A Better You Blog

2006 was a great year for this blog. I wrote my first article in August, and since then you have given me the opportunity to encourage and motivate more people. I appreciate each of you visiting, and your willingness to share with others what inspires you. Soon after the blog began, I was interviewed for this magazine about Health, Attitude, and Determination. While it appears it may now be out of print (after hiring Christie Brinkley for the cover?), it was a great honor to be considered for circulation. Since then, I notice new blogs referencing these articles almost daily. It is exciting to see how each person is creating a better you!

This last month brought a considerable amount of new visitors again, so I wanted to remind everyone that the archive section can be a great resource for finding what interests you. These articles are for those who desire to live happy, healthy, successful, and free. Each article will follow the central theme “you can do it”! Failure is only a stepping stone to success. Your attitude, the law of attraction, your character, fulfilling God’s purpose for you, and determination are all central to living without regret. Thanks to those who have joined us as commenters, and I want to remind everyone that comments are now on for both new and old posts.

In an earlier post I mentioned statistics, and I was doing monthly updates, but I have moved that data here in a clearer graph form. Here is a snapshot of our Awstats for 2006:

In the first 3 months unique visitors increased almost 500% and 400%. The final two months shows that the blog is not ready to level off, but rather continues to increase. From Oct. to Nov. new visitors increased again another 144% from the already high Oct. stats, and Nov. to Dec. another 157% from the high Nov. count.  In just under 5 months, there are already almost 1.5 million hits!  I also added a place to sign up for a Newsletter, and the subscription base is growing every day. The first issue will probably be sometime this spring.

A Better You Blog is ranked approximately 37,000 in Technorati’s blog ranking system of over 50 million blogs (as of today’s date), is climbing with each Technorati update, and has just made it into the top 100,000 blogs in the Alexa ranking (though I realize that Alexa is only an indicator and not entirely determinative since it only counts those visits with the toolbar installed).

In addition to visits to my site, I continue to have new subscriptions to my feeds through feedburner (though I am not sure how to read the fluctuations, since the subscriber base will drop by a hundred one day, then back up another hundred and fifty the next from where it was-the net result is a steady climb, so I read it as good).  If you prefer to read all your news in one place, subscribe to these articles by clicking on the orange feedburner button at the top of the left column, or on any RSS link.  You can also sign up for email updates. 

I will do an update again in probably 6 months, but for now, welcome to all of you new to this place. Here you will find free and original articles with frequent new additions to help you in all aspects of your business and life. Welcome and thanks to those who have been here from the start. Thank you for spreading the word, and keep it up! Thank you also to the many Blog Carnivals (carnival index) that highlight my articles. You can also find many of their links in the comments section after each post.

Get ready to be the best you possible. May you all continue to visit here often, and always find something to help leave here a better you.

Patricia