JonDMiller
Publisher/Founder
Just wanted to say thanks to all of you for visiting the site, whether you just found it or you go back to my days of the Miller Time newsletter back in 1998-1999.
HN.com came to life April 12th of 2001, and I took it independent last year on October 19th.
We had been publishing the site at what is now HawkeyeInsider.com on the Scout network between 2003-2009, so six years of established presence.
In our first year as a totally independent site in a genre dominated by the networks, we had 90% of the traffic we had in our 6th year with Scout.com. Frankly I had anticipated around 50-70%, so I am elated with the numbers and grateful for your support.
We had visitors from 164 countries around the world in the last year, a mind blowing number.
Due to your support, we are growing at an unexpected rate and I vow to invest some of the resources we are able to generate back into the site...we have several ideas in the works...some are near term, some are in the 12th month range. No, I have not forgotten about the recruiting concept I mentioned; it's still out there, and it's still what I think will be a game changer in the genre...but its not the right time to launch it just yet. I need to keep building up my war chest and hit the ground with it at full speed, not anything less. We are in the process of building an HN.com store and that is exciting. Several ideas in the hopper.
Thanks for allowing me to pursue my lifelong dream of covering Iowa Hawkeye athletics by visiting this site, one that we are committed to keeping 100% free for all Iowa fans to enjoy
HN.com came to life April 12th of 2001, and I took it independent last year on October 19th.
We had been publishing the site at what is now HawkeyeInsider.com on the Scout network between 2003-2009, so six years of established presence.
In our first year as a totally independent site in a genre dominated by the networks, we had 90% of the traffic we had in our 6th year with Scout.com. Frankly I had anticipated around 50-70%, so I am elated with the numbers and grateful for your support.
We had visitors from 164 countries around the world in the last year, a mind blowing number.
Due to your support, we are growing at an unexpected rate and I vow to invest some of the resources we are able to generate back into the site...we have several ideas in the works...some are near term, some are in the 12th month range. No, I have not forgotten about the recruiting concept I mentioned; it's still out there, and it's still what I think will be a game changer in the genre...but its not the right time to launch it just yet. I need to keep building up my war chest and hit the ground with it at full speed, not anything less. We are in the process of building an HN.com store and that is exciting. Several ideas in the hopper.
Thanks for allowing me to pursue my lifelong dream of covering Iowa Hawkeye athletics by visiting this site, one that we are committed to keeping 100% free for all Iowa fans to enjoy
