Dear Readers:
Happy New Year!
Each year WordPress did a very impressive job of giving each active blog an annual report for the performance last year. As I only posted on 4 of my 6 Blogs in 2014, I got 4 reports this time. As the reports are quite comprehensive, but then I might be the only one who would read it, I determined to summarize and compare the four blogs instead of making the WordPress reports public. The results are a big surprise for me, but will help me in crafting the future directions of these four blogs.
Healthy and Happy
My Notebook
Falling in love…with Arts
Food for Thought
I will give you a snapshot from WordPress’ report first, and then write my analysis at the end. Thank you for reading and your continuous support. I am posting this post on all my four blogs.
2014 IN BLOGGING
ANNUAL REPORT
Summary by
Author of the Blogs
Denise
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Healthy and Happy
https://healthylivingsf.wordpress.com
“A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 580 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 10 trips to carry that many people.
There were 6 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 1 MB.
The busiest day of the year was September 9th with 17 views. The most popular post that day was Happy 90th Birthday! Mr. Low!.”
My Notebook
http://speakingabouttravel2.wordpress.com/
“A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 5,500 times in 2014. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 5 trips to carry that many people.
There were 231 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 94 MB. That’s about 4 pictures per week.
The busiest day of the year was July 29th views. The most popular post that day was My fourth book has just been published: Turkey and Greece Delights.”
Falling in love…with arts
http://speakingabouttravel.wordpress.com/
A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 2,800 times in 2014. If it were a cable car, it would take about 47 trips to carry that many people.
There were 8 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 5 MB.
The busiest day of the year was March 29th with 41 views. The most popular post that day was Violin Concerto Butterfly Lovers, and Erhu Concerto Butterfly
Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto
Food for thought
https://denisefoodblog.wordpress.com
“The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 10,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many people to see it.
There were 28 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 11 MB. That’s about 2 pictures per month. The busiest day of the year was December 17th with 154 views. The most popular post that day was Easy Abalone Recipe Braised Abalone in Original Sauce
My Analysis
As I was extremely busy at work in 2014, I did not do as much as 2013 in terms of blogging. Overall, I consider My Notebook as my primary Blog. It is a travel blog and my primary interest in blogging is to share my travel pictures and experience. Although I spent most of my time on this blog, the result was not outstanding.
Last year I hardly wrote any new posts on my Food Blog, except a few reviews of restaurants, but the results were exceptional. Many readers came to look for stuff on this blog, primarily on my posts in 2013.
My passion is on Art but again like the other blo, the posting was infrequent and only had limited visits and comments. Whenever I wrote about art, I devoted my heart and soul on it. Although not too many visitors had visited this blog, I am glad there were quite a few post that stimulated some interesting discussion, like the post on David Hockney.
The biggest surprise which warmed my heart was the Healthy and Happy Blog. I only posted a few posts in the last 2 years. The results were unexpectedly good. The only explanation was that this is a hot topic. Who would not want to be healthy and happy?
I understand the importance of marketing and the use of social media. But i don’t have time! With such a limited time I have, I think I have to thank myself for having a diverse “portfolio”. My goal is just to learn and share. I did have limited success last year. It was not too bad for a full-time management person.
Well, what do all these mean to me? What is my 2015 blogging plan?
With the above ideas in mind, I think I will concentrate more time in writing about healthy cooking, conduct some marketing work on my cookbook, and to find out more resources on health and wellness subjects. I will continue to travel, take pictures and post but will not spend too much time on my travel blog. I will continue to appreciate art and culture, visit museums, attend concerts, opera and ballet. Writing will be limited but I will continue writing about subjects of my passion.
That’s all for now. I hope this is a good start on the New Year Night! Hope to see you again soon!
Sincerely yours,
Denise
Healthy and Happy 