It’s been 365 days since I decided to enter the world of travel blogging. Yes, www.thewkndtravel.com & The Wknd Travel Facebook Page were created a year ago. Time flies really fast when you enjoy what you do. I know I’ve struggled in keeping the blog updated due to busy work & personal life schedule; but I am beyond grateful for everything the blog & the Facebook page has achieved in a such a short span of time. I did not expect everyone’s reception to be this good.
Let me share to you some details below. You’ll see why I am really happy of what the site & the Facebook page has achieved in just a year.
1 blog
1 Facebook page
5 sets of travel tips shared
7 countries visited in blog posts
8 previous trips revisited
16 places (cities, islands & towns) featured
28 Facebook campaigns
31 blog comments
33 articles posted
47 Facebook posts
67 countries reached by posts
365 days online
2,654 Facebook page likes
2,818 www.facebook.com/thewkndtravel social media followers
18,602 unique visitors
23,608 (& counting) blog views
58,000+ Facebook post engagements (likes, comments, shares & clicks)
379,319 Facebook accounts / feeds reached
Crazy set of numbers, eh? Let us look at some ‘fun facts‘ about the website & the Facebook page. Thanks WordPress for some of the details below.
Month/s with the most number of blog posts – January & April (5 posts each)
Day with the most views – 21 January 2017 (1,004 views)
Most clicked link – GetGo website (99 clicks)
Month with the most number of views – January 2017 (6,234 views)
Most popular day of the week – Wednesday (17% of the views)
Most popular hour – 2:00 PM (8% of the views)
Most viewed post – Tuesday Tip: How to be a CHAMP in booking low-fare tickets (11,486 views)
Top referrer – Facebook (17,067 referrals)
Facebook post with the most engagement – Tuesday Tip: How to be a CHAMP in booking low-fare tickets (18,600+ engagements)
Top 5 countries where most number views came from:
Philippines – 19,798 views
United States of America – 1,847 views
Japan – 191 views
Singapore – 159 views
United Arab Emirates – 105 views
Just wow! I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has helped, encouraged & inspired me from the start. Thank you to all who has read, liked & shared the posts in the blog & in the Facebook page. I created the blog & the Facebook page not having an idea that it would last a year. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
This is just the beginning. I know I am still new to the world of blogging but I am determined to learn more & also to share more tips, guides & experiences to everyone. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. ❤️
Much love,
Paolo