For the last post in 2019, I wanted to look back at this blogging experiment that I’ve been running. The initial impetus for the blog was to use it as a mechanism to get better at writing. I’ve found writing to be a great method to figure out If I truly understand something. As with everything practice makes perfect and blogging is how I practice!
Let’s walk through some stats! I wouldn’t call my blog views as stellar, but you dear readers who read this blog, I am very very grateful. I started writing in 2012 but really kicked it in earnest in 2018 and 2019. In aggregate this blog has had 7,372 viewers and 11,530 views since 2012. Good steady progress!
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In terms of referral channels, I was very surprised by this one. The #1 referral channel is LinkedIn. I now understand the plethora of content on LinkedIn – it looks like it works! I was expecting Facebook to be the major referral but its LinkedIn by a mile!
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The most popular posts have been about personal finance (Also – one of the first posts on this site). SEO works on good content – a good chunk of recurring views for these posts come from google searches.
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I’m off the grid for a well-deserved break – cya in January 2020. I hope everybody has a good break and thanks for reading!