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Review Summary:
A complete and detailed account of what it took to get a blog to a top 100K Alexa ranking by reverse engineering the methods and tools used for a blog that achieved it.
Introduction
This book is was written after the contest of the same name where bloggers competed for $1000 in prize money. Their task was to work as a team to create a blog and within 10 weeks take it to a top 100K listing on Alexa.
The book goes in to detail to reverse engineer the methods used and were found to be beneficial to the overall winner getting an alexa ranking of 96,121 after just 10 weeks.
The Review
The book as 118 pages broken up in to a large number of chapters which each go in to great detail of each of the 10 weeks it took to complete the contest. There is an extra section for monetizing your blog.
Each week goes over the different tasks that share the winning strategies used by the top blog and reverse engineers them to drill down to the specific tasks that you could use to achieve the same results.
At the end of each section/week you are given a set of tasks to complete which will make sure that you can take your new blog or existing one along for the ride that the winners took.
The book will be good for
- New blog owners who want to get a quick head start
- Existing blog owners who need to reinvigorate their traffic
- Anyone who needs a blueprint for their company blog
- Niche bloggers who need to get seen by more people
More than just what to do but, how to do them
As well as explaining what the winning blog did, it goes in to how they did it with detailed instructions on what to click and how to use certain apps and services. Each week introduces new applications and services that all help to market and drive traffic to the blog as well as how to arrange a posting schedule.
Pros
- A complete roadmap from zero to hero
- Very detailed explanations of the ‘how’ and ‘what’
- Perfect for beginners to follow along
Cons
- A little geared towards team blogging (but mentions how to do it without a team)
My Opinion
When Kiesha asked me to review this book I wasn’t expecting it to be such an in depth look at all the individual weeks and then to drill down in to the actual use of applications and services like how to use twitter and the great section on how to use guest blogging effectively. It was pleasantly surprising to get a real ‘meaty’ book to read.
I think that any blogger who is looking to get their new blog noticed and wants to get a jump start on traffic and ranking should seriously consider getting this.
Another good use would be if you have an existing blog and to use each of the challenge weeks as some fabulous ‘blog fodder’ for posting on to your own site. A real mine of information.
Don’t dither, just get it. If you’re a new blogger, this is a no brainer.
Well done Kiesha, a quality book that’s well worth the money.
You can buy 10 Week Gameplan for a top 100k Blog here
Title: 10 Week Gameplan for a Top 100K Blog – A Real Review
Reviewed by Andy Bailey on Sep 13
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Summary: 10 Week Gameplan by Kiesha Easley
Description: A complete and detailed account of what it took to get a blog to a top 100K Alexa ranking by reverse engineering the methods and tools used for a blog that achieved it.
- $16
I need to get a blog going. I’ll have to grab that book as soon as I go through” constant content the google gift”. I’m new to trying to make money online and it seems tough but I have big dreams after the book I already bought.
Is the 10 week game plan a book book or an electronic one and is it like constant content the google gift where you can contact the owner or writer?
Jenny
Twitter: weblogbetter
Hi Jenn,
This book is available in both print and ebook versions. And yes, I’m a real person whom you can contact at any time if you have questions, need clarification or guidance in general.
Making money with a blog takes time and effort and it’s one of those things that tends to become more elusive the harder you try to make it. It’s a good idea to focus on producing quality content that helps readers first and gently monetize a new blog. The first few weeks should be spent building an audience and a list. Don’t hesitate to let me know if you need more information.
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“The first few weeks should be spent building an audience”
That is probably the most time consuming part of the whole blog building cycle and I have to admit I am finding it a struggle!
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Thanks. I will be buying a copy today!
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Hi Joe,
Thanks for you enthusiasm! Let me know if you have any questions or if you need more info. Have a great weekend.
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Thank you so much for the information….I have been building this new site of mine for almost a month and have been getting some good traffic based on the education I obtained and put into practice up to this point.
I know that I will get at least a few gold nuggets that I can implement and get even more traffic, and conversations!
