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How's your retention rate? I'd bet your numbers are really bad and that's probably why you're not building any traffic. Your content is just not consumable. I

by hcho 14y ago

How's your retention rate? I'd bet your numbers are really bad and that's probably why you're not building any traffic. Your content is just not consumable. I clicked one of your links, it's just a wall of text. I couldn't bring myself to read it. The first couple of sentences did not make me want to read the rest of it. I can't skim through and get an idea what you are talking about. I will probably never be a returning visitor to your blog. That's because I have the attention span of a 5 year old when I browse the internet in discovery mode. Most people are like me. Maybe you can work on making your writing more consumable. Use more pictures, bullet points, sub headings, shorter paragraphs...Maybe you can A/B test how you present your articles. Just my 2 pence...

Mz 14y ago
My retention sucks. I only recently have been able to work on this consistently. In some sense, I am starting from scratch. But in another way, there is existing content so ... I don't quite know how to express my frustration with that. The sites are still up because people give me just enough money to pay web hosting but then I get dissed for wanting to turn it into income. Given my health issues, I need it to become my income. I am basically not employable and I am too healthy to qualify for disability. This is my only real hope of supporting myself and solving my financial problems.
- zalew 14y ago
  If I'm to be completly honest, most people around here are kindly saying that you're stories aren't engaging. Seriously, you probably lived/suffered a shitload of stuff that can be turned into a heartbraking story. Read f.ex. this http://davidpeter.me/stories/being-deaf http://davidpeter.me/stories/being-deaf It's a story, it's emotions, it's not being afraid of sharing what you feel. People around here are skeptic about your content not because they are assholes, but because they know how the web works - you engage your visitors you don't, it doesn't matter if you're sick, it works the same for every website on the internets. Good luck.
  - Mz 14y ago
    Thank you.

by hcho 14y ago

Mz 14y ago

My retention sucks. I only recently have been able to work on this consistently. In some sense, I am starting from scratch. But in another way, there is existing content so ... I don't quite know how to express my frustration with that. The sites are still up because people give me just enough money to pay web hosting but then I get dissed for wanting to turn it into income. Given my health issues, I need it to become my income. I am basically not employable and I am too healthy to qualify for disability. This is my only real hope of supporting myself and solving my financial problems.

zalew 14y ago
If I'm to be completly honest, most people around here are kindly saying that you're stories aren't engaging. Seriously, you probably lived/suffered a shitload of stuff that can be turned into a heartbraking story. Read f.ex. this http://davidpeter.me/stories/being-deaf http://davidpeter.me/stories/being-deaf It's a story, it's emotions, it's not being afraid of sharing what you feel. People around here are skeptic about your content not because they are assholes, but because they know how the web works - you engage your visitors you don't, it doesn't matter if you're sick, it works the same for every website on the internets. Good luck.
- Mz 14y ago
  Thank you.