More than Halfway To the End
Today is July 19th, only 11 more days left in the July Ultimate Blog Challenge! During challenge months it’s exciting to watch my stats and see where they are for being more than halfway to the end.
When I participate in a challenge month, I give it my all and don’t give up. It’s the drive in my, always has been on any challenge or goal. After I complete a challenge I usually set a goal to post a few blogs each week and Lia the Baby Blogger posts at least twice a month. Then I’m ready for the next monthly challenge to come around. When I started the July challenge I had just completed three monthly challenges in a row! This is a feat I’ve never done before! After the April UBC, I went right to the May Song of the Day challenge and then the June Color of the Day challenge. Both of these challenges were hosted by UBC member Glenda Cates and The Mommies Reviews. Now I’m on my fourth continuous challenge! The more blogs you write, the more views you get and you can check this with your monthly stats. When I started the July UBC I had a 153,505 views. Now 18 days later I have over 158,000 views.
This is another chart that blew me away. As you can see from the stats, the challenge months are quite a bit higher than other months. But if you look again, the months of the UBC January, April and July have increased each month. June was an off the wall number, I wrote 43 blogs and my stats skyrocketed. Now if you look at July still with 11 days left in the challenge, my stats are above the total number for the April UBC. It will be interesting to see the final numbers at the end of July challenge.
I decided to look back the past two months from the last UBC in April and see which blogs got the most traffic. The blog with the most views in May was one of Lia’s Friday Story Time about a bird feeder she made. http://themarthareview.com/i-made-a-bird-feeder/
Another top blog for May was http://themarthareview.com/lias-reflection-garden-chapter-2/ which just happens to be another Friday Story Time by Lia! Once again she took the show for the most views on the May blogs.
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Rounding out the top three May blogs was Ave Maria for Song of the Day 12. This song was played at our wedding and our 50th anniversary. In 10 ,ore days Rich and I will be celebrating our 53rd wedding anniversary. http://themarthareview.com/song-of-the-day-12/
For my top three blogs for June, the most views was Color of the Day is Cream with a beautiful hand crocheted baby blanket given to Lia when she was born. http://themarthareview.com/color-of-the-day-is-cream/
The next highest views was another Friday Story Time by Lia, she wrote about our neighbor moving into assisted living. Ruthie has been a part of Lia’s life since she was born and both will miss each other. http://themarthareview.com/good-bye-ruthie/
Once again Lia was in the top three for the month of June with her Bacon and Cheese Dip! http://themarthareview.com/bacon-and-cheese-dip/
Lia stole the show again with some of her top blogs and we are so excited to see the stats continue to go up. We wouldn’t have these stats if it wasn’t for all the great people who view, like, comment, share and follow my blog. So with that, Lia and I send you all a huge thank you and we’re on the downhill slide to the end of the July Ultimate Blog Challenge! How are you all doing on the more than halfway to the end point?
Martha how awesome that you get so many views, your posts are interesting so enjoyable. Lia is obviously and wonderfully a show stealer. What a little cutie! I am still pretty new at blogging and figuring out what to focus on, I hope one day I get 1/2 of the views you get. Thanks for giving me something to shoot for!
I agree with you about Lia being a show stealer Cindy! LOL I love it though, we are quite the team! When I started my blog in 2015 I was averaging 35 views per day. When it hit 50 views into my blogging, I was so excited! I’m still learning but I know the more you post and share your blog the more traffic it gets. Then the more that others share your blog it reaches new audiences, 5 years later, I’m now averaging about 150 per day. I owe a lot of this to the Ultimate Blog Challenge. I’ll be posting more blog tips tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by and keep on blogging!!
Wow, Martha! That is a amazing at almost 2 Lia has her own following. Just think what that could mean for her.
Lia sure is popular Brenda and I love doing blogs with her. Maybe one day I’ll turn my blog over to her so she can continue blogging. Thanks for visiting and following our little social butterfly!
that is truly wonderful. and your stats posts keep me going as well though mine are still not as good as yours!!! and that pic of yours and Lia’s at the very end of today’s post is totally frame-worthy…
When I look at my stats back in 2015 after a few months, I was averaging 30-40 views per day, I was so excited when I hit 50! LOL My stats jump during a challenge month and that’s because of all the great people who view and comment my blogs Vidya! I love the picture at the end, that was taken on Mother’s Day. Keep on blogging and watch your stats!
You are a ROCKSTAR!!!! I’m coming in at Day 1 on Day 18 for UBC haha But hey, I think those stats are amazing and something to be soooooooooooooo proud of!!!
Hello Jyll glad to see you! It doesn’t matter what day it is, at least you made it! I think my stats are high partly because Lia has stolen my blog! LOL
I need to take my cue from you and sign up for another blog challenge in between UBC. I’ll have to check these out. Thanks for the suggestions. And great job on the stats – keep it up. 🙂
Even if you don’t do another challenge, you can set your own challenge! Make a goal of writing so many per week, say 2. Then the next month add 1 or 2 more and by the end of that month, it will be the UBC again! Wednesdays are always fun and easy with WORDLESS Wednesday. You can still post your blogs on the site since many challange members write in off months. If I find another challange, I’ll let you know.
That’s really cool! Awesome for you!!
Thanks Karin, it’s because of all.my great followers and the UBC that helps put me where I am!
Nice! You’re doing good on the stats courtesy of UBC, and of course, with the help of other bloggers. Keep it up 🙂
I love a challenge and UBC is the greatest with super bloggers! So glad I stumbled into this challenge in January 2016 JoJo.
Glad to see your stats are growing!
Who would have thought when I started my blog and didn’t have a clue what I was doing that I’d be where I am today. But it’s because of people like you Roy that visit and share my blog! Thank you!
I love reading your blog. Keep writing.
Sorry it took so long to reply, I had over 70 comments that I’m going through Amanda! One more day in the challenge!!