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Great work Glen,
All of these are excellent tips that definitely go beyond the basics. I think we’re going to see a much larger push for getting started pages in the coming months.
A few months ago I made a getting started page on one of my blogs and it increased the engagement exponentially. On the page, I have a great list of items related to the hobby based on different price points (I used Quantcast to find out the demographics and average income) so this takes care of the 3 types of people visiting the site. I follow this up with an affiliate offer for quickly getting started (which converts quite well) and then some of the essential posts on the blogs.
I’ve also been tweaking a few things such as adding a helpful imagine in the sidebar for new comers to visit the getting started page. Also added additional information to the confirmation page for the email opt-in (including an affiliate link to product previously mentioned).
The issue, with blogging as I see it, is that it’s hard to find out where to start when you first land on a blog. The top posts certainly help but it doesn’t paint the full picture. Having ‘resource’ style pages that list the series and best of posts is a much better form than just having a resource page.
I plan to do major revisions for my blog Murlu and the PLR freelancing site I’ve created. Going for full on empire with this one. Spent the last 3 weeks working on a strategy for the sites so the remainder of this year is going to be quite busy and exciting.
Hope everyone else is aiming to go large. Remember, you could have a blog or you could build an asset. Go with the later.
I’m a little ashamed to admit that it took me far too long to implement what I knew from the affiliate marketing world in terms of conversions and making $ and apply it to blogs. Since I’ve been putting more and more focus here I’m experimenting like crazy (with the Viral page, for example) and the new footer, and things are working out really well.
I have quite a few more ideas up my sleeve, but I’ll save that for a future post.
Thanks for sharing your own experiences Murray. It’s good to further see that this really is solid information that people need to use, because it works, rather than just hype you’re going to see regurgitated for a while – a commonality in this industry 😉
Appreciate the comment!
– Glen
Glad you didn’t retire after the last post Glen.
😉
BT
Nope, but I just might now…
That’s one of those awesome benefits of having a successful blog, Glen.
When you first start blogging all you can really do is experiment and try to learn as much as you can but since you have a small audience, when starting, it’s hard to truly gauge the impact of what you implement.
A high traffic blog, on the other hand, gives you a lot of feedback nearly instantly.
You can then take what you’ve learned and apply it to other projects, websites and business practices.
Successful blogging, in my opinion, is really about reading between the lines. I learn a hell of a lot more by trying to understand a bloggers reasoning behind what they do than what they write, more often than not.
Develop a system and you can apply it to literally anything online; that’s the power.
Good point. You should be writing more about this stuff.
Don’t be ashamed Glen. Shame should never take part on your road to success because every lesson you learn brings you much closer to living your dream.
@Murray,
What is the conversion rate of the affiliate offer you referred to? If this is a URL you’d share, I’m sure many besides myself would like to see it. Maybe some of us will buy 🙂
I definitely share your view on building an asset. This was a topic of a past post of mine. Its so easy to do “busy work” instead of “building work”. For me, I focus on the building in the morning when I’m the sharpest, and then as I become less productive, I shift to the other stuff.
@Glen,
Clearly you love to write, mate. I love your stuff, but would love it more if it was shorter!
Seriously though…you have terrific ideas and I’d love to have you on an upcoming episode of my podcast. Ping me if you are interested.
Thanks,
Trent
Hey Trent,
It’s a bit shockingly low, probably around 0.5% actually from the total traffic but I understand that the income plays a huge factor. Since many of the blogs’ visitors are generally 15 – 21 the offer of $67 is a bit high especially when the physical products they need to get started can run anywhere from $300 – $1000. They go for the products way over the Clickbank offer. However, the CTR on the email side is much higher (I need to check and figure up the stats). It’s doing well but the one problem with the niche is that there really aren’t many competitors in the market that have products on Clickbank so there’s not a lot of ways to maximize the back end.
The good thing is that Amazon Associates does really well which gets about a 1.5% conversion rate. It’s been puling in an avg. of $300 a month and seems to be climbing about $50 every month.
I’m constantly updating and tweaking things. Got a few new elements to add to the blog.
