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7/20/2015

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I'm veering away from my normal topical news story today, to give you an insight into my own blogging experience. During the night, the idea came to me to share how many hits I get by blogging daily. 


The fact that I have written separate blogs for each year 2013, 2014 & 2015 makes the figures come alive. Sorry. It won't happen again. Chuckle.
So many people publish their blogs these days, and every blog writer wants people to read what they say. The more people the better, right?

What makes some blogs more popular than others? You have to ask yourself if your blog is worth reading. Everybody stresses the need for a target audience. So who are you appealing to?

I selected normal people who want to think about what's happening in the world, not just read it. Once you have your own niche, you need to pinpoint who they are before you can really settle in.


Consider these top points:

Is your content awesome?

Is it unique?

Do you infuse your personality?

Does it help your readers to think about their own experiences?

Do you provide interesting information?

Let's look at what you should not do.

Your content is general and can be found on every similar blog.

You don’t offer any unique point of view.

You don’t have a “hook” that would keep your readers coming back. (Usually, the best hook is a mixture of personality and the unique angle at appealing to your readers).

You focus on the things YOU are interested in and don’t appeal to your visitors.

Now, I want to share my experience over the last two and a half years of blogging every day with one blog for each year. (I didn't know if I'd continue to start with, and aimed to complete a full year at a time.)

Firstly, let's look at the stats.

At the start, each of my new blogs for the year (2013 & 2014) received very few hits—something between 150 to 200 views a day. This lasted for weeks and gradually built up. I've kept a daily record of the figures over the years, which increased to about 300 daily views in the following months. Some subjects were wildly popular (950 or so), depending on the hook in the heading, as well as four daily tweets. By six months each blog received roughly 500 daily clicks. I put that down to consistency. Blogging every day takes commitment. Between six to nine months after the start, roughly a thousand people read my blog, and on several occasions the figure hit over two thousand.

At the beginning of 2015, this new blog sunk as low as 93, gradually building to between 100 & 200 daily clicks, which is a bit disheartening. Once again, the daily views are increasing.

But, here's the interesting thing:

Because the blogs for each year are separate, I can see how many people continue to read the old blogs—the ones I no longer update. And the figures there are higher than they are for my current one:
 Francene – Views on News.

From the stats, I can see who reads the accumulated subjects written each year, and how relevant the content remains.

Here are the graphics for each blog at the moment, starting from 2013, then 2014, and finally the current one.

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If all this information was conglomerated in an all-encompassing blog, I would think these numbers referred to yesterday's topic about the Guinness drink and longevity. Hehe.

I don't anticipate this particular subject being wildly popular with my regular readers. 'Where's the news?' they'll ask. However, I wanted to share my personal experience.

So many people are writing blogs nowadays, and each of them want an audience. If you can take anything away from reading this, make sure you noticed consistency. Writing every day will improve your skill and increase your readers.

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Debbie D. link
7/19/2015 10:25:50 pm

Those are impressive statistics, Francene! Your dedication is admirable. I've found that blogging daily leads to internet fatigue and burnout, so I only do it once a year, for the April A to Z Challenge.
Best wishes for your continued success!

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Corinne Rodrigues link
7/20/2015 01:33:41 am

I admire you for the consistent way you turn out such good posts, Francene!

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Joan Harrington link
7/20/2015 02:26:32 am

Now, this is what I am talking about Francene in terms of blogging and what you need to do to get more readers sharing and liking and commenting, offering tips like this will definately work! Thanks so much for your awesome blog post today! Love it :)

Great share!

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Shonda link
7/20/2015 05:32:40 am

Francene, I always enjoy reading your take on hot news topics. It gives me great food for thought. Thank you for the blogging tips.

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Mcihelle Liew link
7/22/2015 01:24:16 am

i love the point about having to express your own unique views. Who wants to read a blog like any other blog?

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Nick #thisyearinmusic link
7/22/2015 02:15:44 am

I wouldn't called 100-200 views a day "very few". Be grateful you have an audience, many bloggers strive to get 50 a day and that's a success.

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Barbara link
7/22/2015 11:55:34 am

Interesting, Francene. You are amazing to blog every day for so long.

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Ajay Pai link
7/24/2015 10:37:16 pm

You are amazing. Blogging daily is something, whcih i cannot dream at this point in my life. hats off to u.

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