If you even want to apply for most promotional opportunities, you will need to know several pieces of information! Below are the most common things you will need to know, and the links to find them **Some may require registration, site ownership verification, (which requires embedding a code into the head of your page), and some just already have YOU!
#1- Google Analytics (GA)
The first step you should take if you are serious about getting quality reviews and giveaways.
Monthly page views
Monthly unique visitors
Average time on site
Bounce rate
HERE is a tutorial for installation.
#2- Alexa- INSTALL THE TOOLBAR!!!
Then claim your site (tutorial HERE) and gather the following information:
Global rank
US rank
You DO NOT want to use this bounce rate or page views/user.
Read more about what Alexa tracks HERE
#3- Website Grader- Will grade your website based on a number of factors, but also has very current information you will need:
MozRank
Facebook followers
Twitter followers
#4- Google Page Rank (PR) no instruction necessary ;-)
#5- GFC followers- your blog
#6- Triberr Reach- If you are not a member of Triberr, or you don't know where to find your reach, there is an article HERE
#7- Klout
#8- RSS Subscribers If you need help with RSS, there is a tutorial HERE
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Also great post, I have emailed a few bloggers asking how to get my blog going as well as how can I get more followers. I am very serious about doing reviews and giveaways!
Thanks for posting this, i am interested in getting involved in this more.
Visited from @Kiboomu on twitter and really like this post! Great info! I've been blogging for over 3 years but am just now starting to grow and getting into more and more reviews and monetizing. Thanks for the info!
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