We did it! We hit 50,000 followers in just one year!
I’ve been watching the numbers and I knew we were getting close. This morning the number was 50,0154 individual gun owners following TheShootersHangout.com news site!
The growth has been amazing!
Most are subscribed to the news site’s email newsletter, and thousands more are following The Shooters Hangout through social media (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+),
A year ago the growth started off slow.
But as more and more people started following the news site, and more and more people started telling their friends, and more people were wearing the The Shooters Hangout gear (tee shirts, tank tops, sweatshirts, jackets and ball caps) to the range and to local competitions, and more people were putting the patches on their range bags, more people putting decals on their gun cases and on the back of their vehicles, the growth began to really take off!
My web host has worked hard this year trying to keep ahead of the growth in web traffic but twice this year we failed to stay ahead of demand and the news site crashed from the load of followers coming to the site. Each time we quickly added more bandwidth within hours and were back up and meeting the increased demand.
We are now growing at a rate of 300-400 new followers a day.
I can’t wait to see how big we will grow in our second year!
You probably also noticed that I have also gained quite a few advertisers on the news sight during this first year. I want you to know that I have vetted each one and stand behind them 100%. In fact I know the owners of almost all of the businesses personally. Take a look at them and see what products or services they offer. They are all quality people with quality businesses.
Manufacturers have also started contacting me, asking if they can send me free products to test and write a review on. They say if I like the products they are willing to give me some discount codes for my readers to get some great deals. A corner of my garage is filling up with products so stay tuned for some great reviews soon!
I want to say a huge “Thank You” to all my followers. I appreciate all your great feedback and the fact that you have been telling your friends and family about this news site!
Lance
www.TheShootersHangout.com
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