Comments on: Hide Your Arms – As Featured in The Guardian http://hideyourarms.com/2008/08/04/hide-your-arms-as-featured-in-the-guardian/ t-shirt and hoodie blog Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:25:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Oh yeah, HYA was in Digital Arts Magazine! http://hideyourarms.com/2008/08/04/hide-your-arms-as-featured-in-the-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-155546 Oh yeah, HYA was in Digital Arts Magazine! Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:01:30 +0000 http://hideyourarms.com/?p=4210#comment-155546 [...] I actually got this magazine last week (after it took more than a month to be delivered by Digital Arts, which is pretty poor) and shared it on Twitter and Facebook, but somehow forgot to mention it here. It’s only a small mention, seeing as it is literally just the URL and tagline of the site, but it’s very cool to see my site in print for a second time. [...] [...] I actually got this magazine last week (after it took more than a month to be delivered by Digital Arts, which is pretty poor) and shared it on Twitter and Facebook, but somehow forgot to mention it here. It’s only a small mention, seeing as it is literally just the URL and tagline of the site, but it’s very cool to see my site in print for a second time. [...]

]]> By: Mark http://hideyourarms.com/2008/08/04/hide-your-arms-as-featured-in-the-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-70984 Mark Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:55:00 +0000 http://hideyourarms.com/?p=4210#comment-70984 Yeah definitely - I saw my feed subsribers go up slightly, it's all encouraging really. Free publicity - can't complain :) Yeah definitely – I saw my feed subsribers go up slightly, it’s all encouraging really. Free publicity – can’t complain :)

]]> By: Andy http://hideyourarms.com/2008/08/04/hide-your-arms-as-featured-in-the-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-70983 Andy Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:54:02 +0000 http://hideyourarms.com/?p=4210#comment-70983 That's more than I got out of it Mark! I guess that if even 5% of the people that visited because of it ended up being regular readers then I'd be a happy man. That’s more than I got out of it Mark! I guess that if even 5% of the people that visited because of it ended up being regular readers then I’d be a happy man.

]]> By: Mark http://hideyourarms.com/2008/08/04/hide-your-arms-as-featured-in-the-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-70981 Mark Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:50:35 +0000 http://hideyourarms.com/?p=4210#comment-70981 Yeah, i got a mention aswell, but actually the traffic spike wasn't that big, got around 400-500 extra visits on both the Saturday and Sunday, mind you, it's better than nothing and spreads the word :) Yeah, i got a mention aswell, but actually the traffic spike wasn’t that big, got around 400-500 extra visits on both the Saturday and Sunday, mind you, it’s better than nothing and spreads the word :)

]]> By: Ban Shirts http://hideyourarms.com/2008/08/04/hide-your-arms-as-featured-in-the-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-68197 Ban Shirts Tue, 05 Aug 2008 03:08:03 +0000 http://hideyourarms.com/?p=4210#comment-68197 Great news and find! I was wondering what the spike in traffic was from. Can you send me a scan of the full t-shirt part? Also, I appreciate the link to banshirts above but it is incorrect. Matt Great news and find! I was wondering what the spike in traffic was from. Can you send me a scan of the full t-shirt part? Also, I appreciate the link to banshirts above but it is incorrect.

Matt

]]> By: Lindsay http://hideyourarms.com/2008/08/04/hide-your-arms-as-featured-in-the-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-68186 Lindsay Tue, 05 Aug 2008 02:04:49 +0000 http://hideyourarms.com/?p=4210#comment-68186 Congrats! That is a nice mention. Congrats! That is a nice mention.

]]> By: Andy http://hideyourarms.com/2008/08/04/hide-your-arms-as-featured-in-the-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-68163 Andy Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:25:00 +0000 http://hideyourarms.com/?p=4210#comment-68163 The thing about getting in a newspaper is that I can tell my friends and they're really impressed, my cousin even told me I should frame my first ever press clipping, so I think it helps the people I know to understand what it is I do, but I knew it wasn't going to lead to a rush of visitors. It might have had more impact if it was available online, I think the chances of someone reading a supplement in a print publication are pretty unlikely to be doing so whilst surfing the web, or reading that page with the intent of checking out everything listed. The thing about getting in a newspaper is that I can tell my friends and they’re really impressed, my cousin even told me I should frame my first ever press clipping, so I think it helps the people I know to understand what it is I do, but I knew it wasn’t going to lead to a rush of visitors. It might have had more impact if it was available online, I think the chances of someone reading a supplement in a print publication are pretty unlikely to be doing so whilst surfing the web, or reading that page with the intent of checking out everything listed.

]]> By: Karl Long http://hideyourarms.com/2008/08/04/hide-your-arms-as-featured-in-the-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-68002 Karl Long Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:18:24 +0000 http://hideyourarms.com/?p=4210#comment-68002 Oh, and an interesting article on how newspapers are no longer the social currency they used to be http://www.slate.com/id/2196485/ Oh, and an interesting article on how newspapers are no longer the social currency they used to be http://www.slate.com/id/2196485/

]]> By: Karl Long http://hideyourarms.com/2008/08/04/hide-your-arms-as-featured-in-the-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-67999 Karl Long Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:16:03 +0000 http://hideyourarms.com/?p=4210#comment-67999 Congrats Andy and all the other guys mentioned, this is very cool. I'm not sure Tcritic is so well known in the UK, only 7% of my traffic originates from the there. My experience with mainstream media mentions is that I get very little traffic, I've been in the New York Times recommended blog list for a year, and had a big write up in San Francisco magazine in July but got very little traffic from it. Get a link from BoingBoing, Gizmodo or Uncrate is much more impactful :-) Maybe people that read mainstream media online are not clicking out to other sites more, maybe they are less curious than the people reading cutting edge blogs? Congrats Andy and all the other guys mentioned, this is very cool. I’m not sure Tcritic is so well known in the UK, only 7% of my traffic originates from the there.

My experience with mainstream media mentions is that I get very little traffic, I’ve been in the New York Times recommended blog list for a year, and had a big write up in San Francisco magazine in July but got very little traffic from it. Get a link from BoingBoing, Gizmodo or Uncrate is much more impactful :-) Maybe people that read mainstream media online are not clicking out to other sites more, maybe they are less curious than the people reading cutting edge blogs?

]]> By: henryv http://hideyourarms.com/2008/08/04/hide-your-arms-as-featured-in-the-guardian/comment-page-1/#comment-67909 henryv Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:33:55 +0000 http://hideyourarms.com/?p=4210#comment-67909 Yeah, I'd put it at about an extra hundred and fifty unique hits over the weekend. It's easier to tell with my smaller visitor base. ;) I could be wrong, but I think the idea was that they are UK based blogs, with the exception of Rumplo - hence no Tcritic etc. Yeah, I’d put it at about an extra hundred and fifty unique hits over the weekend. It’s easier to tell with my smaller visitor base. ;)
I could be wrong, but I think the idea was that they are UK based blogs, with the exception of Rumplo – hence no Tcritic etc.

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