Comments on: What Did You Do To Your Blog Over Christmas?

By: James | Cogroll.com

James | Cogroll.com — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:11:58 +0000

I took a lot of time off over the holidays and as a result the blog did suffer a little. It has come back stronger than before now though, with the influx of new articles which I can attribute to my well rested mind!

By: Rhys

Rhys — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:39:02 +0000

@Ben is that the CMF Ads Spike? Worked well then?

I can’t keep upto date every day, it’s not feasable, but 1/2 posts /week is perfectly manageable.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:32:03 +0000

CMF Ads launched a new feature on Christmas Eve. A lot of people jumped on board with the idea and it’s really taken off. From our stats I can see that people are spending longer on the site (15 minutes has been common since the launch) and bounce rate has fallen to around 20%.

I’ve kept my blogs fairly up to date – like you, I don’t blog every day – but there is usually one new post every week or so.

By: Rhys

Rhys — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 08:15:41 +0000

@TheInfoPreneur – You blog on a daily basis? Or do you blog in advance? Can be easier to do the latter.

@Melissa – You serious? No more Ashes from Stars? Accidental or on purpose?

@Nathan – Interesting points! Certainly producing rich content in a time when it’s barren can REALLY grow your blog.

@Jordan Cooper – Haha . Yeah, you must’ve got a few of my gifts, send them here

By: Jordan Cooper

Jordan Cooper — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 03:08:34 +0000

Mr. Blogging Ninja, sir – what is this “Christmas” you speak of? I hadn’t noticed anything different going on other than people I love giving me gifts for no apparent reason… I just thought it was part of the Disqus comment section. You mean, no one else got my gifts?

By: Nathan Hangen

Nathan Hangen — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:39:27 +0000

I also posted regularly during the holidays, which I think helped keep my traffic not only steady, but growing during the holidays. The book launch helped with that, but I also tried to create really good content during a time when not many others were.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:20:49 +0000

I didn’t renew my domain name & gave up blogging forever. WIN!

By: TheInfoPreneur

TheInfoPreneur — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:30:36 +0000

I agree it could be a wasted post, but if you approach it properly you’ll get a great result. Thanks for including mine in this one.

It was interesting to me though, having only been up and running 9 weeks, I didn’t really know what to write about on Christmas day, until the day itself. A great post came out of the day ending up in a seasonal post that could actually be related to all year round.

Hope you are well, happy 2010!