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Measuring the Value of Your Blog: Reflections Over the Last Year

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I think there will be different metrics for different strategies, organizations, and tools. Unique Visitors & Feed Subscribers). For example, in April 2007 I wrote 52 posts, but in April 2008 I wrote 61. The dramatic rise a year ago was I consolidated several RSS feeds so Feedburner was reporting aggregate statistics.

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Meet Nicola M. Wells: Social Media As An Online Door Knocking Campaign for Immigrant Rights

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

That all changed after the massive and devastating raids in New Bedford, MA in early 2007. He immediately saw the need to tell the stories of the families that had been ripped apart by the raids, of children who had lost parents, of mother who weren't sure if they could pay rent or feed their children next week.