UPDATE 31 JULY 2010
As for this morning, final day of July, we are over 811.000 hits ( 50.000 views in three days). Again, thank you for your strong support
I will give you fresh stats by November.
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I thought we might have a descending curve in July, as most people are currently on vacation. However, with still two days to go, we are already over 766.000 visitors this month (see the graphic above, the mouse is pointing to July)
So you may ask:
a] How many people work here?
Only two: Suphi and I.
b] Is this a non-profit blog?
If you consider only monetary terms, the answer would be “yes”. The clicks on the online bookstores this month are less than 3.000, all buttons considered.
c] You did not answer my question: is this a non-profit blog?
NO! You cannot measure your rewards only in monetary terms. I believe that, by sharing texts of mine, and writing about my favorite characters, the poems and music I love, etc. is the best reward I can have.
Each and every one of us needs to contribute to a better world. Twitter, Facebook and this blog are my way to share things that I do believe can help us in this task.
Thank you for your strong support. Please keep in mind that every comment you post here may be read by dozens of thousands of people.
Let’s hope together we can reach 1 million people by December 2010.
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Many women and men, but since there is more that they lose yaunamilane sprha. For they fear that such yaunamilane aparagata. It is a type of mental illness. Therapy and sex change in strategy from a release can be found.
Kudos Suphi and Paulo! This is a great endeavor and I will certainly be following your posts.
I’m really happy for you Coelho because you have been growing a lot during this years. I see you admire people just like any of us and that’s very important. I thank you because Im growing up mentally. And because I help more people since I started reading your books as possible as I can. You are an inspiration for me. Debemos empezar a cambiar nosotros mismos para luego ver un cambio en el mundo como dijo Gandhi. Yo tengo muchos suenos que realizar y se que el universo me ayudar a lograr mis metas. Un abrazo fraterno. Dios te bendiga.
Ohhhhh…Paulo!!!
Sir You’ve a Baby soul…Its so nice to hear such beautiful self-less words …Non-Monetary and a loooooooot of good inspirations!!!You’re truly the Best:)
Not to forget: What counts is not only quantity but quality.
Congratulations on your blog’s success ,dear Master, I feel you love sharing what you have learnt to encourage others to go beyond their own limits. The more you give the more you recieve. It must be pretty rewarding.
All the best.
Adriana
Congratulations Paulo (and Suphi) on such a marvellous achievement.
As a fairly new blogger, I can only dream of such numbers. Of course, if I only dream, then I won’t achieve them, it’s when I take action on those dreams that progress is made.
Thanks you for your beautiful use of words. You’re an inspirational writer and I aspire to make such a difference in people’s lives.
Thanks again,
Darren
I KNEW IT, ALL ALONG!
Congratulations Paulo and Suphi for creating and maintaining this space for me so I can be part of this wonderful community .I am pleased I know about this blog!!!When I spend time here I learn a lot from the shared writing and knowledge.Once I had made the initial nerve wrecking step to write here for the first time,I became more confident after that.It is important to be cautious about my personal life and writing on the blog,it is a healthy lesson in being more boundaried about myself.Love and gratitude to one and all ..hoping you are having a lovely Sunday.Love Breda
Eccellent observation. We all carry the devil inside us. All great poets and people of letters admit this. (Read C.P. Cavafy’s poetry. It’s all over his poems too. Great!!!
Love to you Suphi and Paulo!
Greetings and welcome to all readers and visitors to Paulo’s Blog. What a strong voice : )
Going up!! Love, Blessings and appreciation,
Jane xo
paolo coelho..
ur juz simply amazing :))
salute!
Danke Paulo, danke Suphi für die großartige Arbeit, Inspiration und Unterstützung.
In deinen Büchern und deinem Blog finde ich meist die Antwort, die ich auf meine Fragen suche!
Thank you very much for your work.I receive a lot of pleasure reading it,especially that i dont have a chance to get your books.
