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Permalink Reply by Amy Shojai, CABC on February 15, 2013 at 4:22pm

Congrats!

Permalink Reply by Kimberly Gauthier on February 15, 2013 at 5:17pm

Congrats!

Permalink Reply by Tom Collins on February 15, 2013 at 5:28pm

Cool!

One of the bits of magic in doing interviews is that the other person has plenty of incentive to send traffic your way, since they're being presented on your blog as an expert, a celeb, or somehow worthy of attention from you and your readers. The bigger their audiences are, the faster yours will grow.

The only caveat is that your readers always come first: no matter how big the other person's audience may be, if the interview topic and info shared aren't interesting to your readers, it can hurt your long term growth as much as help.

Permalink Reply by Jessica/YDWWYW/PetTalkMedia on February 15, 2013 at 5:46pm

Congrats Kathy! It's so rewarding to know you hit on something that resonates woth people. Be sure to check out those Google Analytics :)

Permalink Reply by Colby Morita on February 16, 2013 at 12:09am

Congratulations!  That's great that she's getting that much referral traffic from your efforts.

Permalink Reply by Sue at For Love of a Dog on February 16, 2013 at 2:06am

That's great.  Good job, Kathy!  :-)

Permalink Reply by Kathy H Porter on February 16, 2013 at 4:50am

@Tom - when I came up with this idea, my first thought was how my own readers would benefit from whatever info these interviews would reveal - every business ventures, regardless of what it is, has some fundamental truths behind it for what it took to get it started and then to sustain it over the long haul - and, what I've always known is that stories are one of the best ways to share any kind of information; most of my audience are women dog lovers - some of whom are already running their own pet-friendly businesses; some of whom are casting around for that 2nd, 3rd or 4th professional reincarnation.

Thanks everyone else for your encouraging words - I'm not exactly sure how this happened - I still have to check Google Analytics - it will definitely be interesting to see what happens with interview #2.

Permalink Reply by Dawn Miklich on February 19, 2013 at 5:29pm

That's cool Kathy! I love interviews- both doing interviews about people and reading them. Could just be because I'm nosy, but I like to think I learn something from them too!

Kathy H Porter said:

@Tom - when I came up with this idea, my first thought was how my own readers would benefit from whatever info these interviews would reveal - every business ventures, regardless of what it is, has some fundamental truths behind it for what it took to get it started and then to sustain it over the long haul - and, what I've always known is that stories are one of the best ways to share any kind of information; most of my audience are women dog lovers - some of whom are already running their own pet-friendly businesses; some of whom are casting around for that 2nd, 3rd or 4th professional reincarnation.

Thanks everyone else for your encouraging words - I'm not exactly sure how this happened - I still have to check Google Analytics - it will definitely be interesting to see what happens with interview #2.

Permalink Reply by CompanionAnimalPsychology Blog on February 19, 2013 at 7:14pm

Congratulations Kathy, that's fantastic!

Permalink Reply by Kathy H Porter on February 19, 2013 at 7:39pm

It really surprised me - I have to think that the Social Media person who works for the bakery just might have had a hand in some of it....which is okay. I'll take it.

CompanionAnimalPsychology Blog said:

Congratulations Kathy, that's fantastic!