2020 Birdies — thehummingbirdpost.com

Jan 23

Jan 23 2020 Birdies

About thehummingbirdpost, Barry Novick, Donna Wetjen, Alex Ferrone, An Evolving Life, Gallery Notes, Lynda Bernard, Mary Ann DiLorenzo, Sandra Novick, Tina Folks, Angela Rieck

Oh what a year… while we counted our blessings and treasured our silver linings, we were presented challenges like never before. Hummingbird gave many of us an escape. A creative outlet for our contributors, and a peaceful, safe refuge for readers. The data tells the story as determined by YOU, our Hummingbird Readers. Without further adieu the most read Year Three posts follow. Each category is presented in descending order. Welcome to the Hummingbird 2020 Birdie Awards (Birdies).

Top Hummingbird Year Three Posts

North Fork Beaches + Special Spots, by Sandra Novick
Business Notes, Big Lou, by Sandra Novick
Just Folks, Pumpkin Pie vs Sweet Potato Pie, Tina Folks
Hummingbird Weekly Quote 2019 Edition, curated by Lynda Bernard
An Evolving Life. Protected, by Meryl Spiegel
An Evolving Life. SPLASH—A Response to Climate Change, by Meryl Spiegel
Medical Alert—Dangers of Twerking for People Over 70, by Barry Novick
An Evolving Life. Change for Good, by Meryl Spiegel
Just Folks. Chairperson, by Tina Folks
Welcome & About Us, The Team, by Sandra Novick

Top Year Three Series

An Evolving Life, by Meryl Spiegel
Just Folks, by Tina Folks
Home Alone. A Diary of Sheltering Solo, by Lynda Bernard
The Dusty Town He Never Knew, by Mary Ann DiLorenzo

Top Year Three “One-Off” Posts

Musings & Threads. Aging (not so) Gracefully, by Donna Wetjen
Gallery Notes. Three Days in the Big Apple, by Alex Ferrone

Year Three Special Mentions

A Traveling Song, by Mary Ann DiLorenzo
Notes to My Dad, by Alex Ferrone
Musings & Threads. Self-Help, by Angela Rieck
Through the Looking Glass, “You’ve Got to be Taught…” by Lynda Bernard

Congratulations to 2020 Birdie Award winners, and to all of our contributors and guest contributors!

Just a couple of Editor’s Notes: What happened in 2020 that was significant is that blog posts were accessed in significant number (thousands) via google search. Indeed, the top three most read posts in 2020 were driven by higher level placements in google search results. This suggests opportunity to greatly enhance readership/exposure through SEO enhancement initiatives. While many of the “search” readers are not matriculating into “frequent flyers” — meaning readers that spend time on the blog, explore other blog posts, and come back, they did account for nearly 25% of pages read last year. Approximately 18% of our readers overall are accessing two or more pages per visit. Many, many thanks to you for following thehummingbirdpost. We have some exciting new ideas percolating for 2021! And so it goes…

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Sandra Novick

Somehow, the world cooperated as Sandra Novick steered and stumbled her career into a path that combined her interests and talents in the arts, writing, analytics and business. She admits to mostly loving her 20 years in the CMO position in banking, and to being a closet data geek. Website development called out to her, as it allowed her to integrate these disciplines. Sandra directed the development, design, infrastructure and functionality of several corporate sites.

Upon deciding to move on from banking to a new chapter, what better to do than merge professional and life challenges through founding and building a blog that would allow her to connect with and connect to each other, and you, many of the talented people she was able to surround herself with over the years?

On a personal note, Sandra is also known to be an excellent friend, a steady cook, and to enjoy fine wines, delicious food, a smart read, and good conversation. She proudly dedicates everything positive about thehummingbirdpost to her crazy smart and funny brother Jeff.