Where I live, most people only want to talk about football (the American kind), TV, and maybe the arts, if one is lucky, so I am grateful for this blog and everyone who shares their thoughts here. It has helped me keep more optimism and energy going in my work…and since I am in the process of learning Portuguese and French, I appreciate the multilingual atmosphere! :)
Quero parabenizá-los pelo excelente trabalho e pela dedicação…muito obrigada!
Parabéns Paulo…Parabéns Suphi!
Obrigada Paulo & tesekkur ederim Suphi
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Bonjour,
Je viens de découvrir ce blogue. Quelle belle surprise! Vos livres accompagnent mes vacances depuis des années. C’est à chaque fois une évasion, une source de ressourcement, ce qui est pour moi l’essence des vacances. Alors, merci! Je termine durant celles-ci “La solitude du vainqueur” et j’attends impatiemment le prochain…En attendant, j’aurai toute cette lecture ici, merci encore.
Grande Paulo com Grande Suphi, voces estáo de Parabéns.
Gracias por el trabajo que hacéis con este blog.
Besos desde Barcelona,
Miriam
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Thank you for the work that you do in this blog.
Kisses from Barcelona,
Miriam
It seems that this period, (summer in my country) it benefits a lot your blog.I had the strong feeling, or better say that I was sure it was going to be so.
I don’t know how the graphic is, compared to the last years, but the number of the people who visit this Blog is going to increase for sure.
There are so many people that love you and your work and that always support you, who bring here so many others who haven’t come to know yet about your blog. You have followers in your blog and other communities, but yet the real number of your readers is much lager than the one you can count in you communities.
You have no idea of how great it feels to find a way to interact with a person you admire so much. I remember how I felt when I found out the existence of this blog.
You have no idea…
d) Will the number of the visitors increase?
Of course! Don’t even doubt about it. :)
Love & big Hug :D
1 million visitors before December 31, 2010 for sure! I can only say I’m so excited to be a participant of the best blog in the world. There is no words to express what your blog has given me over the last 3 years. One word might sum it all up; Love. I feel deep love for you and Suphi and for all my fellow bloggers. I just want to say it to you all; I love you guys, with all my heart. Smiling.
Love and admiration,
Heart
xxx
my love for dear Paulo is growing exponentially as this blog is!!! ;) love and light my dear and congratulations on the success of the blog and thank you for keeping up with the changing minds and times….you are bringing love to millions of people around the globe.
Monica
Thank you for writing novels, thank you for your blog, thank you for giving me the chance to be part of this comunity around you, and to meet you!I love that blog so much, is part of my life. And thank you Suphi for moderating, I guess you have lot of work!
Wish you a wonderful summer,to everybody!
Love
Alexandra
Great job dears Paulo and Suphi!
It is always refreshing to be here reading, writing and discussing..
Beside that, this blog is the place were one can meet some of the finest people around! Love you all WOLs.
One last thing, I would say we are all profiting from this blog each one is finding something here that makes him think! So, what do we need more?
xxx
‘Please keep in mind that every comment you post here may be read by dozens of thousands of people’.
Having that in mind, I think, we should be very careful whenever we press ..’Submit’. Our Words, Logos, are our SWORDS. Having that in mind and considering that this is an image of the community and life itself, our duty is to try to become better and kinder, learn more and try to master our divine gift of THOUGHT and create beautiful Worlds.
Thank you Suphi and thank you, dearest Paulo Coelho. Reading your blog everyday has been an obsession for me and I have been taught so many new things. I have also had the opportunity to have a glimpse into the other Bloggers’ Worlds.
Blessings.
LOVE,
Thelma xxx
E se cada um de nós conseguir tecer um pequeno manto de beleza universal, então as gerações vindouras não têm motivo para preocupação! Nem nós!:)
Na Palavra sentida, genuína e bela também vive o amor.Bem-haja!
