Today marks the one month anniversary of frugaling.org. I started this site on May 4th, 2013, as the dusk days of the spring semester wrapped up. Trapped in my head over the current debt and the grandest questions about finances, I established this to be an avenue for education and self-reflection.
I was the sole visitor on May 4th. Over the course of this first month there were over 8000+ visitors like you. People checked out the site from a variety of countries: Canada, UK, Germany, and Australia (to name a few). Nearly 12,000 pageviews were recognized, which suggests that some visitors looked at other pages.
Alexa.com, which is a public, “web information company” that tracks the popularity of websites, ranks frugaling.org in the top 5 million of websites worldwide and top 500,000 in the United States.
From being the sole visitor to 8,000, it’s been clear that what most people tend to appreciate are long, informative posts that provide a unique spin on a contentious or common issue. For the next couple months, I aim to diversify the audience, deepen the quality of articles, and propose some new perspectives to tackling the debt (car, credit, or student loans) while becoming a frugal person.
I’m deeply humbled by the amount of people that have visited the site, left comments, and wrote to me in this first month.
Thank you,
-Sam
I just want you to know that you are doing ridiculously well for your first month. I only had about 1,000 visitors in my first month. Good luck!
RB40,
That’s incredible to hear. Thank you for your kind words. Making it this far has been quite a journey.
-Sam
Wow! Those numbers are outstanding. Congratulations on a job very well done.
Michael,
Thank you for encouragement! It’s just the beginning. 🙂 I’d love to be able to keep it up.
-Sam
Wow, that is amazing! I also started a month ago and definitely need some tips from you.
Andrew,
That’s exceptionally kind of you. Thanks for the encouragement – definitely keeps me moving!
Most of my traffic has been through social media websites. Great way to broaden your audience.
-Sam
Damn, you are killing it for the first month. That is impressive. Social media seems to be really working for you. Which one is the biggest driver for you?
Hey Grayson!
Thanks for the feedback. I was doing a little reddit sharing in associated categories for the early boost. Now, I’m just trying to build through networking a bit more (hence the Yakezie network). 🙂
All the best,
Sam
That is impressive… I also responded to your Yakezie post as well.
Can you share what you did with reddit? I don’t even have an account with them, but looking at your massive success in your first month blogging, I got to check it out. Thanks and happy anniversary.
Very impressive first month, keep up the good work!
Thanks Nick!