It really is unbelievable how much there is to know to be a successful blogger. I feel like more new bloggers just fail to plan and therefore wander around in the blogging nether regions until they burn out and quit.
It’s cool to see well thought out plan for where to go next.
Thanks Graham,
There’s a lot involved, but just take it all one step at a time. There’s no rush 🙂
So true, the idea is to take it slow like Glen said, you may find tons of information at your fingertips, but it doesn’t mean you have to digest it all at once.
Thanks a lot for the awesome post Glen!
You made a really great point about changing the ending paragraphs of your blog posts and I have a lot of blog posts getting a constant stream of visitors from Google everyday but the ending aren’t that okay – I really need to change those soon.
Concerning the feed footer plugins, I noticed that by adding a feed footer to your RSS feed people who are not subscribed to your blog but are just accessing the URL directly through a browser can see what you want only subscribers to see. What do you think about this?
I can also reason with your flagship categories tip and I have just included it in a list of my next blog redesign – I will be creating flagship pages like with Copyblogger and I will be focusing on increasing SEO traffic to it.
This content really rocks and you’re also a master at making people read your whole content, irrespective of the length!
Thanks so much and keep up the great work!
-Onibalusi
BTW I forgot to ask. In the Video was it Darkroom you’re using (I started using Darkroom based on your recommendation and its awesome how it works – I even used it to write one guest post for Problogger which was accepted instantly)?
I’m using Writeroom since I’m an Apple whore 😉
Hey Oni,
Thanks for the comment 🙂
You said:
“I noticed that by adding a feed footer to your RSS feed people who are not subscribed to your blog but are just accessing the URL directly through a browser can see what you want only subscribers to see. What do you think about this?”
Do you mean by accessing the feed URL? If so, that doesn’t concern me at all. I’m just linking back to my own website…
Yeah. I mean by accessing the feed URL. I give people some free bonuses if they subscribe via RSS but people who are yet to subscribe are still able to see it.
Oh, I’m not sure how to protect against that I’m afraid.
it seems like a bit of a long workaround though, so if people are willing to go that far for your products, they’re not going to disappear anytime soon.
That’s right Glen. I guess one just have to live by it.
Nice post Glen (as always).
I’m going to have a try at implementing a ‘getting started’ page on one of my sites to see how it helps.
Also it’s cool that you’ve started putting your word count in the title so we know how long it’s going to be before we get started 😉
Hah. My original title was “Blog Boosting: Taking Your Site to The Next Level” but I didn’t like it enough to click Publish. This was a last-minute alternative 😉
Not much to say about the content of this post. It’s just brilliant as usual.
The video of you typing the post is very original, lol. I actually watched it all! I liked the music… 😀
Thanks for another amazing post,
Cristina
Hah, somebody actually watched it?!
Thanks for stopping by, Cristina 🙂
Wow, Glen – Epic post, although we’ve come to expect no less from you 🙂
A lot of these things are on my to do list right now, but I know it’s going to be a long process to get them in place. The last thing I want to do is rush through and sloppily add a bunch of new elements without testing which ones give the biggest return on my particular site.
But then again, my blog is still young, so at this point, any changes I implement now that make it better in the long run will hopefully pay off in a year or two.
Keep the good stuff coming!
Hey Sarah
Good to see you back over here again!
Go with your gut, and then backtrack 😉
I will definitely be experimenting with these suggestions!
Thanks Glen,
Craig
You’re welcome Craig!
Thanks for the comment.
Posts like this are why I buy your products Glen. I get so much value from the content you give away, that I really want to pay you back. All of the extra content in the products are just icing on the cake!
Thanks for the hard work! You are helping a lot of people!
-Richard
Very kind comment Richard, thank you.
It’s good to see you back here 🙂
Even though my site is about my insights as a writer and record producer, and doesn’t have any focus on making money, your posts keep nudging me to monetize…
I’m tempted. Seriously, I’m tempted. Working with musicians isn’t as fun as it sounds. Maybe funny, but not always fun!
Haha, I like!
What is holding you back?
