Thank You,

In the spirit of the holidays, I’d like to take the time to say thank you. First thank you, to the readers, then to the sponsors. I’m encouraged to see the amount of readership growth that has happened this year. To date we’ve grown to an average of 161 daily unique visitors and approximately 25 loyal readers.

This growth couldn’t have happened without You. I’d like to thank you for spreading the word by linking up to articles and for emailing articles to friends and family.

I’d also like to thank everyone who has made a comment on any of the articles. Nothing is more encouraging to see our readers discussing the article. That discussion means to us, that you read the entire article and that it was worth talking about. Thank you for the comments you have made.

I’d also like to thank the sponsors. So far the sponsors have been through Google Adsense; however, that has begun to change. We are in the process of finding sponsors that will provide more value to the readers by highlighting services or opportunities not found through our current system, but I’ll give more details about that below.

Also part of the holidays is the process of thinking about the up-coming year. Talks within the company (ie. Me) have set plans to build a network of media properties to increase the value offered to our readers. Think about the increased trust you, as a reader, can have for a website when you know we are looking after it.

One such media property in development is The Silver Herald. This site will focus on news and commentary about the precious metals market. I hope the synergy between Silver Monthly and The Silver Herald will drastically increase the trust of both brands thus increasing the value of our content for the readers. But, I’d like to know what you think.

As The Silver Herald develops, I’m in the process of finding columnist and journalist. If you would like to write about the precious metals market in any way, please email me. At this time, the form of compensation will be barter deals for advertising and links to your book, blog, or website. The second form of compensation is our sheer excitement and appreciation of your knowledge and time.

Other websites underdevelopment are multiple blogs, a gold and silver forum, and a few topic specific websites. Like Silver Monthly, the success of this network will depend largely on the wonderful readers like you. I’d like to continue to say thank you for all you’ve done.