How LadyBossBlogger Helped Me Master Pinterest & Increase My Blog's Traffic

This September will make it one year since I re-launched my blog here at JasmineRutledge.com and I can hardly believe we’re coming up on our one-year anniversary already! The past 10 months have truly been a JOURNEY. From learning how to customize a website, establishing a consistent posting schedule, and building a community – I have definitely been stretched as I’ve poured in unmeasurable time and energy.

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For all my efforts though, a few months ago I realized that this blog wasn’t growing much. My blog traffic was so low and becoming stagnant. I had searched Google and YouTube for solutions and even taken courses on mastering SEO to increase traffic, but nothing seemed to be working. My goal with this website is to inspire and encourage women to live abundantly as they pursue Christ, but that’s not possible if I can’t even reach the women in the first place.

I was getting frustrated and discouraged so I did what I normally do when I’m stuck. I prayed. I sat down one day and simply asked God to help me increase my traffic. He answered not even a week later. I was approached by the LadyBossBlogger team with an offer to take their “Grow Christian Blog Course“, created by LadyBossBlogger CEO Elaine Rau.

Now, I have taken plenty of courses before, but I was intrigued by this particular one because the focus was on getting massive traffic to your blog in a way that honors and collaborates with God. In addition, I was in desperate need of help. I couldn’t figure out SEO to save my life. My email list was not growing. I knew that Pinterest was a good tool to use to drive blog traffic, but I had no idea how to use it effectively (my impressions on Pinterest were abysmal). The “Grow Christian Blog”, course sales page promised to address all of these pain points. I was sold.

My Results

It’s been a week since I finished the course and I have to say I am SO happy I decided to take it! My main pain point when I started the course was utilizing Pinterest correctly. I had already signed up for Tailwind, – an Instagram and Pinterest scheduler – but was completely lost on how to use it. Pin design was also difficult and time-consuming for me. Thankfully, the “Grow Christian Blog’ course dedicates two full modules to Pinterest strategy which covers how to create viral pins, how to optimize your boards for SEO, how to use Tailwind, how to avoid getting your Pinterest account suspended, and much more. This is important because Pinterest can be a major key in driving traffic to your blog. If you learn how to drive traffic on Pinterest correctly, you’ll by default see increased traffic on your blog as well!

Since completing the course I’ve seen noticeable growth on both my Pinterest account and blog. In just two weeks I saw:

Impressions on Pinterest increase from 1,000 to 3,3000 – a gain of 230%
Total audience on Pinterest increase from 375 users to 1,900 users – an increase of 486%
Sessions on my blog grow by 65%
And blog page views increase by 68%.

This was all in just two weeks! Before this, I was noticing a decrease in the above figures.

Another benefit I saw from taking this course was one that I can’t quantify. I mentioned earlier that one of the things that drew me into taking the course was the focus on partnering with God to grow your blog. As I was taking the course, I began to lean more into the Holy Spirit for direction. I started asking for His insight on what to write about instead of just picking a topic I thought would be good. I sought His guidance on my Pinterest and social media promotion strategy as well. As a result, I began to notice there was more grace on me to write. Writing the posts and promoting them no longer felt so arduous. I’ve been more connected with my writing and so has my audience! The feedback from my blog posts over the past few weeks has been amazing. People are being encouraged and inspired like never before and it’s been so refreshing to witness!

I truly feel that God sent me this course at the time I needed it. It was so jam-packed with value. While the most value for me came from the Pinterest optimization, I also learned valuable information about how to build an email list, how to balance your life and blogging, how to set up your site’s legal pages so you don’t get into trouble (this is important!), and how to monetize your blog.

Do you need help growing your blog?

If you are a blogger and you’re having trouble growing your blog, don’t try to do it on your own! I spent 10 months trying to figure out how to increase traffic to my blog and got lackluster results. I wish I had taken this course sooner! I highly encourage you to take LadyBossBlogger’s Grow Christian Blog course. (Side note: if you’re brand new to the world of blogging, I would suggest you look into LadyBossBlogger’s “Launch Christian Blog Course” first). You can access the “Grow Christian Blog” course by clicking this link: https://ladybossbloggercourses.com/?affcode=238290__tovj8rk.

You can also use my promo code: jasrutledge for 20% off! At $197 the course is already priced affordably, but if you use the discount code, it brings the cost down to $157.60 – which is a GREAT deal for all the information and resources you get!

What’s Included in the Course:

If you have more specific questions about the course – or just blogging in general – I’m happy to chat with you! Leave a comment below or send me an email at hello@jasminerutledge.com and we can talk. In the meantime, happy blogging!