The Blogosphere is growing at rapid pace. Blogging these days is not just about sharing content. Its much more than that. Its about Analytics, trends, social networking traffic, revenues and lot more. Our infographic “How Big is Blogosphere” will be covering some interesting facts about Blogging World.

Infographic by- Conversion Rate Optimization Company Invesp

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Did You Know That

According to BlogPulse, there were more than 164 Million Blogs in July 2011.

49% of Bloggers are from USA, followed by 29% from Europe and then 12% from Asia Pacific

64% of Bloggers are Hobbyists.Only 21% of bloggers are Full time bloggers.

30% of bloggers are of age group 25-34 years followed by 27% from age group 35-44 years.

15% of US bloggers are from California.

28% of bloggers are blogging from 4-6 years, followed by 21% bloggers blogging from more than 6 years.

Only 11% of bloggers are earning their primary income from blogging.

32% of bloggers spend less than 1 hour/week in blogging followed by 28% who spend 1-3 hours/week in blogging.

55% of bloggers update their blogs for 4-12 times/month

40% of bloggers are using WordPress blogging platform.

35% of bloggers write about areas of Interest.

66% of bloggers use personal satisfaction to measure their success

25% of bloggers are using mobile devices for blogging.

40% of blogs are using Display ads as the main source for generating revenues.

Around half, 48% of blogs receive less than 1,000 unique visitors per month.

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I will be speaking at the following conferences over the next couple of months.

SMX West – 3/10/2011. I am speaking on the conversion optimization science panel.

Conversion conference west – 3/15/2011: I am speaking with the awesome Rob Snell on ecommerce best practices

SES NY: 3/22/2011: I will be conducting conversion optimization express site reviews.

Emetrics – Toronto 4/29/2011. I am speaking on a panel with the legendary Jim Novo on the art and science of interpreting data and making a case for change.

If you are attending any of these conferences and would like to talk conversion optimization or ecommerce, do not hesitate in dropping me an email: khalid at invesp dot com.

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If you have been planning to order our book on conversion optimization, then we have a special deal for you. I just got an email from our publisher, O’Reilly, letting me know that they are offering a one day discount of 50% on in O’Reilly’s Theory in Practice  series which includes our title. Order your copy by navigating to this special offer. This offer is only valid for Wednesday 2/16/2010.

Use discount code DDTP5 in the shopping cart. Ebooks from oreilly.com are DRM-free. You get free lifetime access, and free updates.

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We are in the process of planning a monthly webinar on a variety of topics. The plan is to have industry experts present these webinars. These webinars are designed for you, so please let us know what topics are interesting to you.

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Since voting started on the 2009 top online marketers yesterday, I wanted to put a quick list of the twitter ids for the nominees. (names appear in alphabetical order)

Continue reading Twitter IDs: 2009 Top Marketers Nominees

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In our previous post, we called for nominations for the Top 100 Internet Marketers of 2009. We received a great response, and are pleased to announce the nominees for this year’s Top 100.

To help us finalize our list of the top leaders and thinkers in Internet marketing this year, cast your vote now. Voting will take place until mid night 12/13/2009.

We look forward to your votes. Stay tuned for the final results!

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After the successful launch of last year’s list of top marketers, we are launching our second annual list of the world’s most influential Internet marketers, and we need your help!

If you or someone you know demonstrated outstanding leadership and achievements in the Internet marketing industry this year, please feel free to complete the 2009 top marketers nomination form. Last year list generated close to 750,000 views and over 12,000 nominations and votes.

With your recommendations, our selection committee will create a list of nominees for our readers to vote on from November 23rd to December 4th. Based on your votes and our criteria, we will reveal the final top 100. Please note that nominations will be accepted through November 15, 2009.

We look forward to your submissions!

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While I enjoyed networking at the SES conference in San Jose tremendously, I can’t critic the conference from an attendee perspective since I only attended a few sessions. I did notice that there were fewer than anticipated registrants, but popular sessions were packed. My session was titled (and yes, it was a popular session): Real World Multivariate Testing – and I was on a panel with Trevor Claiborne of Google, Jim McDonald of Match.com, and Dan Sprinkle of Acronym.

Multivariate testing is recommended during conversion optimization, and actually, each recommendation we give our clients is paired in some way with a few testing scenarios to maximize results. My focus during the session though, because most of the panelists were focusing on the benefits, was to shed light onto some of the challenges many listeners may not be aware of.

Continue reading Real World Multivariate Testing: SES San Jose 2009

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When we get around to any discussion about customer service, and in particular customer satisfaction, a phrase is almost guaranteed to come up:

The customer is always right

But is that really true?

Continue reading Is the Customer Always Right?

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When was the last time you invested in your business? Have you scaled back your investment recently, or increased it? Are you updating your knowledge and skills, or hoping that the expertise you have gained previously will see you through industry changes now and in the future?

Continue reading Are You Investing in Your Business or Sucking it Dry?

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