My Blog Just Exploded!

[Former_Member]

So I was checking my anylitics and I had a ton of hits today, and at first I was just sort of pleased and then I realized it was 12:11 am and I was looking at today's hits and it was an insane increase and went investigating.

Here's what I found:

http://www.re-nest.com/re-nest/gardening/planting-potatoes-use-an-old-bathtub-149314

That's me and my baby and our bathtub full of potatoes on reNest, part of Apartment Therapy!

here's how it happened. A fellow etsian asked me to write a guest post for her blog and I did. I also ran the post on my own blog. A tutorial on growing potatoes in containers with a giveaway:

http://www.cubitsorganics.com/2011/06/how-to-grow-delicious-potatoes-in.html

http://goat-notes.blogspot.com/2011/06/grow-your-own-potatoes-with-laura-watts.html

Then a twitter buddy who is the gardening writer for treehugger asked is she could have a picture of my tub of potatoes. I said sure as its a huge website and knew it could only be good.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011/06/turn_an_old_bathtub_into_potato_planter.php

And now this! 337 pages views in 34 minutes!

[Former_Member]

That's great !
Not only because of the visits but also because of search engine results, since those sites have good reputation.

[Former_Member]

This is amazing! So glad our collaboration turned out to be so powerful! Woot, woot!

Thanks to co-hosting the potato post my hits also increased 10-fold! Laura's Potato post is the second most popular post on my blog with nearly 100 hits in 48 hours!

It was a true pleasure working with Laura! Thanks again for collaborating.

-Julia
http://goat-notes.blogspot.com/2011/06/grow-your-own-potatoes-with-laura-watts.html

[Former_Member]

Wooohooo! We'll do it again soon for sure!

[MysticWynd]

How wonderful! Collaboration is definitely an underused tool - and luckily you seem to have hit on the perfect topic for the post!

[BeMyBee]

That's awesome, congrats!

[Former_Member]

Awesome! Congrats!

[Former_Member]

Super! Congrats!

[Former_Member]

congrats and many happy returns!

[Former_Member]

That's amazing!

[Former_Member]

Congrats - that's a great pick-me-up for Sunday morning!

[Former_Member]

congrats! that is so amazing :)

[Former_Member]

Thanks everyone, its still happening and I wrote a little about it here:

http://www.cubitsorganics.com/2011/06/internet-excitement-clawfoot-bathtub.html

[Maulani]

wow! congratulation!
that must be great surprise for you ♥

[Former_Member]

a post on an etsy seller!!
http://mymodernvintagefashion.blogspot.com/2011/06/sponsor-spotlight-jewellery-bijou.html

[Former_Member]

That is fabulous news!!! way to go!!!

[Former_Member]

So awesome! Congrats. :)