A Successful Blog Tour (Post #2 – submitted in March)
Posted 03-24-2010 at 11:45 AM by OrganizedAssistant
I've been blogging since 2006 and have had a decent, although not overwhelming, number of subscribers and commenters. I know from my web stats that the number of actual readers is even higher, but most people choose not to actively participate.
Recently I was invited by a time management expert to take part in a blog tour. He offered to be a guest blogger for five days, and to give a prize each day to the person who left the best comment. It seemed like too good a deal to pass up, so I agreed. He emailed his list at the end of the week before his appearance on my blog to let them know about it.
I was very pleased with both the number and the quality of the comments left on his posts. Although not a lot when compared to major sites like Problogger, there were at least five comments every day, most of which were quite well thought out (as opposed to "Great post – thanks!" type comments).
At the end of the week I checked my web stats and was just amazed at the spike in traffic. From March 1 to 11, my visits ranged from 139 to 181 per day. On the 12th, the day he sent out his eblast, I had 503 visits! During the week that he was my guest blogger, visits ranged from 256 to 392 per day.
It is too soon to say whether I gained any regular readers as a result of this, but if nothing else, it showed me the value of connecting with someone who has a large mailing list, and I wouldn't hesitate to get involved with a similar joint venture in the future.
Recently I was invited by a time management expert to take part in a blog tour. He offered to be a guest blogger for five days, and to give a prize each day to the person who left the best comment. It seemed like too good a deal to pass up, so I agreed. He emailed his list at the end of the week before his appearance on my blog to let them know about it.
I was very pleased with both the number and the quality of the comments left on his posts. Although not a lot when compared to major sites like Problogger, there were at least five comments every day, most of which were quite well thought out (as opposed to "Great post – thanks!" type comments).
At the end of the week I checked my web stats and was just amazed at the spike in traffic. From March 1 to 11, my visits ranged from 139 to 181 per day. On the 12th, the day he sent out his eblast, I had 503 visits! During the week that he was my guest blogger, visits ranged from 256 to 392 per day.
It is too soon to say whether I gained any regular readers as a result of this, but if nothing else, it showed me the value of connecting with someone who has a large mailing list, and I wouldn't hesitate to get involved with a similar joint venture in the future.
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