Um abraço vindo do outro lado do mar…
Hi Paulo,
great work buddy, keep it up, as u undoubtabely will. and sufi too.
any particular significance for this goal “Let’s hope together we can reach 1 million people by December 2010.” the moment u shared what u had to, ain’t that reward enough, must we have goals everywhere, nature, life seems to be doing just fine without any goals !
love
Hi Paulo,
When you say “this blog are my way to share things that I do believe can help us in this task.”
It really does help!!
I am great fan of yours and I wait for every blog post of yours. Especially “character of the week”.
I have all my adulation towards you.
May GOD bless you.
Regards,
Rachna Sharma
Hi Kealan! I feel the same way… I am one of those ‘dozens of thousands of people’ who would just read, keep my thoughts to myself, and do not comment, because nobody will be reading it anyway… Plus, I’m not so confident about my own personal opinions sometimes… But knowing that someone is experiencing the same thing encouraged me to take this courageous step… I hope I can also find the courage to share my thoughts more often … [Submit!] :)
To Suphi and Paulo, thank you for maintaining this site and sharing your stories here. They are like sparks of inspiration and encouragement that I look forward to every time I open my PC. Thank you and keep up the good work! :)
Hello Suphi, Thank you.
Lets go for that million…
^___^
Amazing – this blog is fantastic. Thank you for spreading the goodness. Many lives are touched by your words and that’s priceless.
I’m one of the ones who used to read and not comment… I’m starting to leave my footprint now:)))
Já dei um RT! Acredito nessa marca!!
Atenciosamente.
Vinicius A. Oliveira.
Thank you dear Paulo for this blog. Since I became a part of your blog here, I have grown immensely, learned so much and changed, many times over… Thank you for the wisdom you impart and your care to make a difference. It has definitely helped me shed some masks and made me freer and happier or should i say, more joyous ;)
I love to write, having an affinity for the erotic. Given my background, posting such texts seemed like hell, but I found the courage in your posts and your words and your books and thoughts. I posted one today on FB and it feels liberating.
Thank you Suphi, what a great job you have ;)
Love and kisses
xxoo
PS. why aim for 1 million when you can aim for 10 and land somewhere in between!! :D
Dear Paulo,
whenever I read something you’ve written, I feel a strange void, an emptiness in my heart chakra, and i suddenly feel like crying. I have read your books over and over again, and this happens with me everytime, all the time. Even while reading your blog, right now, i can feel a ring in my chest, clearly forming itself, rotating… and tears in my eyes.
You have helped me change my life in more ways than i can count or remember or express gratitude for.
Many thanks for everything you write,
and great thanks to Suphi also for all the management,
love,
Mayank
You and Suphi sounds like Batman and Robin :D (with the rabbit-mobile of course!)
love and gratitude (for doing a hell of a Job)
Annie
Grazie a te Paulo per questa tua bella iniziativa che permetti di offrire a chi ti segue. Grazie a te ed anche a Suphi! E’ davvero una bella opportunità di conoscersi meglio e soprattutto di scambiare idee ed opinioni insieme.
Una settimana fa ero ospite a San Marino RTV ed al giornalista Antonio Prenna che mi intervistava, io raccontavo delle mie conoscenze telematiche sul web e proprio in quell’ occasione ho elogiato sia tu che questa tua iniziativa. Non credo che tutti gli scrittori avrebbero sia la voglia che il coraggio di farlo! Complimenti! Ciao Rosetta
dozens of thousands of people! Its quiet interesting to think that so many people read things yet do not comment. I remember when I first started to ‘try’ and comment I would first wonder, then type, them wonder again. Now the words seem to flow; I am confident in my personal opinions when saying something that matters – or maybe something which does not matter. The only worry I have is that nobody will read the comment after five minuets of typing. (wondering, typing, re-reading, editing, pressing [Submit]!
Hi Kealan, just read your comment!
Good night, Momika.
Submit!
Nice!!
Hi Suphi, you are doing a great job.
…you too, Paulo, of course.
XX Monika
I think it’s a lot of work since so many people come….he is doing a great job indeed….I agree with you Monika
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Monica =)
HAHA, this is the first time I write my own name wrong. Forget re-reading!
lol Monika