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Dash Force News Webmaster Report April 2017

Please click here to see website statistics for May 2017:

As promised in my previous post about our commitment to transparency and full disclosure of our efforts and results. I'm proud to publish the monthly web stats report for the May period. The website is over 6 weeks old after launching on 17th April 2017. Dash Force News is and remains the number 1 news publication resource for Dash. The team wishes to expand our outreach and continue to deliver high quality content and breaking news to the community.

May was a fantastic month for the website. I look forward to the future exploring and delivering more video content for website and launching Dash Force China which I will also provide monthly reports on.

I give my thanks to all who supported us and voted for our recent Dash Force proposal. It is very much appreciated.

In true Dash Force style we will continue to expand, improve and increase our efforts in spreading awareness of Dash.


 
Dash Force News Webmaster Report April 2017

Please click here to see website statistics for May 2017:

As promised in my previous post about our commitment to transparency and full disclosure of our efforts and results. I'm proud to publish the monthly web stats report for the May period. The website is over 6 weeks old after launching on 17th April 2017. Dash Force News is and remains the number 1 news publication resource for Dash. The team wishes to expand our outreach and continue to deliver high quality content and breaking news to the community.

May was a fantastic month for the website. I look forward to the future exploring and delivering more video content for website and launching Dash Force China which I will also provide monthly reports on.

I give my thanks to all who supported us and voted for our recent Dash Force proposal. It is very much appreciated.

In true Dash Force style we will continue to expand, improve and increase our efforts in spreading awareness of Dash.

Thank you so much Mark ! May all the proposal owners take exemple on you to keep the Masternodes posted with hard data on a regular basis in such a profesional way !
 
Posted this in the wrong thread (Meetup) about 2 weeks ago and just now noticed :oops:


June-September

The Dash Force Team has been very busy the last several months with the Testnet contest, Dash Force meetup and presentation contests as well as the Bitfinex and Wall of Coins contests. We have also managed several different DashForce_tips contests/task as well as created the slack Mod Squad program and helped out the #women_of_dash with a small tipping budget. We have sponsored bug bounties for the Dash.org website and successfully helped on several other community related task. The last major initiative was the General Bytes Dash CTM/ATM thunderclap social media campaign that successfully reached around 500,000 people on Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms.


Over the last several months myself @mastermined, Mark Mason @niburuhybrid, Joel Valenzuela @thedesertlynxand other Swarm members have been heavily engaged in YouTube and Reddit debates with conversations lasting hours and going on for days/weeks.
Now that the Dash Force News website is complete we will once again refocus our efforts on Swarm Troll Patrol and be able to spend more time on community building and outreach. We will also be launching an updated Meetup and presentation contest to focus on merchant adoption, a new website (Discover Dash) as well as two new YouTube based contest.



Discover Dash:
In an effort to provide the Dash community with the necessary resources to reach mass adoption as quickly as possible, we have started DiscoverDash.com, a merchant listing and adoption website. This will provide support for adoption activists like Amanda B. Johnson to use, give new users and businesses all the resources they need to start using Dash, and provide a powerful visual statement of how strong and diverse the Dash economy has become.
https://discoverdash.com/



Dash Force YT Contest:
Dash Force is launching a new contest to reward the top 5 Dash YouTube videos and channels. The the top 5 YT videos and/or channels will each receive 1 Dash apiece at the end of the July cycle.
Please see the Dash Force Contest thread for more Details.

Dash Force Contest Thread:
https://www.dash.org/forum/threads/dashforce_tips-contest-thread-help-dash-to-win-dash.12172/

Dash Force Meetup and Presentation Contest:
https://www.dash.org/forum/threads/dashforce-meetup-contest.12802/

Dash Force News
https://www.dashforcenews.com/

Dash Force News Webmaster Report April 2017
https://www.dash.org/forum/threads/dash-force.11208/page-2#post-124864



Here is a brief list of some of the people and organizations that I personally tipped and encouraged other members to tip as well... Dashcentral, Dashninja, Unsung Charity, Eric Sammons for his Great articles, Amanda and the YouTube host who interviewed her, The Dash Mobile crew for continued YouTube mentions, Paradise Paradoxand several other youtube stars who mentioned dash positively in their videos. Also, lots of tips have gone to people who helped Dash in various ways on Reddit and slack and everywhere around the web...
Amanda B Johnson community funded video Presentation (BabyG Miami Dash Presentation Remake)
https://listen.masternode.io/
https://dashvotetracker.com/
https://dash-news.de/dashtv/#value=1001