Thank you again!
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Hi Robert,
Glad to hear about your new site. I’d love to hear about your continued progress. As I mentioned above, I’m here to help, so let me know what I can do to assist you.
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Oh cool – ll be giving this one a read too then, Andy. Great subject material.
So here’s a good question to other CommentLuv’ers then – since this book is team focussed, who’d be interested in forming a team and do the exact same thing on all team members blogs and get multiple blogs ranking?
Kinda makes sense to do things together and use team strengths, yeah? That’s my relationship side peeking through
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yes building a team seems to have done wonders for Kiesha and I know from experience it works well for other things too.
I’m too busy with my family business and other projects to do it myself though but your idea of getting other commentluvvers together is great!
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The best laid plans …
Great encouragement, Andy … I’ll be interested in seeing whether there’s any interest in doing this with other CommentLuv’ers.
Who’s up for it? I can easily create a private forum on my site to kick things off and track interest and progress. Just need to better understand whether any readers here think it’s worthy.
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Hi Martin,
Glad to hear that this has piqued your relatinship side’s interest. Even if you can pair up with just one other person to start with, it’s definietly helpful. Shoot out some emails to a few of your blogging buddies and see who’d like to team up with you. Two or more heads are always better than one. Even if you find someone who only has time to share your content on social networks, but not necessarily produce content, that’s still more than you could do alone. All the best to you.
Kiesha recently posted..SEO: Answers to Your Questions
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I am in 10 weeks game plan giveaway on Miss Kiesha blog If i didn’t win may be i will buy it
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Best of luck to you, Guppu!
Kiesha recently posted..SEO: Answers to Your Questions
I must admit that I was a little concerned about the “team” angle; I’m just me, and at the moment, I don’t really have time left from other obligations to focus on trying to do a blog by committee.
I’m very glad to hear that the book offers workarounds if team-blogging isn’t, for one reason or another, my particular cup of tea.
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Hi Patrick,
You’ll probably be surprised to know that I preferred working alone at first – I actually stumbled into the idea when I had to move out of state and had no other way of keeping my blog updated. I contacted a few friends who I had connected with and they were so enthusiastic about helping and the results were far better than I could’ve imagined. I would say, start slow and small, connect with one other blogger and see how much two of you can accomplish together. Even just sharing each other’s content is beneficial.
Kiesha recently posted..SEO: Answers to Your Questions
Hi keisha,
I have get the 100k Alexa rankings in 2 months. Alexa only depends on your way of article and you update your blog. if you keep on updating your blog regularly then you can get a lot faster alexa around 100k.
Get traffic from 150-200 daily on your blog and get the alexa 100k.
There is no rocket science in Alexa rankings !
Thank you
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Hi Alex,
That’s awesome! Glad to hear that your blog is doing well.
Kiesha recently posted..SEO: Answers to Your Questions
I’m applying the George Costanza method, just do the oposite of my instinct and that usually pays off.
I will hopefully get this book around payday.
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LOL!! Domonkos, I was just telling someone the other day that they should follow the George Costanza method – it’s funny how it still works even years after the show went off the air!
Kiesha recently posted..SEO: Answers to Your Questions
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This is a highly recommended piece from kiesha. Well laid actionable steps. I’m applying a great method I first read in the book and the results are rushing in. Grab your copy
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Hi Enstine!
Glad to hear that you are seeing results! Thanks for you sharing! All the best to you.
Kiesha recently posted..SEO: Answers to Your Questions
After reading about it, it make sense to try to reverse engineer the process. I have never thought about doing it that way. I have heard the term reverse engineering and know that people have been doing it for years on real objects but never thought about trying to do it on web properties. Should be a good read and probably well worth the investment.
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Hi Jason,
I love how Andy has articulated it – “reverse engineer” was not a phrase I was thinking of when I wrote it – I just wanted to provide some useful strategies for people who need them. But I think I’ll go ahead and adopt this phrase into my vocabulary, now.
