Taking Blog To The Next Level

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Hi Guys,

Around end of July I set up my first blog which covers tutorials for a specific synth.
It now get's around 500 visits a day and I have set up a FB group which has attracted 400 fans so far.
The mailing list attracts around 20 - 40 sign ups a day with a round a 48% open rate on any mail outs to the list.

I sell sounds for the synth which generates on average 30$ a day.

What I want to do is take it to the next level!
I'm really not sure what else I can do - I rank on page 1 for loads of terms, and most of my traffic is coming from Google.
Whenever I have a new post on the blog I post on around 20 forums related to the subject which gains me some nice spikes.

I wonder how I can supercharge the visit rate so I can start making more money from the page - I would like to double it... I know what I will get told is do twice as much of whatever you are doing I get this part... I think will set up a forum in the new year.

Has anyone any advice on what I can do to bulk the whole operation up?
#blog #level #taking
  • Profile picture of the author Andrey
    Double the traffic!
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  • Profile picture of the author mitashseo
    Think from your fans/subscribers/readers point of view about what they are expecting and offer/publish them even before they ask you. This kind of publication will definitely raise your readers interests to the next level.
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    • Profile picture of the author donhx
      Repeat your success with another site. Could be it be with a competing synth or related product, even synths themselves?

      The whole idea is to use the knowledge you have gained to repeat your success in a niche related to one where you are presently succeeding.
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      • Profile picture of the author jeskola
        Originally Posted by donhx View Post

        Repeat your success with another site. Could be it be with a competing synth or related product, even synths themselves?

        The whole idea is to use the knowledge you have gained to repeat your success in a niche related to one where you are presently succeeding.
        This is interesting!

        There is a specific genre of music that posts about and sounds on the site gain most of the traffic. So ultimately i would want to create a spin off 0 a niche within a niche... using the synth to make that genre of music.
        The only problem is i know nothing about that genre of music!

        But that would be a gold mine in itself for sure!
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        Don't look to MAKE money - look to HELP people and you will make all the money you can ever want.

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  • Profile picture of the author techvic
    Impressive stats. Yes as ExlMax said, double your traffic. This can be done by working on your SEO, do some keyword research if you haven't already. Have you submitted your site to dmoz.org? In terms of existing traffic and signups have you split tested or otherwise optimized your optin? Try a lightbox optin. Experiement with different optin copy. If you are running Analytics on your blog you ought to be able to see where the bulk of your traffic is coming from and what they are searching for. Once you know this you can focus more attention on what works. It's the 80/20 rule.
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