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An Eclectablog 2012 Year in Review

By on January 3, 2013 in Bloggety Blah Blah Blah, Meta

Wow

Before we head off into 2013, I wanted to take a moment to look back on 2012, a year that put Eclectablog on the map.

As you can see from the chart below the fold, Eclectablog had a stellar year in 2012. When we started the year, we were getting well under 100,000 pageviews per month. Not bad for a small blog but certainly not in the Big Leagues. By the end of the year, however, we had 3,307,857 pageviews and nearly 3 million unique visits. Our highest month was, not surprisingly, October, with well over a half million pageviews. Even in December, when people were sick of the election and politics in general, we had 272,000+ pageviews.

Much more after the jump.


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Blog update

By on March 15, 2012 in Bloggety Blah Blah Blah

If you’ve reached this page, you’ll notice that we’re back to the blogspot URL. This will change soon as we migrate the blog to WordPress. I’m told it should be an easy transition and we’ll be able to bring all the posts and comments over. If you have any trouble in the next week or two, send me an email at eclectablog @ gmail dot com or a tweet.

The move will end the current email subscriptions so stay tuned on how you can sign up again after the switch.

It’s a bit nerve wracking to make the change but it will allow us to provide you with a better Eclectaexperience in the long run and we want to have the new site set up sooner rather than later as we move into the election season coming up.…


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LOLGOP liveblog of Super Tuesday primary TOMORROW 5 pm ET + Eclectablog news

By on March 5, 2012 in Bloggety Blah Blah Blah, LOLGOP

Meta me this

First, a big welcome to our many new Eclectablog fans. We’ve seen explosive growth of Eclectablog in the past couple of months. Last month we had nearly 65,000 unique visits and we are on track to break the 100,000/month milestone in March. We appreciate your visits and, more importantly, your comments and insights.

Tomorrow, starting at 5 p.m. ET, LOLGOP will be liveblogging the GOP Super Tuesday primary. If you haven’t enjoyed his liveblogging, you won’t want to miss this one.

One way to support Eclectablog is to put a “Like” on our Facebook page. We are less than 200 ‘Likes’ away from having 1,000.…


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Eclectablog & LOLGOP: United again for the very first time – A new blogging partnership

By on February 13, 2012 in Bloggety Blah Blah Blah, LOLGOP

Ring the drums! Bang the bells!

It is with great enthusiasm, pride and excitement that, for the first time since I started Eclectablog, I am bringing on another writer. And this isn’t just any writer. This is the genius behind the Twitter phenomenon LOLGOP.

LOLGOP delivers the most consistently incisive progressive political commentary ever crammed into 140 characters. When I interviewed him for A2Politico last summer (now behind a paywall, excerpted HERE), LOLGOP had about 7,000 followers. When Politico.com wrote a piece on LOLGOP in November, he had about 20,000. Today he has a shade under 40,000 Twitter followers.…


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Major Eclectablog announcement forthcoming. Tune in Monday morning, 2/13/2012

By on February 12, 2012 in Bloggety Blah Blah Blah

Hmmm…what could it be…?

As I have been alluding to on site’s my Facebook page, I will have a major blog-related announcement tomorrow morning at 6:45 a.m. I will also be discussing it during my “appearance” on the First Shift with Tony Trupiano radio show at 8:35 a.m.

To answer some of the questions raised on my Facebook page:

  • It’s not a new baby
  • It’s not a run for office
  • It’s not a guest appearance on The Rachel Maddow Show
  • It’s definitely bigger than a breadbox

Other than that, you’ll need to tune in tomorrow. The only hint that I will give you is that I am very excited about it!…


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“Photo Credit: Google Images”? NO!!! STOP THAT!!!

By on February 2, 2012 in Bloggety Blah Blah Blah

Attention, bloggers!

Hi, bloggers. Come in and sit down. We need to chat.

When you have photos on your blog, do you ever grab them off Google images? Cut it out, I know you do. Sometimes I even see you say “Photo credit: Google images”. Or “Photo credit: Flickr”.

STOP IT!!!

That’s illegal. You are stealing if you do that.

Google images is simply a search result for images. It does NOT give you the right to use those images without permission. Let me show you something. Here’s a Google image search for my wife’s company Anne Savage Photography. I clicked on one she took of White House photographer Pete Souza.…


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Associated Press photog catches Eclectablog Eclectablogging

By on January 19, 2012 in Bloggety Blah Blah Blah

Wanna see what it looks like when I’m out Eclectablogging an event for a liveblog? Here you go:

Photo credit: William Archie | Detroit Free Press/Associated Press

That’s me in the red hat, uploading a photo to my liveblog of the protest march on Martin Luther King Day earlier this week, caught in the act by Detroit Free Press photographer William Archie and picked up by the Associated Press for national distribution. Run, little blogger, run!

Heh, heh.

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New logo – The final edition

By on January 10, 2012 in Bloggety Blah Blah Blah

Just a quick note to let you know that we have landed on a final version of the new Eclectablog logo. This one is a vast improvement in a variety of ways. First, the lettering is bolder and more legible. We wanted to keep the font because it’s unique and characteristic. However, the font itself is not that “fat” so my wife worked her magic on it and viola!

Second, the first letter “C” is highlighted to help folks realize it’s “Eclectablog”, not “Electablog”.

Finally, it’s just eye candy to me.

Many thanks to Anne for her work on this. She’s not a graphic artist by trade but she sure makes it look like she is!…


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New logo

By on January 5, 2012 in Bloggety Blah Blah Blah

My lovely wife is tinkering around with an awesome new logo. You may see it change a bit over the next few days.

Here are some current favorites:

We’re wide open to feedback so let us know what you think.

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Eclectablog: Looking back (with thanks) and looking forward (with excitement)

By on January 2, 2012 in Bloggety Blah Blah Blah

As we move into the new year, I want to take a moment to thank the many folks who have supported Eclectablog over the past year and to give you a look at what’s on the horizon for this blog and my writing, in general.

First, I must first begin with thanking my beautiful life partner and wife, Anne C. Savage (pictured there on the left). When people talk about “living the dream”, they are talking about my life with Anne. She is beautiful, smart, funny as shit and talented as all get out. If you haven’t seen her photography, stop reading right now and go have a look.…


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