Kiesha recently posted..SEO: Answers to Your Questions
looks promising
buying it right now
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really nice review thanks for sharing this
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Thanks for the link, I would certainly like to have a look at it.
I\’ve an problem regarding to commentluv., Whenever I use my blog url on any commentluv enabled blog, it shows this error,
A feed could not be found at http://www.geeksdesktop.com/?feed=atom. A feed with an invalid mime type may fall victim to this error, or SimplePie was unable to auto-discover it.. Use force_feed() if you are certain this URL is a real feed.
What to do? Please give guide .. Waiting for your reply, Thanks.
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Any idea on what SimplePie functions do?
I just replied to you with a solution but seem to have replied in the wrong place – anyways, dsee below!
I’m adding this in case Andy has something to notify you when you’re replied to (I bet he has!) like the ReplyMe plugin.
also in my comment I meant to put change to yoursite/feed/ not ///feed/ but because I put yoursite in less than and greater than signs it obviously thought it was a tag and ignored it.
yep, I still have a lot to learn
anyways, hopefully this helps – let me know if unclear
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hi, thanks for answering Alan.
for everyone else, if you have a support issue then you need to submit a support ticket.
the comments of this site are not the place to get help for commentluv problems, they are for discussing the content of the article.
thanks!
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Team building seems to be the best way to go. Using a context tab opener helps a bit too.
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I read about this recently and had forgotten about it – thanks for the timely reminder.
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I had the same problem for a while (but it seems to have fixed itself now so perhaps try upgrading your WP version or the plugin)
In any case, even when I had the same problem I found the following fixed it:
1. in the URL field instead of your site name type http:///feed/ or whatever your RSS feed is under (I think it’s sometimes feed2, /RSS/ or /RSS2/ but for me /feed/ worked
2. un-check and re-check the commentluv checkbox – hey presto! your posts should appear (at least they did for me)
3. You can still go back and change the URL to whatever you want, but it needs to be the last thing you do before hitting ‘Submit Comment’ otherwise you’ll need to repeat steps 1 and 2 again.
let me know if this works for you – it did for me,
take care & best wishes,
Alan
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Hi Andy,
Thanks a lot for recommending this great work. I am delighted to know that this book is going to help many of us to look beyond from where we are now. A great guide to freshers, amateurs and professionals too. Would like to get a copy for myself and recommend to my friends of the fraternity.
Regards,
Vijay
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Looks like yet another book I will have to add to my reading list. I’ve mostly focused on niche sites in the past and haven’t been very focused on traffic, but recently I am starting in to blogs as well. Something like this could definitely help me move things forward by leaps and bounds in the coming weeks/months.
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Hi, Andy! Am I the only one who thinks top 100K Alexa is not enough? This website has a rank of 16508 in Alexa, one of my projects has 60K, but why is Alexa rank so important?
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Hi Cristian,
I absolutely agree with you! The book shows you how to get to the 100k in 10 weeks, but it doesn’t say stop there. The goal of the book is to help you build a solid foundation for a blog – one that will continue to grow, not stagnant around the Top 100k mark. Advertisers are probably most interest in ranking figures – which in a way is quite important if you want to draw more advertisers to your blog. Beyond that the focus of the book is more about getting more exposure and traffic to your blog – the ranking numbers just help you judge if things are moving in the right direction.
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I see that “10 weeks” becomes a “magic number”. Earlier this week I read another review about a test, made in 10 weeks (or so), about Alexa ranking. But this ebook seems far more interesting.
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Looking a great book. Want to buy a copy of it.
Even we targeted Alexa ranking and moving to top 1 lakh is amazing.The difficult part of blogging is to generate traffic and some loyal visitors..and the most difficult part is continuing to write good articles even if no visitors are coming.Traffic is ultimate thing.I hope your eBook will help us a lot.Will surely buy a copy of it.
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Sounds like a great game plan that can help a lot of people to succeed in the blogging adventure. Thanks for posting!
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Definitely going to buy this e-book, though i have managed to reduce my alexa rank quite a bit in just a week or so!
