How to Quadruple Your Blog Traffic in a Single Day

Bradley wanted to know.

Did it work?

Yup, Bradley, it worked. By writing a List Post, I quadrupled my blog traffic in a single day.

Okay, maybe it's not that simple. Maybe it's really because...

1. I included the Dalai Lama in that post.

2. These famous people were included: Melissa, ProBlogger, Shel Israel, Seth Godin, Brian Clark, Glynn Young, Maureen Doallas, Dan King, Katdish, Billy Coffey, and Marcus Goodyear.

3. I included a major Current Event: Super Saver Triumphs at Kentucky Derby.

4. Dan King, Master of All Things Twitter and Facebook, tweeted and Facebooked the post.

5. Not only did Dan King tweet the post, but these really cool people of obvious good taste did too: @dukeslee, @nathalie101, @salamicat, @doallas, @billycoffey, @SandraHeskaKing, @gyoung9751, and @katdish.

6. The headline was a bit unusual: 31 Days to Build a Better Blog: The Dalai Lama Effect.

7. The post is part of a group project. (Note, there are lots of great group writing project opportunities at HighCallingBlogs all the time. From poetry and photography celebrations to book clubs and holiday special projects.)

8. It was just meant to be. :)


All that said, Bradley, do you think Julia Cameron would be offended if I write everything in lists now? Because I'm thinking it is my ticket to Blog Big Time.


UPDATE (THANKS FOR REMINDING ME, BRADLEY)

I meant to say the same thing Bradley just said in the comments. One day of big traffic does not a difference make! Ah, but if we can convert those random visitors into followers, well. ;-) Anyway, Bradley, you must stop by Green Inventions on Friday, when I will reveal the subtle secret of how to accomplish this extremely important undercover task.


Goblets Multiplied Photo, by L.L. Barkat.

Julia Cameron Meets ProBlogger

Julia told me I should just write, even if I didn't feel like it.

I didn't feel like it.

She said I should write about something I was feeling emotional over. I can't say I felt emotional over ProBlogger. I didn't. But then, Julia was also saying that if we just write, we might warm up to our subject.

I warmed up.

First I set down the title "31 Days to Build a Better Blog." Because that's a project I am going to do.

Mostly.

If I feel like it.

But no, Julia says it has nothing to do with whether or not I feel like it. I can just write.

So I wrote my first of thirty-one 31-Day posts to show Julia I could follow directions. Maybe because Julia was writing about her horses in that chapter, I got on a Bambi theme myself. Okay, Bambi is not a horse. But he IS a cartoon mammal, and that seems somewhat related.

Anyhow, Julia Cameron met ProBlogger and together they inspired this baby button (and, if Bambi is compliant, 31 days of posts to better blogging)...

<a href="http://greeninventionscentral.blogspot.com"><img width="130" alt="31 Days to Better Blogging" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3613/4568523904_86defc4913_m.jpg" /></a>

RELATED:
ProBlogger's Day 1: Write an Elevator Pitch for Your Blog
Paul's 31 Days to Build a Better Blog project (begins Monday, May 3... or, if you're like me... Saturday, May 1 :)
LL's 31 Days to Build a Better Blog: Bambi in the Database
HighCallingBlogs Invite the Muse to Tea
Glynn's The Poetry that Surrounds Us
Nancy's Mood Altering
nAncY's thoughts and dreams
Monica's The Sincerity of Pretense
Lyla's Getting My Foot in the Iron Door
Cassandra's Word Play
Melo's Day Two on Day One
Marilyn's Chasing Down Blind Alleys

Deer on Safari, photo by John B. Used with permission.