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ProBlogger: 31DBBB Day 31: Next Steps

ProBlogger: 31DBBB Day 31: Next Steps

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31DBBB Day 31: Next Steps

Posted: 30 Jul 2015 01:00 PM PDT

Congratulations! You’ve made it to Day 31.

Hopefully you’ve found some of the challenges over this last 31 days to be useful. Thousands have completed the program over the years and I’ve heard so much great feedback, but there’s one thing I’d like to share with you today on the podcast.

What’s the key to really getting the most out of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog? And how do you do that? I share all!

You will need a calendar set up somewhere so make sure you have one you can use before you get going with today’s challenge. Nothing will change if you only think about it, so we’re going to ensure you’ve got the tools to keep on going the way you have and to really get stuff done. It’s all about keeping active, so I’ll help you put some strategies in place to do just that.

I’m also going to share what the format for the usual podcasts will be and where you can find more activities to keep you busy and your blog the best it can be.

Thank you so much for joining me this month, and I hope you enjoy today’s episode.

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Click here to listen to day 31 of the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog series on the ProBlogger Podcast. 

Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger
Build a Better Blog in 31 Days

31DBBB Day 31: Next Steps

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ProBlogger: The ProBlogger Podcast: Digging into Statistics

ProBlogger: The ProBlogger Podcast: Digging into Statistics

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The ProBlogger Podcast: Digging into Statistics

Posted: 29 Jul 2015 01:00 PM PDT

Almost the last day!

While yesterday we looked to the future to build a plan to find readers, today we’re going to dig into our stats to find out what kind of effect the last 29 days have had on our sites. What can you see is different after the changes you’ve made?

Some of you will be seasoned pros at looking at your stats, but if you’re newer to blogging and want some starting points, these are the metrics I recommend you keep track of regularly as you go on with your blogging.

In the show notes I also link to a post I published recently that gives you an overview of how I use Google Analytics to do this kind of investigation, and I’ll describe how and why these are the metrics I choose to keep tabs on.

Every month or so I go through each of these and compare them to the previous month (I give you a quick tip on how to do this easily), and also think about how I can recreate successes in content, on social, and how well other types of traffic are doing.

Today we’ll also go a little deeper into channels to look for trends, behaviour, and other hints that will help us keep the trend on the up.

If you are indeed in the newer camp, please don’t fret about stats. It can be easy to get disillusioned in the early days, but we all feel small when we start out! Most successful blogs go for 2-3 years before they hit a tipping point of sorts. We discuss that a little more in today’s podcast also.

So open up Google Analytics and take a little dig with me. Feel free to share your most popular post from the month in the comments too – you might be surprised what has worked better than you thought it would!

See you tomorrow for the wrap up of 31 Days to Build a Better Blog Podcast.

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Click here to listen to day 30 of the 31 Days to Build a Better Blog series on the ProBlogger Podcast. 

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Originally at: Blog Tips at ProBlogger
Build a Better Blog in 31 Days

The ProBlogger Podcast: Digging into Statistics

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