April was another month of fantastic growth… and I turned 25.
The Monthly Stats (vs. 1 month ago):
- Posts: 30 vs. 31 (3% decrease)
- Comments/Pingbacks: 238 vs 196 (21% increase)
- Visits: 15,526 vs. 14,686 (6% increase)
- Page Views: 23,159 vs. 22,921 (1% increase)
- RSS Subscribers: 882 vs. 810 (9% increase)
I’m almost to 900 RSS subscribers… which means I’m almost to 1,000. Once I reach 1,000 I’ll be 10% to my goal of 10,000 subscribers. Woohoo!
Popular in April:
These posts were the most popular based on traffic to the article.
- 7 Reasons You are Still Unemployed — I work in the staffing industry so I think I am somewhat qualified to talk about this.
- Have You Received Your State Tax Refund? — We finally did, but apparently some people still haven’t judging by how popular this post has become!
- 10 Steps to Avoid Becoming a Millionaire — one of my most popular posts, ever.
- A 30-Year Mortgage Usually Trumps a 15-Year Mortgage — why I’ll take the 30-year mortgage every single time (and there are some great comment discussions here).
- Mortgage Payoff: Lump Sum or Monthly? — which option is best, or does it depend on the economy?
- Calculating the Per Person Cost of the Bailout — It isn’t $75,000 or $300,000 per person. I ran the math to show you what it is really costing.
- Cut Monthly Costs by Asking for a Discount — asking for a discount is so simple, and can save you a ton of money in a short period of time.
Top Referrers:
Some great personal finance blogs linked to me this month. I got a ton of traffic thanks to Karen Datko at MSN Smart Spending and JD (#1 and #2 respectively). Thanks for the support, everyone!
- MSN’s Smart Spending Blog (new)
- Get Rich Slowly (0)
- Frugal Dad (new)
- I Will Teach You to Be Rich (-3)
- Master Your Card (-2)
- WiseBread (probably because I’m on their Top 100 Personal Finance Bloggers list — woohoo!) (-1)
- Poorer Than You (new)
- ABCs of Investing (new)
- Moolanomy (new)
- Gather Little by Little (-6)
What’s Coming in May:
- Continuation of Subscriber Swap Saturday which seems to be growing in popularity quite a lot
- More great personal finance posts
- Wrapping up my second ever contest (you could win an iPod or Flip MinoHD)
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