{"id":17572,"date":"2013-04-01T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T18:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/?p=17572"},"modified":"2013-03-31T12:22:53","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T20:22:53","slug":"thank-you-for-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redeeminggod.com\/thank-you-for-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Thank you for Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"thankI do not know the secret to blogging.<\/p>\n

I write about what I am learning and what interests me. In other words, I write about what I want to read.<\/p>\n

And over the past 10 years of running this website and blogging, lots of people seem to have similar interests and ideas, and have participated with us here on the blog.<\/p>\n

But I was shocked to see recently that the Till He Comes blog made #34 on the list of the top 250 Christian blogs over at Jared Moore’s blog<\/a>. Honestly, I have a little trouble believing these results, but they are based on Alexa’s Traffic Rank<\/a>\u00a0(You can install their toolbar or Alexa Extension to check all websites you visit).<\/p>\n

I believe the primary reason that the blog is ranking well is because of you… the readers. So thank you.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And I don’t just want to say “thank you” — I want to show<\/em> my thanks. Here are two ways I do this:<\/p>\n

Giving Away Free Books<\/h2>\n

This is one reason I give away free ebooks to my newsletter subscribers<\/a>. Last week, I gave away over 1200 copies of my newest ebook, The Death and Resurrection of the Church<\/em><\/a>. I enjoy giving away my books because it\u00a0is one way of saying thanks.<\/p>\n

But I also want to start thanking readers in other ways as well…<\/p>\n

Mentioning Your Blog<\/h2>\n

Another way I want to thank you is by mentioning someone else’s blog once a week or so, and highlighting one or two of their posts.<\/strong> This will help all of us get to know one another more, and may even allow your blog to get some more readers.<\/p>\n

If you want to make sure I am reading your blog for this, please leave a link to your blog in the comment section below<\/strong> and I will add it to my Feedly blog reader. I look forward to reading what you write!<\/p>\n

Also, if you have suggestions for how I can thank you, the readers, please let me know below! (No, I can’t give out cash prizes… although… I actually have an idea for that… so stay posted.)<\/p>\n

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