Everyones Slack and Reddit Tipbot addresses will be updated shortly.
We will not keep an account of where every little tip went but you will see most of them in Slack and Reddit.
Mastermined DN tipbot - XuFqDrLucr4iPzcqStij6ULAXDnJ3i8Fk9
Mastermined Reddit tipbot - XgGVDaDbZnhJyk33RaUHfh2bixbWVnKcze



Reddit tipbot history (Note: The reddit tipbot has been up and down for the last few months and is currently Down)
https://www.reddit.com/user/dashtipbot

My Reddit tipbot history from January
https://imgur.com/c0oPpzX



April budget allocation:
205 Dash + 78.7 Rollover = 283.7

Dash Force Core Team Salaries - 197, 3 full-time + 6 part-time
MVP Contest - 5.9 DASH - WOD, @c4chaos, afbitcoins, qwizzie, Joe Moraca
Dash/DFN Youtube video Contest - 2.25
Meetup and presentation Contest - 1
#women_of_dash - 1
Website budget - Professional Writers, Software Upgrades - 3.67
General tip fund - Everyone had plenty of rollover left, no request
MMA Sponsorship - Davis Dos Santos 2.15
https://www.dashforcenews.com/meet-dash-mma-fighter-davis-dos-santos/
Pantas Sifir Math App Contest as DASH awareness program - 2
https://www.dash.org/forum/threads/...-as-dash-awareness-program.13904/#post-119204
Paradise Paradox - 1
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgk8SgqO1VkpvKJ8YaUIrBA




May budget allocation:
205 Dash + 67.73 Rollover = 272.73

Dash Force Core Team Salaries - 199, 3 full-time + 6 part-time
MVP 2.0 Contest - 5
DFN and Discover Dash budget: Professional Writers, Software Upgrades, etc - 4.49
New proposal fee - 5
General tip fund - Everyone had plenty of rollover left, no request



June Estimated budget allocation:
220 Dash + 59.24 Rollover = 279.24

Dash Force Core Team Salaries - 169.75, 3 full-time + 9 part-time
Website budget - Professional Writers, Software Upgrades, Equ - Ongoing
Meetup and Presentation Contest 2.0 - Up to 40 Dash Budget this month
MVP Contest - 5
Biltong Review Committee Proposal Fee - 5
Help with smaller projects Proposal Fee - 10
General tip fund - Ongoing, So far - 1
YT Bounties - Ongoing
Reddit Tipbot Repair - ?
Twitter Tipbot - ?
Discus Tipbot - ?


Coming Soon and Ongoing Projects:
Dash Force China, Brazil, Russia, Japan and Latin America!!!
Discover Dash Website
Dash Force News: New Podcast and Youtube Series
Meetup and Presentation Contest 2.0
Liquidity Providers 2.0
MVP Contest 2.0
YT video contest
YT Bounties Program
Support Help Desk Incentivization Program: Mod Squad
Return of the Testnet Contest: Evolution Alpha Testing???
Pantas Sifir Math App Contest as DASH awareness program
Philippines Volunteer Program
https://www.gofundme.com/24ra8sxx



Dash Force Core Team


3 full-time roles:
Brian FreeMan @mastermined - Treasurer, Executive and Creative Director of Dash Force
Joel Valenzuela @thedesertlynx - Chief Editor of Dash Force News, Head of Business Adoption
Mark Mason @nibiruhybrid - Dash Force Webmaster, Media Relations and Director of International Outreach

About us
https://www.dashforcenews.com/about-dash-force-news/


9 part-time roles:
Saikababii - Slack Mod Squad
Splawik21 - Slack Mod Squad
TroyDASH - Slack Mod Squad
Macrochip - Slack Mod Squad
Solowizkid - Dash Force Swarm Leader
Eric Sammons - Dash Force News Writer
Joe Moraca - Dash Force News Treasury Review Writer
Michael Gu - Dash Force China Lead and Ambassador
LOK - Dash Force China Video Presenter and Translator


Once again thank you to all the masternode owners who voted for us and if you have any questions, comments or suggestion please share them below.
For more information please see the Original proposal and discussion thereafter....
https://www.dash.org/forum/threads/...d-decentralized-…-under-new-management.11208/


Requested funding is as follows for the June-September budget cycle:

Total: 220 Dash Per month


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Any leftover funds will be sent to the Dash Foundation if our proposal is ever defunded.
 
