What’s so super about this upcoming game? The Patriots are undefeated and, frankly, I would be astonished if it was much of a game. I’m trying to think of a way to tie in the perfection bid by the Patriots to blogging, but I’m coming up blank. I suppose it could represent each of our desires to do something truly spectacular, write a perfect post that gets stumbled, dugg, sphunn, etc — the ultimate traffic spike.This week has not been as eventful as the previous week. I did accomplish a few things with my other online endeavors.
- I was linked to from the JohnCow.com site via Joe Tech’s guest post.
- Jeff from BuzzmyBlog.com belted out one heck of a guest post in my absence.
- I am part of the blog consortium giving each of you a chance to win a $100 this month.
- I joined a new traffic generating site this week and will have details on the results in a post soon.
Traffic Review
This past week I have found my visitors have maintained at an average of 135 unique hits a day. The site receives a lot of direct traffic, which means many of you remember the name Jason Boom dot com. After only three weeks, I think that’s excellent. I’m excited to see how well things go within six months time or even a year from now.
I have been using Google Analytics exclusively, while continuing to monitor my FeedBurner account for new subscribers. I’m happy to report that my RSS subscriber numbers, while maintaining a steady minor increase, has increased to forty-one as of today.
If any of my readers have comments for me, I encourage you to write me via the contact form or by leaving a comment in this post. I’m accessible to you all.
We Have Winners!
I hope, inside, all of you feel like winners. Because there will only be three in this week’s contest. Just like last week, I entered everyone’s entries into an excel spreadsheet then drew random numbers from random.org. There are three separate prizes and three separate winners.
30 day Blog link on the sidebar goes to…
Awyren from http://www.wayfarerwings.com/
30 day 125×125 ad goes to…
Syed from http://gamingx.x10hosting.com/blog
Powder Keg Review goes to…
Mr. Javo from http://www.mrjavo.com
Quick Note
I’ll be stopping the weekly contests for the time being, but everyone can join in on the $100 contest this month. I’ll see about starting it back up in March. Stay tuned for that.
Upcoming Explosions
The biggest thing coming will be about 100 items to motivate you to get out there blogging, networking, and doing the grunt work of being a blogger. This post of passion has taken a while to create so please keep an eye out for that. I also have a Powder Keg Review coming this week, and some more networking to do. I’d be interested in hearing what you all think of my posts. What do you like? What would like to see more of and less of on this site?
February Goals
This month will be the first full month of Jason Boom dot com. I started on January 12th and have had so much success exploding on the internet so far. I’d like to thank each of you for giving me a chance to blow the bunker with content on marketing, writing, and general blogging tips.
I love this. I live for this.
- Receive 200+ unique visits a day.
- Increase my page views and time spent on site. I want a sticky site.
- Network with other bloggers.
- Join in discussions on the Bloggeries.com forum more often.
- Guest post at least once.
- Comment often on other blogs in my niche.
- Raise exposure through Entrecard.
That about does it. I’m not going for perfection like the Patriots. However, I do believe this blog stands a damn good chance of succeeding throughout this year. I’m dedicated to it. Stick around for the explosion through February. Oh, and don’t forget to try your hand at winning $100. That’s free money.
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I found your site on technorati and read a few of your other posts. Keep up the good work. I just added your RSS feed to my Google News Reader. Looking forward to reading more from you.
Chris Tackett
Hey, I won. Thanks Jason. Anyway how do I claim my prize?
Hi Syed, you did win! Congrats. I’ll put your ad up tomorrow morning. I’ll just use the one off Entrecard unless you want another one up.
No problem ,you can use that one. And not to mention you’ve won a 150*150 ad on my blog too. Congrats. You can send the ad to be placed to me.
That’s great. You can use mine from Entrecard as well. Talk to you later.
Great job in January, Jason! Nice goals for Feb. Keep up the quality work!
thanks, Andrew! I will. I’m looking forward to a prosperous 2008.
Great I’m a winner! I have won two contests on this week
! Thank you for hosting this kind of contest, keep going up.
Wow! I won! How unexpected!! I’m thrilled!
Thanks so much Jason!
I just started to use Google Analytics myself, being a newer blogger, too. I’m trying to remember not to let the numbers rule my content too much. I think you do a great job of staying focused on what’s most important. Keep up the great work! I know you’ll do great in February!
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