Yes, it’s another Giveaway!  Actually I really like Giveaways and get into as many of them as I can and here’s the latest - The Ultimate Giveaway- Round 3!

Giveaway Dates - November 19 - November 26

If you’d like to sign up as a contributor - CLICK HERE

As we all so well know, Giveaways and JV are great ways to build our lists and also great ways to get some great products.  I try to get into most of them and also keep my eyes open for anything new to snag by way of gifts in the download area.  If you’re not doing this, you’re really missing out!

If you’re looking for information on upcoming and ongoing Giveaways and JV, I’ve put together a page listing them for you to keep up with them.

Check it out here - Giveaways and JVs

Please feel free to let me know of any I missed too

Ok, now this is not going to sound like much of a milestone to many of you out there but for me, this is important and a kind of big deal It’s also a bit of a case study in how one ‘breaking’ post or story can really skyrocket traffic.

In the past, I’ve told you that I really got seriously into blogging only about six months ago, sure I’ve blogged on and off for a couple of years, but this blog is the one that is most important to me. I started it because it is my passion. It was never meant to be a ‘money’ site although it does more than pay for itself.

A little about the site

• I started the site in mid-April but backdated some posts to start getting indexed with some content.
• I have never advertised this site except for writing a couple of articles and I didn’t even do that until recently.
• The niche is what I would consider to be a heavily populated one, dogs, but my angle is one that is much more targeted, canine advocacy. Now you can see why this was never created to be a ‘money site’
• By the end of April, with only search engine traffic, a two week span of time, I had 500 unique visitors.
• By the end of May, again, no advertising, only search engine, I had over 2500 unique visitors.
• By the end of July, again, no advertising, only search engine, I had over 5000 unique visitors.
• In August I had a major spike due to one story that got picked up by ebaumsworld.com and was heavily promoted and hit over 18,000 unique visitors.
• This month, I broke a story in the US which was heavily picked up by blogs all over the county as well as forums, Facebook, Livejournals, Craigslist, websites and many other places and I will easily top over 20,000 visitors.

Like I said, this doesn’t sound like a big deal but remember, no advertising and this is a very small and targeted niche. With just one ‘breaking’ story, I have had a major increase in traffic.

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