Blogging Report (March 2020) – Organic Traffic Increases of 43.04% Year-Over-Year

Welcome to another blogging report, this time for March 2020!

I’m writing this in April, reflecting on my March metrics and it’s interesting to see where things are at due to everything that’s been going on lately with COVID-19.

Many businesses have been hit really hard by this pandemic and especially certain brick and mortar stores around the country.

On the other hand, some businesses are actually thriving during these uncertain times.

For me, March 2020 has been my best month to date in terms of revenue and April so far is looking like it will easily surpass March.

I’m not saying this to brag, but more to demonstrate the power of running an online business that is not constricted to a physical location (or constricted to selling physical products).

This is exactly why I’m such an advocate of people starting a blog or a YouTube channel, because there is so much potential/scalability and very little downside.

At the very worst, even if you were to fail (only happens if you quit), you will have more knowledge compared to when you started and a broader set of skills under your belt.

To me, seeing my business expand rather than deteriorate during COVID-19 was a real eye opener and gets me even more motivated to help people acheive the same.

With that being said, let’s jump into March 2020’s traffic numbers.

Organic Traffic (March 2020)- 339 Visits

Organic traffic for March 2020 came in at 339 visits.

This is actually my second highest month all-time in terms of organic traffic and it also correlates with certain keyword ranking increases I’m seeing as well.

Year-Over-Year Organic Traffic Increases (March 2020 vs. March 2019)

When comparing year-over-year, my organic traffic is up 43.04% (339 visits vs. 237 visits).

Comparing organic traffic data year-over-year is an excellent way to gauge if your blog is growing (and by how much).

Increasing my organic visits by 43.04% is definitely something I’m satisfied with as this is an extra 102 set of eyeballs on my website, content, services and products.

Since this traffic is coming in from the search engines (Google, Bing and Yahoo) it is highly targeted based on what people are searching for to find my website.

Always strive to craft quality content geared towards helping people solve a problem in your niche.

This is a sure fire way to earn a part-time or even full-time living from home, granted you have the right systems in place.

See below for two screenshots that demonstrate my year-over-year growth in organic traffic (from different angles).

Mar. 2020 versus Mar. 2019 (Longer-term chart)

Mar. 2020 (blue) versus Mar. 2019 (orange) (plotted daily)

Next Steps & Blogging Goals

To keep my momentum going, I will continue to implement my normal work of publishing consistent content/optimizing my posts, but I will also be focusing on the tasks laid out below.

1.) Publication of 2 Guest Post Articles on High DA Websites

Finally, I’ve gotten back into a consistent groove of building quality backlinks to my website through guest posting. There has been a define correlation in traffic and keyword ranking increases and consistent guest posting on other authoritative websites. This week I submitted two guest post articles to be published on sites that had a domain authority over 40. This should really help my overall SEO in the coming months once these are published. To learn more about building quality backlinks via guest posting, make sure to check out my video here.

2.) Research/Look Into Hiring a Virtual Assistant

As my income has grown with my online business and the busier I’ve gotten working on different tasks and with different clients, I am considering hiring a virtual assistant to help manage my workload. Certain tasks that are not as important but still necessary to complete, I am ready to delegate to a virtual assistant. This way I can focus on the most important tasks to increase my bottom line and grow my business. I’ve looked into a few services that provide VA’s looking for work, but I still need to do additional research. I have no problem outsourcing certain tasks if it frees up my time and provides me with additional space in my schedule.

3.) Plan/Start Building Out My Membership Website

This has been quietly in the works for a couple of months now. As my coaching/consulting clients have grown, I wanted to create a membership website for anyone I am not able to work with. This is a win-win as not only will this increase my income/free up my time but it will also help me serve a much bigger audience. I will be creating super high-quality video content within this membership website and offer a couple of different price points so the majority of people are able to join. I suspect this membership website will take around 8-12 months to build out completely, but I am looking forward to getting it going. I will most likely be using Memberpress to create this website.

How was your March 2020?

That pretty much wraps it up for this month’s blogging report!

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How was your March 2020?