300, 550, 37, 40, 3300, 387 – Thank You!
Milestones are special. Campaign Mastery has just had two – 300,000 visitors and 550,000 page views. We want to thank each and every one of you. But even more than that, we want to thank our many readers for their loyalty; more than 37% of those visits are from returning visitors. Ten percent is usually considered an excellent result for a website. 37% is extraordinary!
Another statistic that I am very proud of is our continued growth rate of 40% per year. Another incredible result! And then there are the comments – over 3300 of them, on our 386 posts so far. Enlightening, thoughtful, insightful, and encouraging, they have driven us to even greater efforts.
Sadly, Milestones also often mean change. For the last few months, Johnn has been slowly prioritising other endeavours, and working to fulfill other commitments. To make room for these efforts, he has now chosen to set aside his efforts at Campaign Mastery – at least for the foreseeable future. Which probably means he’ll be back in a month or two, since the best-layed plans have a penchant for cataclysmic disruption as soon as they are announced! I’ve greatly enjoyed working with Johnn, and I think we made a good team. I wish him well and hope to see him back in these pages on a future occasion.
What does that mean for Campaign Mastery? Not much will change. We’ll still post tips and content twice a week – most weeks, at least. There may be the occasional gap when Johnn would previously have provided a stopgap article, and – on average – Monday blog posts will tend to be smaller (at least in theory). I’m still hoping to open the blog up to more guest posts (including, perhaps, the occasional one by Johnn), and I’m still working on the sequel to Assassin’s Amulet.
Some priorities may shift a little, but the overall goal remains to arm and equip our readers with the tools to improve their campaigns, either by example, or by lessons learned through experience, or by offering insights and ideas and fresh perspectives.
And, of course, we’re not far away from our 400th post (this is number 387) – I’m trying hard to think of something special for THAT one! Any suggestions?
So here’s to the 300K. I hope you’ll all be back with us when we reach 400,000!
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July 9th, 2012 at 12:24 pm
Only just found you guys, but well done. Will keep checking you out and try to push you towards the next milestone.
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July 9th, 2012 at 6:49 pm
Thanks, Shortymonster! Glad to have you on-board!
July 10th, 2012 at 6:04 pm
Congratulations – the blog is always a fun read!
July 11th, 2012 at 5:29 am
Thank you, Debbie! It’s always great to hear from a fan!
July 11th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Well, I check in here regularly, but posted very seldomly.
Seems, that the words from fans are far more encouraging than I have ever thought they would be.
As people tend to rather write about what they don’t like, than what they like, here are some words from me:
Thanx for the effort you continuosly put into CM! It helped me in a lot of RPG-situations, and I really hope you will be around for a LOOOONG time!
Best wishes for Johnn and whatever endeavour he is about to undertake!
All of your work is really appreciated!
Thanx a ton.
July 11th, 2012 at 5:12 pm
Feedback is always important, Tom – it lets me know not only what we are doing wrong, but what we are doing right (and hence should try to keep on doing)! At the same time, there is a maxim about the internet – for every person who says something, 100 more felt the same way but didn’t take the time and trouble to say anything. Others say the ratio should be 50-to-1 or 25-to-1. But it’s all guesstimation.
By and large, gamers tend to be a bit more vocal and expressive, especially about things they don’t like – we suffer fools relatively poorly, as a group – so the ratio I use is something closer to 20-to-1. So eight tweets (less one from me), 1 like on facebook, 3 comments, 4 re-tweets or other mentions in social media, and 3 other twitter messages that didn’t link to the article – that’s 18 messages of congratulations/support, or a thumbs up from a real-world audiance of between 360 and 1800 of our readers.
That’s the sort of encouragement that keeps you going when things occasionally become a struggle!
As for Johnn: Nature abhors a vacuum. He originally stepped back from CM because he was feeling a bit burned out and wanted to take it easier for a while. From what I’ve seen, he’s busier now than ever!
Many thanks for taking the time to offer such encouraging feedback. Here’s to the 400th article, and to whatever lies beyond it!
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July 16th, 2012 at 12:53 am
I have to say, this comes as no surprise :). I found you guys a while ago and have been coming back regularly, if not every week. About 30% of the time, I’m nodding right along with solutions or thoughts, 30% I want to counter (but hate being one of THOSE people) and 30% it makes me sit back an ponder for my own games. It’s even spurred me on to try my own blog, which I can only hope will approach yours in quality. Mostly, 100% of the time, the visit back here is worth it!
A hearty congratulations! Rest assured, your hard work really is appreciated.
July 16th, 2012 at 3:32 am
Thanks, Galenty. But rest assured that if you ever have what you think is a valid counter-arguement, I want to hear it – by no means do I have the sum total of the wisdom of the ages at my fingertips! Quite often, when that happens, we end up defining an exception to whatever I have proposed, which makes the article more useful to every other reader.
I’ve never had anyone tell me that I’ve inspired them to start their own gaming blog before, that’s absolutely fabulous! The very best of luck with it, and be sure that I’ll be stopping by to check it out – soon!
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