Johanna Report post Posted September 25, 2006 These numbers are for Sept 1- Sept 25, 2006 Each country is listed with a number, and that number represents the total visitors from that country, not the amount of pages that were clicked on, or a visitor's repeat visits. As you can see, the search engines love us. If you haven't done so already, please take the time to update your profile and add your website link. It's good for your business! United States 16251 Canada 2413 Singapore 1485 European Union 558 Australia 621 Spain 247 Great Britain 181 South Africa 169 China 60 South Korea 9 Hong Kong 9 Netherlands 26 Taiwan 2 Switzerland 2 Vietnam 2 Thailand 2 Brazil 2 Burkina Faso 1 Kuwait 33 Finland 3 Lithuania 1 Germany 1 Sweden 1 United Arab Emirates 7 Johanna Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johanna Report post Posted November 26, 2006 Nov 1-25 2006 There are nearly 700 unique visitors for the first 25 days of November, and each visit is averaging 12 pages. There have been a total of more than 179,000 page views from all sources, not counting me. Visitors from twenty eight countries are listed, along with a big category called "unknown". PSLAC has sent us 83 hits, and 47 came from my other leather sites. The search engines are visiting constantly, and have sent us 95 visitors (mostly Google & Yahoo) probably because of the unique keywords to leatherworking. (Hey, SmilinJim, someone "Googled" you and found you here!) TIP: If you have a website, please use links in your profile and signature to attract new visitors and promote your business, and don't be shy. That's what we are all about! The official motto of Leatherworker.net is "Trying to keep leatherworkers from having to get day jobs!" Google Images sent us some visitors, too- post your pics of your work with a good description to help get found. Remember, customers are coming here, looking for who is good at what...if you want emails and phone calls for customers and orders, keep posting and make yourself easy to find. Trivia: 88% of you are using IE (can't tell if version 6 or 7 yet!) and 9% prefer Firefox. 40% of the registered members are checking in more than once a week. Live Chat is being used, but not as much as I had hoped. If anyone is having technical difficulties, please let me know. I can probably help. One known glitch- the board doesn't always report when someone is in the chat room, especially if the "chatters" haven't opened the chat room in a new window. Click on the link anyway- you never know who is going to be there. Email or PM your friends and set up times to talk that are convenient. Any group that is not doing anything illegal is welcome to set up a public or private room, and the members invited to the chat do not have to register for the board if they don't want to if they want to participate in the chat. Any group of friends can gather in Live Chat, and allow others in, or restrict guests. I can help with any tech questions. But if your camp counselors, shooting buddies, Sturgis friends, other club, organization or fill-in-the-blank want to have a meeting in real time, please feel free to use Live Chat. It's easy, and no one is going to fuss at you for using it for "non-leather" topics or at you and your friends' convenience. Gosh darn it, I'm paying for unlimited use, so get me my money's worth! Invite your church to set up a permanent private room, if you want, or your family- no one minds. All I ask is that if the conversation is confidential or adult, set up a private room. We are working on several ideas for online classes and demos- any volunteers? Your ideas and contributions are welcomed and, okay, I'm not too proud to beg. I'm going to start nagging you folks who promised me profiles and tutorials after the holidays, in the winter doldrums, so be prepared. Bob Stelmack had a brilliant idea in one of his posts...create our own versions of Tandy "Doodle Pages" or lessons and tutorials. We've also discussed using web cams for real time demos or downloads- what do you folks think? Would you be interested in watching Clay carve an Oak Leaf? I'd like to see Bill in Texas show how he molds his holsters. Maybe Victor would braid? Could we convince Dave Anderson to show us a few tricks? I can hear the sound of Little John of Warhorse Leather's tapping in my mind already. Bet his music is on. Holly can work a knot or eleven of them, Bruce can do, well, probably just about anything, I would imagine. If he hasn't already done it, he could figure it out. (That was the hardest part of managing a Tandy- trying to help people figure out how to do what they wanted, tell them what they needed to do step-by-step, and get them the right stuff they needed to do the project.) I would enjoy listening to Cowcutter explain how to not waste your time and money, and make a living off of what you love to do. He should know, he's been loving it for almost 40 years. Oh, my, the list goes on. (There's a lot of talent lurking here that's not posting, and you know who you are!) I'd like to see AT's & Romey's metalwork, too, wouldn't you? I'm all for it, and will be glad to do anything for a project tech-wise. Send me a PM! PSLAC and FLASAH (The South Central Leather Guild) have been steadily developing terrific archives of educational and instructional material, so be sure to check them out if you haven't visited the sites in awhile. They offer some great resources for leatherworkers on a wide variety