Showing posts with label Readers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Readers. Show all posts

The Art of Writing a Blog

 I have seen a lot of ads on my social media pages that offer training on making films, giving speeches, and the like. This is not an attempt to enter into that territory, but just to make some confessions. I used to read a lot of blogs, regularly. Now, that regularity is reduced. No wonder, because anyone reading anything regularly is now an exception more than a rule. But I wanted to simply share my thoughts about writing. A blog is only one part of it. If you think you have something to say, you say it. Not always true. You may be an introvert, wonder if the boss (or anyone else) will like what you are going to say, and NOT say it.

But social media in general, and blogs in particular, allow you to write down your thoughts about various things. In my case, my thoughts about books, films (when I was still watching), people (students, colleagues, bosses!), TV anchors, Air hostesses, and of course, management education. And, of course, funny stuff, witticisms, or PJs included-that, some say, is my forte. Well, it's a natural talent, so I won't deny it. 

But my point was this..that you can pretty much write in any style (it's the closest thing to a democracy), and about what pleases you most. I have always admired those who can write long pieces, for example. Mostly, I cannot. Some are good with words, some others with visuals, and some equally facile with both. I use visuals to enhance the written word, if at all. Many of my posts are all-text. 

Readership, you can let it build naturally, and also help people find you through promotion on other media that you use. People can subscribe to your blog if you use a mainline blogging platform, and write regularly. 

My Autobiography

 The autobiography has had its origin in the urge to tell the world about yourself. Mine has had a few more readers than my estimate of four (the size of my family)- I distributed it to some too :)

It has had two editions so far, and it stops at IMT Nagpur, which is to say, around 2013. Here are the covers of the two editions, published by pothi.com, an online self-publishing and POD (print -on-demand) company. The first came out in 2009-10.






Half a Million Views

This blog just crossed an interesting landmark/milestone of 500, 000 views. Thanks to you, dear reader.


Pageviews last month
                     9,536
Pageviews all time history
          500,027
Followers



Posts

EntryPageviews
Mar 18, 2018, 2 comments
182
Mar 1, 2015, 5 comments
124
Mar 15, 2018
99
Aug 19, 2016, 3 comments
87
Mar 14, 2018
82

 

Traffic Sources

Blog Stats- A Milestone

This blog has crossed 350,000 views yesterday. That's unbelievable, for me, and unexpected too.

Thank you, dear readers. You are awesome, and are what keeps me going.

This post is just to celebrate. Cheers, and hope you keep reading. A pic from an expedition to Ladakh, to signify scaling of peaks.




100000 Readers!

Pageviews today
193
Pageviews yesterday
384
Pageviews last month
14,064
Pageviews all time history
100,239

Thanks to all the readers of this blog, for the staggering figures on the pageviews. Screenshot above from today. Also, I am quite happy with the global viewership, even if some of it is mistakenly thrown up by servers serving as a link between India and the rest of the world. People in Ukraine certainly need some relief from the turmoil there! As for Europe, how long can you watch football? After a while, like the IPL (cricket), it all starts to look the same!

Audience stats this week-

United States
736
Russia
285
France
151
India
105
Spain
91
Germany
88
Poland
60
United Kingdom
50
China
47
Ukraine
29

Mispronounced Words

 Growing up, a lot of words were mispronounced, by us and those around us. These included a few English words- Daver or Diver for Driver Tat...

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