Karen – Thanks for stopping by! And I agree, we seem to be in the same stage of blogging right now. I’m glad that you are having such a great experience as well.

I totally relate to what you are talking about. I am in the same boat, and feel like I’m succeeding on a small scale too… But I think in order to succeed on a large scale, you have to succeed on a small scale first.

It is frustrating to want higher number occasionally… but I agree that the awesome people I’ve met, and finding something I am passionate about (blogging) makes it all worthwhile. Keep it up with the good posts. :)

Karen

Don’t give up, you’re doing great man! Really enjoy what you write!
I’m on 186 readers, and happy about it. The long term goal is over 10000 interested readers, but I don’t mind if that takes me another 2 years.

I’ve never really pushed hard for subscribers, but 2 months ago I started promoting it heavy, leaving comments on many related blogs and doing guest posts for the big blogs like UrbanMonk and Alexshalman, and I grew with 100 subscribers in a month. I’m pretty sure I can keep this up if I keep working this hard.

Also, remember at a stage your growth will become automatic and exponential as you start ranking for keywords, and people start reckognize you as an authority.

Keep it up man!
Cheers
Diggy

Stephanie – That’s what it’s all about. Checked out your blog, looks great! Glad you liked the visualization idea.

John – Thanks for the comment once again! And I’m hoping that someday there will be too many comments to respond to :-) That would be nice, but at the same time I LOVE this small, yet very active audience.

Colin – I used to be an unbelievably compulsive stat checker. It was borderline insane. It really is cool to see those numbers go up, but like you said, it’s more about the process and relationships that come along the way. Glad you liked the post! Hope everything is well in Buenos Aires :-)

Andy – You are not even close to being a lurker, my friend. Ha!

Scott – Having fun is also very key! Glad you brought that up. I’m all about having fun. By subscribers do you mean email subscribers? In Feedburner RSS reader subscribers and email subscribers are grouped together. So mine are one solid number. Thanks for the comment buddy!

A question I have for you, Nate (and anyone else), is:

Do you measure your subscribers as only those who become subscribers to your site or do you include RSS feeds as well?

Scott

Nah, seriously, building a strong foundation and taking the time to celebrate your successes is a great way to built a long-term and well-established business.

That being said, I also get a whole lot more out of the process and the conversations that I have through the blog than the actual numbers…the numbers don’t give me a single tangible benefit right now.

You made some good points and I’m going to try to remember them next time I’m feeling like checking just one…more…time….

I agree, blogging is such a fantastic opportunity to connect with people. It really is fantastic to be all to build relationships with people all over the world.

I think success is all about persistence. Keep putting out content, keep improving and keep connecting. Soon you will be too busy to respond to your comments. :-)

Thanks!

Kristin – Glad you got the point I was trying to make! And as for instant progress… pretty interesting concept haha. I definitely understand what you are saying though. Good luck with your upcoming blog, make sure to let me know when it launches, I’d love to check it out.