It’s already my THIRD monthly blog report! ย 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!!! ย 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, publishedย 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. ย Previously they were only in my sidebar.
Top 5 Blog Posts in June 2015
- DIY Chicken Wire Framesย (This is my most popular Pinterest pin… STILL after over a year!)
- Thrift Store Finds Updated with Modern Masters Paintย (A new post shared by Modern Masters.)
- How to Make New Crates Look Old and Vintageย (Another popular pin over a year old!)
- Patriotic Denim Pennantsย (Holiday season & part of the Red, White, and Blue blog hop.)
- Vintage Jewelry Cabinet Makeoverย (Shared on HomeTalk.)
June Stats (from Google Analytics)
- users:ย 2,661, +132
- page views:ย 5,271, +340
- average session duration: ย 1:24, + :04
- bounce rate:ย ย 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 ย (ugh… Facebook…)
- Blogger 64, +29 ย (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+ย 21, +19 (I started sharing posts daily about a week ago.)
- Twitter 5,ย -8
- Facebook followers:ย 6475, increase of 28
- Pinterest: 3059, +132
- Twitter: ย 1298, +24
- Instagram:ย 831, +3
- Newsletter:ย 508, +37
- Google+:ย 345, +7
- Hometalk: ย 177, +154 (I had a board featured in their email.)
- Bloglovin’:ย (I’ve decided not to spend time tracking Bloglovin’ anymore.)
- YouTube:ย 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,
ย Ann @ Duct Tape and Denim
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