I’ve been doing some thinking about my blog and here’s what I found:
1) I don’t update every day but I get people coming in to see my updates every day.
Since I started using Dayre, I’ve been using this space here for more thought pieces or opinions or longer updates. These kind of articles take a lot more time to write partly because well… I don’t have a new opinion every day.
However looking at my analytics I notice that I get a lot of traffic coming in each day waiting to see my update, only to be disappointed when they don’t see it.
2) I get a lot of free stuff from brands that I often have to turn down.
Why would I turn down free stuff? Well I only want to write about stuff that I personally use or have reviewed or sometimes it’s really because I don’t want to over-commercialize this blog. So I’m really really selective.
What kind of free stuff I get? Well I get everything from concert tickets, beer, shampoo, gadgets and the list goes on and on. So when I can’t take on so many what do I do? I just say no thank you and turn them away.
The solution to these two problems came to me just a week ago when I was looking at what the bloggers in the US did and when it hit me I was like… WHY DIDN’T I THINK OF THIS EARLIER?!
I had to have a mailing list.
With a mailing list I could e-mail you guys to let you know when I have updated my blog so some of you guys who come in every day to check don’t have to do that anymore. Yes arguably the side effect of that is that my blog traffic could drop but I don’t really care because this blog’s main purpose isn’t commercial. It’s a way for me to connect with you guys so if I have to sacrifice blog traffic and less money for saving you guys time then I’d do it.
Then comes the solution to my second problem. Instead of turning away brands I could now tell them “Hey.. instead of giving them to me how about I blast them out to my subscribers and let them try it out”.
That way you guys can join me too in trying new products or getting tickets to shows or performances or movie premieres. I get to share all these perks with you guys.
So what do you guys think?
If you think it’s a great idea, please subscribe to the my mailing list at the end of this article. I promise I will treasure your email and not spam you. In fact I’m thinking that I’ll just e-mail you whenever I think there are worthy updates on this blog… instead of every update.
I will treat your e-mail like an e-mail of a friend rather than an e-mail on a list.
So please subscribe below. Thanks guys!
Timothy Tiah – Co-Founder of Colony, Kuala Lumpur Co-Working Space