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Re: Blog Tours - 3 Things That Worked

Marcus — Wed, 23 May 2007 17:27:26 -0000

No worries, Craver. That's a good reminder to me to head over to your blog. I've missed you, buddy!

Re: Blog Tours - 3 Things That Worked

Craver-VII — Wed, 23 May 2007 15:33:48 -0000

Hey Mark, sorry that I haven't left comments here lately. I just want to let you know that I'm still lurking.

Re: Blog Tours - 3 Things That Worked

L.L. Barkat — Wed, 23 May 2007 12:33:42 -0000

On another note, you're in the spotlight over on ...

http://www.ivpress.com/blogs/behindthebooks/

Cool. And thanks to you and Max for the advice. Now the world can have it too.

Re: Blog Tours - 3 Things That Worked

Marcus — Wed, 23 May 2007 12:31:36 -0000

The traffic spike almost always come a day later for blogs that aren't A-list. (And I'm thinking of someone like Problogger as A-list, with 24,000 feedblitz subscribers.)

The most exciting thing about blogs is their permanence. People will continue to follow good links on a blog weeks and months later.

My hunch is that short focused posts provide more immediate traffic. And longer, more thoughtful posts can send a steady stream of traffic over time--if the blog is organized in such a way that people can easily browse archives.

Re: Blog Tours - 3 Things That Worked

Karen — Wed, 23 May 2007 11:28:52 -0000

Probably the Tuesday links sending Wednesday traffic is due to schedules and CSS refresh rate. I click on my favorite blogs at least once a day (and your blog is in that number now, Marcus, both useful and interesting!), but scan my CSS blog list 1-2 times a day for the rest. It seems that the CSS refresher that google uses catches up a half-day late. So... unless I visit just in case you posted, I will most likely see your post the next day, depending on my schedule.

I know many people who scan blogs once a day at a specific time. If the blogger happens to post later, the blog won't be read till the next day.

Re: Blog Tours - 3 Things That Worked

L.L. Barkat — Wed, 23 May 2007 10:54:17 -0000

I'm curious about the Tuesday links sending Wednesday traffic. Does this mean people went back to the referring blog and said, "Oh, yeah, I forgot to check out that link. Okay, okay, I'll do it."?