Jeff started a blog from scratch over the course of 6 days and saw rapid growth in traffic and social media engagement. On day one he published his first post but only got 3 visitors. By day three, after sharing his blog on Facebook, he got 113 visitors, a significant increase. Traffic and Facebook fans continued growing each day. By day six he had 298 visitors and 44 Facebook fans, having doubled his lifetime visitors in one day thanks to sharing his Facebook page. He was encouraged by this early success and ranked highly in Google searches related to his niche.

1. Blog ZERO to Blog Hero in just 6 days!!!Jeff McLeodjeff@jeffmcleod.caHow I went from NO blog, to over 600 hits in less than a week!

2. Day ZERO – Sept 2, 2010I purchase jeffmcleod.ca and get my tech friend to show me how to host it on BlueHost.comI install Wordpress, apply a hideous skin and a handful of pluginsThis is a dry run for the videos I later create as my first postsVISTORS = 0 (don’t actually know, stats weren’t installed yet)

3. Skin #1

4. Day ONE – Sept 3, 2010Install more plugins (including stats), try skins number two and threeMake the videos for my posts about how to set-up WordPressWrite the first post “How to Style WordPress” and publish it (Yaayyyy, my first post!)…nothing happens.VISITORS = 3 (lifetime visitors is also 3)

5. Skin #3

6. Day TWO – Sept 4, 2010After partying only medium-hard on Friday night I take most of Saturday to get healthy (ie, do nothing for the blog)VISITORS = 4(lifetime visitors more than doubles to 7)

7. Day THREE – Sept 5, 2010I complete posts on “How to install WP” and “How to optimize WP” and publish them (blog looks much less hollow)Dying to unveil it to the world, ready or not, I post to facebook “Just started a new blog, give me your thoughts”

8. Skin #4

9. Day THREE – Sept 5, 2010Facebook banter goes back and forth a little moreInstall more plugins, tie my blog to su.pr (twitter + FB)Start a Facebook page forjeffmcleod.ca (1 fan)VISITORS = 113!!! Yay for social media(lifetime visitors grows 1700% to 120 total)

10. Day FOUR – Sept 6, 2010Connect my blog to Facebook app NetworkedBlogs (auto-detects new posts)Send out “Powerful checklist/vid on must have SEO plugins for wordpress: http://jeffmcleod.ca/ikM6” using su.pr, getting 10 comments on facebookContinue tweaking WP pluginsGet my first comment ever, and I don’t even know the person!!!VISITORS = 64, FB fans = 3(lifetime = 184)

11. Day FIVE – Sept 7, 2010Publish a post describing what the blog is all about, and the “My Story” page. Both get sent out with su.pr and both go micro viral (total shares on Facebook is 16). This is a major victory for me.Get comment #2 (from buddy in Winnipeg)I find a way to suggest my page to all my friends on Facebook, publish a story on ING Direct, then go to bedVISITORS = 101, FB fans = 7(lifetime = 295, starting to think this thing might have legs!)

12. Day SIX – Sept 8 Things exploded overnight!Finally Global Translator is working (translation begins for 40 languages: http://jeffmcleod.ca/sitemap.xml)FB Fan page takes off like a Russian WildfireTie blog into LinkedInContact President of ING Direct via FB and LinkedIn, requesting for commentsVISITORS = 298, FB fans = 44(lifetime visitors = 593, doubles in one day thanks to Facebook page suggest)

13. My blog’s rise

14. My blog’s riseRanked #8 on Google for key word “How to optimize Wordpress” (880,000 pages returned)Own 4 of the top 11 spots on Google for “Jeff McLeod”Gaining traction… vroom, vroom!YOU CAN DO THIS TOO!