It’s been five years since my website was first published and I don’t want this milestone to pass without comment. Back in November 2011, I didn’t have a five year mission in mind, but now that the landmark has been reached, to borrow an expression from Moneysupermarket, I am feeling epic.
Alright maybe that’s overcooking it a bit (well a lot then), but I do have this sense of satisfaction that I have kept the momentum going. Five years is a reasonable commitment.
In November 2015, I wrote about my site reaching its fourth birthday…
http://www.adrianbaldwin.net/blog/adrianbaldwinnet-is-four
…my feelings 12 months later are much the same and there’s no point in being repetitive.
I also wrote a piece when the site turned three.
http://www.adrianbaldwin.net/blog/its-my-party-and-ill-cry-if-i-want-to
So having another anniversary has been challenging in terms of discovering/revealing new journalistic angles. Maybe there’s no need to, it’s probably only me that even cares about the elapsed time.
A few weeks ago I celebrated (more overcooking…the event passed without comment…well until now anyway) a work related landmark - two years back in the fleet/finance industry. Given that I have a presence on LinkedIn, the site automatically posted (no effort at all required from me) an anniversary update. 18 people “liked” it and seven people actually wrote to me. I mention this because I hope that five years of adrianbaldwin.co.uk/.com/.uk/.net (which involves a lot of effort) gets a similar response, ideally a better one. I’ll be honest though, I have my doubts.
But being positive in terms of achievements (since 03/11/15) - 59 new posts, 24,881 additional unique visitors and 137,948 page views. All feels okay to me!
Fame has yet to materialise, costs have yet to be covered, but some cool stuff has happened in terms of engagement with readers (and various bands for that matter) – certainly enough encouragement for me to blog into year six with a continued sense of purpose.
And that’s about that. Well aside from this:
Thank you dear readers for coming/returning. Feel free to recommend my site to your pals. And if you’re thinking about leaving a congratulatory sort of message, don’t be bashful.
Love and kisses,
Ade xx
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Alright maybe that’s overcooking it a bit (well a lot then), but I do have this sense of satisfaction that I have kept the momentum going. Five years is a reasonable commitment.
In November 2015, I wrote about my site reaching its fourth birthday…
http://www.adrianbaldwin.net/blog/adrianbaldwinnet-is-four
…my feelings 12 months later are much the same and there’s no point in being repetitive.
I also wrote a piece when the site turned three.
http://www.adrianbaldwin.net/blog/its-my-party-and-ill-cry-if-i-want-to
So having another anniversary has been challenging in terms of discovering/revealing new journalistic angles. Maybe there’s no need to, it’s probably only me that even cares about the elapsed time.
A few weeks ago I celebrated (more overcooking…the event passed without comment…well until now anyway) a work related landmark - two years back in the fleet/finance industry. Given that I have a presence on LinkedIn, the site automatically posted (no effort at all required from me) an anniversary update. 18 people “liked” it and seven people actually wrote to me. I mention this because I hope that five years of adrianbaldwin.co.uk/.com/.uk/.net (which involves a lot of effort) gets a similar response, ideally a better one. I’ll be honest though, I have my doubts.
But being positive in terms of achievements (since 03/11/15) - 59 new posts, 24,881 additional unique visitors and 137,948 page views. All feels okay to me!
Fame has yet to materialise, costs have yet to be covered, but some cool stuff has happened in terms of engagement with readers (and various bands for that matter) – certainly enough encouragement for me to blog into year six with a continued sense of purpose.
And that’s about that. Well aside from this:
Thank you dear readers for coming/returning. Feel free to recommend my site to your pals. And if you’re thinking about leaving a congratulatory sort of message, don’t be bashful.
Love and kisses,
Ade xx
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