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Want to Be My Case Study?

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Blog posts and videos about my failures and successes tend to go over very well on this blog.  They make great lessons and inspire.

But enough about me and my stories for the moment.  I’d like to feature someone else for a change.

I want to give you the opportunity to become a case study and I will feature your story here on this blog.  I will create a screen recording video that shows your site while I narrate your story.

The video will also be uploaded to my YouTube channel that has over 30,000 subscribers.

Of course, I cannot feature everyone who submits an entry, and I will be pretty selective about which sites I chose.  The point is to teach others so I’m looking for people who are having measurable success and don’t mind pointing out specific techniques that don’t work and ones that are currently working now.

Requirements and Questions

The only requirement is that your Alexa rank has to be at least 600,000 or less.  I realize Alexa is not the best tool for measuring a site’s traffic or success, but it still gives you a general idea about a site’s popularity.

If you are interested in being featured here, all you have to do is email me answers to the following questions.  Please use Case Study as the subject.

1)  What is your site/domain?

2)  How many page views does your site receive per month?

3)  How long did it take you to reach that traffic level?

4)  List and explain at least three techniques you used when you first launched your site that you no longer use because you found them to be ineffective.

5)  List and explain at least three of your most effective traffic building techniques.

6)  How did you come up with the topic of your website?

7)  What specific advice would you give someone who is struggling to build traffic and make money?

It’s All in the Details!

If you’d like to provide more information such as your income and more specifics about your successes and failures, that will increase your chances of getting featured.

The more detailed you are, the better.  For example, if one of your answers to question #5 is “I use video”, please explain your answer thoroughly by detailing how you use video on your site and the results achieved.

I’m looking for fresh, unique answers.  Everyone knows basic marketing techniques like SEO and social networking help bring traffic.  But if you ran a contest that helped boost site activity, or you’ve created a game or applet that has lowered your bounce rate, these are the kinds of examples I’m looking for.

Please provide specific examples and illustrate what is working for you.

Remember, I will be checking the Alexa rank of every site submitted and if your site doesn’t meet the requirement, it will not be considered.  You also must answer all the above questions.

I realize some of you may not want to give away such information because of competition, and that’s understandable. However, I know some will feel it’s worth it for the added exposure on this blog and YouTube.  So I look forward to seeing the entries!

Comments

  1. Hmm it seems like your site ate my first comment (it was super long)
    so I guess I’ll just sum it up what I had written and say, I’m thoroughly enjoying your blog.
    I too am an aspiring blog writer but I’m still new to everything. Do you have any recommendations for beginner blog writers? I’d definitely appreciate it.

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    • I would recommend you go with your passion. What are you interested in? What topics do you like talking about? Choose a topic that will allow you to solve a problem for your niche or help people in some way.

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      • Ah, shame. More work to do I suppose! Alexa can be tough for tech savvy/gaming niches.

        I was able to bring in nearly 3,000,000 pageviews in the first year of my site (not counting the forums), and had it referenced on SportsCenter’s blog, Kotaku multiple times, GamePro magazine’s website, and even had it tweeted about by a few NFL stars (Chris Johnson most notably). We’re in talks right now to become a content partner with a major business in our niche and have become a premier authority to fans.

        I think it’s a great example of filling a need in a highly focused niche, and we now basically dominate Google for our subject and I’m expecting exposure to double if not triple this year. I think it’s a great rags-to-riches story of how opportunity and original content is king, with a few unique strategies along the way.

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  4. I’m a first time blogger and I’m not really tech savvy so please HELP me:) Would someone please review my site & offer pointers on how to improve it or changes I should make? I know Lisa is too busy to review everybody”s website so I’m here asking for help. Please help a grandmother out! I’m trying. Thanks so very much, Lisa. This website got me started and there is some really good info in this blog as well.

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  5. This is a really old request, but maybe it’s still valid?

    I’ve been trying to follow SBI!’s proven path to success and have been watching my Alexa change daily. Today it’s at 241,429 and I just started building in June 2010 (almost three months ago!). I started out around 4,000,000.

    I’m not sure if you want such a young site, but I’ll send you my answers just in case you do!

    (I reposted this to correct the website address)

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  9. You are a trend setter Lisa. You have your own unique style of promoting your site and opportunities.
    I can’t wait to see the results of the case study.

    Peter

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