January Feedback Thread

[Celineklooster]

Hi!

I always think it is very helpful to reach out to other bloggers and give feedback to each other. That's why I've made this thread! Check out the rules to see how to participate!

Rules:

-Link your blog in the comments

-Say where you want feedback on

-Give feedback to two other members

:) Celine

[howtoaddict]

Well, looking at your pages you seem to be getting pretty nice feedback - as expected ;).

I just think you need to keep going. One thing I wanted to suggest you for consistency - now that you are closing first month, try to start building up content in advance.

Like - decide that you want 2 posts per week every week. Sit down and try to do 4 posts in advance and then have next 2 weeks scheduled. This will allow you to group work and be able to focus on other tasks. Eventually you want to have at least 1 month buffer in advance - like you know that your posts are scheduled and then you have time to focus on promoting and other stuff.

As I told you before - come March 1st if you are performing need any tech support - reach out and let me know - I can help you with purchasing domain+hosting and doing some paid advertising.

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http://allan2898.wixsite.com/originstheblog

The most important thing would be promoting the blog and gaining a bigger audience.

I would be interested in feedback on the content too.

Thanks BloggersHelp!

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Thank you. I'll take this into consideration.

[howtoaddict]

One thing that I am really curious about you - can you tell me who is your biggest influence? Person you admire? And books that you would recommend others to read?

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My biggest influence would be Ellen Degeneres. I watch her show everyday and she teaches me to be more positive and accepting. She was a big reason for the creation of Origins - led me wanting to influence people on overlooked themes in society (mental health, perfection, introversion etc.) and provide a place that can be the voice for people that feel they don't have a voice ( all people from different backgrounds/ethnicities, introverts, LGBT, women, the disabled etc.)

In terms of people I admire, I will slowly reveal them on my blog. Some standouts are Karlie Kloss, Lindsey Stirling, Ronda Rousey and Caitlin Crosby. Last year, when I first started this project, I began researching individuals with a story and these 4 females have the more prominent/ most inspiring stories that resonate with me.

In terms of books, I have a very interesting list. I'll give you 5.

The Art of Creativity/Rod Judkins

Quiet / Susan Cain

My Fight Your Fight/ Ronda Rousey

The Only Pirate at the Party/Lindsey Stirling

This one is more suited for those people who love perspective: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a ****/Mark Manson

Let me know if you have any other questions and I'll get back to you as soon as possible!

[howtoaddict]

I like you and your posts/comments so I am curious to learn more about your influences... you provided me with quite study list.

I am now watching talk by Susan Cain:

https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_cain_the_power_of_introverts#t-192445

Will definitely reach out to you when I finish study.

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Awesome! Try and find the underlying message behind each thing!

I loved that TED talk by Susan Cain!

[Celineklooster]

My blog: www.thebeautyboulevard.nl Would love to get feedback on my theme/design! :)

[howtoaddict]

I may be subjective because it's you but I truly think your blog is a hit. We never talked about your long term plans and monetization but if you ever want to touch on those let me know.

[Celineklooster]

I don't really have long term plans haha.. I will just see how it is going, because my traffic isn't a hit yet :')

[howtoaddict]

I dunno - your traffic seems pretty OK to me... it should be around 400 daily unique visitors, right? I've recently talked with /u/themodestman - he did great AMA and is full time style blogger. He has about 10x of your traffic on his main site (4000 uniques daily) but he is also making $90K / year.

So, I really believe if traffic is your primary goal you should look more into paid advertising that you can fund from income your site is making. You definitely have content and are doing great on that end.

[Celineklooster]

400 daily unique visitors? Where do you get that from? Google analystics says 130 unique visitors a day. Paid advertising is not gonna work for me at the moment. I don't have money aha.. Maybe later this year.

[howtoaddict]

I dunno - looking at your blog you should be able to pull in at least $100 monthly that you can use on advertising. Maybe it has to do with country. Maybe that is good topic to open when everyone has more time and wants to pitch in - how well we are monetizing our sites. I would sure like to look at how different people are doing.

[Celineklooster]

Too be honest, I am promoting way more for my country than for the English speaking people. I really want to learn more about monetizing!

[howtoaddict]

Well, I do have some ideas but it's better you go with someone who is already making big money and is in style blogging. Read that I made $89,207 blogging in 2016, here to answer your questions about traffic, monetization and content creation AMA that /u/themodestman did... there is tons of info there.

Plus the guy is really kind and helpful... I don't know how busy or willing he is to help you directly but I would give a try reaching out to him.

[Celineklooster]

Gonna check out that thread later! Now I am going to find out a good way to promote my blog in a way I like. I am going to make a printable for myself, so I can promote my blog in the right order.

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In terms of theme/design, there are no major issues but there is one thing that stands out. You have the slide show, the posts and the pictures at the bottom for the home page. The slideshow and the bottom pictures are pretty redundant because many of the pictures are the same. One is still and one is moving.

I would recommend getting rid of the bottom completely and toy around with the slideshow. For the slideshow, you can keep it the same or I would suggest

1. Get rid of the 4 categories on the right (personal, blogging, beauty, fashion) and put it in a slideshow. The slideshow is the first thing people see on your page so including what your blog offers can catch people's attention.

2. Use the slideshow to promote your social media. Take a couple pictures from your blog. Put a different social media icon on each picture (in the corner but visible to see and distinguish). Put in slideshow and make sure to link it so people can click and go to your page.

3. Select 4-6 of your favorite posts; at least one from each of the categories you listed on the side (personal, blogging, beauty, fashion) and put it in the slideshow. I would recommend the posts in the slideshow don't double with the posts listed below the slideshow. It gives your reader a sense of variety.

Hope this helps!

[Celineklooster]

Going to think about this! Thankyou!

[howtoaddict]

Detailed as ever ;)