I’m obviously great at coming up with titles for my posts, huh? Anyway, this title is actually relevant to the month of May and there were some nice surprises that occurred along the way. I’m just going to jump right in with some numbers. As always, previous record will be in parenthesis.
Posts: 31 (31)
Likes: 829 (837)
Comments: 1366 (2121)
Followers: 2876
Books Read: 0 (4) *record for month in 2015
Poems: 0 (2) *record for month in 2015
An overall solid month, but it didn’t always look that way. The first half of May was dreadful. I’m pretty sure I actually scratched my head a time or ten because I had no idea what was going on. There are things that I fully expect to happen every month, no matter what I’m talking about on this blog. I expect to get new followers everyday. I expect to have between 800-1500 comments a month. I expect certain bloggers to return over and over again. These are all pretty constant, and I expect all of these things to combine to generate a specific number of views at the minimum. In the first half of May everything I just pointed out was happening just like any other month, but the views weren’t there. It would have been my worst month since December, which isn’t the worst thing in the world. You see I kept posting everyday and I kept interacting with y’all, but it was just a head scratcher.
The second half of the month was great. My best day of views in 2015 happened on Saturday, and last week was my best week of the year. I know y’all don’t care about this stuff, but it’s just a little weird sometimes. May was the fourth consecutive month that I posted everyday. And it was at least my seventh consecutive month of increasing comments. Now for some posts.
Top Post
Favorite Post
Post you may Have Missed
My top post came at the end of the month! It will soon become the top post of 2015. I knew when I decided to write it that almost no one would agree with me, but I didn’t realize there would be such a reaction from several bloggers. But eh, I’m not apologizing for being honest.
Lastly, I announced that I’m starting a YouTube channel! I’m actually pretty excited about this. My intention is to record my first video tomorrow and hopefully have it released by Wednesday. Then I’ll just record them when I have something new to talk about.
I think that’s all for me. May could very well be the start of something fun.
How was your month?
PS: I’ve now sent out all of the guest post invites. It’s more than just five, which means two things…first, just because you write a post doesn’t mean I’ll post it. Second, the sooner you get your post to me the faster I can make a decision as to whether or not to post it.
Johnny Reads 
Does it mean you will not be posting blogs anymore when you go YouTube?
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Nope. The YouTube channel will be a supplement to this. I fully expect to post everyday on here through the end of the year.
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Oh! Good! Was a little worried! Thanks.
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Haha. But you can still watch my videos too, ya know? 😊
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The cc on YouTube sucks big time so I don’t go there.
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Oh well then.
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Great statistics as always–looking forward to your YouTube channel!
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Thanks! Hopefully I do okay. Haha
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Looks like a great month to me! Did you come up with a title for your channel yet?
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Yep. If I tell you, promise not to laugh? I haven’t told anyone yet. It’s simple.
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I won’t laugh. Cross my heart.
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Okay. *takes deep breath* Johnny Reads. That’s all. 😊I was gonna ask one of my sisters what she thought of it, but I’m just going with it for now.
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Why would I laugh at that? It’s simple and to-the-point. I like it.
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I didn’t think you would. It’s not so bad. I only wanted one or two words and I wanted people to know it’s about books.
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Well, then, you’ve accomplished your goal.
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Mhm.
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I wanted to tell you something interesting. Your guest post from last year was the 21st most viewed of 2014. Not bad when you consider the number of posts, right? In 2015 that same post is the THIRD most viewed. Way ahead of anything I’ve written this year. Just a little fun fact.
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Oh, wow! Really? That’s pretty cool. Thanks for sharing! It’s a great treat to hear something like that after a long day.
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Yep. You think you’ve had a long day? My micro USB cable doesn’t work and I’ve tried THREE more cables and they also don’t work. I can’t charge my phone at home! Send emergency personnel!
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What!! Emergency personnel on the way!
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I went to Best Buy yesterday because I got my phone from there and my insurance is with them, right? The guy ordered me a new phone because mine won’t charge and then after I left the store it started charging again. 😳
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Oh man! Are you still getting the new phone?
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I need to call and see what they tell me.
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I’ve drafted a guest blog for you to look at, but I don’t know how to get it to you.
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I sent an invite to your WordPress email.
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I just checked. You accepted the request in the email. All you do now is write the post in the dashboard and submit it for review.
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