My Fake Success

Introduction

This is just about some numbers that have occurred recently, so nothing special.

The main image is me with the cover of "Space Hymns" by Ramases (original pressing). I won't say how much I paid but I got it for a lot less than I expected. You can check it out here:

Note that the cheaper ones have no cover, which is what sells the album.

The Numbers

Yesterday, my blog, Seven Days In, hit three million "visits". That was the first of August, and it has been going on for twenty years. I have six subscribers and fourteen comments, so you know what I mean when I say "Fake Success". These visitors are all robots, but they do generate a small amount of income, about £5 a month, and the payout is when you hit £60, so a lot higher threshold than Vocal.

I use the blog for notes on books I am reading and the odd other observations. You can check it out here, but you will be hit by pop-ups. That is what seems to generate the money.

So three million, my next biggest is my YouTube Channel, which has quarter of a million views, but I do have over 250 subscribers. Most of these are slideshows, me attempting to play songs, a few original, mostly covers, then some of my walks out on hills or in churches and places of interest.

And finally, Vocal, where I am a long way from a hundred thousand reads, but I do have eleven hundred subscribers.

Finally, I have about fifteen self-published books on Amazon, not sure if I have any followers on there:

Conclusion

Thank you for reading. This is where I am at on various platforms, and this time next year I expect to have a few more reads.