Dark Hat 007
Senior Member
- Dec 2, 2016
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[An Update]
Earnings/Traffic June - August+
God is the Greatest!!!
Sitewide Update
Number of Posts - 404
Pinterest
I paid someone on Fiverr to help create PINs and share them on my Pinterest; I saw growth for the two months I ran it until Pinterest suspended the account. I appealed, and they didn't respond; I am considering whether I should try again.
Featured Images
I also paid someone to create customized featured images for my site; I'd love to see if there'll be any improvement.
Backlinks
I finally decided to do proper Backlink outreach. My site's best season is barely four months away, and I am hoping and striving and praying to get enough returns this time, double last year's, so I looked up my competition's site and have emailed over 300 of the sites that link to them, and I've gotten a few positive replies.
I'm budgeting around $600 for these links. I'm going for the very best, and by very best, I mean sites with high traffic and, in most cases, ancient active sites and, in rare cases, sites with low traffic but substantial social media presence; if you can throw in advice here, please do.
I also want to buy 301 redirect links from big sites and see if they'll add any juice. While I know it may not give me that traffic bump I expect, at least it should increase my DA/DR so I can deter some new sites who may want to steal my easy-to-rank KWs.
I also want to bump up my links with those Google subdomains.
Content Push
I have two and a half months to do a severe content push, and I'll start that once I'm done with the backlink outreach.
Personal Life
I would be lying if I didn't admit to God's blessings this year, the best year of my life SO FAR, and I believe the best is YET to come.
I paid off my mother's house, and life has been great. My mental health is way better; I feel what I suffered from at the beginning was "Imposter Syndrome." I still feel it today because I don't feel like I deserve to have a life a bit better than a few people in my peer group and even those above me. Still, again, if I hadn't had this little success this year, I would have been mad and sad.
Well, thank you for coming to my TED talk. Have a great day.
Earnings/Traffic June - August+
| Month | Sessions | Amazon | Mediavine | Earning Totals |
| June | 28,327 | $1,200 | $760 | $1,960 |
| July | 25,514 | $700 | $590 | $1,290 |
| August | 18,000+ | $560+ | $480+ | $1,040 |
Possible Total | 71,841 | $2,460 | $1,830 | $4,280 |
God is the Greatest!!!
Sitewide Update
Number of Posts - 404
I paid someone on Fiverr to help create PINs and share them on my Pinterest; I saw growth for the two months I ran it until Pinterest suspended the account. I appealed, and they didn't respond; I am considering whether I should try again.
Featured Images
I also paid someone to create customized featured images for my site; I'd love to see if there'll be any improvement.
Backlinks
I finally decided to do proper Backlink outreach. My site's best season is barely four months away, and I am hoping and striving and praying to get enough returns this time, double last year's, so I looked up my competition's site and have emailed over 300 of the sites that link to them, and I've gotten a few positive replies.
I'm budgeting around $600 for these links. I'm going for the very best, and by very best, I mean sites with high traffic and, in most cases, ancient active sites and, in rare cases, sites with low traffic but substantial social media presence; if you can throw in advice here, please do.
I also want to buy 301 redirect links from big sites and see if they'll add any juice. While I know it may not give me that traffic bump I expect, at least it should increase my DA/DR so I can deter some new sites who may want to steal my easy-to-rank KWs.
I also want to bump up my links with those Google subdomains.
Content Push
I have two and a half months to do a severe content push, and I'll start that once I'm done with the backlink outreach.
Personal Life
I would be lying if I didn't admit to God's blessings this year, the best year of my life SO FAR, and I believe the best is YET to come.
I paid off my mother's house, and life has been great. My mental health is way better; I feel what I suffered from at the beginning was "Imposter Syndrome." I still feel it today because I don't feel like I deserve to have a life a bit better than a few people in my peer group and even those above me. Still, again, if I hadn't had this little success this year, I would have been mad and sad.
Well, thank you for coming to my TED talk. Have a great day.
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