If you recall, I mentioned that I would be doing a guest post for Darren at Problogger.net entitled, “Create a Video Tutorial and Help Others“. I guess I didn’t actually say who it was but I guess you know now huh! Well, that time has come and gone and thought I would share the results of it with you.
I’ll first say, I was mildly disappointed with the incoming traffic results. According to Google Analytics, I only saw 160 visits from there to here. I really expected more because of his huge readership. Granted there was an increase in pageviews, I have actually seen just as good results from other bloggers reviewing me (less well known) or mentioning me in their post. With that said, I am still seeing traffic trickling in from that post which tells me, that even though I didn’t get as big as a result at the time, it looks like I will definitely benefit long term.
Now, as far as subscribers go, I reached a high of 283. This is an increase of 23 subscribers. Obviously, I’m not 100% sure on they subscribed based on that guest post or not, but I believe it is the main push behind it since the increase came 1, 2, and 3 days after the guest post.
There were 25 comments including mine in responding to others. I tried to respond to everyone in hopes of letting them know that I am personable and care about their questions, concerns, and what they had to say. I was flattered by a couple of the comments and also learned a couple of things. There were 2 things that were asked that I didn’t cover in the article. Next time I will try to remember to cover the MAC!
Overall, I am happy with the results and would do it again in a heartbeat! I think the more you do, the more people will follow. The experience was a little nerve racking but well worth it. I’m glad I put myself out there and can’t wait to do it again in the future! I highly recommend you give it try.
Lori is the Owner and Founder of four blogs, a 4 year Problogger, a social media influencer, and tech nerd at heart. She's been married 18+ years and has 3 handsome boys; Tyler 17, Toby, 14, and Truett 4. 
I came to your site via that guest post you did on the Problogger site, and am now subscribed to your feed. Hope that’s something :)
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Congrats to your readership increase! I have your blog in my feedreader for quick reference.
Best wishes,
Barbara
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Just a question; how do you go about submitting guest posts to a blog such as his? Do I just send it in via the contact page?
I’ve always been kind of worried about writing a guest post and submitting it, then not knowing if it will be published eventually or if it has gone to waste.
Thanks!
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Hi Lori
I am one of your new subscribers but found your site through 45n5 and not because of the guestpost. I like posts like this one where afterthoughts are shared on specific actions taken, thanks for that!
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Hey Lori, congratulations for the good tutorial you’ve written. Teaching is a skill not everybody has, so such tutorials are always welcome.
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Thank you Simonne. I’m still working on it but I’m getting the hang of it!
Great post! I’m a little surprised as well. Not only is problogger what it is, but video (especially video tutorials) are H U G E now.
Let’s hope you see the “trickle” for a long time to come!
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You go girl! LOL Keep us posted
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Thank you Tine! I greatly appreciate you giving me a chance:) If there’s anything you would like to see my talk about, please use the ask, request form.
Thank you Barbara! I hope you’ve been happy with what you’ve seen here:)
I “applied” when Darren had the open call. He took a 100 people and I was one. Then we submitted our posts for his review. He chose the better ones. He might have a place to submit a post to him but I couldn’t tell ya where. I did go look just now and I can’t find anything. You could always just email him and offer up a post!
You might also consider Jay’s blog. He’s taking guest bloggers.
http://www.onlineopportunity.org/guest-bloggers-wanted/
Oh, cool. I’ll be sure and keep my eyes peeled.
Also, thanks for that link; I may end up submitting a guest post to that site :)
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Thank you Mirjam:) I appreciate you stopping by and hopefully, staying.
Yeah, I really was surprised but it’s still something. And like I said, it’s still coming in so that’s a positive!