Some pretty good news

This is pretty exciting for me. The blog just reached it's 1000th page load from 526 unique visitors. There were four reasons I started blogging. First, I was interested in finding out what blogging was all about out natural curiosity. Second, I wanted to see how all this online marketing stuff worked. Third, I wanted to get exposure to my work. And lastly, I wanted to sell some of my books. How have I done in five weeks? Well, I think I understand all the buzz about blogging. I love doing it. Rarely do I sit an watch TV any more. My laptop is always, well, on my lap. Overall, I would say I have a pretty good idea how online advertising works. In the last five weeks, I learned more about advertising and marketing than I learned in my previous 20+ years in the business world. As far as getting exposure check out the numbers and you can see that there has been a significant traffic increase.                         Jan 18 to Feb 8 (21 days)   Feb 9 to Feb 23 (14 days)     Total Page loads:               354                                    647                                  1001 Unique Visitors:       149                                    377                                    526 First Time Visitors:  135                                   345                                     480 Return Visitors:         14                                     32                                       46 In 14 days, there was almost twice the page loads and more than twice the repeat visitor traffic of the previous 21 days. The one area I where I haven't made any progress is: I haven't sold any books. But I have had 25 new visitors to Progressing Rapidly Over Uneven Terrain. That may not sound like many, but in the last 2 1/2 years I only had 80. So, that is a big jump. I think I have two problems with Progressing Rapidly Over Uneven Terrain. First, the title is too long. So, I am going to change the name to "Web Site". Second, although personally I like the cover, it does not have a professional look. It looks like a self-published work. They say you shouldn't judge a book by it's cover, but I really think that is happening. Therefore, I have engaged a very talented graphic artist to create a new cover for me. I should have the final proofs back tomorrow. This weekend I will publish "Web Site" on lulu.com. All of you that have already purchased a copy Progressing Rapidly Over Uneven Terrain will have quite a collectors item when "Web Site" hits it big. You'll be able to tell everyone, I read it when it was Progressing Rapidly Over Uneven Terrain. In summary, it's pretty encouraging news. Hopefully, you are all enjoying my attempt to entertain you and you feel like a part of the experience. All y'all come back and bring your friends - the more the merrier! Tags: Fiction, Online Book, Rebeleyeball, Paul Gavin Copyright (c) 2006 Paul Gavin. All rights reserved.