Ok. I’ve got some exciting news. We are just over 2 months into this “Let’s blog!” experiment and not only are we still loving it and learning new things every day . . . but we love Love LOVE the feedback we’ve been getting. Granted some of that feedback is from family and well, they kinda-sorta have to be supportive 😜, but we’ve also been getting some great support from people all over!
How do we know that?
Well, we know it because our website delivers demographics that I’m sure are very useful to people who are trying to build a target audience, but for us – it’s just . . . cool! 😎
I know what you’re doing – you’re rolling your eyes and thinking: of course you have New Hampshire friends visiting, and maybe Massachusetts . . . and an outside chance Maine might be popping in . . . but that’s probably it.
Actually – no! 🤓 We’ve had visitors from 35 states (the mid—west clearly being an issue for us 🥴). But other than that, I think we’re doing pretty darn good! Just take a gander at this map. 👇🏼
Every time a new state fills in, we’re tickled pink! The darker the blue, the higher number of visitors to our site. New Hampshire and Massachusetts clearly being our biggest audience. Ok. Ok . . . it’s a little embarrassing that Vermont, our neighbor, hasn’t given us a peek (Vermont – show us some love!), but look at all those other states that are filled in. Like, that is SO COOL!
How ’bout the Big Picture?
Well . . . let’s look: Surprisingly, there have been people from all over the world stopping by. Again, I know, what you’re thinking: “I’m sure Canada has been super supportive but don’t, like, half your relatives come from Prince Edward Island?” (it’s in Canada and if you haven’t been – go! It’s amazing). Well yes, yes they do and we LOVE that they are visiting – but it hasn’t been just Canada. We have reached a surprising number of people from a bunch of countries as well (we see you Ireland!).
Here are the countries:👇🏼
Obviously, a lot more countries to fill in, but still – it’s so fun! Italy was the first one to give us a peek – but they were a one and done and haven’t popped back since (Ti vogliamo bene! Ritorno!). Ireland, is our most popular foreign country. They visit us daily with over 100 unique users reading our content. Which suits us just fine since we all have family and ancestors there – even Maureen. It’s like family coming to visit! Now if we could just reach France – Maureen’s ancestors – that would just make us so happy.
So yeah . . . super cool. And so encouraging. It’s nice to know that these posts are actually being read and not going into some internet wasteland. lol. So thank you! Thank you for reading and being so supportive. 🤗 We’ll just keep plugging away and see what states and countries fill in next! And don’t be shy! We’d love to hear from you all. Tell us what you like best about where you live. Or a unique experience you think we should try. We’re here and we’re listening!
And as a side note – if anyone knows someone from Vermont – tell them to hit us up! The fact that the entire East coast would be filled in if not for Vermont, is messing with Kathleen’s OCD tendencies. 😜
– Darlene
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