Blogging Report (November 2019) – Organic Traffic Increases of 39.86%

I am a little later on this blogging report than normal due to the holidays, but nonetheless here it is for November 2019!

If you’re new to these posts, each month I dive into my Google Analytics data to analyze the organic growth (or lack of growth) of my website.

This is a good way for me to monitor my blog traffic but also share some valuable insight on what strategies are working well for my website.

My goal with these posts is to help fellow bloggers and webmasters generate more targeted organic traffic from Google and the other major search engines.

I saw good overall growth in my organic traffic in November 2019, so let’s dive right into the data!

Organic Traffic (November 2019)- 200 Visits

Organic traffic in November 2019 came in at a total of 200 visits.

This is organic traffic strictly driven via the search engines.

To get a better gauge of my overall progress, we will look at the year-over-year comparisons below.

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

When comparing year-over-year, organic traffic for my blog is up by 39.86% (200 visits vs. 143 visits).

These aren’t the biggest increases I’ve seen if you look at some of my past blogging reports, however generating nearly 40% more organic traffic to my website is definitely still worth celebrating.

Below is a snapshot from my Google Analytics that shows the longer-term view of this.

I’ve also left below (as I normally do) the daily plot points when comparing November 2019 to November 2018 to provide you with an additional viewpoint. The blue line represents November 2019 while the orange line is November 2018.

As I’ve stated in previous reports, I’m never really concerned about month-over-month fluctuations or dips in organic traffic. As long as I am still up noticeably year-over-year, this is a much better way to review and compare the data.

Next Blogging & SEO Steps Heading Into 2020

1.) Consistent Content Generation

Now that the holidays are winding down, I will have more time to commit to creating consistent blog and YouTube content. I am normally pretty good at publishing 3-4 blog articles per month, but want to continue that rhythm and potentially even push it up to 4-8 pieces per month in 2020 (guest posts and sponsored posts can help me achieve that). This will help me increase the overall traffic to my blog.

2.) More Focus on Link Building

Every blogger should focus on a manual link building strategy if they want to improve their search engine rankings and therefore organic traffic. Guest posting is an excellent and predictable way to generate quality backlinks on a monthly basis and this is a tactic that I will be utilizing much more in 2020. Although I am able to build backlinks with little effort at times just by creating quality content that other bloggers link to, it’s good to supplement this with manual guest posting as well (watch my YouTube video here on how to do this for yourself).

3.) Fine Tune my PPC Campaigns

As you know, most of what I talk about on my website here has to do with blogging, SEO, YouTube and organic traffic generation, but I also run a few PPC (Pay Per Click) campaigns using Google Adwords. Along with my blogging and SEO work, my PPC campaigns help me acquire more coaching/consulting clients and increase the overall exposure of my brand. With that being said, there is still room for improvement here and I have more to learn when it comes to PPC. I currently maintain a positive ROI, but want to focus on optimizing my campaigns even further for better results. This will be a big area of focus for me in 2020.

How was your November 2019?

That wraps up this month’s blogging report!

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How was your November 2019?

What are your plans moving into the new year?