of subjects. We now have a banner available to anyone with a website who wants to link to us. In addition to helping the board grow, you will be letting your customers know that you are serious about your work, and the respect of your peers. You will also get a personal "thank you" from me for caring enough to support the mission of the board... "Trying to keep leatherworkers from having to get day jobs!" and with your continued participation with wise advice, honest opionions and questions, sharing and goodwill, you will never know how many leatherworkers you prevented from getting a headache, making a foolish or expensive mistake, assisted with accurate information that you probably learned the hard way, encouraged when discouraged, or helped get work; today, tomorrow, next month, next year...we're building a community with the potential to be valuable to leatherworkers now and in the future. Use this site. That's what it is here for. And we hope you find it entertaining, too. Johanna "Trying to keep leatherworkers from having to get day jobs!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SmilinJim Report post Posted November 26, 2006 Hi Johanna Just read your post and you have some great ideas. I'm from an area where leatherwork is sorta low on the list. Even my local Tandy dealer, only 112 miles from my house, has trouble getting folks to sign up for classes. The manager is a great guy and has helped me a lot. I would luv to 'attend' a class on carving leaves, feathers or.... well just about anything. If I can be of assistance in any form just let me know. Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ClayB Report post Posted November 27, 2006 I usually go into the chat room on Saturday evenings around 9pm central time. The last couple weeks nobody has showed up, but I will keep trying. I have met quite a few of you in there and we always have good conversations. Talk doesn't necessarily have to be about leather. Even if it doesn't say anyone is there, check the room out. As for tutorials, I am still willing to work on something. We tried to get something like Doodle pages going on another site and it seemed to fizzle out. I know there were people willing to contribute. I am not sure that I can do anything with a webcam. My internet service is through a satalite dish and we have limited bandwidth. They told us using a webcam uses a lot of it. I can (and do) take a lot of pictures when I am working sometimes so doing a tutorial that way shouldn't be a big problem. Couple questions for the tech people. If you were going to do a video, what would be the best way to do it? Webcam? Digital video camera? I dont have either. If you used the old style video camera like I have and copy it to DVD, could that be run on a computer? As for the day job Johanna. If I didn't have a day job, what excuse would I have to climb around on a scaffold on a late November day in ND when it is 10 degress outside with a 30 MPH wind (-10 windchill), with sleet and snow making everything slick to walk on???? Clay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
$$hobby Report post Posted January 16, 2007 im surprised there wasnt any hits from japan. from my leather mags, there are some leatherworkers over there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johanna Report post Posted January 16, 2007 [attachment=603:attachment Hi, Hobby! We have Japan! These are the stats for the month of December 2006. January's are knocking my socks off. Johanna Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johanna Report post Posted January 16, 2007 And if anyone cares, this is how it looks for January so far... Search engine spiders are not included in visitors or hit statistics. Johanna Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Romey Report post Posted January 22, 2007 Johanna, I will start workin on a article about blade edges, sharpening, edge retention ect as it may take awhile as calving season is upon me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Patrice Report post Posted January 26, 2007 Hi all! As a new member of this board, and still new in the art of leather working (1 year), i discover this forum thank's to pslac. As a french-canadian, my spelling and sentance construction will not always be perfect, but i'll d my best So, as my little contribution, i'm offering my aid if you stumble on french web site related to leatherworking and or magazine or books. Il try to offer a better translation than googl online translation. So, i'm pleased to be part of this community and hope to received and as much as my newbe skills will allow me Truly yours, Patrice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Regis Report post Posted January 26, 2007 Bienvenue et merci Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Johanna Report post Posted February 7, 2007 February 2007 SIX DAYS of stats: Don't be shy, jump in and have fun. We have a great community of leatherworkers. Don't forget to let your light shine. Post your pics and your links and Google will love you. Post your pics and your experiences and your fellow leatherworkers will love you. In case you missed it, Clay showed us how to carve an elephant. The idea came from this thread which made me hit my head and go "Duh!" when I saw the modified dowel rods Clay used to get an elephant texture. I love this place, and hope you are having fun, too. Johanna Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
