Nathan’s Blog: 3 Months and Counting…

…And we’re just getting started! Ahh, yes. Humble beginnings (and I do mean humble, I used the simplePHPblog for the first 5 posts or so before switching to Wordpress) such as this (my first post) and this (my second post) can really bring back the memories. Oh well, moving on!!! :-)

First of all, I have to thank some people, so get ready!

One of my first contacts in the blog world, and a great blogger, Cory Miller who runs ChurchCommunicationsPro.com. This guy works his butt off on all his projects, and he immediately put me on his blogroll when I requested it. He has consistently been kind enough to link here, and I appreciate him. By the way, he and I might just be collaborating on something soon, so stay tuned. Cory, thanks for all the help!

Matthew Tilley, who blogs at mjtilley.wordpress.com, has become a steady reader and a great guy all around. I wish he’d blog more often, but hey, you take what you can get :-)

George and Matthew for guest blogging for me. You guys rock!

My family, who I know reads this blog regularly.

All the guys who dugg this story. I still see loads of traffic come in from this link every day. WOW!

Jim from OldTruth.com, even though you and I don’t see eye to eye necessarily, I can see that you have a passion for Truth. You’ve made it interesting :-)

Meredith, my wonderful girlfriend, for listening to me rant about all this, and always supporting me. She’s a patient woman :-)

Secondly, I’ve got some pretty ambitious goals for the NEXT 3 months of this blog, and I’m going to need your help. We’ve got a great group of core readership, and you guys are the heart and soul of this blog. Here are my goals:

• I want to double the number of blogs that I read daily by next month, and add 10 new blogs every month after that. Currently, I have 10 blogs in my reader, by next month, I want 20, and the month after that 30, after that 40. The more I read, the more I have to talk about and link to, and the more I will comment on their blogs which could potentially bring in more readers. So, send me your suggestions or leave them in the comments. I’m looking for good sites that cover religion, tech, science, and politics, and THEY MUST BE REGULAR POSTERS! I actually get excited when I see that on of the blogs in my feed just posted something…is that weird?
• I want 5,000 readers to be visiting this blog every month by our 6 month anniversary. The month of December, we had nearly 2,000 unique visitors (we’re on track for 3,000 in January) and I want to put that number to shame! I think we can do it! But that means that I am going to have to start going after readers. That’s where you come in. If you find a post that you think could be benefited by a link to a story over on this blog, COMMENT! Send people here! If you read this blog, take 2 MINUTES and go over to PraisePad.com and VOTE FOR Nathan’s Blog! Just take a look at how many hits the #1 site has gotten from just this ONE SITE!
• I’m going to take the plunge to FaceBook. I know a lot of people on there, and even though I’ll probably rarely use the site, it’s a good way to get people who I already know to come visit the blog. I already sold my soul to the devil by joining MySpace (which has brought in very little traffic), so I hope that FaceBook isn’t quite as bad an experience as MySpace was.
• I want 50 SUBSCRIBERS TO MY FEED! Yep, I’m calling you out. If you know what RSS is, and haven’t subscribed to my feed yet, what are you waiting for???
• I want at least 1 guest blogger per month. They bring a totally different perspective and I absolutely LOVE IT!
• I want to do more posts on Tech stuff.
• I want to do more science posts too.
• I want to post at least 1 article every weekday. No more skipping days! Also, the occasional weekend post might be in order :-)
• I want to continue our Music Series in full force. By our 6 month anniversary, I want to be finished!
• I want to start an advertising campaign to get the word out about this blog. People need to know that there’s a place they can come to see rational, competent discussion about religion, science, and politics.
• And finally, I want you, the reader, to HAVE FUN! I want you to enjoy this place, and I want your feedback! Send me an email telling me the kinds of stuff you want to see more of here. Like our science posts? Want to see more? LET US KNOW! You get the idea.

For a blog that barely had 100 people visit in the month of November, I think we’re off to a pretty good start! The thing is, we can do better! Thanks for reading, subscribing (rss and email), writing me, and commenting. It’s been a great first 3 months, but it’s going to be an even better next 3!!!

P.S. I am publishing this at 11pm Thursday night, so it’s not technically the anniversary yet, but most of you won’t read this until Friday morning (except for you night owls). I just wanted to make sure that our email subscribers got this in the morning.

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