June 10 Update
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Hey everyone! Time for another update!
Last month started off slow, and although I did a piece on Tourism Reigna and I wrote about the RCMP Heritage Center, I didn't see a whole lot of extra traffic. That disappointed me as I had expected some extra leads to come from those two posts.
As May ended, I looked at my traffic compared to April and saw I was down by several hundreds page views. Frustrated, I decided to write a piece I've been working on since March, and although it was 12 points shorter than what I had originally planned, I wrote "8 Places to Visit in Regina" on May 31st. On June 1st I joined a blogging community on Facebook. Then I watched in amazement at what happened next:
My blog went viral.
I couldn't believe my eyes! I went from 74 unique visitors on May 30th to 2,066 unique visitors on June 3rd! I didn't even get half that many in the whole month of May! Even more amazing, my post about Regina was shared over 200 times! People from all over the world were commenting on my blog, on my Twitter, on my Instagram, and on my Facebook page. Some people even jokingly said I made Regina look so good they might just book a plane ticket here. Others said they usually drive past Regina on the highway but now plan to stop by and check out the city. Reading those comments made me feel incredible because normally, nobody ever comments on my blog. So, thank you avid reader. Thank you so much. I really, really appreciate all the support you gave me.
In my last update I mentioned creating a newsletter, and I finally implemented it. I was going to make it bi-weekly but I think I'll make it once a month. I haven't really decided. Feel free to sign up below this blog post. The first newsletter will be tomorrow!
Last month I also talked about ads on my site. I was going to sell adspace for cheap, and I was going to go through Passion Fruit, but I realized I don't have enough traffic to qualify. So, for the majority of the month I went adless. After my massive spike on June 3rd, I threw two Google Adsense ads up. In the week since I've made about $6. This is 300% increase in revenue in a single day compared to my AdClickMedia/Spoutable campaign that lasted two months.
I also mentioned in my previous update about adding a survey to my website. I forgot about that, so I'm not sure if I'll do it or not. Although, it would be great to hear back from you and see what kind of content you're enjoying most.
I also said I would write a blog post about "Kyoto and one about managing traveling the world while in love". I didn't do either of these. I did, however, say I would write one about Hong Kong and St. Petersburg, so I guess I fulfilled half my promise.
As for this month, I think I'll write more about Regina and Canada, as that went over very well last month. I might write more unique posts too, like strange places I've slept or the strangest food I've eaten. I have a couple ideas swirling around, but I'm not too sure what I'll write next. I don't think it'll be getting me 2,066 hits a day though, but you never know.
I'm also heading on a trip later this month, so I'll be taking some time off my blog. It's a secret to where I'm going, but I'm really excited and I think I'll have some awesome stories to tell you when I get back!
I guess that's all for now, so until next time, keep on traveling!
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