Dash Force News Webmaster Report June 2017

Please click here to see website statistics for June 2017

In June we experienced phenomenal growth and doubled our average daily traffic from previous month. We also smashed through the 100K site visitors metric. Moving forward we have lots in store for July with some announcements in closing statement of the report that I believe the community will be excited to learn.

Dash Force News is and remains the number 1 news publication resource for Dash. The Dash Force team will be expanding in July transitioning and focussing on growth in terms of international outreach. We will continue to deliver high quality content and breaking news to the community. We have also launched a dedicated Dash Force News Telegram Channel so you can now get notifications on your phone as soon as we publish news on the site.

Thank you to all those in the community who continue to support the Dash Force project. It is very much appreciated.

Dash Force will continue to expand, grow from strength to strength increasing our efforts in spreading awareness of Dash.


 
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Hi, new guy here trying to come up to speed on everything. One of the things that caught my eye in your notes was the social media swarm. I'm not big on social media, but I definitely see the need for this. One of the websites I frequent is Zerohedge. They have a large and very financially savvy audience - great for crypto. The site owner is generally pro bitcoin and usually puts several crypto articles a month there. They are typically bitcoin focused with some attention on ethereum and the crypto space in general. The comments after the articles are a free for all - unmoderated and full of crypto misconceptions. Bitcoin enthusiasts battling it out with gold bugs, etc. Anyway, long story short I think the comment section of these articles would be a great place to direct a Swarm to promote DASH. Let me know what you think or if you need any other info. Thanks!
 
Dash Force News Webmaster Report July 2017

Please click here to see website statistics for July 2017

Dash Force News is and remains the number 1 news publication resource for Dash.

Don't forget we now have a dedicated Dash Force News Telegram Channel so you can now get notifications on your phone as soon as we publish news on the site.

Thank you to all those in the community who continue to support the Dash Force project. It is very much appreciated. Our success is also yours. Cheers - Mark

 
@Mark Mason , @mastermined - I like all the timely original content on DFN. Great job!

I've been trying to think of ways to get wider audiences exposure to good DASH stories. I wonder if it could be made more effective at reaching non-DASH owners by first submitting some article ideas to the other cryptocurrency news sites. Let these guys steal some thunder from DFN and let them publish first. You can even try writing some articles for them to see if they will publish to a wider audience we are trying to reach.

If they publish it, great! You can privately take credit for it here. You can also edit the story from a slightly different angle and still publish to DFN a few days later. If they don't pick up the story, just publish to DFN as originally intended.

Has this been tried/considered? Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
 
Current Dash Force Operations

Dash Force News publishes 2 or more new articles everyday covering the Dash community. There has yet to be a day when something notable was not going on. Fortunately we have a lot of good news to cover. DFN is also starting to translate articles into 6+ other languages. English, Spanish, French, Russian, German, Portuguese, Korean.
Dash Force News Webmaster Report


Discover Dash currently has 800+ business locations that accept Dash.
In an effort to provide the Dash community with the necessary resources to reach mass adoption as quickly as possible, we have started DiscoverDash.com, a merchant listing and adoption website. This will give new users and businesses all the resources they need to start using Dash, and provide a powerful visual statement of how strong and diverse the Dash economy has become.
The site is actively maintained and strives to be “the” site for Dash business listings. Plans are to continue to grow this and provide easy to use guides for merchant adoption, meetups and more.


Dash Force YouTube – The channel currently has over 2600 subscribers with 2 regular weekly shows.
3 Amigos Podcast is done live and features the 3 partners that run Dash Force. This is an easy going discussion of the weeks topics with the occasional guest and questions from the live chat.
Dash News Weekly Recap which features Mark Mason doing a weekly wrap-up of Dash news.
There are also more or less monthly interviews with Dash related guests like Scott Farsworth AKA Dashracer on Business Adoption and Bitcoin Jesus Roger Ver along with Evan Duffield and others.


