250 Words

      This is an experiment that I am undertaking 

to estimate how many 

words I usually write

 in a blogpost. 

Apparently the optimum 

number of words is around 250 

and over 1000

 is way too many.

        Also the average time a visitor spends

 reading a blogpost is 

96 seconds which I 

thought was quite a long time – more than 

a minute and a half! 

So my plan is

 to see what two hundred and fifty words 

looks like on my blog

 because I 

would actually like to reach 

more people and 

to have comments from people

        that give me somewhere to go, 

you know questions for me to answer 

or maybe topics to research. 

Yes, that would be good.

So how can I get my readership 

to engage with me so that there is

 a communication between us?

     I mean, I do get a lot of comments 

but rarely are they the sort that want me to 

come back with answers or opinions, 

which is what I would like.

      Anyway, for now I am going to 

take my husband’s advice 

and post pictures and stories 

of the family and daily life.

 That seems to be the kind of writing 

that gets the most interest. 

For instance, the latest post with picture

  of my new grandson has already had 

one hundred and fifty seven views

 when normally the  first post is 

something  nearer to just fifty.

 Maybe it’s the picture of the baby.

 Well I’ll stop now as I’ve 

reached 250 words....