I’ve just checked our web visitor statistics and discovered that this month we had our 1 millionth visitor!
In fact, we’re averaging over 130,000 unique visitors per month, and it’s still growing, which makes us one of the UK’s leading seasonal food resources.
In the 18 months since Veg Box Recipes launched, I think that’s a fantastic achievement (if I say so myself!)
I had the idea for the site a couple of years ago, when struggling to come up with suitable seasonal recipes for the contents of our veg box, and decided I couldn’t be the only person with that problem. And the numbers confirm it!
I’m normally a part time writer / trainer and full time mum to a 3 year old and a 7 month old and I run Veg Box Recipes as a “hobby”, though I have to admit it does take up quite a bit of time… But I feel it’s worth it – especially when I get feedback from people telling me it has helped them identify mystery seasonal vegetables or work out how to cook those guiltily lurking at the back of the fridge.
And some of the emails over the last year have been really touching, with people telling me the website has helped them rekindle their interest in cooking, or widen the variety in their family’s diet.
When I set up the site, I had no idea it would be so popular, all over the world. Just today I got a lovely email from a lady in Kenya, saying she had been using the recipes for her veg box!
So a huge thank you to everyone who has supported Veg Box Recipes so far! Without you, there would be no point to the time I put in.
I’d also love to hear your ideas about what else the website could be doing. What would you like to see for the next million visitors? How would you like to get involved?
Time for a celebratory cup of tea, methinks.
Love,
Clare x
P.S. If you’re involved with a website or magazine and fancy helping spread the message about Veg Box Recipes, please feel free to tell your visitors our exciting news and check out our Press section, which includes background on veg boxes, more about the website and some photographs / logos you can download to use with your article. Thank you for your help 
P.P.S. If you’d like to link to us, here’s how to make it easy: http://www.vegbox-recipes.co.uk/link-to-veg-box-recipes.php
Hi there, I also have a dieting website. I was wondering how you have done so well to get visitors to your website. I am averaging about 5 unique visitors a day which is rubbish. How do you go about marketing?
Cheers,
Andrew
Hi Andrew,
Thank you for the question.
And we’ve grown since I wrote that post – we’re now receiving 2 million unique visitors a year!
To answer your question, I’ve never done any formal marketing.
Most of our visitors are by word of mouth recommendation or search engines.
But I’m happy to spill the beans on how I learned the tips that work and those that don’t.
Ken Evoy writes about this stuff in a user-friendly, easy-to-skim-read way and the book that got me started is now free. Here’s the link:
http://tinyurl.com/kenevoy
And my current mentor and guru is Travis Greenlee. He and internet marketing expert Mitch Meyerson offer loads of their insider secrets here:
http://www.tinyurl.com/mbbclub (This link gets you a 30 day free trial).
Then I just made sure the site had regular, new content, that was interesting and relevant, and the rest happened naturally.
I hope that helps?!
Thanks,
Clare