Blondes that DIY Worldwide Readership

Over the past several years, I have launched a couple of new Google blogs. My fourth such blog, Blondes that DIY, was launched in May 2014. I've been charting the increase to the worldwide readership base over the past 4 months. Wow, look at that map of readers! The readers are from all over the world; well, with the exception of Greenland!

Blondes that DIY blog Worldwide Readership Map
Screen capture of September 21, 2014

Checking in on my statcounter project this afternoon, I noticed a visit from the Russian Federation. You can actually see that visit in the upper right of the screen capture.

Top Ten Countries in Readership

It has never been a mystery when you look at the top three countries that dominate my readership base. It has always been the United States in the top spot ... in this case 70.6% of the readership is from the USA! Canada accounts for some 7% with the United Kingdom right behind at 5.8%. Usually India and Australia are competing for the 4th and 5th spots. I must admit that I am accustomed to having more Australian readers.

Online content writers and bloggers are continually challenged to secure a strong returning readership base. Some writers and bloggers are blessed with those readers who hang on every word and every new article or blog post. Thus far, I am still working to tickle the fancy of my readers to up the 3.5% of returning visitors.

What do you do to increase your returning visitors? OK, OK! Compelling original, unique and useful content. Hopefully, we will continue to grow and prosper and find a few more interested readers who have time on their hands, when they aren't writing, to come and read some new blog posts.

Thank you readers!! P.S. a little chocolate candy for you! It's my all-time favorite, Hershey's Nuggets Special Dark Chocolate with Almonds. Gosh, I even wrote a blog post on Hershey’s Nuggets Special Dark Chocolate with Almonds. I love that candy. Hmmm, I wonder if that appeals to the majority of my worldwide readership?

Introducing Blondes that DIY

Hello! I am JaguarJulie, one of the #blondesthatDIY
http://blondesthatdiy.blogspot.com

Welcome to our new blog, Blondes that DIY. You know that you've probably heard all those dumb blonde jokes throughout the years. And, probably laughed at a good many. I can admit that maybe I chuckled at a few, but it occurred to me that there were and are a lot of us blondes who are pretty smart!

BLONDES ARE SMART!

There are also many blondes that do it yourself seriously enough to compete with the big boys.

To describe me you would need to know that I am tenacious ... I am:

te·na·cious \tə-ˈnā-shəs\ adjective : not easily stopped or pulled apart : firm or strong : continuing for a long time : very determined to do something

The Origin of #blondesthatDIY

Twitter, Wednesday, May 7, 2014, 5:51pm: I tweeted about my DIY project:

@bdkz Hey! Corona 18 inch Razor Tooth Saw and My 14 Week #DIY Project http://t.co/89zmXjUrQq #blondes have more fun they say!
— JaguarJulie A. Brady (@jaguarjulie) May 7, 2014

At 6:12pm, I received a twitter reply:

@jaguarjulie I really need one of those! Blondes with saws are cool. #blondesthatDIY
— Bonnie Diczhazy (@bdkz) May 7, 2014

First the hashtag then the blog!

There was a little conversation about #blondesthatDIY pulling in Susan Deppner (@susan52). Then that hashtag rested until the morning of May 9th.

Friday, May 9, 2014, 10:23am: In my email to Bonnie: Subject: IDEA! #blondesthatDIY - Bonnie!!! We need to do something with this ...

Friday, May 9, 2014, 10:27am: Reply email from Bonnie:  You should start a blog called "Blondes That DIY" too, it could combine humor and tips and fun stuff and you could use your expertise as the Squidoo back yard garden contributor! Might be a fun niche that takes off! I just started "That DIY Lady" for fun: http://www.thatdiylady.com/ We could share each others stuff : )

Friday, May 9, 2014, 10:35am: My reply to Bonnie: Hmmm ... another blog! Well, that is a thought since I am comfortable with blogging! Gosh, I don't have enough hours in the day ... I was just laughing to myself about ideas I have but require being on the computer ... and taking me away from my actual gardening!! News at 11.

THE BLOG, THE BLOG!

Friday, May 9, 2014, 10:42am: My reply to Bonnie: I have "booked" the url ... http://blondesthatdiy.blogspot.com/ ... but have to clear my head on all the set-up and stuff. ribbit: news at 11.

So, this gives you a little idea of how this blog came to be. Between us blonde gals, there was a germ of an idea that set this all into motion.

Are YOU one of the #blondesthatDIY or maybe you are a guy married to one of the #blondesthatDIY. Hey there, don't be shy ... reach out and become a part of this #DIY project. Got some ideas or suggestions - hey, we are all ears. Blondes are very open-minded and make great listeners.