Comments on: How to Create a Blog Sidebar That Converts Visitors Into Revenue

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:07:13 +0000

Thank you, Derek – this is the sort of information I need (am now off to make some discreet(!) changes to my sidebar…)

By: Thad P @ thadthoughts.com

Thad P @ thadthoughts.com — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:03:50 +0000

I read this article a couple of weeks ago and took a hard look at my side-bar. I ditched just about everything you suggested, and the results have been encouraging (modest, but encouraging).

By: Jasjot Singh Bains

Jasjot Singh Bains — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 05:35:54 +0000

Totally agree with your point Derek. Most people put all sorts of of insane stuff in their sidebars, which usually leads to the visitors getting confused like “What the hell is going on here” Just giving an outline of useful stuff in the sidebar should be more than sufficient according to me, and promoting just FB,G+ and Twitter should be enough. If someone wants to know whether you are the Twitter king or no, they will just follow you. Cut out the stream in the sidebar

By: LaMystique

LaMystique — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:28:49 +0000

My blog is still too new at the moment for popular posts I believe. But I will be taking down my twitter stream. I always thought it was standard practice to put all of your social profiles so that anyone who wants to get in touch with you can. This was a great article.

By: Bo4610

Bo4610 — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:57:47 +0000

In reply to Rob @ Atlanta Real Estate.

Rob,

Yours is the first site I evr visited that has a contact form on the sidebar. I like it, thanks for the idea.

🙂

By: Praveen

Praveen — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:50:00 +0000

I added popular post of specific category(Linux, Mac OS X, Virus solutions) in Sidebar 🙂

By: Anant

Anant — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:10:52 +0000

So you would recommend removing the share options on a site like mine?

By: Jae Smith

Jae Smith — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:23:02 +0000

An insightful, step-by-step tutorial on how to make a killer, high-converting sidebar without all of the rookie mistakes. Phenomenal! It’s ironic that you mention deleting the badges from the sidebar when social media networks influences it. Contrarianism is often the results that yields the highest, in my experience. No doubt, this does the same. Thanks for such an excellent article. It is keen, refreshing and original. Yours, Jae Smith 🙂

By: Derek Jamieson

Derek Jamieson — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 23:40:14 +0000

Thanks Derek for the nice post its very helpful going to take action now.

By: Juan

Juan — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:13:47 +0000

Hi, Derek

I have already followed your advice on the email sign up form and resources, but I have no clue on how to do the “popular articles” thing…

Thanks again for all your help,
You rock, man!