Meet Nicole Burley, a certified life coach and health coach. She enrolled in Blog that Converts, and here’s what she said:
1. When working on your blog, what was your biggest struggle? And how did Blog that Converts help you overcome it?
I signed up for BTC because I felt aimless in my blogging efforts. I knew that it was important to blog, but I had zero strategy. I was also exhausted from blogging every single week without fail and never seeing any tangible results. I could barely get a ‘like’ or a tweet.
BTC helped me get specific – and strategic – and I have never looked back. The combination of Derek’s wisdom, and the support of the community, was HUGE.
Suddenly, my business – and blogging – felt exciting and even easy. Starting with the SPS strategy [Note from Derek: I cover this in Module 1], my entire mindset about blogging shifted and I finally felt like my work was resonating with the people I hoped to reach.
I know I sound like a commercial, but – seriously – learning how to format my blog, blog less frequently, and organize my blog posts has completely overhauled the way I operate in my business.
I don’t feel aimless anymore. I know WHY I’m writing – and I pretty much always know WHAT to write. This course did wonders for my confidence and my peace of mind. My blog no longer stresses me out!
2. What specific results have you achieved since enrolling in Blog that Converts? Please use hard numbers where necessary. If you don’t have any numbers, be as specific as possible.
My numbers may not be huge in comparison to other blogs – but, for me, they feel huge because I wasn’t getting this kind of traffic and attention before I started using Derek’s techniques. I am very happy with the direction things are going.
Before I started the course, I would get, maybe, 2-3 ‘likes’ on each post and I’d get a new opt-in every two weeks or so. I felt like I was shouting into the wind.
– The blog I posted with my SPS currently has 63 likes (!!) and that number continues to grow.
– The follow-up post to that blog currently has 33 likes.
– On average now, my blogs receive about 15 likes – without me having to do anything. Again – I know these aren’t ‘Oprah’ numbers, but it’s all very welcome progress for me.
– Since I took BTC, there has NEVER been a single post I’ve written that’s been a dud and received no response. Never.
– These days, I get about 1-2 opt-ins a day. My list is growing at a constant rate.
I should add that I’m not even doing all the strategies that Derek recommends.
Just from following his advice on content strategy, I’ve seen dramatic improvements (for me).
In 2013 I plan to invest more time in the drafting technique and in making a proper resource guide/book on my site and see what results I can get that way,
I had purchased so many other courses on blogging – but this was the first one that was so specific and doable and that actually worked for me.
It’s also the only course I’ve ever taken where the advice has remained relevant – and I can foresee it remaining relevant.
Nicole Burley
NicoleBurley.com
Certified life coach and health coach.