May Report and June Goals
May Stats
You may remember a month ago when I set some goals for May. Overall I felt the month went fairly well. I increased the visit, the pageviews, and the averge time on site. Also, my Bounce Rate was below 60% (something that is pretty good in the blogging world). Unfortunately, my New Visits and pageviews went down. But even so, I feel the percentages were good.
Top 5 posts
The top 5 most viewed posts in May 2011: (in order starting with most viewed)
- 9 Lessons I learned in Jamaica
- May 2011 Goals
- The New Direction
- Close Your Creative Gap
- Define Entrepreneur
I was surprised that 9 Lessons I Learned in Jamaica was my number 1 post; it has gone a bit viral. What better way to learn about life than in Jamaica? If you haven’t read it yet, check it out.
Goal Report
As far as my goals are concerned:
1200 page views — I didn’t make this one but, I was only 14 short. You can see the month started strong (the blue line) but then started to taper off near the end. The main reason for this is the new direction. Before May most of my blog posts were about living your dream and setting goals (I brought in a lot of traffic from these keywords); but in May I shifted that focus to entrepreneurship and money. Google has slowed up for a bit, but I trust it will catch up quickly.
Create a three or more post series –Although I’m only two posts in, I did create the What is an Entrepreneur series which will total six posts. I’m counting this as a win!
Be more involved in the community - I have pretty much caught up with the blogs (I’m still about a week behind) and I have commented more often. I’m not at the level I want to be, but I am noticing a significant improvement.
Tweak the design — Haven’t done much here (or have I?). Lots going on behind the scenes…
Thoughts About May
Overall, I consider May a middle-of-the-road month. Nothing especially fantastic happened to the blog. Although there was some improvement and several of my long-term goals saw some action, my short-term goals didn’t move much. These kinds of months are necessary for all businesses and this blog is no different. That being said, I expect to see significant improvements between May and June.
June Goals
I plan to make some significant strides in June.
- 2,000 page views. Tough, but doable.
- 700 Visits. This will come easily if I can score 2,000 page views
- Finish the What is an Entrepreneur series and start a second series. I already have the series figured out, all I need to do is execute!
- Review 1 book. It’s harder to write reviews than I thought it would be, but practice makes perfect.
- Be more involved in the community. This is an on-going goal. I will probably never be perfect at it, but I plan to get much better than I have been.
- Write and publish a guest post. I have some thoughts on guest posts. A few of you may be getting emails soon…
- Tweak the design. This is on-going, but I hope to have a few major reveals by the end of June.
More goals than May, but I also have more time to accomplish them. Thanks for being a part of my journey.
What are your June goals? Let me know in the comments…
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Awesome stuff! Looks like you pretty much met your goals! Falling 14 short is nothing you could necessarily control.
This month, I had a little over 3,300 views…this month I want to get 5,000. I’m not sure if that is too far fetched?
For the guest posting, I have done a few in my time blogging. I really like it! It not only helps increwase youyr traffic, but it increases the traffic of the other site!
I’m looking for guest posters for next week (because I will be on a mission trip). Do you want to write a guest post? If you do, just contact me through the comments and I will send you an email…It would really help out because I’m trying to get about 3 people for that week!
Definitely! I’ll write you a comment right now!
and 5,000 is certainly doable! You are kicking butt with your blog, Brandon!
I may be in the minority here, but I don’t usually look at my stats.
I’m glad you had a good month Alex, can’t wait to read more.
Honestly, I envy you a bit, Moe.
It’s the best measurement I have for blog growth, so I’m kind of stuck with it. As this blog becomes more of a business the stats become more and more valuable. Since your blog is mainly for fun and to connect with the community, the stats are less a part of business and more just an answer to a curiosity (you may be hoping to expand your blog into a business, but I know you haven’t really moved in that direction yet).
Anyway, I love you stuff Moe! Your comment inspires me to take a break from the stats for a bit.
Good luck on your goals this month and I hope you meet and surpass them!
Here is the link to the post where I published mine:
http://www.thedailywalk.net/june-2011-blog-goals/
Thanks, Adam! Your goal posts inspired me to write my own.
Nice to see you have direction man! And I am glad your already doing so well. Keep it up man.
Thank you, Christopher! It’s scary setting some of these goals, but I love the challenge.