The Jennifer Buxton Effect

My favorite blog of all is written by Jennifer Buxton. She is an excellent writer (Jennifer, the teacher in me gives you an A+), and her entries vary from real horses, model horses, her family and dogs, and even to flashbacks to other times in her life.

I am not alone in my fondness for her writing - she has over 4.8 million hits on her blog. Clearly Jennifer has connected with her audience through her writing.

So, when Jennifer gave me a shout out, my own stats spiked.

I track my weekly stats on my phone every Sunday, and Jennifer's shout out occurred on a Friday, so I already had some reads. (I generally get 150 - 200 blog hits or so a week.)

But the link Jennifer posted on Facebook changed that week's stats dramatically. I had begun with 25,001 on Sunday morning. When I realized how fast my numbers were going up, I began checking every hour or so. 

Already 648 views!

Another 30!

 28 more!

30 more.

Another 60.

Gulp! 427!

By the end of the week, I had had 814 blog reads, most of which were directly attributable to Jennifer's shout out.

But Jennifer wasn't done. This week she asked if she could use my candy corn blog post on her blog as a guest blogger.

And she gave me a lovely compliment. (Thank you, Jennifer!) With two days to go, the week isn't over yet, but thus far I have 476 blog hits, far more than my usual 150 or so.

That, folks, is called the "Jennifer Buxton Effect."