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Danny Hanning of The Other Shoe - May 6th, 2014[/caption]
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Welcome back
My Dear Readers to
The Other Shoe. Now,
My Dear Readers, I have
always wrote and published for the
largest possible audience. Seems to me that the
greatest accomplishment for a
writer, of any kind, is to have their work
read by the largest possible audience. Sure, Domestic audiences are great, it is gratifying to have the people you grew up with
read and
like your work. Although, the
greatest test of a writer’s chops (it would seem to me… as
logical) would be so
demonstrate that one’s work has
international appeal. If you, My Dear readers, have been a
long-time reader of this blog, what I am about to publish will be rather
familiar. .
Every so often I go to
Google Analytics(for traffic numbers on The Other Shoe at blog dot com) and the
Traffic Analysis for
Word Press and
check to see… well,
what IS my
‘International Appeal’? Quite
good, as a matter of fact! As I look over this past month’s
international numbers I quickly see that my
reach abroad is the highest level
ever! Not only is my blog read in
more countries, than
ever before, but
more people are reading my blog in these countries. There are
two sets of numbers, one for each blog location. As I present the images of the report(s) I will give a brief explanation of the image you are about to view.
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Now, one
salient fact that might come in handy.
If you are having problems
seeing the; numbers, country names, or any other old fact or number? Go over the the
secondary blof location, over at
Word Press (www.theothersshoe.wordpress.com). Once there,
click on the image you hare having difficulty reading or
seeing. Once clicked the blog will being up a
larger image that is (generally)
easier to read and
see. This is true for
all articles, and
all images regardless of the article.
That is a good
factoid to keep in mind,
My Dear readers, for future reference.
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Our
first image for today is from the traffic report from
The Other Shoe at
Word Press (www.theothersshoe.wordpress.com) for the month between August 29
th and September 24
th, 2014. In this image each day’s traffic is represented by a vertical line, with a dark bar inside a lighter bar. The
light blue bar represents the numbers of
views and the
darker blue bar represents the number of individual visitors. When the bar, for a certain day, has a
larger light blue area, that means that each visitor viewed and read
several pages or posts. Conversely, when the
darker blue bar takes up the majority of the
lighter blue bar, that means that each visitor read only one or two pages or posts. By
‘Best’ day, shown in this graphic, was this past Thursday September 25
th, 2014. On
that day I had
thirty-eight visitors and they
viewed a total of
Seventy-Seven pages or
posts. Meaning that each and every visitor viewed/read at
least two pages or posts.
That was a
‘Good Day’ for my secondary blog location at Word Press.
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Traffic Report for The Other Shoe at Word Press[/caption]
(Traffic Report for The Other Shoe at Word Press)
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only copied
two report pages, for
The Other Shoe at Word Press this month. Our next image, for my Word Press location, show the
International Traffic! This is the
most important information, for the purposes of
this article. As I explained, above, I
genuinely believe that the
true measure of a writer is his
broader appeal. A writer whose work is read in a great many nations, countries, has demonstrated greater ability via
broader appeal. It is
very easy to write for just
one geographic area, one mindset, and one group of people.
Far more
difficult is to refine and enhance one’s writing abilities to reach/entertain
larger and
larger groups of people. I am hoping that publishers understand and
appreciate this ability, too! J Below, a color graphic of the world with areas colored
in where my blogs was read. The lower part of the graphic gives us a number break-down, by country, of just how many visitors per nation or country.
