Soliciting for Suggestions
Aussie Dave | May 22, 2006 | 11 comments
For the past year or so, traffic to this blog has been relatively stable, the average daily unique visitors varying between 600-1000 a day.
Given my objectives with this blog, I want to go to the next level. That means breaking the 1000 daily average unique vistors barrier on a consistent basis.
This is where you come in. What kind of posts would you like to see more of? What do you think I can improve to increase the readership?
About the Author
An Australian immigrant to Israel, Aussie Dave has been blogging since early 2003.Filed Under: Blog Announcements
It’s a tough question, Dave. If we would know the answer, we would have successful blog ourselves.
More articles about Arab laws regarding religion and/or minorities. Fewer articles about Islam or Islamic rituals. More articles about how Israel reacts to Arab attacks and how Arab Israelis are negatively affected by terrorism while living normal lives in Israel.
Put out a short feed only, so ppl don’t just read your feed but actually come.
Ezzie, that sounds like a great suggestion. I just need to work out how to do it..
Good question. I have been trying to figure that out for myself. Life in Israel is always of interest to me.
If possible, obtaining an interview with Michael Medved for your blog or podcast would significantly increase your traffic. Medved hosts a syndicated radio show reflecting conservative viewpoints from Seattle, Washington. He has broadcast from Israel and is familiar with its history. His brother resides in Israel. Like you he also has a law degree. Go for it.
1) Publish a newsletter using Zookoda. Same idea as RSS, but customizable so you send what you want people to see, and only send as often as you want, so people aren’t spammed.
2) Offer a link to a newsletter fyi page at the bottom of each post, and a subscription box on the upper left of the site.
3) Try a readership rewards program: more active, more loyal readers get access to twice monthly features. Like a pay subscription service, but rather than money, you want them to comment more and/or show loyalty. Perhaps using a forumboard might be more appropriate, so you can track how much people post.
4) Read problogger.net and entrepreneurs-journey.com; two top quality blogs on blogging.
5) Market your articles through the ‘external links’ pages on wikipedia. I mean the quality coverage here, not just average ‘go check this out’ posts. With other measures, this tripled my traffic.
Good luck
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Umm, can’t you help there. You can’t really ask your readers, who already visit your blog daily, what they are missing out on because they are the ones who are happy with whats already being posted.
If you do, let me know how!
I’d like to hear about the thoughts on everyday life from everyday people (or “Joe Jew”, as I once heard on the Marty Roberts podcast) also their thoughts regarding Christians.
maybe ya could have a longer list of links to stories