I would say that people linking was the biggest for me, and I have to be honest that was when I actually started to pay attention to the fact others were reading it! LOL! It was more for a small group, and just kind of grew from there!

I started three newer blogs this year. One for work at home jobs (which I do myself – work at home), and one recently that isn’t totally up and going yet about learning computer basics. Both of those people suggested I start, because of the help they had received me on those subjects. The work at home one took off, and the computer one I just started! I was giving tips that I showed to others, and they suggested I do this because they like the way I explained it. I barely started that, and already have subscribers. Never expected that. I think I got the leads from my profile! OF COURSE advertisting on the other blogs didn’t help hender that either!

I will in more detail, but I don’t have time right at this moment, though thanks for the compliment.

Let’s say that a 200% increase in traffic isn’t all that difficult when you have small numbers to start with.

Tom

I would say that you do have a blogging tipping story to contribute to this post.

What’s really got my attention is your statement mentioning a 200 percent increase in your traffic.

Do you care to enlighten us on what process you applied to achieve such an increase in traffic?

Believe me…there are many first time bloggers who would give their right arm and left foot to have achieve the kind of statistical figures you posted.

I wish you every continued success.

controversy has it’s benefits :)

Tomorrow, the WORLD!

- to love my family (and cats) so much they feel it

- to keep Starbucks in business

- to save the world

Still working on that last one, and it’s the one that brought me my “tip” moment. About a year ago, I got an e-mail (for some reason, my readers are e-mailers more than they are commenters) from a young man who was in his final semester of college. He had been struggling with a monkey on his back whose name started with a d- and ended with -rugs.

He told me that my words gave him the inspiration and courage he needed to keep the monkey off. He said that when he felt tempted, he’d read one of my blogs.

I think I cried for two days straight.

A far, far, far distant second tip was when my blog showed up #1 in google for “Self Help blog” – I’m a google freak, so it meant a lot.

God willing, there’ll be more tips around the corner. If not, the first tip will have made it all a very worthwhile trip.

Thanks, Darren, for all the hard work you do. You’re helping a lot of people live out their dreams. I raise my latte to you.

My tipping point came about through traffic analysis. I started out blogging with a personal finance “watch me get rich” blog. Not too original, but you have to start somewhere. I was getting about 20 unique visitors a day and was pretty happy. However, one day I posted an article not about me, rather, something like, “What your hair color says about you”, and noticed the traffic was way beyond my normal numbers. I continued mixing personal finance articles and top ten lists and finally created a blog dedicated only to these type of topics; top xyz lists, outrageous celebrity stories, and other trivia. Traffic for the new site was around 3000 hits a day last year, when I plowed it all under…Bored with the content.

I am currently working on a subject I am passionate about…photography. It is the same process once again. Keep reviewing the content, design, keyword usage, trying to get the momentum moving. The site is less than 2 months old, and I’ve redesigned it 5 times…I like it now (well I do today)…Currently, looking for that content hook to build repeat visits..Each day I highlight at least one photoblog..To date, I have about 400 photoblogs in my community …Traffic is about 40 uniques a day and growing…Patience, Grasshopper…

Thanks again, Darren.