When I first started sharing submission calls, submitting tips, and other poetry related posts on my blog in October of last year, I wasn’t really expecting it to get much attention. But I wanted to keep track of information for myself and felt like sharing it as I discovered it might be something others would appreciate. It’s gone so much better than I ever expected! I’ve met a lot of amazing writers and poets and broadened my online community by a landslide.
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I thought it might be fun to share some of my stats and May was definitely a month of record breakers!
- Hit 1,000 followers in May
- Hit 10,000 views in May
- Broke my blog record for number of views in one day: 1,356
- Broke my blog record for number of visitors in one day: 1,115
- The top two posts with over 1,000 views this year:
- People viewed my blog from 128 different countries! (USA, India, UK, Canada, and Ireland are the top five)
- 20,396 clicks to other sites mentioned in my posts (Duotrope and Rejection Wiki are the top two)
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Thanks to all the amazing poets and writers who stop by and especially to those few who comment and add to the poetry conversation. I’d love to talk more with all of you! Please feel free to comment on this post or any other.
- Let me know about your successes
- Post on submission calls for which you were accepted
- Provide feedback on my blog and/or something you’d like to see more of
- Let me know what’s most challenging and/or what you need more help with
- Share posts with your writerly friends
- Ask questions
Poetry needs all the attention it can get… it’s time to get loud about it!
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Well you definitely deserve it because you provide such timely, interesting and useful information!
Thank you so much!
You’ll have to change your subtitle to “the unselfish poet” if you don’t watch out!
LOL, I write selfishly, to please myself, but yes, it’s a little facetious otherwise :). Thanks for commenting!
I am so appreciative of your site, Trish, and your generosity in sharing your personal stats. I would like to recommend the California State Poetry Society to your readers – ( you don’t have to be a Californian, or a member to submit. ) They have a quarterly publication as well as monthly contests with actual cash prizes!
Thank you for your kind words!
Happy New Year to you! And many thanks to YOU for sharing such terrific information with us.
Trish, I have had a bad year with health concerns and family feuds. (so to speak) However, I’ve written a couple of poems in the last few weeks that have brought me back to a place I’ve missed. I DO appreciate your blog and the info you send so freely. Thank you Thank you. I’m going to try to write more
Hi Cindy, I’m sorry to hear of your recent challenges. Sometimes writing helps us deal with things and sometimes just trying to get to it adds to the stress! I’m so glad my blog is helpful. Wishing you all the best and that 2017 will redeem itself <3.