Not having products to sell, I suppose. Can anyone here see my site and help me figure out something suitable?
What is the one thing you can do all day where time just disappears…
First, thanks for the link my man! Much appreciated :-D.
And you’re right. In this niche people like to read all about the person behind the site, which is why I tend to follow this formula:
Section 1: A short introduction (less than 100 words) that explains what the site is all about, and what that means to the reader. In your case, I saw you used a video, and that’s better than 100 word introduction.
Section 2: Social proof that reassures the reader that you’re qualified to teach them what you promised to teach them. I personally use testimonials, but you can launch into an “about me” that bonds with the new visitor, while also reassuring them you’re the perfect person to teach them what they want to learn. In your case, you do the about me, and I dig it.
Section 3: More social proof, but in a different format. If you haven’t used testimonials yet, do that here. If you haven’t wrote the “about me” part, do that here.
When I was talking to Pat, I suggested that he add section 1 to his about page, because he started off the bat with section 2 (which works great obviously, but I suspect with some split testing, he’ll find the new version will work a bit better).
Also with regard to email sign up forms… I don’t think I communicated that well in Pat’s video. I don’t really mean people should overload their site with opt-in forms. That’s annoying.
I mean that you should structure your site in a way that has opt in forms in all the right places. Like here, for example, you have one right after the post concludes, and in your sidebar. Then you have your lead magnet pages that you link to throughout your site.
Unfortunately, most people only have forms in their sidebar and they leave it at that. They don’t have Start here pages, they don’t have lead magnet pages, they don’t have forms after the post concludes, and etc. They leave it at the sidebar, and that’s it.
Anyway, I better wrap this up, now that I wrote a book for a blog comment, heh. And again, thanks for the mention :-).
P.S. I’m totally jacking your idea for a what’s hot page. When I saw you launch that, I knew I was going to have to make one too, heh.
Hey man,
I really appreciate the comment and will reply in more detail, but I’m curious to see what you think of the following, while you’re here:
“Email 10 is actually the last email in my queue, and I haven’t followed up to it for at least two weeks. My thinking is that people still see the email in their inbox, with no follow-ups, and then unsubscribe. Any other theories on this are welcome in the comments below.”
Do you agree with my guess, or have any thoughts?
Basically I get a lot of unsubscribes on my final email…
Do you mention anywhere in your email sequence that it’s a 10-part email series? If so, people tend to unsubscribe after they receive the “final” email, which would explain your higher unsubscribes for email 10.
However, if you don’t mention it’s a 10 part series, I’d suspect that its the email itself. People don’t usually unsubscribe because you don’t email them enough. They unsubscribe when they feel you email them too much.
To test, I’d just move email 9 to the email 10 spot, and see what happens. Or, you can simply remove email 10 from the sequence, and see if the unsubscribes transfer to email 9.
Overall, I wouldn’t be too concerned just yet though. There are still very few unsubscribes, and while the number is larger than the other numbers, I don’t think you have a large enough sample to draw meaningful data… yet.
I had to take a 30 minute break to finish reading this beast of an article 😀
Do you have any tips for donation conversions?
Thanks!
Sadly I have only received one myself 😉
Well, I had to take ane hour to finish reading this article, but I thing this is valuable article that we should read to the end. Right?
If you want to 🙂
I’ve only ever received one (though to be fair the link has been live for just a few days) so I can’t really give you any tips on that 😉
Provide so much value that you make people feel obliged to pay you? How’s that for a direction…
Steve Pavlina tweeted in June how he’s received $5,000 in donations from his site for the year.
I agree with providing so much value that people feel obliged to pay.
Wham bam thank you, ma’am, my qeustonis are answered!
Hah it’s all in the guilt trip right? 😛
Glen, thank you for yet another awesome piece. It’s so amazing the depth, frequency and altruism of the posts you keep putting here. I feel quite lucky knowing people like you before starting out.
Thanks buddy, I appreciate that.
Congratulations on yet another fantastic and indepth post Glen! As per usual, I will be bookmarking this and coming back to it – there’s too much advice to take in one sitting!
