So, as I've mentioned before, I have the privilege of writing for The Good Stuff Guide (GSG) (www.thegoodstuffguide.com) - and first, I just have to say, if you don't follow the GSG via email, facebook, twitter, or in your RSS feed - you are missing out on some good stuff (ha! pun intended).
Well, Heidi, the brilliant mind behind the GSG, sent me the following stats yesterday.
According to alexa.com - we are ranked as the 813,000 website read in the world, and 132,000 in the United States. Apparently this is really good! And exciting.
So, she went on to say, the website gets approximately 30,000 unique users a month, for a total of 1.5 to 2.0 million hits a month!! Yes, this is where I went EEEEK!!! Did you read that. Million. What?! That's crazy! There are 3 of us writing for the GSG right now. That is a whole lot of people reading what I write! Which on the one hand makes me ecstatically giddy with happiness; and on the other hands makes me gasp with the enormity of it.
For the past several years now, my desire to be a writer has been growing and growing. Well, I guess if this many people are reading what I write, then maybe I am a writer. Oh, I still want to figure out a way to get paid for my writing, but for now I'm happy for the experience, the opportunity and exposure I have in writing for the Good Stuff Guide.
And because so many people read the GSG, we can now join this thing called HARO, which I'm quickly discovering is kinda a big thing in the publishing world. Major news like Fox, AP, Gannett, ABC, along with major magazines, use this resource to get ideas for articles and news stories. In fact, today, I responded to one about marriage advice, and I heard back almost instantly from the writer of the article, thanking me for 'fantastic tips' and she said she'd let me know if she uses my ideas in a REDBOOK article! She may or may not, but just the possibility of being able to share my ideas/tips with such a large audience makes me smile.
And I'd be honest if I didn't say all this makes me slightly nervous! Words have such the potential to influence others - for good, for worse. It is my continued to desire that the words I choose to share will strengthen families, encourage marriages, and inspire others on the journey! And I'm glad the dreams God dreams for my life, surpass all my dreams!
Well, Heidi, the brilliant mind behind the GSG, sent me the following stats yesterday.
According to alexa.com - we are ranked as the 813,000 website read in the world, and 132,000 in the United States. Apparently this is really good! And exciting.
So, she went on to say, the website gets approximately 30,000 unique users a month, for a total of 1.5 to 2.0 million hits a month!! Yes, this is where I went EEEEK!!! Did you read that. Million. What?! That's crazy! There are 3 of us writing for the GSG right now. That is a whole lot of people reading what I write! Which on the one hand makes me ecstatically giddy with happiness; and on the other hands makes me gasp with the enormity of it.
For the past several years now, my desire to be a writer has been growing and growing. Well, I guess if this many people are reading what I write, then maybe I am a writer. Oh, I still want to figure out a way to get paid for my writing, but for now I'm happy for the experience, the opportunity and exposure I have in writing for the Good Stuff Guide.
And because so many people read the GSG, we can now join this thing called HARO, which I'm quickly discovering is kinda a big thing in the publishing world. Major news like Fox, AP, Gannett, ABC, along with major magazines, use this resource to get ideas for articles and news stories. In fact, today, I responded to one about marriage advice, and I heard back almost instantly from the writer of the article, thanking me for 'fantastic tips' and she said she'd let me know if she uses my ideas in a REDBOOK article! She may or may not, but just the possibility of being able to share my ideas/tips with such a large audience makes me smile.
And I'd be honest if I didn't say all this makes me slightly nervous! Words have such the potential to influence others - for good, for worse. It is my continued to desire that the words I choose to share will strengthen families, encourage marriages, and inspire others on the journey! And I'm glad the dreams God dreams for my life, surpass all my dreams!
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