Recently, Darren from ProBlogger started a Community Blog Consulting project where he gets his 37,000+ subscribers to constructively critique a blog. Many of these subscribers have successful blogs of their own (spanning countless industries) so when the consulting project was launched, I jumped at the opportunity to have the SiteMost blog reviewed.
The prospect of being mentioned on such a reputable site, the quality of the inbound link from ProBlogger, the additional traffic (which I hoped to convert into subscribers) plus the promise of some solid blogging advice all seemed fantastic… then it hit me.
I’ve just publicly asked a huge group of people to tell me what they really think of my site (which is in some respects a reflection of me)… I was effectively asking people to criticize me.
Fortunately everyone was not only incredibly helpful, but they were also very nice and amongst the constructive criticism, there were also some compliments. Overall, I’m really pleased with the feedback which you can read about here.
Even without making any changes yet, my subscriber numbers have nearly doubled and I expect that to improve even further as I incorporate the various community recommendations over the coming weeks.
I know that it might seem scary asking for this type of feedback, but as far as I’m concerned, it’s been one of the best things I’ve done.
Also, just because the review process is now complete doesn’t mean you should stop giving me feedback. Keep the comments coming and collectively we can make this one of the best blogs around.
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Hi Pete,
I saw the Problogger post a couple of days ago and read through the comments - they were really constructive weren’t they?
I guess you have to be a little brave to submit your site to that scrutiny, but it will lead to a better site (not to mention increased traffic and subscribers).
Anyway, I look forward to seeing how you change the site in response to the suggestions!
thanks for participating - looking forward to seeing what changes it brings to your blog in the long term!
Why haven’t you added a simple contact page already?
It takes literally 3 minutes of your time and you have then already added a very important aspect for your business.
If you take your business seriously get of your bum and add a contact page!
This is not negatively intended in any way, but to remind you that the feedback which is given should be put to practice.
Date of this post = 22 Dec
Today = 25 Dec
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Total = 3 days you could have
taken the time to add a contact page!
A Merry Christmas!