After all that work you put into picking your topic, building your site, and writing your content, you look at your stats and discover that a whopping 12 people visited your blog…and at least 2 of them were your mom. Keep putting in that consistent work and sharing your posts on your social profiles, and you might even get that number up to 26 unique views.
What’s going on? Why aren’t people reading your blog? As it turns out, sending traffic to your website and getting people to read and engage with your content isn’t as simple as writing a post and announcing it in your Twitter feed. The vast majority of bloggers give up without ever topping a couple of hundred readers total, but if you’re willing to learn a few basic skills and focus your effort where it matters most, you can start attracting droves of readers who actually care about what you have to say. In this session, we’ll talk about making the transition from a blog with tens of readers to a site with tens of thousands of monthly views.
There might be special effects, so only sit in the front row if you have a healthy heart and can handle sudden loud noises, flashing lights, and having small objects thrown at you. This is WordCamp Vegas, after all, so you should be ready for anything.