Pen & Prosper Celebrates Its Sweet Sixteen!

 Welcome, welcome!

I appreciate your visit and your time today. Who knew that in 2009, when I launched Pen & Prosper, it would reach thousands of readers across the globe for more than a decade? That it would garner numerous awards, and cultivate long-term friendships.

Yet here we are. 

This month marks 16 years of being in the blogosphere. Yay! If this blog were a person, she'd be in the junior year of high school. Imagine that. And not to toot my own horn; with the exception of periodic summer/winter holiday breaks, I've posted every month, every year. Consistently. Thank you for your support, continued readership and comments. It definitely helps to stay the course.

As many of you who are fellow-bloggers can attest, blogging is hard work. True? It's a labor of love. Sometimes that seems to be unrequited love, even. :-) 

It's a tall order. Coming up with ideas; research; editing; posting; tweeting; conducting interviews; answering comments; finding images to accompany posts; etc.

Kudos to those of you (who like me) are still pushing forward amid the obstacles, challenges, and time constraints. Consider me a sideline cheerleader.

BLOGS CATEGORICALLY HAVE A HIGH ABANDONMENT RATE...

According to statistics provided by Researchscape.com, Perseus Development Corp. randomly surveyed 3,634 blogs on eight leading blog-hosting services to develop a model of blog populations. Based on this research, Perseus estimates that 4.12 million blogs have been created on these services: Blog-City, BlogSpot, Diaryland, LiveJournal, Pitas, TypePad, Weblogger and Xanga.

Abandoned Blogs

The most revealing finding was that 66.0% of surveyed blogs had not been updated in two months, representing 2.72 million blogs that have been either permanently or temporarily abandoned. For more statistical data on why bloggers quit, and how to prevent your favorite blogs from joining the ranks, check out an interesting post here: https://magnet4blogging.net/why-bloggers-quit/

For informational purposes, here's another piece I wrote here, on how to stay motivated with your blogging efforts, that I hope you'll find useful:

https://penandprosper.blogspot.com/2017/01/8-tips-to-maintain-your-blogging.html

FOR THOSE OF YOU INTERESTED, HERE ARE SOME PEN & PROSPER CURRENT STATS AND FUN FACTS:

BLOG INITIATED IN JUNE, 2009

• ALL TIME BLOG VIEWS ARE 954,355
• LAST MONTH VIEW COUNTS TOTAL 17,741 
• 935 POSTS TO DATE
• 8702 COMMENTS (INCLUDES SPAM) (NOT THE MEAT)
• APPROX 9,000 FOLLOWERS (ACCORDING TO FEEDSPOT.COM AND OTHER READER AGGREGATES)
• P&P HAS COVERED A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS AND THEMES RELATED TO THE WRITING LIFE--time management, money management, work/life balance, motivation, how-to tips, humor, poetry, etc.

As I close out today's post, I'd like to thank you for your thoughts across the miles, comments, re-tweets, business support, and readership along the way.

Please feel free to leave a comment to share your experience here @ Pen & Prosper, whether you are a new follower or a long-time friend. 

I also welcome your suggestions and readers' questions.

I look forward to hearing from you!

Jen

Comments? Thoughts here?

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