Twitter: davdrwakeman
Hey Andy,
Great review. It sounds like a good book for any blogger. I have been working to re-energize my blog and because of your review I am going to bite the bullet and pick up a copy.
Thanks
David
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I think I may have to check this out. I would love to be a top 100k. Thanks again!
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Hellow Andy!!
I really need to grab this asap!!
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Now a days we can collect visitor for our wed site through social sites. Its really very important and effective way and we can collect visitor from here. This article discussed about that matter and i think will help us to work effectively. Thanks for such a great post.
Very interesting blog post. I am definitely curious to take a look at this e-book.
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nice article andy,
i always like your posts. my alexa is almost 160k and i hope i will soon enter the 100k club. but i think i need to work for that. thanks again for this post
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I will def. look into that… although I am not new to this blogging game, I’m always interested in fresh input. And for $16 (there’s even a disocunt avalilable when you subscribe) I think I will take a look. Reviews like this are very helpful by the way, because there are just too many of those books, and they all promise something, but few deliver. So it’s grat to get a first hand account of what to expect.
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I read a lot in personal growth and how to blogs books. Some share great contents some repeat the same message. Back the basis, the Action part is the most important step in growth.
Thanks for the sharing, continue to learn and continue to moving forward is the key to achieve greater success. Cheers
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Your title is simply the best. Blogging is the culmination of different aspects that needs close attention. You have done a great job in explaining things with clarity.
Its great way to get copy for our blog promotion and also beginners need this kind of guide
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Hey Andy!
Sounds like a good book for me as a blogger. Thanks for sharing this information.
Reading is article made me very conscious about this book, i have to get this to know all of its, thanks for the reviews and information.l
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Sounds like a useful book for a newbie like me. You didn’t mention a price, so I assume it’s a free download?
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I have started blogging now and I really wanna grab this book to build up my knowledge and expertise offered by you.
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I have started blogging now and I really wanna grab this book to build up my knowledge and expertise offered by you. Thanks for publishing this book.
NIce Post, Really This is awesome Game plan. I’m new to trying to make money online and it seems tough but I have big dreams after the book I already bought. Something like this could definitely help me move things forward by leaps and bounds in the coming months.I would love to be a top 100k.Well thanks for sharing this post.
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NIce Post, Really This is awesome Game plan. I’m new to trying to make money online and it seems tough but I have big dreams after the book I already bought. Something like this could definitely help me move things forward by leaps and bounds in the coming months.I would love to be a top 100k. Really its real review …Well thanks for sharing this post.
john saxena recently posted..Grade 10 – Science and Math Combo
I’m so happy that someone thought about writing a book on this subject! Having a blog and getting an audience can be tough but it takes so much work and learning from other seasoned bloggers as well. Thanks so much!
My personal blog is live now and I ‘hv to make that out loud to attain readers attention that I also exists in this world and doing good at my main blog so this review helped me a lot and now I knows that what to buy for solving my challenge.
Thanks
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Very interesting. I’ve checked a few of the blogs of the people who commented here and the Alexa rankings show extreme improvements. I will get buy the material.
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My blog is in top 300K and it took me two long months to do that.If this ebook can take my blog to top 100K in another 10 weeks then it is agood buy.I will try that.Thanks for the honest review,Andy.
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Good review. I’m not sure that you’ll get 100k readers in 10 weeks, but even if you got half that, then it’s worth it!
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Hi Andy ! There is no doubt that, your ideas is pragmatic and constructive. I used little bit SEO strategy by learning from your comlov.com and quickly boost pagerank within 15 days(from pr 0 to pr 3). I will make plan to buy your product but it will take more days. Thank you for your great reviews.
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Good review but the truth of the matter is that there is no 10 week plan to actually begin SEO to create a successful blog. Everything takes time and 10 weeks is simply not enough to get to that point where you can call yourself successful. It takes months and months. I don’t like how people are misleading others by making them think things can be done quickly. Regardless, thanks for the read.