Blogging Traffic Report | February

Happy Monday!

I’ve decided that I’m going to be starting something new, and share the traffic that my blog receives. I’m pretty nervous because I feel like my traffic is low and not really anything special, but I also want to share the things that I’ve done throughout the month to get the traffic that I’ve got.

So, first I want to share my reason behind doing so. I feel like I always see “bigger” bloggers share their blog traffic reports and they have such a high number of views and I start to feel discouraged and I’m sure others do as well. That’s why I wanted to share my numbers, to show that no matter the traffic, it is important!

So, first I wanted to share my Google Analytics dashboard from February. I had 1,513 pageviews and 810 users visit The Arizona Prepster last month! My bounce rate was just over 76.10%, and I’ve heard the good area for that is around 60% so mine is a bit high.

One thing that I did find interesting was that out of all 954 sessions, over 79% of them were new visitors to the site! I’ve recently had a high-70’s percentage of new sessions/visitors which is pretty awesome!

So this past month I’ve been trying to share my older blog posts more on social media and keeping things constantly moving. On Pinterest, I started using Board Booster and began looping a couple of my boards! Since, I have seen a growth in followers on Pinterest, which is great! However, I think I need to wipe out my blog board and start over with the new graphics. I know that’s going to be a big task but I think it needs to be done. I also try to schedule tweets to go out to certain group boards, I need to get better with that.

With Twitter, I try to schedule blog posts with Tweetdeck and then I also use Buffer. I use Tweetdeck when I want something to go out at a certain time, and I use Buffer for everything else, basically. I highly suggest using Buffer to schedule tweets/posts/links; it is so helpful and you can set as many times on the schedule as you want!

In February, I gained 99 new Twitter followers and Pinterest I gained about 15 or so new followers. {their analystics doesn’t tell me} These are the two platforms I’ve been focusing on. I’m trying to take it one platform {or two} at a time. Hopefully, I can see even better results this month! I can’t wait to share them with you!

Do you find these posts helpful? Should I keep doing them? Let me know!