Agreed — growth is definitely reassuring. And don’t get me wrong, I’m not advising anybody that they should disregard the growth-oriented mentality and stop analyzing their traffic stats. It’s very important to look at where your traffic is coming from, to analyze what is working and stuff. It’s just that I got obsessed with it and it got in the way of my enjoying the writing — so I am consciously not checking it often. I do plan on checking like once a month. But in the early game, it’s less about analysis and more about turning good content and building relationships, anyway. Whatever you do with your marketing tactic will have small impact, mainly because your reach is not wide yet.

Anyway, keep in touch — and let’s succeed together.

ari

Welcome to OBV, and thanks for your kind words! I’ve been really enjoying working on this blog. When I’m writing about something I believe in, I have so much fun that time flies. On the other hand, I’m consciously trying not to think too hard on the business end — that’s really fun, too, don’t get me wrong — but I tend to get ahead of myself, and then get frustrated that the progress in reality is not as fast as that in my imagination. But nothing is, really.

I am not sure if I’ll rise quickly. My topic of choice is universal (which is good) but not really something people search for, as my scope tends to be rather big. It’s easier to write about weight lifting or running or blogging and get traffic faster. I am trying to solve real problems of real people — which leads me to write about stuff like depression, relationships and pursuing a rewarding career. But I’m still writing my “pillar posts,” the ones that really lay groundwork and explain my world views. I’m hoping that as the traffic grows, I’ll get questions from my readers on their real world problems and see if I (and other readers) can tackle them using the principles I’m articulating.

Anyway, looking forward to growing our blogs together. Let me know if I can help you in any way.

ari

Thanks for your kind comment! I’m glad you like the digest version, too. I know I’m hopelessly long-winded…. and a lot of times, messages have more impact when it’s put in concise, succinct way. So I decided to deliver some of my posts with both ideals. On the long post, I just let it all spew out, and then I cut off all the fat and serve the lean version.
Thanks for reading.

ari

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