January is quickly coming to an end and at the end of each month I like to take some time and reflect on my blog performance. I take a look at my analytics, keywords that are driving traffic to my blog, and what my most popular posts are. This gives me a sense of what is working and what is not.
Just to give a quick recap, this is the 11th month of the Tycoon Blogger blog and I am happy to report that this blog has seen consistent growth in visitors each month. In January, over 14,000 visitors stopped by to read some blog promotion tips. The cool part is that Google is starting to give this blog some love and is referring a bulk of that traffic. Here are the top 5 traffic sources for the month of January:
- Adgitive
- Direct
- MyBloggerTricks.com (I am in the Entrecard bucket list)
- Entrecard
I must admit that I am a little surprised that my Twitter traffic and my Blog Engage traffic was down pretty significantly versus the previous month. I am not all that concerned as long as my Google traffic continues to rise. As we all know Google traffic = Adsense Money 
If you missed any posts this month, here is a quick recap about what I was blogging about this month
Top Blog Posts of the Month
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What is Co-Blogging? and 7 reasons why it might be a good idea
Recent wordpress plugins that I installed
Are you part of the blogging revolution?
Blogging Questions that are driving traffic to my blog from Google
10 ways to know your blogging status is rising
plugin to display banner ad in corner of blog
What price would you sell your blog for right now?
New Year – New Changes at Tycoon Blogger
Getting To First Page Of Google
Driving Traffic to your blog by using your Google Analytics
Need Twiends? Get more twitter followers free
Best social networking communities for bloggers
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I am hoping that you found this round up interesting… I know that I really like reading about other bloggers monthly wrap ups. In fact, I am off to visit my favorite blogs right now to see what they have been up to.
Well, sounds like January was a good month for you. It’s better than Google traffic is picking up as that’s the main objective.
You say that Twitter traffic and Blog Engage traffic was down, what percentage compared to last month?
@George Serradinho, I was off by only 20 or so visitors on Twitter, but my Blog Engage traffic dropped from arounf three hundred in December to about half that in January. I think as BE increases in popularity it is getting harder to reach the first page.
Nice work, Dan. Looks like you’re quite satisfied with your performance in January and I’m happy for you too. Entrecard, I was using it during my Blogger platform year. I didn’t have it long though as my intention was to look for bloggers to connect with.
Glad you have some success with it. Wish you a much better month in February. Rock on.
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@Ching Ya, Thanks for the kind words. I wish you well in Feb also.
Congrats bro that your organic traffic increased from time to time. My blog traffic increases a little bit compare to previous too, surely I’ll push it higher on the coming months.
All the best Dan!
Cheers,
Lee
@Lee Ka Hoong@How To Blog, Thanks Lee, all the best to you as well. I will stop by your blog soon to see what you have been up to.
@dankeller, thanks Dan! Unfortunately, nothing much was up in my blog due to busy workload and assignments. The busy schedule is going to kill me, but I’ll try my best to handle everything.
Cheers,
Lee
Good job Dan, Its hard to believe your blog been on for only 11 months. I’m starting out my own blog and find your site very useful. Thanks.
@Car Transporters | Serge, Thanks buddy. I wish you well in your new blog. If you ever have any questions, just let me know
Dan that is really good for you, i mean 14000 visitors is a very good figure.
And i agree with george, that google should be your target for the top most traffic source, because it can give you major benefits.
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@gautam hans, I am definitely happy with that but of course I always want more.
I’d be interested to see some of you longer-tail traffic generators too. Congrats on the 14k mark. Pretty awesome.
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@will@laser hair removal, Thanks man, sounds like a good idea for a post..
nice work Looks like you’re quite satisfied with your performance in January and I’m happy for you too. Enterecard, I was using it during my Blogger platform year. I didn’t have it long though as my intention was to look for bloggers to connect with.
Glad you have some success with it. Wish you a much better month in February.
Very Nice Post about the top blog of Jan 2010
14,000 visitors a month is great. What’s even better is that number is going up every month. Keep up the good work!
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it’s good! i am so impressed. Thanks to share your experience….
Is there a service available that geotags blog posts while on the go and is able to post to map with others?