It’s already my THIRD monthly blog report!  I don’t know if anyone else is even reading these but they’ve been fun for me to work on.

June Blog Report

What happened in June:

• opened new Shopify shop!!!  Had a few sales but I’m not advertising too much until I get it filled up with at least my most popular pieces.
• wrote my first DecoArts post, published 6/1
• used my Modern Masters paint in a blog post and they shared it
• Knick of Time shared my blog post where I used their new stencil
• participated in the Red, White, & Blue Blog Hop
• participated in Craft Lightning, Weddings edition
• had a board featured in the Hometalk daily email
• still adjusting daily blogging task schedule (added Hometalk, FB, and G+)
• VA posting to FB & blog parties
• created Google doc with a list of ALL blog posts and urls
• was accepted to write my FIRST sponsored posts for Walnut Hollow (will be published in July)
• added ShareASale ads to blog
• added Google Adsense ads within my blog posts.  Previously they were only in my sidebar.

Top 5 Blog Posts in June 2015

• DIY Chicken Wire Frames (This is my most popular Pinterest pin… STILL after over a year!)
• Thrift Store Finds Updated with Modern Masters Paint  (A new post shared by Modern Masters.)
• How to Make New Crates Look Old and Vintage (Another popular pin over a year old!)
• Patriotic Denim Pennants (Holiday season & part of the Red, White, and Blue blog hop.)
• Vintage Jewelry Cabinet Makeover (Shared on HomeTalk.)

June Stats (from Google Analytics)

• users: 2,661, +132
• page views: 5,271, +340
• average session duration:  1:24, + :04
• bounce rate:  79.11%, -3.03%
• acquisition from social media:
  • Pinterest 404, +44
  • Google 238 (I must be doing something right… this keeps going up!)
  • Hometalk 202, +46
  • Facebook 111, -62  (ugh… Facebook…)
  • Blogger 64, +29  (still not caught up with where we were before, but better than last month!)
  • Shopify 43 (NEW this month.)
  • My newsletter 29 (NEW this month.)
  • Google+ 21, +19 (I started sharing posts daily about a week ago.)
  • Twitter 5, -8
• Facebook followers: 6475, increase of 28
• Pinterest: 3059, +132
• Twitter:  1298, +24
• Instagram: 831, +3
• Newsletter: 508, +37
• Google+: 345, +7
• Hometalk:  177, +154 (I had a board featured in their email.)
• Bloglovin’: (I’ve decided not to spend time tracking Bloglovin’ anymore.)
• YouTube: 15 subscribers, +1

Coming Next Month:

• still trying to get approved on CraftGawker
• first sponsored posts to be published
• writing a post for a bedding company ( A little out of my comfort zone!)

 

If this blog report is interesting to you let me know what stats you’d like me to report on.

‘Til the next report,

 Ann @ Duct Tape and Denim

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