Hello World! Thanks For Stopping By – But Why?

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Most anyone I know who’s started blogging seems to develop a compulsion to check their visitor stats daily.

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That’s sure been my experience and I must admit to being very curious about not only where my visitors are coming from and how long they stick around – but to why they do so.

What brings people to a blog ostensibly about “Career Change, Personal Renewal And Mid-Life Professionals“?

I’d really like to know.

To give you some background; 80% of August’s visitors were here from between 0-30 seconds – the blogging equivalent of a drive-by shooting, I guess ;-)

But, encouragingly 8% spent more than 1 hour perusing pages.
Arigatou!

Although I’m very much a new writer (if you exclude the corporate world of status reports and network engineering designs!), I like blogging and writing about subjects that intrigue me.

And I have my well-thumbed copy of William Zinsser’s “On Writing Well” within arms’ length and am ready and willing to receive constructive feedback from all who stroll by…

… the objective being to make this blog an even more interesting and useful resource for my readers.

Over to you now…

1- What do you most like about this blog?

2- What do you least like about this blog?

3- Give me one specific topic to write a post about.

Comments are open – keep it clean, please ;-)

Thank you in advance.

- Mark McClure

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Mark McClure Author: Mark McClure - A midlife career changer, freelance b2b writer and barefoot runner. Mark enjoys blogging about self-coaching and personal growth. Based in Tokyo, Japan. Mark McClure Google + Profile

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One thought on “Hello World! Thanks For Stopping By – But Why?”

  1. I found you – actually stumbled on you – via an Internet search. I forget what I was looking for, but it must have had something to do with self-help – a subject I’m fascinated about. I did end up buying your course – a blatant plug for those who are reading. The one thing I like about the blog – although you have very little to do with it, sort of, is that you’re in IT – like myself – and writing about career coaching. Apparently IT people – myself included – think that because we can write code to change a computer, we can write ‘code’ to change a life. The only drawback to the blog is the jumpiness, although admittedly it would be a hassle, have you considered two blogs: one for formal career coaching, one for your views on the world? One topic you could write about – if it’s a topic at all – you could include a few success stories on your clients – or perhaps feature a client every now and then. Keep up the good work. -BM

    [Bill,

    Thanks for replying - Customer feedback is priceless!
    I'll respond to your ideas next week after allowing time for anyone else to add their thoughts to the mix.

    Mark]