My online Identity known as Dragon Blogger is my brand and in 2009 I plan to build and extend Dragon Blogger in the online community so that more and more people recognize me and get to know the person as well as the content that I provide. I have been blogging for 4 months as of December 23rd with this blog and already I have grown to over 12,000 unique visits per month averaging over 350 per day and hitting as many as almost 700 unique visits on some days (can’t figure out why the random spikes happen, but they seem to come from StumbleUpon a few days a month).
I continue to try and write reviews on products, software that my readers may use or want to use to help in their every day computer use. I also will continue to provide honest and complete movie reviews as well as keep up with my NBC Heroes following. And first and foremost to my fellow bloggers I plan on sharing everything I learn about blogging, from SEO to Income Generation with my readers so that everyone can model or at least pick some of my tactics to try and see what works for them.
So to summarize the last four months of blogging here is my primary methods for building my current success level:
Entrecard is still my #1 traffic generator consistantly, get the service and drop often. Drop your inbox but go a day behind and drop further, don’t drop the same day droppers as they can’t drop you back the same day, always drop 1 day behind and you will see better traffic. Also, do leave comments and feedback, don’t drop anonymously and move on, build a blog community and build blogging friends.
Twitter doesn’t generate enormous traffic but gets me out there and I enjoy connecting with people, I plan to leverage twitter more and more over the next year as just a means of getting to know people and for them to learn who I am and what I am doing.
SocialSpark I have worked hard to become the 3rd most # of friends on SocialSpark and I am hoping to take the 2nd slot in early next year just behind the CEO who automatically has everyone who joins on his friends network (cheater). I have helped many people on SocialSpark, people will message me with random questions like “How do I get started?”, “How do I Link my blog”, “How do I add the ITK Tools”, and I am always more than happy to share anything I can with people, it comes from my tech support nature in my day job.
Blog Catalog, Zimbio, StumbleUpon, Digg are also helpful and I will be leveraging these more over the next year, particularly StumbleUpon and Blog Catalog which seem to work very well for some people.
For everyone looking to create a successful blog and build readership, and earn a little money on the side, keep this blog in mind as I will be sharing everything I have learned with you at some point as I learn it. I am by no means making bank, but I have earned between $100 and $150 per month consistantly with my blog by its 2nd month and will be closer to $200 in January I predict.
Happy New Year
-Dragon Blogger
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January 1st, 2009 at 2:49 pm
Well done! As I’ve shared with you, I don’t have the willpower to drop every day on Entrecard. For that reason I decided to focus more on commenting and building a quality RSS set of blogs to visit daily. I don’t get as many referrals as I did from Entrecard but I feel like the people clicking are there 100% to interact with my content and not just to earn ec points. That’s just my opinion, I know you are sold on Entrecard and I respect that.
In 4 months you have established yourself as a bloger and helpful voice for others on the internet. I know you’ve helped me with some important stuff (remember the canonical www issue?) and so I am glad we are friends and I hope we can meet in person at BlogWorld09.
Damiens last blog post..Blog Tips I Picked Up Doing Blog Reviews
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January 1st, 2009 at 3:49 pm
I recognize you, DraggonBlogger.
I like that goal. I’m behind you some. I vow to explore ways to make my blog more interactive… blog rolls, connect with similar blogs, etc… and to give you words for your daily poems more often.
I haven’t been working on a list so much as an attitude resolution.
I promise to start living…
Get busy living or get busy dying.
Perfect Moment Projects last blog post..New Year: Get busy living, or get busy dying
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January 1st, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Being ranked 3 at Social Sparks is quite impressive. I’m using twitter but I still have to get the hang of it. I hope you succeed with your resolutions. Good luck. Happy new year!
Jena Isles last blog post..I Hope You’ll Have a Happy New Year too !
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January 2nd, 2009 at 2:42 am
hi dragon blogger
you’ve got a nice site!
i’d like to inform you that an award is waiting for you..see my site for details
thanks for visiting and commenting on Blog Appetite.
myes last blog post..You Make My Day Award
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January 4th, 2009 at 7:09 pm
Thank you for the award, I checked it out and it is a nice one. I appreciate it very much.
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January 4th, 2009 at 6:30 am
I predict you’ll go far this year toward achieving your goals!
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January 6th, 2009 at 5:32 am
true you are honest. your traffic rises 212% alexa report. this shows you are doing well. once you told that you earn 150$ FROM ADSENSE. and noopreneur earn 700$.
but your rank alexa is definately higher than noobpreneur.
so, tell how much your revenue increased? atleast.
thanks.
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