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Twelfth Month Update

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12th Calendar month Update

Nosotros made through our twelfth month of blogging!  Partners in Burn down is officially one yr old! I'm and then excited to finally reach this milestone. Unfortunately though, our numbers for this month weren't every bit great as I had hoped. We didn't get in to that coveted m users mark; in fact we took a huge step backwards on total users for the calendar month. Simply we are still trekking along! Let's see what happened this month to find out where nosotros lost users.

Posting

We stuck to our posting schedule during our 12th month blogging, publishing a mail service every Thursday and Sun like clockwork. We also managed to mail service a weekly episode of "My Fellow Sucks with Money", which has been great fun.  I did a bonus mail service on my one-year blogiversary which was completely unrelated to finance but I thought it would exist fun to write about. It's my birthday and I can write what I want to, right? I really got decent folio views out of that besides. Weird.

twelfth month graph

Readership

Our readership really took a hit this month. We went from an average of 30 users a 24-hour interval to under 20. Nosotros didn't get whatsoever big features this calendar month, so that may have contributed to our decline in users. I think some other factors played a role as well though. I didn't comment on nearly as many blogs this month as I did last month, and I wasn't equally active on social media. Unfortunately, I just didn't take time, as I am getting gear up for another big motility. I would similar to say that I'll do better in December, but I'g actually moving in December so I dubiousness that will happen. My goal is to at to the lowest degree stick to my consistent posting schedule.

Traffic Drivers

Direct Hits

Direct hits were even so our number one source of traffic this month. We had 276 users via direct hits this calendar month. Virtually of these are coming from our electronic mail subscribers who are super crawly and visiting whenever we post. Nosotros beloved yous subscribers!! And if you aren't yet subscribed, merely make full in your info to go updates directly to your inbox!

Organic search

Organic search was our second biggest driver of traffic this month. Mayhap I'grand starting to effigy out this SEO thing! Nosotros had 190 users from organic searches this month, which is very like to the last few months. The same keywords "Barista fire" and "Declension FI" are driving traffic. Possibly I should write about those topics more!

Social Media

I failed at social media during my twelfth month. In month eleven, I was posting older articles every twenty-four hour period, posting to Instagram every twenty-four hour period, and posting relevant content to Facebook to increase my post-obit there. I inappreciably did any of that this month, and my lack of endeavor shows with my users. Nosotros only had 174 users from social media this month, most 100 less than last month. I really need to find fourth dimension for social media to get those numbers support.

Pinterest

Pinterest is nonetheless a work in progress. We only had 66 users from Pinterest this month, which is a small subtract from terminal month. I did just recently sign up for Tailwind'sSmart Loop feature, and then hopefully I'll get-go seeing results from that in the next month. Other than that, even with tailwind, my traffic from Pinterest has been adequately stagnant.

Facebook

I did not work on my Facebook presence like I wanted to this month. I did cultivate some good content to share, but unfortunately other things get in the way and I forget to practise information technology on a regular basis. Still, I did get six new likes this month on Facebook, and I got 10 more page views from the platform during my 12th month than during my eleventh. It'southward the but social media platform that gave me an increase in page views this month, and so I'm going to count that every bit a win!

Twitter

I failed the well-nigh at Twitter this month. I only had 47 users from the platform this month, a huge decrease from the 114 of last month. Why did this happen? I have a few ideas. Beginning, I wasn't posting as much older content to Twitter. Concluding month, I tried to share an older post at least once a week for fresh views. Second, and more importantly, I wasn't as supportive of other bloggers on Twitter as I was last month. I rarely shared content or retweeted, and I just wasn't as active on the platform in general. When it comes to twitter, giving love is super of import. I'm definitely going to try to do better side by side month!

Instagram

Instagram was a complete failure this month. Although I did post regularly for the kickoff half of the month, I failed at posting during the 2nd half. I just had nine users visit the website from Instagram. My following even decreased – I was close to 1300 and now I'm back downwards to nearly 1200. Instagram users are super finicky, aren't they? I want to do better on the platform, simply I don't think I'll have the fourth dimension to create compelling photos this month. I will post a chip, only I'll focus more of my energy on Twitter and Facebook until I get settled in my new job and house.

Referral Traffic

We had 52 users coming from referral traffic this month, which is fairly in line with what nosotros saw terminal calendar month. Nonetheless, the referral sources look pretty spammy, so I'm guessing most of these users were bots. I'm going to try to do some extra guest posts in the coming months to get meliorate referral traffic (and increase my DA equally a bonus!).

Content

I think the content I posted this month was unique and engaging, but the lack of users to the site tells me otherwise. I tried to write for a general audition interested in saving money on basic things and normal life stuff (pets, giving thanks, groceries, etc). I don't know if this has just been written about so much that information technology'south no longer relevant, or if I did a poor task of marketing my content. I approximate I'll find out this month when I post more super exciting content and do a amend job of sharing it!

Monetization

I actually made a few bucks off of Amazon this month! Isn't that exciting? I'yard all the same not making enough money on the blog to pay for anything, but it's nice to see a few more than clicks and purchases every calendar month. Nosotros are monetizing slowly but surely! I'g going to endeavour to dabble in sponsored posts and inquiry more chapter programs in the near hereafter. Hopefully I'll be able to turn this blog thing into a decent income generator some day!

What's Next?

We are going to stick with our goal of trying to get over 1000 users, even though nosotros were pretty far from it this month. I know it's doable! It is going to be hard this month though, I plan on moving in mid-December, so a lot of my free time volition be dedicated to packing, cleaning, and getting prepare for the movement. Unfortunately, that won't leave a lot of time bachelor for blogging, but I'yard going to stick to my Th and Sunday posting schedule! Information technology won't exist easy, only I can exercise it.

What are your thoughts? What else tin we do to improve our readership? I'd honey to hear your ideas!

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