Happy Two Months, "NOT a How-To Guide!"

Today is the TWO MONTH anniversary of my blog!  I have to say, I wasn't sure the initial hype would last this long, but so far I remain amazed that people are reading and keeping up with the blog! I've gotten a lot of good feedback and when y'all message me about what you love the most and what your reactions are to my writing - you become an inspiration and a part of my writing process!  Feedback is GOOD, keep it coming!  (Even if you want to tell me that one of my posts totally sucked - I need to know that too! Haha)

 I'm still just as clueless when it comes to the stats as I was last month (sorry I'm a writer, not a data analyst); but here are the numbers showing how much "Marriage, Kids, Life...NOT a How-To Guide" has grown this past month:

 -The page had 5,355 "hits."
Right now we have 8,987.

 -There are now 52 total posts and they are all still averaging around 150 views each.

 -Last month's two most popular posts were High on Aspiration, Low on Ability and Love...With or Without the Memories.
This month's two favorites have been May I Have Your Attention, Please? and High on Aspiration, Low on Ability...Part 3.

 -My Blogger audience last month consisted of readers in the United States, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, France, and Poland.  This month we have added Brazil and Botswana.

 -The blog's facebook page https://www.facebook.com/notahowtoguide had 282 "likes." We now have 511.
*Sidenote: At this time last month, I set the goal (publicly...like an idiot) of 500 likes by the 2 month anniversary.  I almost had to eat my words because 3 days ago we had 336 likes - readers to the rescue! ♥

 -The Google+ account
  google.com/+NotahowtoguideBlogspotM  and the Twitter account
 https://twitter.com/NotaHowToGuide
(follow @NotaHowToGuide)
are both kind of "meh."  This could be because I have no clue how to market myself on either one of them.  That's one of those "backburner" things.

Some of my daily followers noticed that I slipped into a more "every other day" routine than a daily one with the posts.  I was starting to worry that daily posts were too much - that they might seem forced if I didn't give them breathing room.  Feel free to comment and let me know what you think!

I'm still enjoying the journey and hope you enjoy reading along, too!  As always, if you read something and enjoy it, please continue to share, share, share!  I still don't know where all of this is going to end up, but let's continue to see how far we can take it!

  

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU
 to all of my readers! 

Y'all are what started this...
AND
...what keeps it going.

  

♥M