How Many Posts Before You Promote

I found that my subscriber rates were much better when I posted regularly, but also had a solid 10-15 article foundation! Hopefully this helps.

-Sam from Market Matador

But who wants to visit a site with 1 post? I wouldn't.

I would promote right off the bat. I just wouldn't do any paid promotion until I had at least 50 posts.

This post is very smart, and legitmate. I approve. I think that people should really take this to heart.

It would be interesting how many days of not posting are necessary before one regular reader leaves the site for good.

I post 3 times a day on geek news and technology. Hopefully once I get visitors and readers they will participate. However really I have joined a couple of boards leave comments but with 3 posts a day I waited about 2 weeks before promoting.

I waited till I had about 25

Yes, I think regularity is a point that should go with providing quality content. I've just started a blog and I managed to get a few subscribers by posting every day. I don't think I'd get them with just three posts a week, though in some exceptional cases it is effective.

If people stressed on purely numbers, quality may be sacrificed in the process. Think long term, think efficiency AND frequency -- then maybe after all that's been taken care of you can think about promoting your site. :smile:

This is definitely good advice. I feel like I can't breath when I don''t post at least 3 posts a day.

I agree with John, frequency is important. If you are not a "pro" like John you may not have the time to post every day, but try to keep your frequency as constant as possible.

I waited until I had 10-12 articles to start promoting my site.

Firefox gives problems if there´s a proxy on the intranet. Try this.

What about getting some practice with a service where you can select your reviews immediately...instead of waiting for people to come to you? PayPerPost? Thoughts, John?

I try and post on my blog atleast two-three times a day!

I use firefox as well.

Idk though, too many posts can cause a post overload! Maybe scare people away :P

That's some very sensible advice John. It is true that some of us tend to do things in phases. Phase 1, write blog posts, phase 2, promote blog, phase 3 profit. But it's just not that distinct. You have to do all three all the time.

I use firefox on the site with no problems.

This is a timely post. I was contemplating the same thing with my newest blogging adventure. The question was, do I have enough content to launch. But because I will do daily updates...sometimes multiple updates a day I felt it was a good time to launch. The new site is Jane May Blogs"

Fitting huh :wink:

I also think that frequent posting is important. You can do it once a day, several times a week or once a week. But it's important that you can keep the frequency on the long run.

:smile: I would start promoting once you have some content, and never stop promoting! Continue adding content and always promote, never let the site just sit. :!: :razz:

By the way john, i can't post in Firefox at your site, only in IE ... weird

i've email you on this, but no response. i guess u get alot of emails hur :neutral:

I haven't posted on my blog for a while since my surgery. I just haven't the mind set and the pain usually keeps me on the couch/bed anyway.

Once I overcome the pain I hope to post more. But I don't think I would promote my blog too much as it is because I don't have a niche yet. I talk about whatever is on my mind or whatever I find interesting. Though I try and stay relatively near the same genre of topics ;)

I agree. I'm just starting out and I'm enjoying posting thus far. The site still needs a lot of work, but I agree that consistency is going to be key.

I sometimes feel I'm overposting with 5 or 6 a day :D

John, that's a VERY good point. Regular posting is critical. It's tough to do, but it really pays off in the end (see my post on The Importance of Being Regular for specific results).

One thing I've heard a lot and said myself at times as well is "It's easier to blog every day when you're making money off it". In my experience (and I would guess yours as well, John) you have to blog every day (or whatever your set schedule is) before you can start making good money off it. Even still, I struggle with it at times as well. There are lots of reasons this blog is so successful and your determination in sticking to constant updates is one of them.

Excellent advice as usual John. Keep it up. I do agree with you for the fact that you need to update your blog on a constant basis. Once, you've done that then you can promote it.