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Wow.
That’s what I have to say. From January 1st to January 1st, The Practical Nerd had over 12,000 visitors for exactly 22,000 hits! How cool is that?!? And it gets better: these numbers start in April. There’s no place to go but up!
This is why I keep doing this, people. It ain’t about finding a way to make money or garner fame. It’s about entertaining and helping all you “Cooler People” out there any way I can. I’m very blessed and thankful for each and every one of you, and I can’t wait to start pulling out all the stops in 2010. We’re going to start giving back – to you and to others.
In the meantime, I’d like to reflect on 2009, the year the Practical Nerd was born, with some of my favorite posts. These aren’t necessarily all the most popular posts, but they were ones that I really enjoyed writing and thought were useful to anybody:
Whew! That’s a lot of great stuff! Thank you again to everyone who has supported this site, and I look forward to making The Practical Nerd bigger and better in 2010! Stay tuned!
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I just want to take a second to wish all of you a very blessed Christmas Day. Now, get off the computer and get back to spending time with your family!
Our little site, The Practical Nerd, has topped over 11,000 unique visitors for nearly 20,000 hits this year. That’s great news, and it’s very encouraging. Thank you to everybody who continues to hang out over here!
But one thing that has suffered this year is our email newsletter. The Practical Nerd Newsletter has been hanging at around 100 subscribers, but has been suffering from an obvious lack of direction. So what is a writer to do?
Starting this week, we are cranking out a new series for the newsletter, entitled, The Practical Nerd Rules To Live By, a weekly series of practical tips and rules that will help you change from a Cooler Person into a Practical Nerd without becoming a big ol’ geek.
A quick definition: a Practical Nerd is a normal, everyday person that applies advice to improve their lives, sometimes bucking the mainstream. A Cooler Person is someone who wastes their money, time, and intellect by settling for whatever the media and society tells them they should do. You want to be a Nerd.
So what kinds of tips will this include? You’ll have to wait to find out! Tomorrow, I will be posting a special sneak preview of the Rules, with the first Rule for ya! Until then…
I’m going through a few changes in my life right now. Last week, I had to spend all my free time attempting to secure full-time employment. That way, the pressure can be taken off my business (and my blog!), and I can start working on it the right way. It’s a bitter pill to swallow at times, but it’s what I needed to do. I have a post I really want to write about big changes in your life, and I was going to write it last night, but instead, everything fell into place, and I wound up asking the love of my life to marry me.
Living in this technological world, we needed to tell everyone in our families and our closest friends before it hit Facebook. So we spent the night driving to houses and making phone calls in the car. I’m still a little exhausted, but it was worth it. I trust you can understand.
Tomorrow, we’re getting back on a regular posting schedule. See you then!
I just want to take a quick moment to welcome all you wonderful readers who clicked over here from the latest post over at Zen Habits! As the author of a fairly young blog, this was a great chance for me, and a great honor to be linked to from one of the most popular personal development blogs around, so thank you to Jonathan and everyone over at Zen Habits!
While you're here, check out the Open Letter to the Cooler People, where I speak to all the "average" people of the mainstream world, and I tell a little bit about The Practical Nerd and why it's here to help you out. Then, please throw your name and email address into the box in the sidebar to subscribe to my email newsletter, and you will get a FREE copy of my ebook, "The Practical Nerd 3 Keys to Happiness", where I show you quick ways to immediately improve the quality of your life (note: of course it bears mentioning that I won't do anything else with your email address – like sell it, or anything!).
Thanks again for visiting, and please feel free to take some time and explore. If you have any questions or comments, drop me a line at tom@thepracticalnerd.com. I would love to hear from you!
Tom "The Practical Nerd"
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