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What Do Daybook Readers Really Read on Daybook?

Whether members of the media or not, the trail = of=20 click-throughs tells the tale

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In reviewing all the click-throughs to stories on Atlanta Daybook so = far in=20 2007, it is interesting to see which stories were read the most. Daybook = readers=20 are a 2200+ group of professionals spread across traditional & new = media, PR=20 & marketing, government & politics, education, non-profits and = the=20 corporate world. What we respond to on Daybook tells us something about=20 ourselves.

While some stories on Daybook are posted specifically = for=20 media coverage, many other stories are directed to all of us as Metro = Atlantans,=20 business people, parents, consumers, party-goers...all the various = segments that=20 we all fit into outside our job titles. Media alert stories get great=20 click-throughs, but we wanted to let you know what else Daybook readers=20 read.

So here are the Top 10 Most Read Stories so far in 2007 on = Daybook.=20 Congratulations to the Contributors who seem to know "what makes us=20 click".

1. "M. Kay duPont becomes = Mary Todd=20 Lincoln, and shares with other speakers her keys to character success" - = submitted by Wendy Kinney of Ready...Set...Go Make=20 Money!

Wendy's story on seminars to develop our public = speaking=20 skills proved Daybook readers have something to say and they want to say = it very=20 well, out loud and in public.

2. "Events During NCAA=AE = Men=92s Final=20 Four=AE Weekend Put Youth In the Middle Of NCAA=AE March Madness=AE " - = submitted by=20 Sharon Goldmacher, Communications 21 PR

Basketball and = kids...we=20 couldn't seem to get enough of this during the Final Four. Incidentally, = this=20 story drew the largest number of click-throughs ever from the Daybook = RSS=20 feed.

3. "Speed Date" with Top Atlanta Journalists at = HomeRun PR:=20 A Public Relations Seminar for Non-Profits and Small Businesses" - = submitted by=20 Mitch Leff, Leff's Atlanta Media

Come on, admit it, we = all like=20 to meet the press.

4. "PRSA|GA January Luncheon: The = Strategy=20 Behind Sponsorships" - submitted by Denise Grant, = PRSA|GA

Almost=20 400 readers opened this story, so getting and maintaining sponsors is = something=20 Daybook readers take seriously.

5. "WIT Announces = Finalists for=20 Eighth Annual Women of the Year in Technology Awards" - submitted by = Marti=20 Breen, Women In Technology

We like women who are smart, = talented=20 and on top of their game. As a group, Daybook readers appreciate the = best in any=20 field and like to read about it. Other stories about top awards and = honors did=20 very well on Daybook.

6. "Buckhead Businesses Convene to Celebrate Spring - Taste = of=20 Buckhead Business" - submitted by Susan Silva, Buckhead Business=20 Association

Good food and drinks always draw a Daybook = crowd.=20

7. "Wanted: Freelance Writers and Photographers!" - Submitted = by=20 Mitch Leff, Leff's Atlanta Media

This story had one of = the=20 highest click-through rates in the shortest amount of time on Daybook. = Writers=20 and photographers got up early on the day this story ran.

8. "What Are The Hot Buttons With Upscale Mature Adults? Find = out at=20 AMA-Atlanta" - Submitted by American Marketing Association, Atlanta=20 Chapter

Always nice to find out which of our buttons the = marketers are going to push next.

9. "First Indian Auto=20 Manufacturer Enters U.S. Market" - submitted by Mike DePetro, The Titan=20 Agency

This story drew click-throughs from across every = segment=20 of the Daybook subscriber list. Though sparse on Daybook, stories about = cars are=20 read here. In a city that seems to have too many cars at rush hour, we = still=20 want to see what the next new ones are like.

10. (tie) = "Atlanta=20 Children's Book Author Receives Prestigious National iParenting Media = Award" -=20 submitted by Hicham Bouani, Bouje Publishing

This story = drew=20 hundreds of readers with its mix of children, publishing, and a national = award.=20

10. (tie) "GATech's Technology Square Launches Free, Summer = Movie=20 Series Starting June 6th" - submitted by Holly Mull, GA Tech's = Technology=20 Square

As group, Daybook readers always favor stories = about=20 entertainment, public events, music, dining...having fun. We all work = hard so we=20 deserve a break, even if sometimes all we get to do is read about the = fun.

Thanks to all our Daybook readers and contributors. It is a pleasure to = work=20 with you and for you. We are very glad to to say there really isn't any = "bad"=20 news on Daybook, or if there is, the story is about an individual or an=20 organization trying to improve the situation or eradicate what caused = the bad=20 news in the first place. It's a nice job being able to help = them.

Karla=20 Sinclair
Managing Editor
Atlanta Daybook
karla@atlantadaybook.com
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