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Not that I have a solution here, but at least we can cry together.
As far back as this time last year, I said I wanted to get my website to a place where I’m averaging 1,000 visits per month. Am I there yet? No. However, when I squint my eyes really tightly together, I can see it.
This morning, as I was checking my Squarespace website analytics, I noticed I’d reached over 500 visits within the last 30 days. This is the FIRST time, in all the year and a half that I’ve been paying for this domain (www.aroundLAwithTK.com), that I’ve ever gotten that many.
Yes, I’m aware that it could be a one-off occurrence, and that it’s only halfway to my original goal of 1,000/month, but it’s a glimmer of hope.
I seriously hope to be averaging 1,000 website views per month by my half birthday (June 8th, because I started my “new year” changes at the start of my new year, December 8th).
Do I make money blogging?
No. Not yet. I do not earn an income blogging.
I’ll temporarily disregard the fact that 1,000 website views per month probably still won’t bring me any monetary benefits, and keep chugging along. According to an article titled, “How Many Pageviews Do You Need to Make Money Blogging?,” bloggers need 100,000 pageviews per month on a personal website to make money blogging. It doesn’t take Pythagoras to do the calculations… I’m nowhere near close to a check.
But I’m happy.
Similar to taking 50-mile bike rides, I suppose I like to suffer.
It’s small, but I’m legitimately geeked up about making it to 500 monthly website visits. (Website visits are different from pageviews, as pageviews count every page ONE visitor clicks on in a session, while visits only counts that one person once). It encourages me to do more to keep them going up.
Thank you.
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Update (May 2022): Okay, I think I like to struggle..
That was the original title to this blog post. I came back and changed it as I’m now back burying myself in research about driving more traffic to a blog website, increasing search engine optimization, and specifically being more Google-friendly.
As I open up my Squarespace analytics from my mobile device, I see almost exactly the same numbers looking back at me as I did some months ago. I want to scream.
I speak the language of hearts, and that’s something, no matter how advanced the technology, a computer system will never be able to read. I know that I know that I know that I KNOW my work is good (when I put out good work). I am sure that I’m sure that I’m sure that I’m a good writer (when I write). And that’s what makes it frustrating; I’m better than folks that are being seen. My work, my words, need to be seen. God didn’t give me this talent for nothing.
As discouraging as it is to be at the same place in my website analytics from January to May, I’m going to keep at it. I’m obviously not working hard enough. Maybe I need to hire someone with an expertise in SEO to get my blog website to rank higher on Google. I don’t know, but I’m going to figure it out.
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