Meetup Programs funded by Dash Force in Mexico, South Africa, Haiti, Germany, Russia, England the US and many more. 1000's of wallets have been set up during these classes.


Merchant Adoption Program - Coming soon
This next cycle (May) we will be launching phase one of the Dash Force Merchant Adoption Program.

MVP Contest is a monthly award of 1 Dash to the most Active and Valuable members of the community.


Swarms: Active engagement on Discord, Reddit, Twitter, Bitcointalk, YouTube, Facebook, Telegram and other social media Platforms. Everyday task include, article sharing across multiple Social Media Platforms, upvoting/downvoting and countering misinformation.

Joël Valenzuela on using Dash for everyday purchases - CNN International

Dash Watch Report

July Budget Allocation:
220 Dash + 95.75 Rollover = 315.75

DashForce Core Team Salaries 183.28 - 3 full-time + 15 part-time
Meetup Contest - 18.6
MVP Contest - 5
Proposal Fee - 5
PUP (Pain United w/ Passion) Music Videos- 1.21

Africa Event - 4
Summer Session Liberty & Entrepreneurship Camp 2017
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/summer...=attendeeshare&utm-source=wa&utm-term=listing
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/click-here-to-support-summer-l-e-camp-2017-entrepreneurship#/

Mexico First 50 Wallet Initiative sponsored by Dash Force - 1.28
About 25,000 people participated in the event
https://www.facebook.com/groups/campuseroscpmx/
http://mexico.campus-party.org/
Biggest tech event in spanish speaking countries, Steve Wazniack was a guest speaker.
Dash Force sponsored representative interviewed on Local tv show.



August Budget Allocation:
220 + 95.52 Rollover = 315.52

DashForce Core Team Salaries 185.37 - 3 full-time + 15 part-time
Website budget - Professional Writers, Software/Hardware Upgrades, Ad’s - 1.17
Meetup Contest - 4.75
MVP Contest: Help Desk Edition - 5
Dash Force Trezor - .68
Cryptolib Africa Presentation - 3 Dash
aaronkoeing Large German meetup and presentation - 3.47 Dash
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.284653825346806



September Budget Allocation:

200 + 112.08 Rollover = 312.08

Dash Force Core Team Salaries - 122.84 3 full-time + 15 part-time
Website Server Upgrade, Ad’s - .44
MVP Contest - 1.5
Meetup Contest - 4.10
Mark London Conference Trip Swag and Free Coast Conference Ad’s - 5.86
August London Conference Trip - 1
Aniinl Dash Force Outreach to International (Women) Entrepreneurs - 1
aaronkoeing Large german meetup and presentation - 3 Dash
Cryptolib salam mahamadu Dash presentation in Tamale Ghana- Dash for Africans - 1


October Budget Allocation:

200 + 171.34 Rollover = 371.34

Dash Force Core Team Salaries - 127.80 3 full-time + 17 part-time
Website Server Upgrade - 0.30
General tip fund - .61
MVP Contest - 1.5
aaronkoeing Large german meetup and presentation - 2
Meetup Contest - 1
Mark Mason Circus City Bristol Trip - 1.50
Joel Texas Bitcoin Conference and European Students for Liberty Conference in Vienna #FirstDashWallet Giveaway - 1


November Budget Allocation:
200 + 235.63 Rollover = 435.63

Dash Force Core Team Salaries - 127.63 3 full-time & 15+ part-time
MVP Contest - 2 .5
Meetup Contest - 2.75
Website Server Upgrade - 0.34
Dash Leopards - 1
The Dash Leopards are the first soccer teams in the world to be funded by Dash blockchain technology.
https://dash-africa.com/leopards/
Ogunseye Oluwajuwon Micheal-T .5
Abuja Blockchain Summit:
https://www.dash.org/forum/threads/...-nigeria-blockchain-summit.17912/#post-146298
150 NIGERIAN SOLDIERS Conference - 2.5
The dash 150 Nigerian military personnel conference is the first of its kind to ever happen on the Nigerian Soil and Africa as a whole.