Thanks Tom!
I’m glad you liked it.
Hey Glen,
I admire your ability about blogging, walk around on the ViperChill I noticed that from the beginning you wrote the quality articles, and have to say is super long.
For those not fluent in English like me, with the articles too long will make me easy depressed, and I’ll leave it. However, I must to say that your article is very attractive and valuable. It inspired me to read your article to the end because I feeling It is a perfect guide.
As you said: “Blogs take a long time to build, since they’re very much relationship focused, and just relying on RSS – like most bloggers do – sets you on a horrible path when it comes to converting readers into buyers.”. To make money online from the blogs is not easy work. I started blogging for 1 year ago but still not earn any money from my blog. I think I have the mistakes, and that is reason I relaunched my blog. To fix my mistake.
Now I read your article about blogging conversion and I think this is best guides that I need at the time. Just want to say thanks so much about your free tutorials, Glen.
Thanks.
Thanks Trung,
I appreciate the feedback especially since English isn’t your first language.
You’re very welcome. It’s good to have you here 🙂
You a millionaire yet Glen? 😉
Erm…no…
Not sure I get the joke / relevance, sorry.
Just commenting on your hard work and knowledge of marketing 😉
Thanks for the heads up on “widget context”, Glen! I’ve been looking for something like this ever since Derek analyzed Pat’s and Corbett’s sites.
I love the Viral page and it just begs to be clicked when you see it in the nav!
I’m curious how you’re going to approach split-testing your autoresponder series. Will you be playing with the delay first and then content?
Thank you for all the hard work you put into this post Glen, I (we) really appreciate it! 🙂
Good Vibes~
Vic
Sweet. Glad you’ve sorted it.
If I do play with the delay, all I will do is actually send out emails sooner, but I have no plans to do that just yet.
BTW, come on buddy. You know better than to put your name as ‘internet marketing’ by now 😉
Just wanted to add that you can use custom fields to help pick which sidebar you want to use for whatever page/post.. saves adding another plugin
Thanks for the heads up!
Hi Glen,
Great post – stacked with great information – I love tracking email unsubscribes – tells me a lot about the quality of subscribers and the quality of my emails 😉
Congratulations on the massica traffic growth and your continuing success – you deserve it.
All the best
Cathy
Thanks Cathy, I appreciate the kind words.
Glen
The information and ideas in your post are terrific for someone like me who is just starting out on blogging and I offer you my sincere thanks. I have printed out this post for my files but wonder if there’s a chance of a printer friendly button in the future?
Hi Joe
I used to have one here but literally nobody seemed to click it.
If there are more requests I’ll definitely add it back. Thank you for the kind words!
Great info as per usual.
I’m going to digg into that shortcode thing you were talking about.
That can be a huge timesaver!
Thanks mate!
Agreed.
Thanks for the comment buddy 🙂
Thanks Glen, you’ve inspired me to get my finger out and give my blog some more attention!
How long are you coming back to Newcastle for then? Are you going to any events when you’re here?
Not certain at the moment. it could be a month…it could be two weeks.
Thanks for the comment!
Hey Glen
You just keep giving!!! Awesome post and even at 5867 words, a pleasure to read.
My ‘beginner’ page on my cheese making website is by and far the most popular page so I totally agree with your advice on implementing a Start Here page.
You’ve reminded me again that I have to get on with creating my lead magnet but with only 3 months of blogging seriously, there has been plenty to do!!
And your posts like this one keep on giving me more to try!
Anyway, thanks for all the great content and I look forward to your next post.
Thanks Rachael,
And congrats on making it to three months. Don’t worry, these are the hardest stages 🙂
Hey Glenn,
Have you thought about *not showing* the optin box to those already subscribed?
I mean, is not that difficult and you can take advantage of that prime real state …
Cheers,
JP
It isn’t?
Tell me more…
Thank you Glen. Wow – info overload but really valuable content. You are one of just a few internet marketers I follow (including Pat!) and you never dissapoint.
