Bankruptcy to Millionaire

The last 4 days have been incredibly eye opening on what it takes to grow a blog by leaps and bounds in a very short period of time. I’m going to share the secrets I’ve learned and answer a few readers comments on where this blog is going to go.

First I’d like to share that I’ve been enamored to see the growth of Winning the Web–pretty much overnight. I know Gyutae is getting plugged all over the net for his free John Chow and Cow reviews contest.

But it just has to be said, the man planned it down to a T. And with good timing, and smart planning, EXCELLENT blog entries (not to mention entertaining guest posts on big name bloggers), and unique Community Involvement implemented (i.e. Blog Hopping and his Blog Audits) his blog is taking off like a Rocket. Good work Guytae–I’ll be following your development, and I aspire to have the vision and foresight you have. (P.S. To Gyutae I hope to win a blog audit. heh!)

So all of this has me quite intrigued. It’s quite obvious that an enticing, and well promoted Blog Contest can grow your blog exponentially seemingly overnight–with smart planning and smooth execution. What contests are you running? You’ll certainly be seeing one from B2M before the New Year!

Next I’d like to answer some of my readers. Because a few phenomenal ideas have come from comments given to me. I’d like to respond to each of them individually here:

“Another thought to getting exposure that I have been reading about lately is guest bloggers, have you others that write the same niche, you maybe able to ask them to write for you and then their readers might follow giving you a new readership as well.
I have tried this with my Jericho Blog and it has worked, tho I do guest blogging more myself on a few other blogs.”
From: lisa coultrup ( kystorms) at http://jerichooncbs.blogspot.com/

Thanks Lisa for the comment! Guest blogging is another thing I’ve been reading quite a bit about lately. I think this is a phenomenal way to get exposer. I am going to spend several days writing Guest Posts for Blogs that I’d like to be featured on. I am then going to plan a surge. I’d like to get them all posted in the same week (or day if possible!) then coordinate a Blog Contest as well to build RSS and Technorati readers all around the same time period. The goal is to get a HUGE SURGE of traffic all at once.

“Hi, my advice for getting noticed would be monthly if not weekly accountability on your blog.
You could for example setup a bank account and accumulate money in it, and give the balance every month, over time it’ll be interesting.
Of course being a millionaire will mean you’ll have money invested in some other things than a bank account, so work it out yourself, but the keyword i guess is public accountability and regularity, so your readers build expectations”
From James at www.Blog-Money-Wiki.com

This is a PHENOMENAL idea. I’ve always wanted a monthly (or bi-monthly) progress report. Just didn’t know the “right” way to do it. A bank account is a truly interesting and entertaining idea. I am going to put a ton of thought into this an implement “Tevin’s B2M Progress Report”. This will be a full disclosure on EXACTLY where I’m at.

Thanks so much everyone, your comments are TRULY appreciated,

- Tevin Anderson

P.S. If you are interested in having me write a guest post for you; would like to post a guest post on this blog; are interested in doing any other sort of cross blog promotion; please email me: Tevin [at] bankruptcytomillionaire.com

P.P.S. Enjoy the link love everyone!