I was using the Internet Archive Wayback Machine tonight to try to pinpoint when I officially began blogging. I was a late bloomer compared to those bloggers who started blogging when it was still called journaling.
My earliest blogging occurred on Ryze with a Newspaper Database Marketing group (I’m not sure if Ryze has had an upgrade since 2005!). I then moved on to Blogger and began writing Doug’s Rant.
The first blog post on my hosted WordPress blog was about Mountain Dew advertising itself as a breakfast pick me up. That advertisement should motivate anyone to start a blog!
As I look back at folks who have been blogging for well over a decade, it’s amazing that I’ve acquired the stats I have on this site in its short lifespan:
- Martech Zone was consistently in the top 5,000 blogs on Technorati.
- Martech Zone was in the Power 150 for Marketing Blogs on the web.
- Martech Zone continues to be in the top 100,000 web sites per Alexa.
- Over 400,000 people have visited my blog.
- Over 40% of my new visitors get here from Google.
I’ll continue educating folks on how to automate, integrate, and get the most out of their marketing technology with the least amount of effort.
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