It’s the end of the year, so I thought I’d review the first year of my blog, for myself if nothing else.
Followers: 87 – no idea if that’s good or not…I’m pretty sure it’s not great 🙂 Although thank you to everybody who’s followed me so far!
Total views: 853 – I was aiming for 1000, so I’m not too far off.
Best day for views – 28 on August 5th thanks to a 14 view surge from Three Chord Queen.
Top 3 “likes”:
3. Cellophane Man https://jbjfan2009.wordpress.com/2013/08/07/cellophane-man-a-poem/ – 8 likes
The Vampyre: Canto One https://jbjfan2009.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/the-vampyre-a-gothic-romance/ – 8 likes
2. Her: Part 3 https://jbjfan2009.wordpress.com/2013/09/29/her-part-three/ – 10 likes
1. Here’s to you, kid https://jbjfan2009.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/heres-to-you-kid/ – 11 likes
Most views:
Although most of my “likes” come from my poems and lyrics, two of my top three views are from quite dark articles I wrote about Euthanasia, and the death of actor Cory Monteith from a heroin overdose.
3. Euthanasia https://jbjfan2009.wordpress.com/2013/07/31/euthanasia-if-youve-read-none-of-my-rants-so-far-please-read-this/ – 31 views
2. Three Chord Queen – https://jbjfan2009.wordpress.com/2013/07/27/three-chord-queen/ – 49 views
1. The Hollywood Addiction https://jbjfan2009.wordpress.com/2013/07/15/the-occasional-rant-formerly-daily-rant-episode-six-the-hollywood-addiction/ – 81 views
P.S. The answer to “how many Taylor Swift song titles” are in Three Chord Queen is…44!
Fan favourites:
Grandad https://jbjfan2009.wordpress.com/2013/05/04/grandad/
Alabama Blues https://jbjfan2009.wordpress.com/2013/03/14/alabama-blues-a-poem/
Survivor https://jbjfan2009.wordpress.com/2013/08/14/me-myself-and-i-a-poem/
My favourites:
The Present https://jbjfan2009.wordpress.com/2013/02/04/the-present-a-poem-2/ – the first poem I ever wrote.
Sweet Beatrice, My Muse https://jbjfan2009.wordpress.com/2013/10/01/sweet-beatrice-my-muse/
Welcome To The Honky Tonk https://jbjfan2009.wordpress.com/2013/08/28/welcome-to-the-honky-tonk-2/
Back To The Summer https://jbjfan2009.wordpress.com/2013/12/12/back-to-the-summer/
Unexpected Disappointments:
Back To My Roots https://jbjfan2009.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/back-to-my-roots-version-one/ – 0 likes
I’ll Always Be Your Hero https://jbjfan2009.wordpress.com/2013/09/06/ill-always-be-your-hero/ – 2 likes
Party Town https://jbjfan2009.wordpress.com/2013/06/22/party-town-or-one-of-those-nights/ – 2 likes
A lot of my other earlier poems like “Grandad” and “Alabama Blues” have got 0 likes, hopefully due to the fact that I had barely any followers, so I’m not too disappointed.
I guess that’s it. All in all a pretty good first year I think. Roll on 2014!
Happy New Year!