One year ago today, I started MyLifeROI.com. I just wanted to write about personal finance. I didn’t have a lot of debt. I didn’t have aspirations to be a full-time blogger. I had no expectations of income from this blog. But I had opinions!
How times have changed (obviously not referring to the opinions part ;) heh)
I appreciate everyone who has followed my site for the past year. You make it more enjoyable for me to share my opinions and findings a few times per week.
MyLifeROI.com in Numbers
Here are some of the statistics from the past year:
1) Visitors
In total, I have had 120,854 visitors to my blog in the past year. That is an average of about 10,000 per month.
As you see, the last two weeks of February ‘09 only saw 161 visitors to my blog. Those were my first 2 weeks. In the first two weeks of February ‘10, I have seen 9,966 visitors. I experienced a lot of growth in the beginning months (before I got so busy with work!). You can actually see where I got promoted in July/August as traffic drops off.
2) Subscribers
As of writing this, I have 438 RSS and email subscribers.
My growth in this arena has been fairly steady, with a slowing down in the past few months. This is one area I want to try and grow a bit more.
3) Comments
A good measure of activity and community on a blog is comments or comments per post.
1,669 comments on 229 posts = 7.2 comments per post. Not great, but not horrible. I figure that number also includes about 400 pings and 400 of my own comments… thus leaving about 4 comments per post from other people. I should try to improve this!
4) Popular Posts
These posts have been pretty popular either through traffic, inbound links, or comments. Check them out if you haven’t before!
- The Three Most Influential Lessons From My Childhood
- How Much Do The Wealthy Really Pay In Taxes?
- Advice For A Recent Graduate Looking For A Job
- Personal Finance Lessons From Some Board Games
- Top Interview Blunders
- Why Government Regulations Sometimes Work (Actually had a professor email me to use this for his class!)
- Utilizing Technology to Slash Your Cable Bill
All of these posts present a different part of my outlook on life and a different part of personal finance. Feel free to comment on them after reading them!
Thanks For Being a Fan, Suggestions?
I know I need to get better at a lot of things, but I appreciate everyone’s support in the PF community! Other bloggers have been great help as have the readers.
If anyone needs anything, don’t hesitate to let me know! If you’d like to see me write more about one thing in particular or do something different, please let me know.
Thanks again everyone!
I'm MLR. After graduating from college debt free, I decided to write a blog encouraging people to adapt responsible and sensible personal finance rules.
February 17th, 2010 at 9:19 am |
Congrats. I’m jealous. I have almost twice as many posts, but considerably less traffic.
Kosmo @ The Casual Observer´s last blog ..Knee Jerk Reactions
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February 17th, 2010 at 9:29 am |
Congrats!!
Tell me your secrets!
I have been at it about 6 months, and get about 3000 hits per month.
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February 17th, 2010 at 11:44 am |
Congrats! Your numbers are staggering as compared to mine at the 1 year mark. NUTS. I have no suggestions since you clearly know what you are doing lol! keep up the great work
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February 17th, 2010 at 1:41 pm |
Nicely done my friend. I wish the best in the coming years
Jeff´s last blog ..Giving It Up
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February 17th, 2010 at 4:18 pm |
Happy blog birthday, MLR! It has been a pleasure reading your blog – and serial tweeting with you too. LOL
You’re traffic numbers look terrific! I’m looking forward to seeing how you progress in year 2!
All the best,
Len
Len Penzo dot Com
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February 18th, 2010 at 3:04 am |
Congrats man! Hope you keep on progressing and surpass your wildest dreams!
BTW, glad the “how much do the wealthy really pay in taxes” is one of your most popular. The mass wealthy ($350-$1mil/yr) pay a TON more tax than the average $50-150k/yr earner!
Flat tax forever!
Best, Sam
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February 18th, 2010 at 11:22 pm |
Congrats on the one year mark!
Tom @ Canadian Finance Blog´s last blog ..Gas Money
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February 22nd, 2010 at 7:24 pm |
Happy Blog Birthday, MLR! :)
Mrs. Money´s last blog ..A Teller Deposited Too Much Money- Can I Keep it?
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February 24th, 2010 at 4:42 pm |
Congrats on the awesome numbers! I’ve been blogging since 2006, but I’ve never made an effort to actively increase my readership, so it never really changes.
Frugal Babe´s last blog ..Frugal Babe Is A 2009 Plutus Award Finalist
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March 2nd, 2010 at 2:19 pm |
Happy Birthday!
One thought–not really a suggestion–just something to think about. Some sites are finding that the value of an email subscriber is much greater than an RSS or site reader. You might checkout http://www.dailyworth.com to see how they are handling this. (I’m not affiliated with them. I just think their approach is unique and probably well thought out.)
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March 4th, 2010 at 10:51 am |
Happy Birthday!
I just recently started my blog, but I’m hoping to achieve the same kind of success that you have by next year!
Cheers!
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March 10th, 2010 at 2:39 pm |
Congrats on 1 year mark! My suggestion– get a post up!
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