December Budget Allocation:
0 + 298.41 Rollover = 298.41

Dash Force Core Team Salaries - 57.24 3 full-time & 13+ part-time
Website Server Upgrade - 0.12
Dash Central Donation - .30
Dash Force Meetup and Presentation Program - 3.25
Proposal Fee for Joel's Liberty Forum Sponsorship - 5



January Budget Allocation:
0 + 232.50 Rollover = 232.50

Dash Force Core Team Salaries (3 full-time & 16+ part-time) - 25.95
Website Server Upgrade - .09
Dash 101 Video Series Launch Party - 1.0 (Still waiting on total number of wallets setup)
Plane ticket for Albert to help with upcoming Liberty Forum Event - .45
Dash Force Meetup and Presentation Program - 2.85



February Budget Allocation:
0 + 202.160 Rollover = 202.160

Dash Force Core Team Salaries (3 full-time & 16+ part-time) - 53.81
Website Server Upgrade - .16
Meetup+ - 3.517
ROTC - 1.215
Tip Fund - .02 CIU
Kenn Bosak Wallet Setup Promotion - .51
Crypt0 Omar Dash Give-Away! - 1
Total = 60.232


March Budget Allocation:
0 + 141.928 Rollover = 141.928

Dash Force Core Team Salaries (3 full-time & 15+ part-time) - 51.198
Website budget - Upgraded Server - Yearly Renewal Fees - .265
Pax Libertas podcast guy - .351
Dash Force Meetup Contest - 7.9
ROTC Larger BlockChain Conferences - 4
David Mogaji Fun Fair - 1.872 Coming Soon
Ultimate Crypto's Large Event in Africa - 1.5
Total 67.086


Coming Soon and Ongoing Projects:
Dash Force China, Brazil, Russia, Japan, Latin America, Korea, India and more!
Dash Force Outreach to International (Women) Entrepreneurs
Women in Crypto Featuring ANJA SCHUETZ
Wall Street Meets Pepe: Cryptocurrency Is a Bro’s World - ANJA
Discover Dash Merchant Adoption Initiative - Mastermined
Dash Force Free Escrow
Liquidity Providers 2.0 - DF Mixing Mondays
Proposal Fee Help
Discord Help Desk Incentivization Program - Saikababii
Ben Swann consulting - Joel
The Great American Pilgrimage TV Show - Mark


Dash Force Core Team

3 full-time roles:
Brian FreeMan @mastermined - Treasurer and Executive Director of Dash Force and Founder of Dash Force News
Mark Mason @nibiruhybrid - Dash Force Webmaster, Media Relations and Director of International Outreach
Joel Valenzuela @thedesertlynx - Editor of Dash Force News, Dashpay Reddit Mod, DF Community Ambassador


16+ part-time roles:
Albert Arellanes - Discover Dash Support, DF Contest Manager
Justin Szilard - DFN Head Writer
David - DFN Writer

Solowizkid - Dash Force Social Media Swarm Leader
TroyDASH - Mod Squad Discord Leader
Macrochip - Mod Squad Reddit Leader
Agnewpickens - Mod Squad Altcoin Ambassador
Wilmar Toro - Dash Force News Spanish Translator and community outreach
Yujin - Dash Force News Korea Translator and community outreach
Roxane
- DFN French Translator and outreach
Fabio & Jan - DFN German Translator and outreach
Dmitrii Zhludin - DFN Russian Translator and outreach
Rígille - DFN Portuguese Translator and outreach
T0dd - DFN Weekly Writer


Thanks again to all the masternode owners who voted for us!
If you have any questions, comments or suggestion please share them below.

For more information please see the Original proposal and discussion thereafter.


Requested funding for the September - November budget cycle:
Total: 200 Dash Per month

Dash Force Escrow Address.... XnJkXYdxZW9bkwJbybzeJdTByXcSEr1A7Z
Verification:
IEDbgBFDWLus/EY+7W8xyQvC5Q58zTvY4qZFVCDWoWHWew598iGmAv1q2etJrVLXwQ6pRR6diU2XHsEP+Z/YbjE=
 
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Thanks to all masternode owners for their votes so far. I want to add that we have some big things planned for the rest of this year, including expanding video content beyond the weekly recap and the Three Amigos to include regular interviews with industry heavy-hitters, regular appearances on other media networks, and possibly a new show coming soon. In addition, we're expanding DiscoverDash to include how-to guides for merchants and users (including videos) to make the site a one-stop shop for anyone seeking to get into Dash, in addition to the nearly 300 Dash-accepting businesses around the world we've listed so far. Finally,we are lining up in-person conference speaking appearances all around the world for our team to take Dash to new audiences.

