Weird Blogs

Hey, There’s Chris, a guy that started an insurance blog to help him land more clients. There’s also Sumitha, who runs a popular parenting blog. We also have Bill, someone that travels the country in an RV — and blogs about his travels. Oh yeah, there’s Mikkel, who has a blog about Microsoft Excel. These are just 4 of many examples of people that have used my material to grow their blog in record time. Some are B2B. Others are B2C. Some run marketing agencies. Others sell software. Some are in mainstream industries. Others are in tiny niches. On the surface, these successful blogs don’t have a lot in common. But that’s just the surface. I recently dug deep into their approaches to figure out what these top 1% performers did differently to grow their blogs. And I quickly noticed ONE thing that tied them all together. They all had a plan. In other words: They didn’t “wing it”. They didn’t jump from random tactic to random tactic. And they didn’t hop on the latest and greatest social media platform. Instead, they calmly executed a concrete plan. And because they had a plan, they saw their blogs grow quickly — and consistently. I see it in my own story, too. When I started my first blog I had NO IDEA what I was doing. One day I’d write a list post. The next day I’d shoot a video. Then, I’d read about a new social media site that I “had to be on”. So I spent the day learning about that platform… only for the platform to drop off the face of the Earth a few weeks later. And all of these random tactics got me absolutely nowhere. That’s why, when I launched a blog in the personal finance space a few years later, I tried a different approach. This time I decided to ignore the tactics, the random tidbits, and the shiny new platforms. Instead, I put my head down and followed a plan. And it worked! My blog’s traffic (and revenue) grew in record time. After the success of that site, I decided to launch a blog on a topic that I was super interested in: digital marketing. Sure, I knew that marketing was one of the most competitive industries on the planet. But I also saw an opportunity that I couldn’t pass up. It didn’t happen overnight. And it took hard work. But thanks largely to my step-by-step plan, Backlinko grew REALLY fast. In fact, despite being in one of the most competitive industries on the planet, I went from zero to 24,553 monthly visitors in 6 months. (In case you’re curious, Backlinko now generates 553,682 monthly visits) The big takeaway lesson here is this: The reason that most people struggle with content marketing isn't "bad content" or "not working hard enough". Most people struggle with their blog because they don’t have a plan. So they hop from blog post to blog post, YouTube video to YouTube video, hoping to put the pieces together. It very rarely works out. But those blogs that take off like a rocketship. The blogs that grow despite launching in competitive industries. The blogs that “come out of nowhere”. They all have (and follow) a plan. Imagine for a second that you had access to a proven, step-by-step blueprint for growing your blog. A plan that showed you exactly what to do, when to do it, and in what order. That would be a game changer, right? Well, I have a new course, Grow Your Blog Fast, where you’ll see exactly how to grow your blog — even if you’ve struggled in the past. In this course you get access to proven strategies you can use to quickly get more traffic to your blog. And strategies that show you how to turn that traffic into email subscribers and sales. So if you want a step-by-step plan for growing your blog, I highly recommend signing up. [Join Grow Your Blog Fast.]( Talk Soon, Brian PS: Don’t forget, Grow Your Blog Fast closes tonight at midnight. If you have a question about the program, feel free to send a message to our Student Support Team at support@backlinko.com. My friendly team is always happy to help. As always, you're protected by my 30-day, 100% money-back guarantee. Take the course for a full month. Test out the strategies. Then decide if the course is right for you. [Join Grow Your Blog Fast.]( Backlinko LLC 1603 Capitol Ave. Suite 310 A266 Cheyenne WY 82001 USA [Unsubscribe]( | [Change Subscriber Options](