Thank you readers! All three thousand of you!

02 Jan

Posted by Sam Jackson as Internets, Irrelevance, personal

I’m writing this post from the past but I should be heading back into school right about now… classes start on the 3rd and I need to unpack and catch up with friends. I have some other writing I have to attend to in the short term getting ready for the MLK Day assembly and various miscellaneous academic concerns. However, I should have a nice treat up no later than this weekend. I don’t know my schedule, so maybe much sooner. We’ll see. However…

I just thought I’d take this opportunity to thank / showcase all my wonderful readers because December was the best month yet! Google and Awstats are feuding over the actual number, but there were somewhere between 3000 and 3500 unique visitors to the site, not counting the many people who find their way here through the RSS feed! That’s more than 50,000 page views (for humans alone)! And it would have been many more if everyone hadn’t slacked off and left the internet around Christmastime, so make up for it in January with more obsessive reading. Try the archives.

The best part of blogging is having you readers who keep me on my toes. I know that some of my friends’ moms read religiously, as does apparently Keone Hon’s dog. The school librarian, admissions officers, higher ed marketers, my mom (but probably not my dog)–it’s a good group.

So thank you all for reading, thanks for coming, and thanks for your continued readership. As always I’m more than happy to hear from you by email or as a part of the discussion in the comment sections.

p.s. AdSense click revenue this month was enough to cover hosting and registration expenses for the site, plus it left enough left over to buy (optimistically) a slice of pizza! Too bad I need a $100 balance before Google will send me a check.

6 Responses

Lingbo

January 3rd, 2007 at 8:55 pm
1

I will buy you a slice of pizza for your wonderfully written and entertaining blog entries. We’ll have to find a sketchy place in New Haven.
Mom

January 4th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
2

I’m wondering if it may be time to go back to the regular Sam Jackson Experience blog (you remember that) and close down the College Admissions blog for now…As a loyal reader it’s feeling like the last chapter - to be followed by a new book on the College Freshman experience in the Fall. By the way, you received some interesting materials from U of Chicago in the mail - purposefully “non-markety”, but alas, I believe the interest may no longer there.
Kofi

January 6th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
3

I tried leaving you a comment on your acceptance post way back when, but my comp crashed. Hard. Anyway, a very belated congrats. My friend and I had no doubts (although for whatever reason, you had a few…) And I’m fighting the shamelessness not to say I told you so. Any random questions about New Haven feel free to ask. I still know where the good food is (Yale food and non-Yale New Haven food).
Jen

January 7th, 2007 at 8:39 pm
4

Wow, your ego must be monster-sized with the Yale and the Google and the Awstats. Kidding.
Congrats!

Too bad I’m back to reading AdmitSpit. They’re starting to remember their blog.
Alice

January 7th, 2007 at 9:02 pm
5

that’s SO many readers. good job. you should post more often, though.
Sam Jackson

January 7th, 2007 at 10:09 pm
6

Jen, Alice–I have more to say to the world, especially kids who are just now starting to apply to college for next year. So I’m still working to expand that audience. Best solution? Word of mouth–so tell your friends.

Jen, if you don’t have time to visit the site, I put up a quick FeedBlitz link which will send you e-mail updates (if you don’t want to use RSS): http://www.feedblitz.com/f/?Sub=141577

Kofi: I will definitely be asking you more about restaurants.

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Who is Sam Jackson?

I'm currently a sophomore at Yale University and I've been blogging about college admissions and higher education marketing trends since I began my college application process in 2005. I now also write about my experience here at Yale, and am an official Yale blogger. Click here to read my 'about' page.

Kind words about my blog:

Andrew Careaga calls it “a service to all of us in the higher ed marketing business.”

Christian Long says it has “dramatically inspired college admissions folks to take notice”

Bob Johnson says “I like [it] because I agree with so much of what he says.” and that “Paying attention what Sam writes will let you focus more closely on students who will actually attend your school.”

Karine Joly says my witty and fresh style “offers a rare glimpse at the mind of our elusive prospective students”

and TargetX calls my blog “good reading” and me “wise-beyond-my-years.”