take my car to a mechanic if it needs fixing. I’ll think about it though.
Wow. Those numbers are impressive. I’m rooting for Modest Money. Congratulations.
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Thanks Arnel. I appreciate the support.
Great stuff Jeremy! Your Alexa Ranking is mind-blowing since you only started this year! Definitely excited to see you keep this going!
Cheers!
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Thanks Joe. I agree that it is pretty crazy how low the alexa ranking is already, but part of my approach specifically works at improving stats like that.
It takes two seconds to tweet so I don’t require much incentive. Great job with stats, Jeremy. Your Alexa ranking is killing it! (I am still insanely curious who your blogging arch-nemesis is.)
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Yeah tweeting is super simple. So I’m surprised some people aren’t more active on there. It’s an easy way to get some extra positive signals for Google. If you want to know about my arch nemesis shoot me an e-mail. I’d rather not call him out by name and have him throwing another temper tantrum.
I always wondered about using such a flawed metric, too. 1000 visitors is awesome! I’ve only been to that place one time (and then only for a day). When I saw that I’d had 300 by breakfast, I thought the stat counter had blown up.
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They only use that flawed metric because they are too paranoid about Google to use PageRank as the main metric instead. That and PageRank updates too infrequently. It was nice to see that 1000+ visitor day, but it’s only been a 1 time thing for me too. I know that I’m close enough that I can pull some strings to make it happen more often.
1,000 visits is awesome! Even if only for one day!
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If only I knew what caused that spike lol. My regular traffic isn’t too far from that though. So I know I can get there soon enough. Maybe that should be another year end goal for me.
Thanks for the mention Jeremy. I have enjoyed your blog and am always willing to link to quality material. I know the certain blogger network you speak of, and I just joined it. Though I am not a fan of Alexa rankings, I can’t pass up the networking opportunities.
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It does help with the networking a bit, that is if you don’t mind being stuck networking with mostly new bloggers for a while. I find that I can do much better networking with 1-on-1 interactions. That way I don’t have to waste my time on bloggers that rub me the wrong way too.
Congrats on nice numbers Jeremy, sounds like its all going in the right direction for you!
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Thanks Veronica. It is all going as planned, although I was hoping for better traction with affiliate pages by now. That is something I’ll have to start focusing on more soon.
Those are some great numbers. I was really happy with my page rank, and I’m sure it’s from all the links from Modest Money. Top Ten Tweeters sounds like a good name for a band. Have a great weekend.
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Congrats on the PR3 Kim. Yes it must’ve all been from me lol. No I can see that you do plenty of work getting your blog out there. I’m happy to help out a bit with all the support you’ve given me.
Thanks for the mention! We bumped up to PR2 and were psyched about that. I need to ask FrugalRules how he went from PR0 to 4. Did you bump up that quick too?
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Actually yeah I did jump straight to PR4 in my first update. I started off commenting and networking like crazy though. At the time I had no job. So I just put in long hours on my blog. PR2 is a good start though. Congrats.
We were a bit slow in the commenting and guest posting….and still got work to do there. But we are happy to be at PR2….next is PR3!
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Congrats on your numbers! We stayed even at a PR4 as well, which I’m very happy about. As long as it didn’t drop, I’m stoked. I don’t expect a PR5 anytime soon, but we are working hard to build up our links and content.
Sorry to hear about your recent breakup. Hope you are doing OK. Have a good weekend my friend.
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Well congrats at staying at PR4. That is a good number to stay at. If you look around at other PF blogs, there aren’t very many at 4 or higher. And no worries about the breakup. It was probably for the best, although I do miss her. It probably wouldn’t have worked out long term though.
Congrats on all of the progress. This is great news. Your blog is doing awesome. I would welcome some guest posts from you if you would like.
Sorry to hear about your breakup. Try to keep your chin up. There are other things in life to bring you joy.
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Thanks Miss T. I’ll probably take you up on that offer sometime. I really enjoy your blog and would be honored to contribute. I do agree that there are other things in life to keep me happy. I’m back to focusing on my own stuff again and am feeling good about that.
I just realized I had a PR2 on my old blog, but am starting off at 0 with the switch over to self-hosting. Looks like I gotta put in some hard work. Congrats on your stats!
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That is unfortunate when you lose PR from a switch like that. Hopefully you were able to retain some or all of those links to help with the next PR update. It can be a lot of work to start over. Going self hosted is the right move though.
Who needs girls? Not me! :p Seriously, though, hang in there. Distraction is good but don’t let it keep you from feeling everything you need to feel so you can move on.
Great job on your stats…super impressive! You’re more than welcome to guest post over at FF anytime!
Thanks so much for the mention! Hope you have a great weekend!
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Good point about needing to address feelings to move on. I tend to absorb myself in stuff to avoid dealing with problems. I end up keeping so busy that there just isn’t much time to think about it. It was kinda fucking up my sleep for a bit since that would be one of the rare times that my mind if free.
Well done mate, good to see it all falling into place for you. They say things happen for a reason don’t they. As for Twitter I’m down to at least 2 tweets per week to get a mention on my Friday Blog Post picks. Honestly for me it’s the Bloggers that truly interact and enjoy CBB and invite me to read their content. Maybe that’s why you always make my list ha! Cheers, have a good weekend J. Mr.CBB
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Yeah hopefully things are falling into place for me. The relationship thing is still a mess, but some time on my own will do me good. Time to recharge and refocus. I guess I will just start throwing twitter thank yous in my Friday posts. I just want to thank lots of people without diluting the page with too many links.
I’ve gotten bad at tweeting recently. Have I even tweeted any of your posts this week (other than that really awesome one you had about homemade stuff, that is!)
Follow Friday tweets are probably the least unweildy way of recognizing tweeters.
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What?! You haven’t tweeted my stuff?! Well since I didn’t write those posts I guess I can’t feel too bitter. I’ll have to start nagging you more though. You need to get tweeting posts on your phone. I would just do FF tweets, but they just seem rather pointless. It barely helps people at all.
Jeremy, I need no incentive to tweet. I have a list of blogs I visit and try to comment on, tweet, and support their stuff.
I find that tweeting other great posts also increases my twitter followers, so this is enough for me. Cheers, and have a great weekend.
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That is something that a lot of people don’t realize. When you tweet other people’s content, you’re increasing the chance that other people find you on twitter. Consistently tweet good stuff and more of those people will follow.
Thanks for the mention.
I’m a firm believer in tweeting. I started doing it more seriously when I saw how faithful you at it.
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Glad to hear that I’ve rubbed off on you a bit. Considering how easy tweeting is and the benefits you get, it’s a no-brainer. I’ll gladly help out some fellow bloggers knowing I’ll get some SEO benefits and traffic in return. Works for me.
Way behind with this one… but want to say publically – congrats on the stats dude. Well deserved with all your hard work!
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Thanks man. Since I’m a bit of stat whore, I appreciate the compliment