Thanks again for your support! We'll be the last team to let you down, trust me. :)
 
Dash Force News Webmaster Report September 2017

Please click here to see website statistics for September 2017.

September was an excellent month for Dash, the Dash Conference in London was fantastic and it was a real pleasure to meet the Dash Core team in person as well as many people in Dash community. I'm already looking forward to next Dash event.

Thank you to all those in the community who continue to support Dash Force News.

You can now get notifications on your phone as soon as we publish news on the site via the Dash Force News Telegram Channel.

Cheers - Mark ;)
 
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Dash Force News Webmaster Report October 2017

Please click here to see website statistics for October 2017.

October was an eventful news packed month for the Dash Force News website which included a few outings for the team. Joel attended, presented and provided coverage from the Texas Bitcoin Conference. I flew to Ireland to cover the Festy Dash sponsorship of the Irish Global Pubs awards plus a weekend trip to Bristol City to do a report on the Dash sponsored Circus City festival.

Keep an eye on DashForceNews.com in November for special announcements I might be launching a few new websites ;)

Thank you to all those in the community who continue to support Dash Force News.

You can now get notifications on your phone as soon as we publish news on the site via the Dash Force News Telegram Channel.

Cheers - Mark ;)
 
Dash Force News Webmaster Report October 2017

Please click here to see website statistics for October 2017.

October was an eventful news packed month for the Dash Force News website which included a few outings for the team. Joel attended, presented and provided coverage from the Texas Bitcoin Conference. I flew to Ireland to cover the Festy Dash sponsorship of the Irish Global Pubs awards plus a weekend trip to Bristol City to do a report on the Dash sponsored Circus City festival.

Keep an eye on DashForceNews.com in November for special announcements I might be launching a few new websites ;)

Thank you to all those in the community who continue to support Dash Force News.

You can now get notifications on your phone as soon as we publish news on the site via the Dash Force News Telegram Channel.

Cheers - Mark ;)


Those statistics are great to see, thanks for the transparency.

Any idea why traffic was down in October? Were you guys running ads in September that you weren't in October, or do you think that it was the London Conference that drew in more visitors?
 
Good job. What are your thoughts on how to increase viewers and keep them on site longer? Also, youtube seems to of
plateaued, any ideas on how to increase subscriptions? Thanks.
 
Those statistics are great to see, thanks for the transparency.

Any idea why traffic was down in October? Were you guys running ads in September that you weren't in October, or do you think that it was the London Conference that drew in more visitors?

There may have been a few contributing factors, and we're looking into them. Part of it is just momentum around price increases, and the time since the conference wasn't very good for price. A good part of it has been experimenting with new kinds of content that didn't perform as well (for example, before we covered one non-Dash story every week and related it back to Dash, those tend to do very well for views, but we haven't done many recently). Some of it has also been Reddit censorship, which we may have found an approach to. Either way though, expect us to finish out the year very strong, lots of new things are in the works.

Good job. What are your thoughts on how to increase viewers and keep them on site longer? Also, youtube seems to of
plateaued, any ideas on how to increase subscriptions? Thanks.

YouTube is probably because we, again, experimented with a few different types of content to see what worked, and had a rush of early enthusiasm. Also, I've been traveling for a while and haven't been able to get video interviews going, and have intentionally held off since before all videos had to be edited and uploaded by Mark, overworking the poor chap even more than usual. Now we're set up to distribute the video workload, so expect plenty of good stuff coming soon.

And yes, new video content offerings as well. Exciting rest of the year!
 
@jeffh @GrandMasterDash and anyone else, you'll be pleased to know that November was our best month yet! September and October we had a downward trend, as well as half of November, but we managed to turn the month around and beat even August's high. And that's before we've had a chance to implement some of our new ideas, including starting to run ads again. I'm sure you'll keep tabs on our webmaster reports. Onwards and upwards!
 
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