Tuesday, September 13, 2016

A Frugal Family's Journey - We Just Joined the 300K Club!!

BIG "Thank You" to everyone that has supported, and continues to support and visit our blog...whether you have been with us from the beginning or you've just recently joined the journey, we would like to thank each and every one of you for your support.  

We started blogging about our frugal family's journey approximately 29 months ago on March 15, 2014. Our blogging journey started out as a hobby and simply a way to keep on track of our progress. Flash forward 2 years and 6 months later, I am thrilled to announce that because of each and every one of our readers, we just reached yet another milestone. This is a delayed post but, as of September 8, 2016, we are now proud members of the 300K club! 

It took approximately 15 months to reach our first milestone of 100,000 page visits to our blog. It took us the next 6 months and 28 days to reach 200,000 page milestone. We did that earlier this year on January 27, 2016. 

Even though we were recently on a 6-week hiatus (where we did not even log on to our account), I'm happy to say that we reached the 300,000 page milestone in 7 months and 11 days!

Since I am somewhat of a stats nerd, below are some additional stats behind our 300,000 visits.

Top Referring Sites
BIG thanks to google.com and twitter, but we also want to recognize and give special thanks to Captain DividendPassive Income PursuitMy Dividend Pipeline and Rockstar Finance for the additional traffic from your respective blogs. Lastly, although not present on the list above, I would like to also thank two other fellow bloggers and friends, Roadmap2Retire and I Want to Retire Soon, for your continue support and mention of our Collection of Recent Buys and Collection of Stock Analyses.  

Also, thanks to all that have tweeted or re-tweeted our posts.  Our additional presence and our followers on Twitter has truly helped us continue to grow. In case you would like to follow us on Twitter, we can be found under: @FrugalFamilyof4. 

Most Popular Page Visits
Our top three most popular page visits are: 1) 2015 - Collection of Recent Buys with 11,886 page views; 2) Dividend Stocks Portfolio with 11,166 page views; and 3) 2015 - Collection of Stock Analyses with 7,379 page views. Once again, our two collections and family's dividend stocks portfolio were the difference makers. Hoping to continue the tradition and make them winners for years to come!! Although the 2016 - Collection of Recent Buys is currently in 4th, my guess is that it will move into the top 3 by our 400K Club post. ;)

Most Popular Posts
Our top three most popular posts are: 1) P2P Account (update) - August 2014 with 2,090 page views; 2) Collection of Recent Buys (March 2016 Summary) with 1,194 page views; and 3) Net Worth (Update) - 2nd Quarter 2014  with 844 page views. Our most popular post has remained unchanged as is was also the top post on our 100K Club and 200K Club posts.

These post received the page views they did because of you (our readers and fellow bloggers).  Thank you for reading and/or sharing our post with others. We truly appreciate each and every one of you for the support!

Top Page Views By Countries

We are tremendously grateful that our blog has seemed to have a worldwide presence as evident by the chart above.  However, the top page views to our blog came from the following top three countries: 1) United States, with the largest presence at 192,133 page views; 2) Canada in second with with a total of 13,965 page views; and 3) Germany in third with 13,635 page views.  These top three Countries have remained unchanged from our 100K Club and 200K post. Although Russia is not on the top three list, it certainly is threatening to take over the 3rd spot and currently trails by only 162 page views.  


AGAIN...THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR HELPING US 
REACH YET ANOTHER HUGE MILESTONE!!

15 comments:

  1. Great milestone, AFFJ. Congrats on the achievement and thanks for keeping track of the pages and maintaining it for the community.

    cheers
    R2R

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    1. Thanks R2R! It's been a fun ride so far, especially with blogging friends such as yourself. Appreciate your support throughout our blogging journey.

      Best wishes my friend. AFFJ

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  2. Wow Congratulations. 300k is awesome and a huge milestone.

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    1. Thanks Divi Cents, always nice to see Canadian investors/bloggers stopping by our blog from time to time. :) I know you just started blogging this year so my advice to you is look at your blog as a hobby and not work. The moment it feels like work, re-evaluate things and scale back if necessary. This will allow you to keep that dive going for years to come.

      AFFJ

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    2. I definitely don't see blogging as work! I learned some code and made a neat logo!

      I love doing new things so it's all shiny to me still!

      I've had an investing journal for over 10 years, I've just decided to put it online now. It should actually cut down on my work.

      Love your site by the way :)

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  3. This is great AFFJ! So glad your blog is successful. Not just because you deserve it but also because it has helped so many people including me! I am close to the 100k mark and was going to do a similar post soon hopefully. Congrats again!

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    1. Thanks Adam. Glad to hear our blog has help you. It is a rewarding feeling knowing that our blog is having a positive impact on others.

      Congrats in advance for reaching your first major milestone at 100K! Thanks for the friendship buddy.

      Best wishes and continued success! AFFJ

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  4. Grats on hitting the 300k mark! I think most of my referrals were just me. :-o
    400k look out!

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    1. Haha...keep the referrals coming, even if it is just you! ;) With our newfound drive, we are hoping to get to 400K at an even faster rate. Although it would be a reach, it would be nice to hit 200K, 300K and 400K all in one year if we can reach 400K by the end of the year!

      Thanks Captain. Appreciate your support and friendship. AFFJ

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  5. This is great news -- congratulations AFFJ! I'm impressed that you've generated so much traffic even with a 6-week hiatus. Just goes to show how popular those collection lists are!

    Keep up the great work can take care!

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    1. FerdiS - I must admit that, like a marriage, it took continuous effort to make it this far. I guess you can say that our recent hiatus was somewhat of a 2-year itch (haha), but glad to say we are back on track and hope we can continue this new momentum for the remainder of the year and beyond.

      And yes, our Collections of Recent Buys and Stock Analyses are certainly a big help toward our achievements and blogging success.

      Thank you FerdiS. Best wishes!
      AFFJ

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  6. Nice work. This is really impressive because of your recent time off from blogging. Congrats AFFJ.

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    1. Thanks IH. Hopefully we can continue with the momentum and finish off the year strong! Thanks for following along and commenting. AFFJ

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  7. Congrats AFFJ! 300K page views is a great accomplishment for your blog! Keep up the great work!

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    1. Thanks CI. Appreciate the support. Hope to see you here when we reach 400K!

      Best wishes. AFFJ

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