I have already made a few changes to my site which will be going live next month after reading your post, mainly – removing the opt in box on my About Page (was too pushy), Making my “popular posts” blue font like yours with a black text one liners. Other tips such as book cover images, adding testimonials, changing last paragraphs of posts – so many things I can and will implement. I will definatley be bookmarking this post and going back to it.
Thanks and please keep these great posts coming.
Emma
Thanks Emma,
That’s the kind of feedback I keep writing for. It’s appreciated!
I like your blog and have been following for a while but considering the vast majority of readers subscribe and read blogs via their mobile device and/or via a service like Google Reader, all of these design elements are not really that important, especially if what you’re offering is information, advice and not an actual product. The only time I actually get on an actual blogger’s site is to comment, like I’m doing now. Otherwise, it’s all on my mobile device or through Google reader, where I might add, it’s not easy to comment from which is why it’s hard to GET blog comments in the first place.
Hey Farrell,
Judging by my blog’s stats…plenty of people still come to the blog to consume the content, so I think Glen’s suggestions are still very worthwhile. I have already implemented a few of them.
Trent
Great Post as usual GLEN……thanks for sharing.
You’re welcome.
Thanks for the comment!
Congratulations Glen for this in-depth and wonderful post. I must say that you have achieved tremendous level of in-depth expertise in understanding blog elements.
Learnt a lot from you. More to come.
Keep rocking 🙂
Those are some great tips, a lot that I am not currently using and your site looks great. Very clean. That is the biggest problem with mine right now. I really need to get someone in there that knows code really well to do some specific ideas I have in mind. I will start with your suggestions. Thanks!
Glen.. AWESOME post, these last two have been pure gold. Thanks so much for sharing.
You told me on my last comment you are going to be in Newcastle this month… I’ve been an avid VC fan for about a year now and would LOVE the chance to hook up briefly and get some IM advice. Would buy you a beer!!! Give me a shout if you fancy being a legend.. mishreki@gmail.com
Would be massively appreciated as I would love to pick your brain..
Thanks man
James
Another amazing post Glen, you just keep pushing the bar up 🙂
Thanks Chris,
Really glad you enjoyed the post!
Hello! Glen i was searching the net all around and now just visited your blog .Awesome your blog design and yes one thing your Post size!!!!!Its too long, however just read the whole informarive and 10 on 10 .
Thanx
Hey buddy where I can ask query related to viperbar?I installed it but cant modify it,I am usng the latest wordpress version cant save the things moreover save button doesnt work in it for me
http://www.viperchill.com/vip/ 🙂
If there is one blog that I suggest my readers go to, this is probably in my top 3, and I’m not saying this to be nice. Overall, one of the best and I’m not just saying that.
Wow. Awesome post. I like how detailed the information was. I really liked your section on using the power of old posts. It gave me a few ideas that I am going to incorporate into my new website.
I always enjoy your long detailed posts and this one is one of the best you’ve written so far for sure.
i would like to see a post about efficient landing pages from you though
I’ve just gone through a total site redesign and picked that as the time to add in the viral link at the top of my page. Out of 1000+ views per day, I’m averaging 4 clicks on that link each day. I’m wondering if I should change the link name or if it’s the nature of my audience.
How many links do you have on the page?
Hey there Glen, I had been following your blog for quite sometime. I love the way you writer your blogs. It’s impressive and gives me a boost to work more harder. Other than that, I love the ideas that you share throughout the blog. Looking forward to more and more of your blog posting.
Cheers
NgPillai
The idea of multiple sidebars is really interesting – you could tailor it to the type of post you are writing. I tend to have everything in my one sidebar which can get way too long and cumbersome, so this is food for thought!
Hi!! glen, my name is Alex and i came across your blog a few days ago, and i have really enjoyed reading all your post since I am barely new to the blogging world, that’s is why i want to ask you for your permission to let me use your entries images in my website. I already used some of them (just to see they look in my site 🙂
If you do not want me to use them please let me know and i will immediately remove them. just wondering…did you create them or did you downloaded them from another site?
omg glen you are too good i love this post i will implimant all what you share here bro thanks a lot
Blimey – what a cracking post, makes me think I’ve got a lot to adopt with my blog! Really good read and thanks for sharing!
