Comments on: New Vs. Returning

By: Fortuitous Bouncing « man.of.depravity

Fortuitous Bouncing « man.of.depravity — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:52:38 +0000

[...] Harper has some great thoughts on the difference between new and returning viewers to blogs. I totally agree with [...]

By: jordan fowler

jordan fowler — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:16:47 +0000

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By: The Secret Life of Kat

The Secret Life of Kat — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:11:35 +0000

Great post Brody. Have you read Kevin Kelly's, "1000 True Fans" article. It's a very interesting read along these same lines. http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/archives/2008/03/10...

By: The Secret Life of Kat

The Secret Life of Kat — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 04:05:33 +0000

Euphrony…..of course you not only figured it out, but you provided a timeline as well. Classic.

By: Amy @ My Friend Amy

Amy @ My Friend Amy — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:43:24 +0000

Absolutely I prefer loyal readers and commenters.

By: euphrony

euphrony — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:21:33 +0000

That's the theatrical element in me – build the suspense before dropping a number with 107 zeros after it.

By: How many daily visitors do you get on average? « Live to Worship

How many daily visitors do you get on average? « Live to Worship — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:47:27 +0000

[...] read two great posts today – one from Brody Harper and the other from Mark Lee. I don’t think they planned it, but both have posted more or [...]

By: Barb

Barb — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:37:34 +0000

I have made some very precious friends on my blog. I am so very glad for them. I would not give them up for 1000 hits. But there is that discouragement factor….this helps my focus though. thank you Bro.
I love you, Mom

By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:49:21 +0000

I'm not really sure this is entirely an better/worse scenario. It all depends upon what the purpose of your site is. If you've got a visitor who is visiting six times a day but not contributing to the conversation, purchasing merch or otherwise taking some desired action, it's difficult to place their value above new visitors who come to the site, perhaps only once, and contribute in some meaningful way.

I fully recognize that as a personal blog owner, it's those repeat visitors who are the meat of my community and that I shouldn't get worked up about a low unique count. But for my clients, particularly those with any type of ecommerce component, there has to be fresh blood hitting the site or else a wealthy and crazy-active userbase.

By: Scottie

Scottie — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:00:30 +0000

This is absolutely wild! I have been contemplating this same thought recently. Whether you have thirty hits or three hundred ( neither of which I've had..DOH!) to your blog, Musician or housewife, the returning ones are the folks you should concentrate on. The unique visitor is just that: a fluke.

later!