Blogging Report (June 2019) – My Thoughts on a Slower Month

Being involved with Internet Marketing since 2007, I’ve definitely noticed for certain industries that traffic can tend to slow down around the summertime.

Normally I either see plateaus (month-over-month) or am down slightly (month-over-month) in organic traffic when looking at May, June, July and August.

Yes, this can be discouraging, but no need to freak out!

This is why I always remind people to look at their year-over-year trends as well…Which is a much better way to gauge the overall growth of a website overtime.

Expecting to always see increases month-over-month will most likely leave you quite disappointed and isn’t the best metric to go by when analyzing your organic traffic.

If you are in the green in terms of organic traffic when comparing year-over-year, then this means you’re heading in the right direction.

This longer-term view is a more realistic and accurate way to measure how your website is performing as a whole.

With blogging and SEO in general, you must remain patient and be willing to deal with monthly fluctuation both with search engine rankings and organic traffic.

Just keep producing quality content, optimize your posts and stay consistent.

With that out of the way, let’s jump into some of my traffic data for June 2019.

Organic Traffic (June 2019)- 224 Visits

Organic traffic for June 2019 came in at 224 visits.

Again, not my highest month all-time and a slight dip compared to last month, but that doesn’t deter me!

I am still up noticeably when comparing year-over-year (see data below):

Year-Over-Year Organic Traffic Increases (June 2019 vs. June 2018)

When comparing year-over-year my organic traffic is still up 32.54% (224 visits vs. 169 visits).

Below is a screenshot from my Google Analytics account that plots both June 2019 and June 2018.

This long-term chart is my favorite to look at as it shows me where I was when I started my blog (with ZERO organic traffic) and where I am today.

Be proud of the progress you make on your website, no matter how small the growth is.

This will give you motivation to keep pushing forward.

The chart below now gives us a look at my growth from a different angle.

The blue line represents organic traffic in June 2019 and the orange line represents organic traffic in June 2018.

I’ll be honest, being up 32.54% has not been my biggest year-over-year increase thus far, but nonetheless I’m still trending in the right direction.

I also took a little time off recently (due to being busier than normal) as discussed in my last blogging report video here.

Next Steps/Goals for the Coming Months

1.) Get Ahead of My Content Schedule

Since I haven’t been able to put the time into my blog as I normally do over the last month or so, I really plan on getting back on track and even way ahead of schedule. This is a goal that every blogger should try to acheive. Having content prepared and scheduling it well in advance is one of the smartest things you can do for your blogging business. Whenever I am ahead of my content schedule, it allows me to focus on other aspects of my business whether that be blog graphics, creating YouTube videos, link building, coaching/consulting etc. The great thing about WordPress is that it’s very easy to schedule your posts weeks or even months in advance. Take advantage and try to get ahead of schedule, like I will be doing.

2.) Build More Quality Backlinks

I have a bunch of blog posts right on the edge of ranking really well in Google. Some of these are at the middle to bottom of page #1 of Google. If I can drive these rankings to the top 1-3 positions on page #1 of Google, it would really help drive more targeted traffic to my website. I plan on improving these rankings through additional link building work such as guest posting. I need to build links to both my homepage and the specific blog posts that are on the cusp of ranking well. By increasing the overall authority of my website/pages, this should help me climb further up the ladder.

How was your June 2019?

That wraps up this month’s blogging report!

The key takeaway here is to not get discouraged if you see some monthly fluctuation.

Remember to look at your data over the long-term and compare year-over-year.

Keep your work consistent and always strive to provide as much value as possible to your readers.

How was your June 2019?

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