Looking Back at 2007: The Posts with the Most

This was a great year here at Poewar. To be honest, the writing only started in earnest back in June when I moved the job blog off to writingjobroll.com and returned to writing articles here at Poewar. I had stopped writing articles in 2006 because I was starting a new job that required a lot of travel, but in the end I just couldn’t stay away. I love it too much. I’m glad I got back to it too. The time away allowed me to rethink my approach, and in the end I believe that this is a much better site than it was before I took my break. It is certainly more fun for me.

When it comes to generating large amounts of traffic, comedy ruled the year. Whether you thought they were funny or not, the most viewed new articles on my site were:

• Want to Write a Novel Badly? Here’s How
• How to tell if your Project Manager is an Insane Moron
• Top 12 Signs that the Fantasy Novel You’re Working on has Gone Horribly Awry
• 40 Fabulous Faults of Freelance Failures

The next most popular segment on my site was September and October’s 30 Poems in 30 Days project. 30 Poems project really helped to create a community for the site, and for that I am very grateful. The most popular posts on the project were:

• Why you Should Write Poetry
• Writing about Yourself
• Repetition
• Persona Poems

Another very popular poetry posting that wasn’t a part of 30 Days was A Quick Guide to Acrostic Poetry.

My other major project this year was 10 Days of Character Building, which helped get everyone ready for NaNoWriMo. The most popular posts for this project were:

• Character Bio Sheets
• Defining Characters By Their Roles
• 12 Questions

The final project of the year, Revising Your Novel, is still underway, but the most popular posting has proven to be Creating a Chronology.

Three other very popular articles really indicate three different ways that you can generate a lot of traffic for a web site. The first article, The Five Habits of Successful Freelancers, went big because it was linked to from a major site, Life Hacker. The second, Procopywriters.com Steals its Content, proved that controversy always draws a crowd and the third, Bloggers Writers Should Read, proves that being nice to other bloggers is another great way to draw a crowd.

I have high hopes for the new year. I have many ideas for new projects and new articles. I hope everyone sticks around and plays along. Thank you for 2007 and good luck in 2008!

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