Every now and then, an online writer will experience something I like to call a "Traffic Drought" - a period of time in which your viewership dramatically decreases and stays on the low for a while. Traffic Droughts can be triggered any day, sometimes for no apparent reason, but I find that it'll have something to do with a change on the writer's side. It could be any change really, from a decrease in how many articles you publishes per day to a decrease in the amount of content you give in your articles. Traffic Droughts happen from time to time but the first time is usually the worst, because the first time is when your more new and inexperienced. Newer writers panic at the sight of a Traffic Drought and it usually discourages them and affects their writing even more.
The key is to not let it get you down. If you wake up one day and find out that your blog's been hit by one, take it as a challenge instead of an error on your part. Look at it and say "I'm going to publish so much content that those viewers will be running back!" and do just that! Keep posting lots of content everyday and whenever you look at the viewer count and see that it's low, just stick your chin up and write more articles. If you see it's starting to rise again, keep writing more anyways because when a drought is on the verge of being over, you need to be careful up until the point where it's completely restored, otherwise your blog could have a relapse and you'll have to start over again.
Well, there you have it! If you ever find a Traffic Drought on your blog, do not despair no matter how big it is! Instead, take it up like a challenge you've been set. Take it up the way you would when the world is trying to put you down but you'll fight back! The bottom line: don't cower in the face of a Traffic Drought; brace yourself and run straight through it.
The key is to not let it get you down. If you wake up one day and find out that your blog's been hit by one, take it as a challenge instead of an error on your part. Look at it and say "I'm going to publish so much content that those viewers will be running back!" and do just that! Keep posting lots of content everyday and whenever you look at the viewer count and see that it's low, just stick your chin up and write more articles. If you see it's starting to rise again, keep writing more anyways because when a drought is on the verge of being over, you need to be careful up until the point where it's completely restored, otherwise your blog could have a relapse and you'll have to start over again.
Well, there you have it! If you ever find a Traffic Drought on your blog, do not despair no matter how big it is! Instead, take it up like a challenge you've been set. Take it up the way you would when the world is trying to put you down but you'll fight back! The bottom line: don't cower in the face of a Traffic Drought; brace yourself and run straight through it.
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