I apologize if you’re bored with the fact that I interviewed Will Leitch. I promise this will be last post on it. Or second to last. At least for today.
But here’s why this was so huge for me. In the 24 hours since I posted the interview…
…Will himself linked to my blog at Deadspin (I mentioned this yesterday). This caused traffic at Prayers For Blowouts to multiply by a factor of a gazillion. Okay, not that much. But I had more than a week’s worth of typical traffic in an 8-hour window yesterday. Pretty awesome.
…Jordan Green at the Burnside Writer’s Collective referred to my interview as “the get of gets” in the sports blogging world. He also referred to me in the title of the post as “The King of Sports Blogging”. (Although he might have been referring to Will there. That’s still up for debate.)
…I received very nice emails from two mainstream bloggers (hockey bloggers, no less). Craig Custance from the Sporting News and Greg Wyshynski from Yahoo! Sports “Puck Daddy” blog both wrote to say that had never seen the site before, and that they enjoyed the interview. Thanks for writing, guys!
…Sarah Palin wrote me to say that I did such a good job with the interview, she wished she could go back in time on her husband’s snow mobile time machine and have me interview her instead of Katie Couric.
…My brother Josh wrote me to say that being validated by the top guy in the field should help recognition of my writing explode exponentially! I like the sound of that. (more on Josh later today)
The one thing this whole thing has made me realize is that the readers are out there. You just have to keep working hard and keep doing a great job and be ready to catch the breaks when they zoom by. I caught a great break being able to interview Will, but now it’s back to working hard!
Your next break is on its way. It might be a day away or a month away, but it is on it’s way. Be ready for it. Whatever you spend your days doing, keep doing it, and keep doing it well!
Posted by Bryan AllainTags: Hard Work, Will Leitch
You read Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers?
I feel like I just read my daily horoscope. But I won’t hold it against you.
Yes, Bryan, I was referring to Will as the King of Sports Blogging. But if he’s the king, you’re definitely the Archbishop of Cantebury of Sports Blogging.
I’ll take it!!!
i cleaned up my sons poop that he took out of his underwear and tried to hide behind the couch. butt, tomorrow is another day, (and yes, that “butt” was intended)!!!
it’s a great thing to see traffic on your site! once the word is out, it’s out….that’s the nice thing.
what tracker do you use?
@geof I have not read Outliers yet, but it’s on my list for sure.
@janelle I use Mint software, but I dont know that it works with blogger. (http://haveamint.com/). I also use Google ANalytics, and while it’s not as nice, it is free and it gives me some of the same data.
any advice for the poop issue? links perhaps??
yes, just keep cleaning it. some days you might want to just let him be poopy and let it crust over and flake off, but this is not a good idea. eventually he will begin to hate the sensation of his own feces coming in contact with his skin. at this point he will see the value in pooping into a porcelain bowl filled with water.
and then begins the “Mom! I need someone to wipe me!” stage…