Effectively, people, 2022 is over and we right here at WiscoGolfAddict are wanting ahead to an amazing 2023!
The previous yr had plenty of nice golf-related highlights, and over the previous three weeks I’ve been counting down my favorites for you all on Instagram. In case you missed them, I posted an earlier article that features the countdown and content material under:
In our twelfth yr of content material creation, the web site greater than doubled in visitors in 2022 in comparison with any earlier years as a whole lot of hundreds of golf fans visited the location. Our social media accounts have proven unimaginable progress, too, particularly on Instagram the place we entered the yr with 3,840 followers and completed it with over 5,400 (30% yr over yr).
Whereas we’re simply ramping up, we tried all types of latest issues on WiscoGolfAddict.com final yr together with an internet store and strategic deal with golf tools and attire. Between Troy, Brian and me we printed over 100 product critiques in 2022 – I can promise you that only a few, if any, websites within the world have had close to that degree of manufacturing within the house!
We work laborious to construct packages to save lots of you, our readers, cash on gear we get pleasure from and suppose you’ll love, too. Take a look at the “Product Reductions” web page from the header menu for a full itemizing of manufacturers and merchandise we’ve negotiated offers for in your behalf:
We’ve added Teaching & Educational content material with Paul Mindel of the Wisconsin Golf Academy (extra under), elevated our pictures abilities ten-fold with assist from iconic native photographer Wealthy Bauer and are nonetheless focusing our most concentrated efforts on what began this complete factor within the first place: World-class golf course content material.
We additionally began constructing out video content material – on Instagram, the web site and on YouTube. Whereas the followers are nonetheless ready to flood in there, we’re making a trove of videography that included 53 new items within the final yr alone. Should you’re on YouTube, give us a observe!
Golf course critiques
We acknowledge that the expansion of WiscoGolfAddict.com began with golf course content material, and for Brian, Gregg and me this can proceed to be our key focus shifting ahead. Between the three of us, we posted a report 35 course critiques in 2022 and have a lot extra within the hopper.
Curious what are our hottest course critiques had been in 2022? Listed below are the 21 most visited, ranked by visitors:
Product critiques
Troy, Brian and I reviewed a ton of wonderful golf gear in 2022. Listed below are the 15 hottest product critiques on the location final yr, once more by visitors:
Skilled and elevated pictures
Along with Troy, Brian and Gregg offering terrific further content material on golf programs and merchandise, we’ve additionally labored laborious on our pictures. Studying from and dealing with skilled photographer Wealthy Bauer, Troy and I’ve labored endlessly to enhance our abilities each with handheld cameras and drones, in addition to with all of the back-end edits and ending.
We’re now utilizing professional-level tools and have stepped up our threshold for high quality to continually add extra worth for the manufacturers we companion with.
This has been an extremely rewarding enterprise for me, particularly with the ability to look again over time and see the enhancements we’ve made within the degree of high quality for our product critiques – even in simply the final yr alone!
I’m additionally excited for Wealthy to grow to be extra part of the WiscoGolfAddict crew within the new yr, offering written content material in addition to pictures and being available for professional-level shoots. As you may see on his web site (under), his work is unimaginable!
Golf teaching & instruction
We additionally welcomed Paul Mindel to the WiscoGolfAddict crew in 2022 as our first teaching and tutorial skilled! Paul has many years of expertise teaching and instructing all ranges of golfers, and I see plenty of me in him along with his fixed quest to enhance and add new abilities to his repertoire.
One in all Paul’s key strategic focuses proper now, for instance, is on the psychological facet of the sport. He has been working one-on-one extensively with one of many world’s true leaders in Efficiency Psychology, Dr. Raymond Prior, to raised assist his college students carry out higher – on the golf course and in life.
Take a look at our new Teaching & Instruction web page for extra data on Paul and particularly on the upcoming Golf Efficiency Day being held January 22, 2023 at North Hills Nation Membership.
Coming in 2023
There have been quite a bit of latest focuses and enhancements in 2022, and there will likely be a lot extra to return in ’23!
This previous yr, for instance, I took a course with Jeff Dauler of The UPSIDE with Callie and Jeff on podcast growth and goal at creating an everyday audio present.
We may also offer skilled pictures companies, together with for golf tools manufacturers, golf programs and even people. Is there a photograph we’ve taken that you simply’d like to function in your workplace wall? We’ll make it occur for you. I’m within the technique of vetting picture printing companies now, however in the meanwhile will make all pictures obtainable as digital downloads for private use.
How are you going to assist?
An important components for achievement when operating a web site like WiscoGolfAddict.com are high-quality content material, visitors and engagement.
Site visitors
Bookmark the location and test again usually, or higher but signal as much as obtain an electronic mail when new posts go reside, in addition to the newsletters we goal at sending extra incessantly in 2023.
Engagement
I can’t inform you how completely happy it makes me to have people go away feedback on or like our content material. If one thing we’re writing strikes a wire in you, tell us! Reader engagement is without doubt one of the most vital elements when evaluating profitable web sites, and greater than something it validates and makes us really feel nice to know what we’re doing is being consumed and appreciated.
We love golf such as you, so let’s discuss it.
Additionally, should you’re trying to purchase one thing we’ve reviewed, please use our hyperlinks and low cost codes and share them with mates who’re searching for the identical nice merchandise!
Content material
We’re nonetheless searching for extra proficient and passionate writers and content material mills, particularly for course overview work. Should you get pleasure from sharing your love of the sport of golf like we do, and have all the time been all for getting your ideas on the market, let’s discover it. I believe you’ll agree the “work” is sort of rewarding!
Fill out the shape under should you’re , connect one thing you’ve finished golf-related that would probably work as a primary put up and let’s get the dialog began!
2022 was an exceptional yr for WiscoGolfAddict.com. Kelly, Troy, Brian, Paul, Wealthy, Gregg and I might all wish to say thanks in your continued assist of the location and the continuing growth of the model.
Because the world continues towards normalcy once more, we’ll proceed to place out the very best golf-related content material we will and we’re excited to benefit from the great progress and total journey with you all. On behalf of the crew at WiscoGolfAddict.com, we want every certainly one of you a really completely happy, wholesome and affluent 2023.
