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Permalink Reply by Angie Christensen on January 29, 2010 at 6:18pm

I use Google Analytics. It's very informative and gives me all kinds of other data besides how many people are looking at my blog. Go here to get started. http://www.google.com/analytics/

Permalink Reply by Mikki on January 29, 2010 at 6:30pm

I'm not in any ways an expert on this, but I just installed SiteMeter to my blog. It will email you daily/weekly stats on your blog and that way you can know what kind of traffic you are getting to your blog.
Here is their site:
http://www.sitemeter.com/

Hope that helps!

Permalink Reply by Deb Anderson on January 29, 2010 at 7:45pm

Thank you so much!! I am going to use both of your tips. I'm guessing every statistic I can provide potential sponsors is useful. :)

Thanks again Angie and Mikki!!

Permalink Reply by Monique on January 29, 2010 at 8:31pm

Statcounter.com is another good one. There are many to choose from out there. Also, for subscribers, feedburner.com is the best way to go. Good luck!

Permalink Reply by Deb Anderson on January 29, 2010 at 9:58pm

Thanks Monique! I'm actually using Feedburner but I had forgotten that it shows the number of subscribers. Thanks for reminding me. :)

Permalink Reply by Tami W. on January 30, 2010 at 10:14am

The good thing about Google Analytics is you can customize a report and download it as a file and send to the company!

Permalink Reply by Kailani on January 30, 2010 at 2:24pm

Yes, Google Analytics is probably the most widely used stats site. Which ever site you're using for your email subscriptions should have a way to find out how many people have signed up with your blog.

Permalink Reply by Ponn M Sabra on February 19, 2010 at 5:32pm

I agree with Google Analytics as a great resource.
For WordPress blogs, I also have the Cystats & StatPress plugins.
The tried & true program directly from your Control Panel is the AwStats for unique visitors.
Feedburner (via google apps) for your RSS feed subscribers. As for email subscribers, it depends which email list server you use.
Then, I always share my alexa & PR (Google PageRank).
All the above are free, if you need help finding them feel free to ask me ;-)
Congrats on your media contact & good luck!