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Background
Blog Name: momwifeandeverydaylife
Period: August 2023
Month: Month 32
Experience: This is my first blog
Launched: January 10th 2021
A Quick Breakdown
Pinterest Bouncing Back Up
The Numbers
| Published Posts | 3 |
| Users | 706 |
| Pageviews | 876 |
| Pinterest Impressions | 39.77 K |
| Email Subscribers | 15 |
| Income | $0 |
| Expenses | $0 |
Published Posts
There were 3 Wednesdays that posts went live. The 3 posts were about life with an 11-month-ol, learning opportunities with a 1 year old, and fall activities for the family. So two are evergreen and one is seasonal. I am still all about batch writing. During the month of August I pushed out 6 new posts. They will get me through the end of the year. So as I am writing this on 9/6/2023 I am published through the year.
Users & Pageviews
This was a great month for users and pageviews. It is all because Pinterest bounced back for me.
Unfortunately so much of my traffic comes from Pinterest.
The “social” category in Google Analytics is basically all Pinterest. Now I will say my “direct” traffic has gone up over time. I don’t know exact what this traffic means. I do not believe it is truly from people directly finding my posts on Google. Maybe it is when people open my email links or some other links I post. I am just not 100% sure.
Either way it always nice to see traffic on the rise.
Pinterest Impressions
Like I said Pinterest is back on the rise for me. I typically plateau around 40-45 K monthly impressions. For August I was at 39.77 K Impressions. It will be interesting to see if September can bust through my typical stuck point.
Some people have these crazy successful Pinterest accounts. They get hundreds of thousands of impressions each month. I simply have never made it there and I am not exactly sure what it takes to do so.
In August and moving forward into September I am publishing 1 new pin per day. Mostly the URLs are old, but there are a few new ones typically.
I am thankful for free Pinterest traffic, but I also find it quite volatile.
Email Subscribers
In August I gained 1 new email subscriber. If I have my stats correct I am at 15 email subscribers. This new subscriber gained was after I sent my broadcast.
On August 1st I sent a broadcast to my email list. So it went to 14 recipients and was opened by 9. In the email I shared links to 4 articles.
1. 10 Shocking Things You Needs to Know About Starting Daycare
2. The Ultimate Guide to Baby Care: 8 Essential Tips for New Parents
3. Instead of Buying a Baby Swing Give Your Baby the Freedom to Move
4. Be Prepared for Labor: My Top 10 Must-Have Lists
With these 4 articles I tried to hit people in different phases of life. The daycare post was strategic in that it is potentially a time for starting daycare with back to school time. The last one was for the pregnant mommas. And the middle two were the baby phase in general.
I hope subscribers don’t find my emails annoying. Right now I am truly sharing links rather than trying to sell anything.
Income
I made nothing in August. I got 172 clicks showing on Amazon, but no purchases.
Expenses
I do not believe I had any expenses for August!
Goals
Honestly so often I feel like I don’t know what I am doing. I have everything scheduled out for September already. I have pins, tweets, and articles to get me through to the end of the year.
Producing content is not particularly hard for me. I am not saying it is amazing content. But I get it done.
What I struggle with is random business projects or pursuits. I like staying in my comfort zone. I don’t like one off jobs.
Strategy/Changes
No major changes to my strategy. I already have September scheduled out for all content platforms. Maybe at New Year I will look at making changes. For now I am maintaining.
The one thing I know I need to work on is making better YouTube videos.
I’ve really stalled out at around 50 or so subscribers. My videos are not getting many views. I want to make content that is enjoyable to watch and not terribly boring.
I am trying to work on making small and consistent improvements.
Feelings
I honestly feel like I don’t know what I am doing in the grand scheme of things. I am content and happy to do tedious work, like making content.
I need a bigger focus and direction though.
I would like to see progress in some areas.
Conclusion
August was overall a decent month. Pinterest was on the rise sending my pageviews and traffic up. Unfortunately I didn’t make any money.
I have stayed consistent in my work and moving forward on my journey.