April has been a good month for the Renegade Conservatory Guy website.  I seem to be getting regular visitors to the site, and I’m delighted to say that during the month of April I have made a few friends and lots of enemies!

The following image shows the number of visitors I’ve been getting since I started the blog in September last year:

rcg visitor stats

So basically I’ve doubled the amount of visitors in April compared to March.   My hope is to double the visitors in May to more than 5,000.

The moving average stats have done OK too if you look at the next graph:

moving average graph rcg

OK, I’m still not competing with Facebook, Google or Youtube, but things are on the up.

More importantly, I’m getting some top people commenting on my posts including:

  • Nigel Gray - the builder that pulled down a conservatory and ended up appearing on the TV and radio.
  • Andy Jones - Edgetech
  • Barry Dunlop - internet genius who set up the www.conservatoriesonline.com website.
  • Dave Broxton - the guy behind Glassex
  • Nick Dutton - Synseal
  • David White - Fux UK
  • Alan Burgess - Masterframe
  • And many more….

I’ve had a couple of big hits in april, especially my post about Anglian appearing on Watchdog.  If you type in ‘Anglian Watchdog’ into Google then this site is position 1 (above the BBC’s own website).  At the time of writing there’s been 29 comments and the debate has been quite lively to say the least.

The following page shows the stats for the main page views:

rcg pages

So, apart from the home page, the main page that has been visited is the Anglian story, followed by news about the Abbott Group Employee Helpline.

So what’s the future for the Renegade Conservatory Guy?

Well, I don’t really have a master plan.  I quite enjoy blogging, and I only really know about this industry, so I don’t really have anything else to talk about.

I intend to smarten up the look of the site during May and have instructed numerous designers from across the world to compete to create a new design at http://99designs.com/contests/7040.

I’m also intending adding a subscription bit, so if you add your email address, then every time I add a post you’ll get an email update.

I’m also interested in hearing your opinion as to how I should develop this site in the long run.  If you have any views, suggestions, ideas or criticisms, please let me know by commenting below.

Thanks

RCG