Hi glen. I’m from Indonesia. I can understand your post 80 %. I am really interested your post. I’m new blogger. I just created blog with blogspot flatform. now I do research what content my blog. the problem like me is I’m not fluent English. all websites almost use English. I have to write in English if I want to follow these programs (PPC, adsense, and afiliate marketing). I know It’s so hard for the people who dont know english very well. hehehhee.
if you use wordpress i think you can translate it to any language pretty much, or search for themes that are already translated in your language
Hey, i have one little question, which programm do you use to make, pictures like
http://i.imgur.com/Rzfht.jpg
or
http://i.imgur.com/8itH2.jpg
Photoshop for Mac OSX 🙂
There are lots of scripts for Photoshop that you can get for pretty cheap for e-Book covers, just check GraphicRiver (owned by Envato).
Great content here Glenn, as usual. Just one thing.
Your logo’s been bugging me for months. The “VC” part is cool but the shadow disappears to the left, where it’s abruptly cut off. Get your designer to fix that?
I still can’t believe you’re younger than me… what a guy – great tips, as ever Glen!
Just wanted to add that you can use custom fields to help pick which sidebar you want to use for whatever page/post.. saves adding another plugin
Hahaahha. I’m not too bright today. Great post!
Hi Glen..
I really love to read your blog, you share so much nice info here.. 🙂
This post is very nice, and i love to read it..
Keep up the good work Glen 🙂
Awesome Job man
what is that program or BIOS .
where were you typing your post
no distractions
i want that too
Great post!
All those tips are just great Glen. I had not come to your blog in a while because I’m so busy, but I am coming back and enjoying your super long great post.
Hey Sylviane
Good to see you back here. You’re forgiven 😉
This is the first post I’ve read on your site, but am planning on working my way through it all. Discovered your site after reading the article in the Guardian on 03.09.11 – looking forward to seeing how your tips help Andrea (and, therefore, help me!)
Cheers
John
Hello Glen! It is a very long but yes informative post.Glen I want to ask you one question as you listed Interlinking in this post,so can we use gadgets like Dhiti to interlink.One more ques. where can i fing viperbar as seen on many blogs???
Thanks for the post…Waiting for reply………
Thanks Glen, I have applied the above tips to our copy writing in our blog posts and already seen a noticeable improvement. Read your write up in the guardian and have been following your posts since. Ive requested all my content team to bookmark your blog. Thanks again Glen. Mark
“Thank you Glen. Wow – info overload but really valuable content. You are one of just a few internet marketers I follow (including Pat!) and you never dissapoint.”
Absolutely agree.
M
Wow! Hell of a post!
Some fantastic stuff in there, thanks! Might I suggest an iPad friendly eBook? Would have made reading it on the commute easier!
Great post, did you are launch the Viper Bar for Word press mate? I thin you were testing it last time I messaged you.
Amazing stuff here Glen. With all this great content I am shocked you don’t want to do any affiliate marketing on VC, but that’s what makes you the most genuine guy out there. This information will help me in so many ways.
I’ve seen pay with a tweet before, and it blew my mind when you didn’t like it and you created your own and are giving it away for FREE on top of that. Unbelievable dude. keep it up
I actually really like the “getting started” or “new?” page idea. Initially I thought it wouldn’t work on some of my financial sites but after thinking about it it could work quite well. We already get a pretty good page impression and low bounce rate but I am sure there must be some who arrive at the site and think “this is all a bit much, can’t be bothered”. But I think page design would be key. You don’t want the ones who have landed on what they are looking for to get distracted and leave the site without a sale or in my case a click through.
This is a fantastic usability guide! If I may suggest an addition, this would be to carefully monitor user behavior in each page (navigation paths, entrances etc.) in order to be able to decide what to promote as cross link elements in each template or page of your blog!
Hey glen really a great post,
first i thought it’s too long but after started reading i enjoyed a lot and learned so many points here.
This information helps me a lot, once again thanks for the great stuff i liked it.