Website traffic for The B-Town Blog is up over +30% – with impressions up +52% – for the first half of 2017 vs 2016, according to independent statistics from Google Analytics:
Check out the difference in our overall Jan. 1, 2017 – June 30, 2017 stats:
- Sessions:
+30.22%: 621,393 (2017) vs 477,202 (2016) - Pageviews:
+51.72%: 2,081,707 (2017) vs 1,372,051 (2016)
Monthly averages so far for 2017:
- Sessions: 103,566/month (vs 78,460/mo. for 2016)
- Pageviews: 346,951/month (vs 227,611/mo. for 2016)
These stats are truly mind-boggling to us, as when we first started The B-Town Biog in Dec. 2007, our target monthly circulation was 10,000, which seemed like a lofty goal at the time (that was about the circulation of the local newspaper).
Yet now here we are – about to turn 10 years old – pulling in more than twice the population of Burien (~50,000) in monthly Readers(!).
Overall, our network of six local blogs powered by South King Media averaged 133,890 Sessions per month, and 392,171 Pageviews for the first half of 2017.
ONLINE/MOBILE NEWS BEATS PRINT
We believe that our continued, strong traffic growth is due to the fact that most people prefer to get their news online – and quickly – than in print. Personally, we think that by the time something is printed, it’s “old news.”
And when was the last time you were able to instantly comment and share your thoughts about a story with friends far away with a printed newspaper or magazine?
We’re also proud to abide by time-tested journalism ethics. We’re an award-winning member of the Society of Professional Journalists, and we adhere to their proven journalistic standards.
Again, THANKS for all your support for making The B-Town Blog the #1 local news, events, arts, entertainment and more source for the area! And please support our Advertisers – without them, we couldn’t do what we do.
And if you haven’t already, please join our 11,835 friends and “Like” us on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/btownblog and follow us on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/btownblog
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TRULY EFFECTIVE LOCAL ADVERTISING!
With a focus on excellent Customer Service, innovative, affordable solutions and the most Readers of any local Media Outlet, your best marketing spend is on our local, independent, family-run website(s).
We’ve got the most engaged, interested and active Readership of any local media outlet in the area – compare us to the other local options:
- Direct mail coupon books: 30,000 circulation per quarter (4x per year) • typical Ad cost: $750
- Local quarterly “city” magazines: ~10,000-15,000 circulation per issue (4x per year) • lowest Ad cost: $400
- Local newspaper*: 1,000–5,000/week*? (And mixed in with news from Ballard…)
- The B-Town Blog: 80-90,000+ Readers per month + 11,835 on Facebook + 6,047 on Twitter + 2,117 Email Newsletter Subscribers = lowest Ad cost: $60/month!
*NOTE: Current, accurate circulation numbers for the local newspaper were not unavailable.
We are the only daily-updated, totally-independent, truly-local community news/event website in Burien – run by longtime residents Scott & Theresa Schaefer, who live, work, play and spend locally with their family – that provides a highly-targeted, local, very desirable audience with the most recent Local News, Event Listings, Feature Stories, Politics, Videos, Photos, Business News and much more.
