Christmas Day Observations

by Diana Lane

Posted: 17 years ago 29 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

This year I said that I'd keep off the computer and the forum etc on Christmas Day. Then I got out of the bath to find my husband checking his e-mail on the laptop, younger daughter playing games on the downstairs PC, and that oldest daughter has gone out with a friend for an hour - after arranging a meeting on Facebook. If you can't beat 'em, join em...

I've just been looking through stats on today's activity so far, and mostly found what I'd expected. What surprised me (and made me a bit sad too) was a marked increase in activity on my 'ex back' site. I'm in this niche more by accident than design as it doesn't exactly do a lot for me, but I'll try to make an effort to see that those who use the site have a lot more help available to them this time next year, maybe a few diversions too. Not sure yet, but it's made me think.

How's everyone else doing? Any IM-related observations to report? Too full of turkey to care, or just too full of Christmas spirits to type?

#christmas #day #observations

sbucciarel Banned 17 years ago

Haven't really checked my traffic stats, but sold a niche blogging treasure site and a flip ace ebook, so someone is out there.
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tamilseo 17 years ago

we are receiving 1/3 traffic only for today
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Diana Lane

17 years ago

I'd been painting my nails when I made the first post and reached for the pot of nail polish afterwards to do the second coat, not realizing that I hadn't screwed the top on properly. Suddenly I'm holding the top in my hand while the bottle is bouncing off the desk, leaving a trail of nail polish up the cream curtains next to it (my curtains, not a problem) and landing upturned in a puddle of nail polish on the cream carpet. The landlord's cream carpet. Eek.

I have managed to reduce it from a thick blob of dark gothic purple (very festive, I know) to a reddish-lilac stain, and can report that in the process, several of someone else's carpet cleaning and stain removal sites saw a flurry of Christmas Day activity. Sigh...

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sbucciarel

Banned 17 years ago

Originally Posted by Diana Lane

lol ... not really funny, I know, but just shows how sites will get some traffic on Christmas.

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PatriciaJ 17 years ago

My Yorkshire pudding blog has already had over 2000 visitors, 5 times more than normal for a Friday and on target for a record day. Visitors mostly from UK and Germany
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aaron_nimocks 17 years ago

Ive noticed some people are buying higher priced items. Guess it might be a Christmas present.

Besides that, everything else looks a little slower.
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TheDebtEliminator 17 years ago

Hello Diana,

Things are running at half speed and less, but it is early and the stores are closed.

Tomorrow is a big shopping day ... so I expect some traffic after lunch time, when folks finish opening presents.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Wishing You and Yours all of the Best in Health and Prosperity in 2010
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2d0k 17 years ago

My Christmas day was a day off from too much internet surfing and IM learning. Yet when I got home, in an instant, I found myself checking Warriom Forum.. WF, you're a bad medicine! Merry Christmas Warriors!
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- Alminc 17 years ago
  
  Well I noticed about 30-40% decrease in traffic on all my money sites.
  
  This is especially boring since I personally don't care about Christmas at all.
  
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- anddox 17 years ago
  
  I have Been onlime all day, a littje bit quiter than normal. Merry xmas everyone
  
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ourland 17 years ago

A Warrior from Nigeria wish all other Warriors a Merry Christmas.

It is fun over here today with lot of fireworks going up here.

How is it at your end
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Oscar D 17 years ago

I have also noticed a major decrease in traffic to my sites

I guess everyone is out celebrating and not online
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berrycorp 17 years ago

traffic has dropped like a stone... here... i am in education niche... nobody wants to study i guess right now... lol
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Nigel Greaves 17 years ago

Merry Xmas everyone!

I couldn't stay away from checking my stats and although they're down they are still higher than I expected. Which pleased me so much I took advantage of Suzanne's Christmas Day extra discount on her Flip Ace WSO :-)

I'm quitting for the day now to catch up with Big Mike on the Amstel. And it seems there's a lot of catching up to do - he can't remember where he lives! Quote "Merry Christmas from Greeve".

So it's "Merry Christmas from Greeve" and Merry Christmas from Greaves,

Nigel
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- Jill Carpenter 17 years ago
  
  LOL, my Ex (fiance) just called me. I think he was on your site.
  
  I left him. He sounds sad. I could call, but it ain't gonna change the outcome.
  
  Anyone got plans for New Years?
  
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  Istvan Horvath 17 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by avenuegirl
  
  Anyone got plans for New Years?
  
  Will be in Jamaica!
  Hopefully better and warmer than the snow storm here in Winnipeg
  
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  dljmktg1 17 years ago
  
  Traffic to most of my sites is about the same. But sales, click-throughs, and the like are way down. I have gotten a few dozen emails for post-holiday sales; not from IMers but from regular brick and mortar businesses.
  
  On a side note: there's snow on the ground for Christmas in my part of Texas for the first time in 83 years.
  
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- The Artful Surfer 17 years ago
  
  Traffic/Sales way down for me as well. Last year I had great sales on and around Christmas. I don't get it
  
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theemperor 17 years ago

Diana,

It's just like any other day, traffic and sales wise (.... and NO that doesn't mean zero :p )

Seems like the internet stops for no man and no turkey.

And the warrior forum seems to be no slower on 25th either - however I can smugly say I stayed offline the whole day.
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sbucciarel Banned 17 years ago

Well, the verdict is in. Didn't bother checking traffic stats for my sites, as I didn't expect much traffic to most of them. However, I did run a flip ace sale in the wso section and it did really well. Sold more copies of it on Christmas than on any other single day.
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igorb 17 years ago

Yeah, Xmas has all "features" of other ordinary days. Except some holiday feelings, of course.

Wouldn`t be surprised if even my turkey checks her emails before ... the "event". :rolleyes:
That`s the spirit of time, I guess.
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Regional Warrior 17 years ago

I have picked up 3 new sales for my offline business $600 thank you very much , hope you all have a Fantastic new year and be safe

Jason
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Steve Powers 17 years ago

Well,for us,the traffic decreases to 1/3 as usual.But we still enjoy this Christmas and feel
highly relaxed as it used to be.Cheers.
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paulie888 17 years ago

I wasn't able to resist the siren call of the internet myself, and checked in on my WSO stats on and off. While there was very little traffic (I didn't feel like bumping my WSOs, so it wasn't even on the first 3 pages), I was surprisingly able to get a couple of sales over the holiday. I guess some people must have just searched my offers out, since I wasn't actively promoting them - not a bad thing, it just goes to show that people do buy things, even on Christmas day!
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SEOExpert104 17 years ago

doing good, i've been on even though it's x-mas
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danabbamont 17 years ago

My best day ever was one christmas but I was promoting dating sites on Yahoo chat. This was also years ago. I guess anyone who's in those lonely hearts chats on christmas is going to be pretty much ready to pay to find a mate. I think I raked in around $1300.
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JamesW 17 years ago

I managed to go the whole of Christmas Day without switching on my computer, which was some achievement for me, and was pleased to turn it on today to see several sales and some Adsense earnings that were much higher than usual.

Can't complain, although I have a fellow blogger to thank for that as they recommended my latest blog post to their readers, which has resulted in a big surge of traffic.
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Suzanne Morrison 17 years ago

I managed to keep away from the computer for the whole of Xmas day, but was surprised to login this morning to find 100 new emails in my inbox and quite a few sales.

Most of my website traffic seemed to be around 40-50% less than normal

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Suzanne
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Louise Green 17 years ago

I got yelled at for working on Christmas day.. my excuse is "but I'll go nuts if I don't!", which is true.

Traffic was down, sales were down, as expected.
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