Today, as I write this update, I confess that I am a bit worn out by the Corona virus. The lack of social activity is makes me feel empty.
Working on the podcast and the website has become a routine. It’s what I do. I no longer have the excitement of a beginner. But I also know that it’ the consistency of putting out podcast and blog posts, even when low on energy, it’s what brings long term success.
With that, let’s see how was the growth
Website visits
This is the third consecutive month that I have over 2,500 visits. Sooner or later there will be a breakout and we will be above 3,000. This month we had 2,800.
| Website visits | |
| November | 2,861 |
| December | 2,850 |
| January | 2,800 |
Alexa Ranking
Alexa rank is a measure of website popularity. It ranks millions of websites in order of popularity, with an Alexa Rank of 1 being the most popular
| Website visits | |
| November | 864,838 |
| December | 1,035,801 |
| January | 1,446,294 |
Unfortunately, I went backward. The goal is to have a ranking of under one million. It seems that my ranking continues going backward. Whatever needs to be done to have a good ranking, I am not doing it.
Domain Authority
Domain Authority (DA) is a search engine ranking score developed by Moz that predicts how well a website will rank on search engine result pages (SERPs). A Domain Authority score ranges from one to 100, with higher scores corresponding to a greater ability to rank.
| Domain authority | |
| November | 21 |
| December | 21 |
| January | 21 |
I have been stuck at 21 for a long time. Occasionally I go up to 22, but then I go back down to 21.
The solution to increasing domain authority is to ask other bloggers for backlinks, but sometimes I get tired of that game. Whatever backlink I have gained during the last month, I have earned organically (without asking), but if the DA goes down to 20, I will have to start asking again.
Podcast downloads
1,970 downloads. I feel happy that I am hovering around the 2,000 mark, only a few months ago I was happy to have over 1,000 downloads.
| Podcast downloads | |
| November | 1,291 |
| December | 2,465 |
| January | 1,970 |
YouTube Subscribers
In order to monetize YouTube, I need to get 1,000. It seems to be such an overwhelming challenge. How long will it take me? Fortunately, I see that every month, I have a few more subscriber. Subscribe to my YouTube channel.
| YouTube Subscribers | |
| November | 128 |
| December | 138 |
| January | 155 |
YouTube Views
Once again, I am about 2,000 views. I always wonder which one attracts more attention, the podcast or YouTube? I guest this month it was YouTube.
| YouTube views | |
| November | 2,466 |
| December | 1,640 |
| January | 2,204 |
LinkedIn Connections
My goal was to have 5,000 LinkedIn connections. Now that I have that many connections, I will spend less time on the platform. From now on, the growth will be slower (I think).
| LinkedIn connections | |
| November | 4,902 |
| December | 4,947 |
| January | 5,024 |
I am a little bit tired of social media. I continue caring about LinkedIn because one day I hope to create in-person events and I want to continue having those connections. The growth is slow but steady.
Twitter followers
I also stopped growing twitter. The way you grow your platfom is by retwitting othe people’s stuff and by following them. I don’t think it’s a good way to spend my time. Follow me on Twitter.
| Twitter followers | |
| November | 533 |
| December | 531 |
| January | 530 |