I can remember how proud I was when the web counter for the “Healthy Stories” books website hit 55,000 views. That process took approximately six years.
So for over two years, I watched as our “Stairs/mortlaitner” website slowly crept to 30,000 views. I had blocked spam from being counted which slowed down the number of hits considerably. Then for the next 90 days I did not look at my web counter.
Yesterday I decided to take a glance.
My pupils widened as I read: 214,368.
My lips mouthed the words, “We’ve gone viral!”
My brain rattled off a bunch of questions:
Had Drake given us a “like” or even better a happy-face emoji ?
Was Redford happy that we entered Sundance and sent out a comment?
Had Beyoncé given us a bounce after viewing our trailer?
Had Madonna retweeted one of our world-premiere blogs?
This magic moment with my web-counter number at 214,368 will require a full investigation of how we went viral. But for now, I am enjoying the ego trip and will leave the investigation up to others.
