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[roger]

From the 'North American Tour 2007' thread...

petertong said:

Roger, do you happen to keep a running graph of registrations on this site? I'm curious if the slope of new registrants vs time has taken a climb since treasure and this CW tour started.

Hi Peter,

As part of the task of forum management, I have kept a record of the total number of members, posts, and visits on a daily basis for almost three years but only in the form of a spreadsheet. I only began to convert them to graph form in January. However, those figures alone would not indicate the number of registrations - they indicate the net increase or decrease in membership on any given date.

The accounts of members who haven't logged in for a significant time are eventually closed. Apart form making the forum easier to manage, that also ensures that the total number of members (as seen in the Info Centre) at any given time is a true reflection of the current level of activity. As a rough comparison, when Hayley's official forum showed a membership total of 1200, more than 850 of them had never posted and I suspect had never logged in since the day they registered, thereby making their membership total virtually meaningless.

As your question was specifically relating to the activity levels since the release of Treasure and the commencement of the CW tour, here is a very brief summary of membership levels:

On the first day of:
July 2004 - 48 members
Jan 2005 - 70 members
July 2005 - 60 members
Jan 2006 - 88 members
July 2006 - 122 members

Jan 2007 - 116 members
Feb 2007 - 123 members
Mar 2007 - 141 members
Apr 2007 - 150 members

I believe the figures for 22007 (so far) speak for themselves!

Roger

[grant]

roger said:

I believe the figures for 22007 (so far) speak for themselves!

Roger

I wouldn't think many of us will still be going to Hayley concerts
by then

Grant

[Stuart H]

Roger,

Those are really impressive statistics and thank you for taking the time to keep the data and record it for us. It certainly shows that membership is increasing steadily. Maybe its because we're "under new ownership"

Stuart

I can tell from the level of activity, particularly around the release of Treasure compared to Odyssey - that things are on the up!

[Stephany]

Thanks for the impressive statistics, Roger. The fanbase is growing fast and you can easily tell that the "CW effect" and the release of "Treasure/Celtic Treasure" had a serious impact on it.

Stephany - member since February 2007

[roger]

Following on from my earlier posts, these are the average number of posts per day for the current year:

Jan: 63.8
Feb: 81.8
Mar: 94.1

So yes, the increase in activity has been significant for three reasons:

1. The release of Treasure / Celtic Treasure
2. The Celtic Woman tour
3. Stephany joining!

Roger

[roger]

grant said:

roger said:

I believe the figures for 22007 (so far) speak for themselves!

Roger

I wouldn't think many of us will still be going to Hayley concerts
by then

Grant

Well done, Grant. I was just wondering who would be the first to spot that!

To embarrassed to sign my name!

[Stephany]

roger said:

1. The release of Treasure / Celtic Treasure
2. The Celtic Woman tour
3. Stephany joining!

Not my fault - there are too many interesting topics, here.

[graemek]

stephany said:

roger said:

1. The release of Treasure / Celtic Treasure
2. The Celtic Woman tour
3. Stephany joining!

Not my fault - there are too many interesting topics, here.

I have to confess Stephany that I go to HWI now with the thought in my head....What new fields has Stephany uncovered today??

I love your posts i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Graeme

[graemek]

grant said:

roger said:

I believe the figures for 22007 (so far) speak for themselves!

Roger

I wouldn't think many of us will still be going to Hayley concerts
by then

Grant

Thats not very positive Grant !!!!
Graeme

[Stephany]

Who knows, we'll probably form the HWI Heaven Community and Hayley will have to sing for us in private concerts!!

Stephany
PS : Graeme, thanks for the kind comment!!

[Richard]

Hello Stephany!

You have averaged 12.8 posts a day since you joined, so you'll be a Maestro very soon! You are a great asset to the Forum, especially with all the articles you've found for us. i.postimg.cc/9fYxy370/smilie-big-grin.gif

Many thanks,

Richard

[Martin]

roger said:

As your question was specifically relating to the activity levels since the release of Treasure and the commencement of the CW tour, here is a very brief summary of membership levels:

On the first day of:
July 2004 - 48 members
Jan 2005 - 70 members
July 2005 - 60 members
Jan 2006 - 88 members
July 2006 - 122 members

Jan 2007 - 116 members
Feb 2007 - 123 members
Mar 2007 - 141 members
Apr 2007 - 150 members

I believe the figures for 22007 (so far) speak for themselves!

Roger

These figures are impressive. For the statistians out there it means that this year to date there has been a 29% increase in membership. Furthermore, year on year based on the Jan figures since 2005 there has been a 40% increase.

We must be doing something well!

Martin

[grant]

graemek said:

grant said:

I wouldn't think many of us will still be going to Hayley concerts
by then

Grant

Thats not very positive Grant !!!!
Graeme

Maybe not Graeme!! But it is realistic.

Grant

[Dave]

Hello Roger and everyone,

Yes these are excellent figures.. especially when you consider that you cull most accounts when they have become well and truly inactive.

Although the 6 months data interval is quite long, I think I can see a clear correlation between each membership boost and the release or re-release of Hayley albums. The only two drops in membership (due to culling) seem to have occurred during the gaps in between releases/re-releases in her major markets.

I think that even though Hayley's individual albums after Pure have each been selling around the same number of copies, her fanbase has been building with each album - and fanbases tend to stick with their singer(s) through thick and thin. This bodes well for Hayley's long term career prospects, I think.

I hope I haven't read too much iinto this!

Cheers, Dave

[Dave]

Today at 16:16, milewalker wrote:[/color]

Today at 14:57, Dave wrote:

I think that even though Hayley's individual albums after Pure have each been selling around the same number of copies, her fanbase has been building with each album - and fanbases tend to stick with their singer(s) through thick and thin. This bodes well for Hayley's long term career prospects, I think. I hope I haven't read too much iinto this!

Hi Dave,

I would beg to differ slightly here - I think even loyal fanbases are subject to a measurable rate of attrition. It differs from artist to artist, but I think that in most cases - the Moody Blues are a fair example of this - there seems to be a decline of 5 percent or a bit more a year. People die after all - but more often it is simply a function of evolution. Looking around at comments off site I am struck by the number of people who feel that Pure was Hayley's best album. (This is opinon of course, and neither right or wrong) - but either direction she goes would reasonably result in a small loss of fans.....As far as most fan forums are concerned I think you can find an analogous effect - some people come in with each release and maybe even post a great deal, but only some percentage of those are still around a year or two later.

What is happening in her case is I think is either equibrium or very slow growth- she is still adding fans at the same rate or a slightly higher that she is losing them. This would, at least explain why there seems to be growth on her sites which is not reflected, or only reflected slightly in her overall sales figures.

Jon

Jon's post moved from the wrong thread, caused by me!