Happy first Monday of the year! I hope your year kicked off to a great start.
Like I mentioned in my December Recap, our 2015 was such an amazing year for us. There were lows, but not enough to not make it a great year. I remember saying when we kicked off 2015 that I was so excited of what 2015 had in store for us and my excitement surely didn’t fail me. With our hard work, our blog was offered many great opportunities and we couldn’t be more thankful that our hard work finally paid off. And that was just the beginning. I believe 2016 is going to be another amazing year for us and my excitement is unbounded!
If you’ve been to this blog before and if you remember, we changed our URL in February so we were back to square one, traffic and SEO wise. But I made sure that I did the necessary work to promote it and make it searchable and I was not not disappointed. Totally awesome!
Now, off to the Best of 2015 that this blog offered. I was not only surprised with the numbers and views that these posts got, but so elated that people liked them and shared them. This also made me realize what people enjoy reading and what information they find interesting.
MOST REPINNED
5 Must-See Places in North Carolina
This post got the most impressions, repins and clicks on Pinterest. And up to this time, it still gets repinned almost every day. And the runners-up were also in the same category, Travel!
1st runner-up: A Day in Gatlinburg, Tennessee
2nd runner-up: Things to See in Chattanooga, Tennessee
MOST STUMBLED
World War II Warbirds: Wings of Freedom Tour
This post got more than a 1,000 views overnight. I was literally jumping for joy when I saw it. I was still new on Stumbleupon by that time so it really delighted me. The runners-up here were a mixture of food and travel.
1st runner-up: Sausage and Potato Frittata
2nd runner-up: Five Things to Do in Downtown Asheville
TOP TWEET
10 Things to Do When It’s Raining
Are you surprised that this is the Top Tweet? I think this only goes to show that a lot of people get bummed out when it’s raining so they would like to know how to still enjoy life despite the soggy and wet weather. The runners-up include fun things to do too and one of the things that you could do actually when it’s raining which is…read!
1st runner-up: 10 Fun Family Fall Activities
2nd runner-up: Stephen King is the “King” of His Genre
TOP MEDIA TWEET
Yup, the November Recap got the top spot in the Top Media Tweet. And the runners up had something to do with food and travel as well. I think people are drawn to posts about those things. Well, for me, those posts are what interest me most and that’s why I blog about them in the first place. 🙂
1st runner-up: We Celebrated National Pancake Day!
2nd runner-up: North Carolina Apple Festival
Knowing all these details made us aware of what most people would like to read and made us realize what we should be writing about and sharing more. Pinterest came out as our top source of traffic, Stumbleupon came in second and Facebook came in third.
You can find all the 2015 recap from January to December below.
Hope your 2015 was as wonderful and here’s to an amazing 2016 to us all!
Related Posts:
January Recap | February Recap | March Recap | April Recap | May Recap | June Recap | July Recap | August Recap| September Recap | October Recap | November Recap | December Recap
I absolutely loved following along with your family’s adventures last year and I am looking forward to reading about what you guys do this year!
So sweet of you. Thanks, Robin! 🙂
I enjoyed your family adventures last year and I’m looking forward to reading more. I’m hoping to visit Asheville someday.
Thank you. I do hope you get to visit our beautiful city of Asheville. 🙂
Wow, you did great in 2015! I haven’t done much on Stumbleupon, but it seems to work wonders for you! Any tips?
Your family seems to be a lot like ours. We love to go on family trips and explore all sorts of areas. I will check out all the places you recommended.
The article on the War Birds was one of my favorites of the year. I love those old planes.
I love this time of year. It’s so much fun to look back on the previous 12 months and reminisce. I travel a lot so for me, looking back gets me excited about what trips are in store for the year ahead.
You guys had some great adventures last year. I have to check out some of the places you recommended in your NC post.
I love roundup posts. It always gives me a glimpse of what I missed over the course of the year. I have quite a few places I am putting on my list for the up and coming years.
Your family adventures are amazing!! This is a great recap of the amazing adventures you have had!
I like how you organized your best ofs! That is a great way to know they are best ofs – looks like a lot of good traffic. That’s because you have great writing!!
I love year recaps! The years seem to go by so quickly, so it is fun to look back see the highs (and lows)!
Looks like you have had a successful year. I too changed my url of one of my blogs so I know the feeling of having to really push on.
What a very fulfilling year you had and you have been to some great places!
Thank you for sharing this Year-end review ate Lyndeee ^_^ it’s been a while
Happy new year to you and your family and may we both have a much more fulfilling year ahead!
Happy blogging!
That is really an awesome year for you sis. MIne is too, healthwise!
You just reminded me that I didn’t even check my analytics to see what my most popular posts were for this year! Thanks 😉
It looked like you had a very fulfilling 2015! I sure did missed those but I will check your journey. Looking forward to your new adventures this year. 🙂
I love hearing of family adventures. We hope to really plan out some amazing things with our kids to accomplish this year! I look forward to hearing about where you plan to visit!
Sounds like you had a great year filled with a lot of adventure for the family. This year my goal is to take my family on more adventures. Here’s to a great new year!
I really like the way you did your recap based on topped Pinned and top Tweeted. Smart idea.
Happy New Year!
I love seeing these recaps, so much! I loved all of your top posts!
I’m so glad to hear that you all had such an amazing 2015. Hope you have a great 2016! =)
Such an awesome post idea. Think I need to do something similar. I hardly use stumble, think I need to use it more often.
Loved keeping up with y’all during 2015!!! Can’t wait to see what exciting stuff you have planned for 2016!!
I really enjoyed reading your travel posts last year, I can’t wait to see what adventures your family goes on this year.
I’ve loved reading your posts from 2015 and can’t wait to see what 2016 has in store. I really enjoy the travel posts and will hopefully have the opportunity to visit some of those places.
I always find it really interesting which Tweets and Stumbleupons gain the most views. I am often surprised…some things I think wouldn’t gain traction really do.
What a great 2015 you two had. I’ve loved a lot of the posts, always provide great information.
What an amazing year! Cheers to 2016!
love these recap posts! i should start doing one for my blog, too! i hope 2016 will be as awesome as last year! 🙂