Bidding Adieu to FeverBee

Dec 04 2008

As I did with Zoë of ‘Essential Prose‘, I wanted to check in with Rich Millington of FeverBee now that his time in our spotlight is over. Here’s what he had to say about the experience.

Rich Says…

I never ceased to be amazed by the quantity (350 subscribers!) and quality of readers to my blog. This past fortnight has been incredible.

You gave me more constructive feedback in the past two weeks than I’ve had in the past 2 years. So I’m eternally thankful for that. I’m planning a bit of a redesign, I’m drafting out an eBook and developing more series-focused content. That’s an outcome of your feedback.

Hopefully my blog has offered an idea or two you can use to develop your own online community someday. Your enthusiasm for the topic, even from those without a specific interest in marketing, was truly staggering.

So thank you for all your help. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if there is anything I can do to help you.

Chuck’s asked me to highlight a few people who added the top value. That’s a tough call. I liked Grant and Ken Allan and Ken Stewart most – they challenged me. I liked Jen, le, Paul,Tawnya, and atweed for their support – and adding often new perspectives. Jodith and Ulla too.

- Rich

Chuck says…

Rich had about 200 subscribers when we featured him, and nearly a week after we’ve moved on, his subscriber numbers are up to 350. That’s a 75% boost on an already healthy readership. I’m not sure it’s all because of being featured, but clearly it helped give him a bump. Well done!

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Matthew Dryden
on 04 Dec 2008 at 2:53 pm

Oh wow, it’s nice to get back some statistics on how well our little blog club is doing. That’s some pretty incredible numbers – perhaps you should check back within in a few weeks to see how many have stayed?

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Tawnya
on 04 Dec 2008 at 4:35 pm

It was a pleasure supplying feedback to Rich. & I’ve signed on for Kathy’s blog though I’ve not had much time this week to really get in there and comment….

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diesel
on 04 Dec 2008 at 4:53 pm

What’s this all about then?

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Writer Dad
on 05 Dec 2008 at 12:31 am

Diesel: It’s about giving the hidden gems of the blogosphere the shine they need. Every two weeks, Chuck features a new blog that everybody follows for two weeks, thereby giving them a fresh audience that they wouldn’t have had otherwise. Simple genius.

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Ken Allan
on 05 Dec 2008 at 12:56 am

Kia ora Chuck!

I’ve just brought my head up after being buried in reports and assessments at the end of the NZ academic year – not finished yet! I haven’t even had a chance to look at Kathy’s blog – oops – will do.

Richard was challenging to the commenters. I got the impression he was playing the fish (as it were). I liked that.

Catchya later
from Middle-earth

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jenx67
on 05 Dec 2008 at 10:10 am

FeverBee – such a fabulous blog. It reinforced much of my research about blogging, but brought it all home in such simple, basic ways. Richard was brilliant, and taught me so much. I still wish we had more than two weeks with each blog, but that is b/c my time is so limited. It’s hard for me to participate every day and still keep up with my own blog and community – not to mention MOTHERHOOD. Ha!

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jenx67
on 05 Dec 2008 at 10:19 am

Also, CW – want to thank you for doing this. I’ve been on the hunt for great bloggers for so long – it’s so hard to find them. I don’t know why. I mean, some niche blogs are easy to find – good ones, that is. Like mommy blogs. Lots of great ones to choose from, but they do all kind of say the same thing. I just came back here from having visited Zoe’s blog. It’s just so rich in content. I’m glad I found her through your project. I hope you get some recognition for all of this – beyond links and mentions and comments.