I often read in forums about that a “hockey stick curve” that’s supposed to happen with a new website. Sometimes, when traffic finally begins to grow, new publishers are disappointed and even worried because they’re not seeing that expected sharp…
It’s finally 2021 and a good time to look back at 2020 and what it’s been like for our business. If you’ve been following my blog, you probably already know what our reports used to looked like throughout the year.…
If you rely mostly on Google for traffic, getting posts to show up in the search results is key. You could have the best content out there, but if Google doesn’t put it in front of their users, you won’t…
Sharing lessons that I learned along the year about how to deal with long-term projects like building this business or hiking for long distances. Also, a quick report on November's numbers.
Should you allow blog comments on your blog? Here's a discussion of the pros and cons and how we handle commenting on our sites. (And also a quick update on our traffic and revenue over the last few weeks!)
How do you write long posts and reach your target word count without resorting to fluff and repetition? In this post, I want to share my tips and insights on how to do just that.
September was yet another crazy month here. Lots of work, and an overall increase in revenue by 13% to over $27K! Read the full report here, and also see why this is probably the last report for a while.
In terms of revenue, August has been a "steady as she goes" month here. With some of the sites affected by seasonality, we've seen only little growth in overall traffic, but at the same time, an increase of 8% in revenue. Here's the detailed report.
As we work on expanding our investment in content to $20,000 a month, I wanted to stop and take a look at the risks involved. Here's a list of 10 things that can go horribly wrong and bring our business to a halt.