Last week, I posted a list of my 2012 interviews with over fifty thought leaders. From sports to business, I’ve been fortunate to learn from such distinguished leaders from all walks of life. Apart from the interviews, what posts proved to be the most popular in 2012?
What Works Is Often A Surprise
Talk to any blogger and you will likely hear the same thing. It is always a surprise to see what becomes popular. I may work like crazy on something for hours, post it and it may see very little traffic. Something else ends up taking off and it was almost a last minute thought. You just can’t predict.
In putting together a list of popular posts, there are also so many ways to look at the data. Do you measure purely by the traffic? If you do it that way, doesn’t that give an unfair advantage to content posted in January?
After looking at the statistics, I decided to pick the top posts by traffic with a weight based on the date. If a post was dated later in the year, it received a slightly higher weight to equal things out.
I also decided not to put them in any order, so this is a random list:
- Don’t Let Others Determine Your Value
- Why Leaders Don’t Need Parrots
- 17 Resume Don’ts from the CEO’s Desk
- 7 Steps of Crisis Leadership
- Take Our Introvert / Extrovert Quiz and Relationship Tips for Your Opposite
- Starting a Blog? 13 Tips to Save You Time and Money
- The Power of a Handwritten Note
- The 5 C’s of a Successful Turnaround
- 3 Secrets to Cutting Your Meeting Time in Half
- Endorsing the Endorsing on LinkedIn
- 13 Tips for Twitter Effectiveness
- What Some Birds Taught Me About Friendship
My mission for this blog remains the same: to have a place to rant about whatever I want! (Ahem! Let me try that again.) It’s all about leadership insights, ideas, and information that will make us all better leaders. Whether through more productive meetings, healthier living, better use of social media and technology, deeper friendships or strategic vision and execution, I hope you find it a useful resource. I’d love to hear your ideas for future posts or the direction for Leadership Insights.
Wishing you a 2013 that exceeds your dreams! Here’s to 2013 being on your “top years of my life” list.
