Another month of blessing, surprises and new discoveries in our journey of faith. Isn’t it good to be a child of God? I hope that you know that it is a very good thing indeed!
With the “official” launch of the site several months back I decided I would record, for accountability and posterity sake, several different statistics and compile them in a recap post on the first of the following month. It gives a good snapshot of how the site is doing in terms of traffic and growth and also gives me a chance to publicly show any gifts received or income made.
At this point I should note that income is very secondary to what Matthew515 is all about. My prayer is that the site would be self-sufficient (hosting costs are not large but are an ongoing expense) but even if it isn’t, my God owns the cattle of a thousand hills and I trust Him completely. He will provide through other avenues so long as I am faithful to do what He has called me to do.
If you would like to help support the site there are a couple of very easy ways that you can do that. I have affiliate status with both Amazon.com and Dayspring.com and there are banners for both companies on the site here. If you click on one of those banners it will take you to that company’s website; Amazon banner to Amazon.com and Dayspring banner to Dayspring.com. If you happen to make a purchase after clicking on the banner from Matthew515 then a small percentage of the price of the product you buy will be given to Matthew515 as a referral fee. It doesn’t cost you anything extra to do your shopping this way so it’s a win for everyone.
And now for the numbers:
Unique Visitors: 1,120 (957 last month) +17%
Number of Visits: 2,441 (1,871 last month) +30%
Pages Viewed: 10,439 (8,363 last month) +25%
Income: Amazon Affiliate sales $2.60 ($1.45 last month) +79%
October was a month of lower lows and higher highs than September in terms of weekly and daily visits and views. Up until the very last week the overall numbers were very close to last month but then the site hit two attendance records on back to back days on the 29th and 30th. This helped end the month on a very positive note and was very encouraging, especially in light of Mr. Denver Harris’s post on the 30th.
If you’ve read any of my previous monthly recaps then you know that I have a giant goal for this site that is frankly far beyond my ability. That goal is for the site to one day hit 10,000 unique visitors in a month. And it’s not a goal that I have set simply because I want a lot of visitors to the site, although that would be a fine thing as well. It’s a goal that only God can accomplish, in His timing and in His will, as long as I continue to work like it’s up to me and pray like it’s up to Him.
I will continue to sow and I will leave the increase up to Him. Thank you for reading and God Bless!