From 0 to 5,000 Readers in 6 Months

Welcome to From 0 to 5,000 Readers in 6 Months

Why 5,000 Readers? Why 6 Months?

How to Draw an Owl: A Cautionary Tale

Blog Evaluation.pdf

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Introduction-Summary.mp3

5 mins

Introduction

1.1 How to Create an Effective Strategy

1.2 The Map Is Not the Territory

1.3 Understanding the Feedback

[Download] How to Do a SWOT Analysis of Your Blog

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1.4 The Strategy I Use to Grow a Blog From 0 to 5,000 Readers in 6 Months

1.5 Key Takeaways

[Download] Strategy Guidebook

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Strategy-Summary.mp3

6 mins

Introduction

2.1 Your Blog's Personality

2.1.1 The 12 Archetypes

2.1.2 How to Figure Out Your Blog's Archetype

2.1.3 The 80/20 Rule of Blog Personality

2.2 Mission and Vision

2.3 The Simple Path to a Great Logo and Tagline for Your Blog

2.4 Blog Name

2.4.1 Choosing the Perfect Name for Your Blog

2.4.2 A Step-by-Step Guide to Figuring out Your Blog's Name

2.5 The Domain Name

2.5.1 Choosing the Right Domain Name

2.5.2 Clever Domain Name Examples

2.5.3 What To Do if the Domain Name You Want Is Already Taken

2.6 The About Page

2.6.1 A Step-by-Step Guide to Writing the Perfect About Page

2.6.2 Best Practices for Writing an About Page

[Download] Branding Quick Guide

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Identity_Canvas.pdf

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Branding-Summary.mp3

26 mins

Introduction

3.1 Figure Out Your Ideal Reader

3.1.1 Enthusiast versus Passionate

3.2 Find Your Ideal Reader

3.3 The Ideal Reader Funnel

3.4 Blend and Refine

3.5 Use Social Media Insights to Refine Your Ideal Reader's Demographics

3.6 Process Flow

3.7 Connect the Dots

[Download] The Ideal Reader Canvas

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The Ideal Reader- Summary.mp3

11 mins

Introduction

4.1 Content Map

4.1.1 Direction and Intention

4.2 Content Strategy

4.2.1 The 7 Essential Steps to Developing a Great Content Strategy

4.2.2 Content Strategy Checklist

4.3 The Pillars

4.4 The Bribe

4.5 The Call to Action

4.6 Content Creation: Quick Tips

4.7 Content Calendar

Content-Summary.mp3

13 mins

Introduction

5.1 Optimizing Images For The Web

5.2 Building a Community

The Reader Experience-Summary.mp3

5 mins

Introduction

6.1 Displaying Social Proof on Your Blog

6.2 Social Proof for Beginners

6.3 Content Strategy and Social Proof

Introduction

7.1 How NOT to Comment on Other Blogs

7.2 How to Comment on Other Blogs

7.3 A Commenting Strategy

7.4 The #1 Trick

Introduction

8.1 Content is King, Distribution is Queen

8.2 Understanding the Difference Between Presence and Audience

8.3 An Effective Process Flow for Social Media

Introduction

9.1 The Basics of Email Marketing

9.2 Two Simple Steps to Growing Your Email List

9.3 Radically Grow Your List with Referrals

Introduction

Leveraging Your Competition

Email Outreach for Bloggers.pdf

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Introduction

A Multi-Channel Approach

1. Experiment With Ads

2. Use an Email Signature

3. Use Quora To Attract New Readers

4. Host Webinars

5. Make Sharing Your Blog Content Easy

6. Quuu Promote

7. Curate by Missinglettr

8. "Sell" a Free Online Course

9. Use Buzzstream

10. Survey Your Readers

11. Ask Your Readers Questions

12. Reciprocal Sharing Sites

13. Promote Your Content on Bookmarking Sites

14. Turn Your Article into a Slideshow and Share it on Slideshare

15. Personalization with Right Message

16. Submit Your Article to Content Aggregators

17. Promote Your Blog on Blogsy

18. Zest.is

19. Republish Your Content on Medium

20. Host a Giveaway

21. Build an Actual Community