I clearly remember the day that I reached 100 followers on WordPress and how excited I was. Having over 1000 followers now blows my mind!
Although I’ve been blogging for about 6 years, I didn’t take it to heart until May of 2017. At that time I had around 300 followers. Certainly nothing to write home about.
In May, I decided that I needed to write more so I challenged myself to do a post a day for the month. From that jumping off point, my blog following has grown at a very steady (and surprising) rate. I no longer post every day. I would say it’s a few times a week.
I have found that my writing has become a release for me. Writing is therapeutic and a Huge, positive, and important part of my life.
Those of you that are looking to grow your following, I have Just One major piece of advice. Be nice. It’s that simple. Visit other blogs, comment, follow, share and answer comments.
In the coming months, I plan on making some changes to my blog. I think the changes will make accessing specific topics easier. I hope you will all come along with me for the ride. I’ll keep you posted.
I want to thank Every Single One of you for following me. You’ve made something that I love into something Fantastic in my life! THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!
Copyright (C) 2018 Penny Wilson
Wow!! Congratulations! I’ve been following your blog for a minute now & I’m so happy for you! Keep up your great work. I’m excited to see what else is in store for you.
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Aww, thank you!!
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Way to go, Penny!!!
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Thank you Linda. I’m pretty excited about it! 🙂
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I would be, too! I’m closing in on 500 and it astounds me. When I started this thing I thought it would be amazing if I got 20.
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woo hoo!! 🙂
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This is awesome. Congratulations!!
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Thank you Dear Lady!
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Congratulations!
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Awww! Thank you!! 🙂
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You are very welcome
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Congratulations Penny! Well done. Could you help me? I can’t see where I can find how many followers I have on either of my blogs.
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Thank you and good morning! Try this…
When I first log into WordPress, one of the first things I see is my Reader Feed. From that, on the top Left Hand side of the page, click on My Sites. Down just a little way, you’ll see Stats. Click on that. You’ll see a Graph. At the top of that Graph window, you will see 2 words, Traffic and Insights. Click on Insights. About 1/2 way down on the right side of the page you will see Follower Totals. The total of your WordPress Followers, Email followers and Social Medial followers, is your Total Followers!
I hope this makes sense. Let me know. Good luck and thank you for stopping by! 🙂
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Thank you, that worked. I know now that I have 459 on 80smetalman and 196 on Peaceful Rampage.
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Good deal! I don’t remember how I did it, but if you play around in Appearance/Widgets, you can get that total to show up on your home page like it does on mine.
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Congratulations !!!!🎉
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Thank you! 🙂
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Wow! Congratulations, Penny! That’s amazing growth 🙂 You always have great content and I always enjoy reading your posts! ❤
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Hi Joann! So good to see you and thank you! 🙂
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Congrats, Penny. Your advice to other bloggers is spot on.
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Thank you Audrey!
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Congratulations! I’ve enjoyed your site and am glad I’m following you.
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Thank you so much! 🙂
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Congrats on 1000 followers! That is a remarkable achievement.
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Thank you! It’s pretty exciting! 🙂
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Congratulations! I am so proud of and happy for you. Your friendship means the world to me Penny and I have learned a lot from you 🙂 ❤
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Thank you so much my dear friend. ((Hugs!)) 🙂
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Congratulations!! What a huge milestone and perfect way to kick off 2018 🙂
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Thank you! I’m pretty excited! 🙂
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Always a good and diverse read. No wonder you have that many followers
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Awwww! Thanks Matt! ❤ 🙂
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Hooray!
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Thank you Paul!
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Congratulations! You deserve it. Your writing is awesome. 🙂
Happy 2018!
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Thank you Biff! 🙂
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