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Global Traffic by Color – Secondary Location[/caption]
(Global Traffic by Color – Secondary Location)
.Here is the number break-down of the International Traffic for ONE month – August 29th to September 26th – The Other Shoe @ Word Press (www.theothersshoe.wrdpress.com)[1152]Nation: Visitors:
United States |
925 |
United Kingdom |
54 |
India |
30 |
Australia |
27 |
Canada |
16 |
Philippines |
15 |
South Africa |
12 |
Japan |
10 |
Republic of Korea |
9 |
France |
9 |
Mexico |
8 |
Thailand |
7 |
Saudi Arabia |
5 |
Spain |
5 |
Argentina |
5 |
New Zealand |
5 |
Germany |
4 |
United Arab Emirates |
4 |
Qatar |
4 |
Ireland |
4 |
Poland |
4 |
Brazil |
3 |
Kuwait |
3 |
Bulgaria |
3 |
Pakistan |
3 |
Hong Kong |
3 |
Portugal |
3 |
Egypt |
3 |
New Caledonia |
2 |
Russian Federation |
2 |
Costa Rica |
2 |
Netherlands |
2 |
Turkey |
2 |
Switzerland |
2 |
Romania |
2 |
Malaysia |
1 |
Czech Republic |
1 |
Sri Lanka |
1 |
Hungary |
1 |
Jordan |
1 |
Serbia |
1 |
Taiwan |
1 |
Finland |
1 |
Colombia |
1 |
Norway |
1 |
Macao |
1 |
Bahrain |
1 |
Papua New Guinea |
1 |
Jamaica |
1 |
Marshall Islands |
1 |
Lebanon |
1 |
Cyprus |
1 |
Israel |
1 |
Sweden |
1 |
Indonesia |
1 |
TOTAL: 1,207.
That brings us to the end of the information and graphics I have to share for the
secondary blog location for
The Other Shoe (www.theothersshoe.wordpress.com). If you have any questions, or comments, place them in the
‘Comments’ section of this article. As I monitor all threads and articles I will get back to you ASAP and do my best to answer any questions and/or respond to any/all comments/suggestions.
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Now, on with the
primary location for my blog
The Other Shoe (www.theothershoe.blog.com). Here,
My Dear Readers, I am forced to admit. Admit that my
secondary blog location is actually the
busier location of the two. My
primary blog location, at this time, just does
not have as much/more visit or visitors as the
secondary location. This
is troubling, to me, for more reasons that one. The
primary location has been active for more than four years. I have invested
far more money in advertising and publicity for the
primary location. More articles, longer web presence, and
more $$$ spent on ads and promotions
should equal the busier blog. It just is
not the way.
‘The best laid plans of mouse and men’. Right? .The
very first image, for this blog location, is the
overall traffic for the blog for the month ending September 25
th, 2014. I would like to make on
fact well
known. During the past month (past TWO months, past three months, past year) my
primary location has been
DOWN more days/weeks than I care to count. This blog location has
real difficulties staying up! Within any given
month I would have to say, honestly, there are
at least ten to twelve days that the nlog is
inaccessible! This is very discouraging and upsetting. As well,
each and every time I go to run a funding campaign? It seems like the blog location goes down
more often and for longer! My Dear Readers, this
is the reason I have (often) spoken of
getting my OWN URL, Web Hosting, and Blog software and
leaving blog dot com
behind! However, right
now I am having
terrible difficulties just
trying to raise funds to
Battle My CANCER! .That battle… and the
fund raiser for getting my
own blog location, hosting and software will have to just come another day… maybe a long long time away… L Right now, the next graphic shows the
overall traffic at blog dot com for the month ending September 25
th, 2014.
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Overall Traffic Numbers TOS Blog Dot Com[/caption]
(Overall Traffic Numbers TOS Blog Dot Com)
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International traffic numbers! As with my
secondary blog location, one can
clearly and
easily see that my work is
read in nearly a
dozen nations! It is with a
great deal of pride that I share this information! Below,
International Traffic as represented in a color graphic of the world.
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Global Traffic TOS Blog Dot Com[/caption]
(Global Traffic TOS Blog Dot Com)
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number of visitors, and corresponds to the color graphic above. My work, at this location, is
read in;
England, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, Spain, Greece, Italy, India, Brazil, Argentina, and Denmark just to name a few. If
you, My Dear Readers, look carefully below you can see just how many people came and
read my work from these countries.
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International Traffic By The Numbers Primary Location[/caption]
(International Traffic By The Numbers Primary Location)
.My Dear Readers, those are the graphics and numbers I came here tonight to share. However, I want to
make sure that
everyone understands
WHY I am sharing this information. It is
NOT to
‘brag’! I
know that
some will think that regardless of what I say or write. Let me tell you the
truth of the
WHY I share these graphics and numbers.
