Operation Vegas 2020: September Update
Hi Everyone!
I can't believe it's October already. I really thought September was going to be a nice, easy month with the kids going back to school, but of course, that's never the case.
I've had to do a bunch of medical tests this month, and I just had surgery yesterday for a hysterectomy. Sorry if TMI, but hey, that's life! ;) I just got back from the hospital a little bit ago, so I'm trying to catch up with everything and get my September report out.
The good news is that things are looking up this month! Well, in some ways. Let's just get into it.
Things I Accomplished in September
Even though it was still a busy month, I do feel that I got a bit more accomplished in September versus August.
- Wrote and published 13 posts (my original goal was 20, then I moved it down to 15, but I still fell a little short)
- Redid my homepage
- Created a new pop-up on my homepage to try and capture more email leads
- Created 2 trainings here in WA:
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/how-to-block-your-o...
https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/it-is-about-the-mon...
Traffic and Stats
I'm happy to report that my traffic is starting to go back up again!! A lot of that is due to Dylan's MLM strategy.
Thank you, Dylan!! Google seems to be ranking me for things again, so this is great. :)
This is what things were looking like in August:
Here's September:
AS you can see, my average position isn't great, but my CTR went up quite a bit, so I'm happy about that!
Past 6 months: 
You can see clicks and impressions are just starting to go back up again. What a relief!
Traffic in August:
Traffic in September:
Just a little better. But here's what I'm happy about:
My organic traffic is going up nicely!
Daily / Weekly / Monthly Traffic:
Things are starting to look up again, thank goodness!
Referrals:
- January = 10, 0 Premium = $0
- February = 11, 0 Premium = $0
- March = 25, 0 Premium = $0
- April = 30, 2 Premiums = $39.50*
- May = 25, 3 Premiums = $47.50
- June = 37, 2 Premiums = $63.00
- July = 35, 3 Premiums = $118.00
- August = 24, 4 Premiums = $149.50
(*For April, I had an old payment waiting for the $25 threshold.)
September:
I took this image before I left for the hospital yesterday morning, so it's not quite right. I ended up with 2 more referrals and 2 more credits, I believe.
Pretty low, but I expect with traffic going up that referrals will go up too in October.
Plans for October
- Write and publish at least 15 posts
- Recover from surgery! ;)
That's all I'm really focused on. I just want to continue getting my traffic back up.
That's it for now! Thanks for reading!
- Christina
Recent Comments
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Thanks for sharing Christina, I wish you a speedy recovery from surgery. Your output is massive, write and publish at least 15 posts for October.
So how many of those 15 will be MLM reviews?
This all looks good and growing, but the bounce rate around 85% is that relatively high?
What can you do to lower your bounce rate?
Most important is you bounce back from your surgery :)
I don't know how many of those 15 will be MLM reviews yet. Probably the majority, but I do like to switch things up and not just do the same thing all the time.
Although, I have to say, I am LOVING writing about MLMs. They are so fascinating. You can go down some rabbit holes with them for sure.
And thanks for your well wishes. I'm going to do my best to recover quickly. In any case, I'll have extra time for writing.
- Christina
P.S. I forgot to mention my bounce rate. From what I've seen of other MMO blogs, this isn't too far off for a bounce rate.
Great to see your progress. September seems harder to me because of kids going back to school, back and forth (dropping then pick up) to school.
Good to see someone having success doing affiliate marketing.
Best wishes,
David
It is a little hard with drop off and pick up, I get that. But it also means I have a good amount of quiet time.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
- Christina
Great progress Christina!
I exhausted myself doing many reviews for dead products in the first few months of the year before I understood my mistake.
Now I'm working slowly as I don't seem to have enough energy to keep writing, but the latest few articles I wrote seem to work better.
Your stats are encouraging and inspiring not to give up.
Keep going!
Amjad
Yes, I seemed to have made that same mistake, Amjad! Now I'm focusing on writing about things that won't disappear quickly.
Best of luck to you in the coming months!
- Christina
I'm sorry to hear this month has had a lot of personal obstacles for you. That's never fun. It's good that even with less than your goals, you were still able to get more results than September. Hopefully, November will continue looking up for you.
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Hi Christina, praying for a speedy recovery for you.
I'm happy to see your numbers going back up...I told you they would...LOL!!
MLMs seem to be the way to go. I have read Dylan's blog and am considering reviews on MLMs as well, along with a couple of other ideas on my site.
I look forward to seeing other successes for you. Take care of yourself.
As always...I wish you the best!!
Bob M
Thanks so much, Bob! I appreciate it!
- Christina