This Week's Stats

For a guy doing his own thing on his own site I have to say that we're doing ok.  With limited promotion on social networking our hits last week are the best yet....

Summary

	Mon	Tues	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat	Sun	Total	Avg
Pageloads	3	0	2	3	0	0	16	24	3
Unique Visits	3	0	1	2	0	0	14	20	3
First Time Visits	2	0	0	1	0	0	10	13	2
Returning Visits	1	0	1	1	0	0	4	7	1

With that being said, our stats in our heyday on blogtalkradio and blogtv were much more impressive but with the limited promotion about a show on a site that was created for free we're not doing great, but not as bad as we were doing as far as hits during the live show since I built the site.  

I'd love to see this increase, and for that to happen we need to bring back live music, somehow.  I'm thinking we might try to do it via Skype.  We tried that during the Blogtv era and it didn't go well but I'm on a better internet connection as well as a much faster computer so maybe it's worth another shot.

Anyone want to be a guinea pig for the test?   Let me know!

February Update

Hello blogger readers, time for a quick update.

Due to popular demand, as well as my desire to get back into hosting, we resumed the show on our current webs.com site a couple of weeks ago. Right now we're broadcasting on Sunday nights, 9 pm (eastern) at http://indiespotlightlive.webs.com/.

This will be our broadcasting home until iVlog opens and I'll speak more about the iVlog launch below since people have been asking me about it.

First off, I know just as much as anyone else that is a part of the iVlog Facebook group, while I have been in touch with the folks putting that together in regards to my concerns about their Terms of Service sadly I can't say that I'm in the loop as far as when the site will actually launch.

Second, I'm just as impatient as many other former blogtv users are for iVlog to launch. As I type this, we're looking at the 1 year anniversary of the blogtv shutdown, and many of us haven't found a suitable platform to do our shows since. Many have tried and from their experiences I have a short list of broadcast sites that to be honest about it, suck. Personally I think it's the lack of a true community like many of us had on blog, our expectations were pretty high when we tried other sites. From the look of it, iVlog should meet those expectations and more.

But it's been almost a year since blogtv sold out and shut down.

iVlog has been in the works since the blogtv shutdown.

I know they are working out the bugs, and the site is being built from scratch but at some point we need at least a launch date. I'm still a die hard believer in iVlog but it's been almost a year.

I consider myself a die hard believer, but at some point, even the most die hard among us need to think about plan B.

There is another broadcasting alternative out there, with a favorable TOS, that I can use. Going it alone on our own site isn't working, the show has to be a part of a broadcasting platform. We need the networking to give exposure to the musicians.

So iVlog, I think the world of you folks, I feel what you are putting together is the real deal, I know it's going to be what many of us wished that blogtv was. There is so much untapped potential out there as far as internet broadcasting for people to have their 15 minutes of fame and really nail it. I understand that for a site that actually works is going to take some time.

But, we can't wait forever. I hate to say this in a public way, but as far as Indie Spotlight, and bringing it to iVlog, I have to set an expiration date. You have a month, if the site isn't online and ready to use for broadcasting within a month of this blog post I will have no choice but to explore other broadcasting avenues.

I hate to be an asshole and say this but;

1) You got the amount you needed to launch the site from the indiegogo fundraiser.
2) Even now you have a loyal group of folks waiting for the site to officially launch
3) We can't wait forever
4) Blogtv had it's quirks, as other broadcasting sites do, we learned to live with them.
5) At some point even the most die hard supporters are going to fade away
6) The time is now, yeah the sites not perfect, but here is a newsflash either was blogtv, the difference between iVlog and blogtv is that on iVlog, you might actually fix the problems where blogtv did not.

Many of us that have been patiently waiting, or just dealing with the issues and drama on other broadcasting sites aren't going to wait forever. While a diehard supporter of iVlog, at some point even I will hit my expiration date and explore my other options.

I'd rather get on the ground floor on iVLog, but I can't wait forever.

Indie Spotlight Live Returns Tonight!

iVlog hasn't launched yet so we'll be doing the show on the webs.com site, join us tonight starting at 9 pm eastern time!

January Update

Hey everyone, hope you all survived New Years!

Just a quick update, as it stands right now I'm still waiting for iVlog to launch however I might do an impromptu broadcast on the webs.com site here and there before they do, mostly to get back into practice broadcasting as well as familiarize myself with the new computer as well as the new manycam controls (way different than what I was used to).

So watch this blog as well as the facebook group for updates and when you might find the show live.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year blogger readers, lets hope that this year is an outstanding year for all of us!

Nothing new to report on the show front at this time, although my understanding is that iVlog is finally close to launching. As soon as they do Indie Spotlight will be returning to the airwaves, although most likely on a different night. I'll keep you all posted when that happens via this blog as well as our Facebook group.

Take care and again, Happy New Year!!!

December Update

Happy Holidays everyone!

As everyone knows, we've been on hiatus since the end of September, mostly because on our webs.com site/experiment the statistics really weren't there and at that time I was in the process of moving. Since then I accepted a different position at my job which requires working some insane hours which would include being at work (and coherent) relatively early on Monday morning which makes doing the broadcast on Sunday night more of a chore than a pleasure because I would have to end it sooner than I might like.

The other reason we've been on hiatus is my previous computer finally decided that it had given me all it could and totally died. I could have taken it apart and diagnosed whatever the latest problem was but I decided that I was finally done rebuilding "Frankencomputer" and it was time for a new machine so I got one but I haven't had time to configure it for broadcasting on our current site.

Which brings me to the future of the show.....

Anyone who has been at the live show and reads this blog knows that I intend to join iVlog when the site opens. Right now they are working out the last bugs and glitches and it seems they are very close to launching although they haven't fixed an exact date as of yet.

When iVlog launches I will be doing the show on that site but most likely on a different night, with my current schedule Sunday's just aren't going to work.

Stay tuned........

It's Official, I Miss Broadcasting

I'd like to dedicate this blog post to my friend Kevin. It was his semi-drunk and disorderly FB post that inspired this blog post.

I miss the show. I miss the goofing around in chat, the crowd, the fun times, and the music. Sunday nights just haven't felt right since I went on hiatus. It was like I got to host a party every week, and some of the best people I've ever met online dropped by to have a good time.

We're coming back, it's not a question of if, but more of when.

November Update

This is going to be one of my most boring blog posts ever. Nothing really new to report Indie Spotlight is still off the air right now but in case anyone is interested, well, here is the Jack update.

I recently was promoted at my job, so my schedule has been kinda insane, for those of you who might be looking for me via Facebook and other social media need to understand that I haven't been online near as much as I used to and my online time is mostly spent catching up on emails and netflix. I don't do the social networking that I used to have time to do.

My current schedule really isn't going to work for a Sunday night broadcast anymore so when the time comes to bring the show back it's going to have to be on a different night, most likely either Wednesday or Saturday night.

When will I make my official online return? Hell I have no idea, right now I'm totally ok with waiting for the iVlog launch.

I have to be honest, if someone had a gun to my head and told me that it was either pick a day, restart the broadcast or bang bang I'd tell him to pull the trigger.