How Do Instagram's Suggested Feeds Work? An Analysis
Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on April 15, 2024.
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Have you ever wondered how Instagram decides what Reels to place in the suggested feeds like Discover or Suggested for You? We certainly do!
After working on improving my Reels for my local blog, I started to see a bit of success where some posts would go nuts (being seen predominantly by Non-Followers) and others would perform along our historical average (and is seen mostly by Followers). So we decided to take a look at the data to see if we could find any trends as to why some would explode and others would not.
So in this one, we want to share a bit more of the analysis and some data points that we saw that were interesting.
A word of caution: We will talk about this more in our conclusion, but I suspect that the trends shown below will vary from creator to creator. One account may see a spike in Non-Follower views very quickly. Others may require more than what we saw. I will not be surprised if my own performance, for the very same account analyzed here, will change as it grows. We will discuss this more later on.
5 Ways to Diversify Your Blogging Income Streams
Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on April 10, 2024.
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If there is only one constant in blogging, it would be change- and recently, there have been some big changes.
If you're like us, odds are good that you're thinking of ways to pivot and diversify your income streams in blogging and content creation at large. While it may be a necessity these days, having a diverse selection of income streams is also the sign of a healthy business and is something all bloggers should be working towards regardless of their own individual circumstances.
So, how do we not put all of our eggs in one proverbial basket? Let's share some ideas to diversify!
5 Lessons Learned After 200 Weeks of Newsletters
Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on April 15, 2024.
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It is hard to believe that we have been running This Week in Blogging for 200 weeks now, and what a ride it has been!
This translates to nearly four years of sending out a weekly newsletter, and we, naturally, have learned some lessons along the way.
So go down the rabbit hole with us for some things we've learned about sending a weekly newsletter!
7 Conspiracy Theories for the March Core Algorithm Update
Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on April 1, 2024.
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Another month, another Google Core Algorithm update was rolled out, and the March 2024 update sure was a doozy.
We're not going to sugar coat it- this one was bad. In fact, it was probably the worst update we've seen for bloggers in our 15+ years of working in the industry.
Still, as the algorithm update is on-going, no one has a clear understanding of what is going on. But that doesn't mean the theories aren't flying. So in this one, we thought we'd share some popular conspiracy theories we've seen about the March 2024 core algorithm update, and breakdown why we think most are just that- conspiracies.
3 Stay22 Integration Ideas to Try on Your Travel Blog
Published by Jeremy. Last Updated on March 22, 2024.
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When it comes to utilizing Stay22, you are likely familiar with their popular tools like deep linking, maps, and the POP popup tool in the Let Me Allez toolset.
While you can likely make a great deal of money on your travel blog utilizing these tools in conventional ways, for this one, we wanted to look a bit deeper with some unique integration ideas and data analyses you may want to consider.
From figuring out what booking service your audience actually prefers to A/B testing ListView and Maps, to creating customized booking widgets with Optimized Redirect, we have some fun ideas in this one!
Note: This article was sponsored by Stay22. As always, all opinions are our own. Some of the methods provided in the below article require analysis or install methods not inherently included in Stay22 products. There may be other ways to get to the same result than the examples illustrated below, however. If you have an alternative idea, comment and share!
