Approaching A Million
March 10th, 2007
Sometime over the next few days, WFME will have clocked 1 million unique visitors to the site.
That means that since September ‘05 (when the site was officially switched over to a new domain and the unique visitor clock was reset) there will have been over 1 million people who have come here, read something, chuckled (or not) and left with their life changed completely for the better (or worse). But in all seriousness, having over 1 million people read Words For My Enjoyment is exciting, amazing and humbling all together at once.
And that’s why we’ll be giving away some amazing* prize packages this week in celebration of such glorious news!
So here’s what we’re going to be doing. As of the posting of this entry, WFME is at 995,005 unique visitors. How soon the site will hit 1 million is anyone’s guess. Readers who call the WFME hotline (located in the sidebar of the site) and leave a message about how WFME has affected their life (bad, good, or indifferent — points will not be deducted for pure unadulterated hatred) before the one million mark hits will be entered into the blogstakes and have their chances at one of four (4) identical prize packages, each of which will include:
- A signed copy of my first book, Consumer Joe
- A first-edition signed copy of my new book, The Lost Blogs
- A $25 dollar gift card to Amazon.com
- Lint, from one pair of my jeans
- Your name, hotline message and picture highlighted in the online Winner’s Circle post
For some, the prizes will represent the ultimate. For others, it’ll just represent some paper, lint, and a materialistic bribe. Decide which person you are and choose wisely…
…for the million mark is rapidly approaching!
(Note from the Editor: When leaving a message on the hotline, after you finish be sure to leave your name and e-mail address so WFME can contact you!)
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*”Amazing” is relative.
I already have a first-edition signed copy of your new book, The Lost Blogs, so clearly I am more special than words can say.
1 million is an awful lot of unique visitors. I was pretty excited this morning when I saw my counter was up to 100 today. Now . . . not so excited.
Comment by Stacey — March 10, 2007 @ 10:22 am
Stacey - Aww, you ARE special. And combine that with the fact that you already have a signed copy of the book and, well, you’re at the top of the world!
I mean, there’s no place left to go, but at least you’re at the top.
Comment by Pauly D — March 10, 2007 @ 10:35 am
after you hit the one million-and-one(th) visitor, you can add “over one million served!” to your banner.
i’m not special like stacey, so i will have to earn my free copy of the book or your jeans lint the hard way. [sigh].
Comment by dgm — March 10, 2007 @ 11:34 am
One Million Unique visitors? IMPRESSIVE. So, if someone hits the refresh button 1 million times, that doesn’t count? Not that I DO that, of course.
Comment by Wordmaven — March 10, 2007 @ 1:23 pm
Wordmaven - Sadly, I wish my stats counted all those millions of reloads. Unfortunately, once you visit — your visit isn’t accounted for again until a year has elapsed.
Comment by Pauly D — March 10, 2007 @ 1:48 pm
I visited the site from around the country, so I gotta count for like 29 or something…
Comment by Kathleen — March 10, 2007 @ 2:37 pm
Whoa - we gotta be “unique” visitors to win? When they have contests at stores for being the one millionth customer, they don’t disqualify them for shopping there before.
I think I need to call The Hotline.
Comment by Jeff — March 11, 2007 @ 1:59 pm
One million unique visitors makes you a stud, Pauly. Yeah, baby!
Comment by Amy — March 11, 2007 @ 5:48 pm
If we aren’t smart enough to figure out how to use the phone, can we BUY an autographed copy of Consumer Joe? I simply must have one in my collection!
Comment by Dave2 — March 11, 2007 @ 6:55 pm
Somebody mentions prizes and lo, I am back.
I am scared of hotlines, though. Ever since an incident where I accidentally signed away 80% of my earnings to PBS.
Comment by Pierce — March 12, 2007 @ 4:52 am
Amy - Yeeaaaahhhhh, baby.
Dave2 - While I’m sure a monkey can teach you how to press buttons, I may arrange for such a thing after the contest is over.
Pierce - This doesn’t surprise me at all. You went M.I.A. awhile back and showed up when I was giving away free yogurt. Now this. If you disappear again, we’ll see you in April when I hold my brand-new contest, “Free Pears From Pauly”.
Comment by Pauly D — March 12, 2007 @ 6:16 am
Dave - Not only can a monkey teach you to press buttons, THIS monkey has one said copy of Consumer Joe autographed. For a while I had wondered if the Pauly D autograph actually enhanced the value. I put it on eBay for $1,000,000. No luck. Since then I have determined that the autograph is actually considered book graffiti (damaged goods)and for some people this is undesirable to have a copy with said pen markings and lack of a plastic wrapper. Just pop on over to Amazon, or Joe’s Shack of Good Readin’ and order yourself a fresh copy (in a nice plastic wrapper), that’s a certified untainted copy that’s free of Pauly D’s finger oil (unless you are into that sort of thing).
Comment by monkeyinabox — March 12, 2007 @ 8:33 am
i have a friend who, for valentine’s day, gave his girlfriend a locket filled with bellybutton lint he’d been collecting for weeks.
my point is, lint — from jeans, bellybuttons, or otherwise — is sorely underused in modern american society. i believe that with your help, via this contest, we might all gain a better appreciation for the wonderment that is lint.
Comment by kiki — March 12, 2007 @ 12:11 pm
p.s. gravatar isn’t working.
Comment by kiki — March 12, 2007 @ 12:11 pm
let’s see,
one million x 0.10 per dozen.
what does that equal?
not bad….not bad
Comment by celebrapauly's foundation — March 13, 2007 @ 7:08 am