Monday, December 31, 2007

Wrapping Up a Great Year for LivingBlue!

The year 2007 was a great time to be a Democrat in Livingston County. If you've followed what has been happening here, you already know that we began the year by hosting U.S. Sen. Carl Levin at a January fund-raiser. Then we heard from State Sen. Hansen Clark of Detroit in May. Lt. Gov. John Cherry joined us for a picnic in September, and state party Chair Mark Brewer joined us in anticipating 2008 in October.

We marched in two parades, socialized at the Howell Opera House, held three movie nights, and heard a presentation on the vitally important issue of stem cell research. We sent our own cook book to the publisher and launched a blast email for keeping members informed. And on top of all that, we brought new vigor to our blog, Living Blue.

There's no doubting that last point.

Statistics from Google, which we began collecting only in October, show we had 1,228 visitors from 17 countries. Those countries include Canada, Turkey, France, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, New Zealand, India, Fiji, Mexico, Lithuania, Slovenia, Australia, South Africa, and Costa Rica. Within the U.S., our readers have come from 36 states and the District of Columbia, including Florida, Iowa, New York, Arizona, Minnesota, Illinois, Nevada, Maryland, California, and on and on.

Within Michigan, our readership extends beyond Livingston County to 84 communities, taking in Detroit, Lansing, East Lansing, West Bloomfield, Southfield, Livonia, Dearborn, Ishpeming, and many others.

Many of our readers have come to us from our friends at Michigan Liberal.

So thanks, readers, for helping put LivingBlue on the map!

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