.I want
you, My Dear Readers, to
understand that
you are part of an
international community! That
each and every time you come and read my work, you make yourself a part of an
international audience. You become a part of a
larger whole, and take a step
away from being a
pawn of just
American news and information. In essence you take s step
towards being a citizen
of the world! .
You are exposing yourself to material that has an
international audience. In doing you graduate from being a
domestic consumer and begin the journey towards being an
international citizen/consumer. It has taken me
many years to develop a style of writing, a stable of regular articles, and a library of works that have the
international appeal. This
is a
‘Good Thing’. Being a part of a
larger world, and an
international community is an
enviable trait and one that will serve you well for years and decades to come.
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That is my
reason for gathering and sharing this information to all of
you, My Dear Readers. Conversely to sharing this information, I could
just gather the information, save the graphics to my hard drive, and view time and time again,
alone. That is
not who I am. I am a
“gregarious person” just as a
very good old friend was quoted saying about me. I have, always, sought to be a player in a larger audience. I would
much rather be
‘A little fish in a big pond’ than
‘A big fish in a little pond’. Not a lot o people… well, a
majority of people seek out the opportunity to be the
‘big fish in a little pond’. .
Further, people that are
born in; smaller towns, smaller communities, in less populated states often cherish their
status in the
‘smaller pond’ rather than
moving to another state and/or a
metropolitan setting. Challenging themselves, and their abilities,
against large numbers of equally talented and educated people in these larger states, communities and metropolitan settings. I
think this is
why I left for Southern California just as soon as I was able, and
why I kept returning. I am
very proud that I was;
the #1 Leasing Agent for a
large Beverly Hills property Management company, the
#1 Pharmacy Technician for a
very large hospital (996 beds) in a metropolitan city.
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Until; my
severe accident, my nerve root damage, my
spinal stenosis, my loss of use of left hand/arm and left leg, and
now my battle with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. I, continually, set my self in
contest with larger and
larger communities.
While I was working as a
Property Manager (of
Three Properties) in
Beverly Hills? During my
off time I competed in
National Ladder Tournaments in
PC-FPS gaming. During the summer of 2002 I placed (for two weeks) as
#1 in a
National Ladder Tournament For
F.E.A.R. on
Gamespy. I missed a whole ten , of competition, due to leaving Westwood for Northern California to
train Leasing Agents at another property. Even
with missing ten days of competition? By the end of the Tournament I placed
#7 (down from THREE WEEKS at #1) competing against
hundreds of other (younger) FPS players! Accomplished
while managing
three properties ALONE and training
‘new’ Leasing Agents all over California from Walnut Creek to San Diego.
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So,
My Dear Readers, I think that you can (now) understand
why I place incredible
demands on myself… now in writing. However, no matter
how well I write…
IF I am unable to
afford to fight,
battle and
BEAT my
Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma? My
international appeal as a blog writer… is of little consequence.
That is
WHY I continue to;
ask, request, beseech, implore and (yes, even)
BEG for
YOUR Donations and SUPPORT! My funding campaign,
Danny’s Cancer Treatment Fund @ Indiegogo IS my
way of securing the financial
support that is
required to
battle and
BEAT THIS CANCER! .Without
your, My Dearest Readers, SUPPORT my writing
will halt. My
days will be
numbered, and none of us will
know what great works I might have brought into this
world! That is
WHY this
WEEKEND I
WILL be WORKING this Campaign just as HARD and INTENSLY as
POSSIBLE! If you have already donated?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! If you
have NOT? WHY? PLEASE take a moment and LOOK at the images, READ the ‘Mission Statement’, Doctor’s reports, PATHOLOGY Reports and CONSIDER CAREFULLY! PLEASE?.My
life is in
YOUR, My Dearest Readers, merciful HANDS! I beseech YOU! To PLEASE take a moment and PLEASE DONATE to my campaign to raise the funds I
desperately NEED to fight… to
BATTLE this Cancer… and
WIN! With YOUR HELP I CAN BEAT THIS CANCER! .Adieu! .Thank YOU!.Danny's Cancer Treatment Fund @ Indiegogo
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