2020 was full of, well, bad news. BUT, not in our amazing ChiPets’ community! We are so thankful to all of you for following and supporting us throughout the year. We appreciate all the positivity!
Although we believe that there is nothing magical about January 1st of a New Year, at the same time we love commemorating occasions and reflecting on what’s good, and what goals we want to set for the New Year.
So, in that spirit, we wanted to share some highlights from the year 2020 from our authors, Porky and Polly, and stats about the ChiPets website and social media.
Finally, at the end of this post, you’ll find a link to a survey about what you’d like to see more of on ChiPets. We’d be so grateful if you’d fill it out!
Here are some of our highlights:
While the year’s events meant we weren’t able to go on as many adventures together, we still had some great moments!
Piglet was invited to attend the 2020 AKC Agility Invitationals as one of the TOP AGILITY CHIHUAHUAS IN THE NATION!!! Unfortunately, travel was not recommended this year, so we opted not to go. However, we are super proud of the accomplishment.
Porky Pig was also the Silver Medalist in the 2020 US Open (Virtual Event) for the 8″ class in Speedstakes!
We have some big plans for 2021, but we don’t want to spoil anything by putting them out on the internet ahead of time, so you’ll just have to wait for a big post (and social media announcement) from us. Sorry!
Website Stats for 2020:
ChiPets reached over 141,832 page views for the year.
People from every state in the US were reading! We even had some readers from around the world!
Top 5 Most Popular Posts:
- 10 Most Common Chihuahua Health Problems
- 15 Life Hacks for Chihuahua Owners
- 10 Super Easy Ways to Remove Your Chihuahua’s Tear Stains
- Dehydrated Chicken Feet – {DIY} Dog Treat Recipe
- Everything You Need to Know about Long Hair Chihuahuas
Social Media Stats for 2020:
Facebook: ChiPets started the year with 5,275 friends on Facebook and ended the year with over 6,952! Thank you to those of you who chose to join our adventures on Facebook! If you haven’t joined us there yet, you can Like and Follow our page at Facebook.com/ChiPetAdventures. We also added a Facebook Group in 2019 and already have over 875 members!!!
Instagram: ChiPets started the year with 9,425 friends on Instagram and ended the year with over 9,152! We posted less in 2020, so our numbers decreased, but thank you to those of you who chose to join our adventures on Instagram! If you haven’t joined us there yet, you can Follow us at Instagram.com/Chi_Pets.
Pinterest: ChiPets ended the year with 1.6k friends on Pinterest and over 142,000 viewers! Thank you to those of you who chose to join our adventures on Pinterest! If you haven’t joined us there yet, you can Follow us at Pinterest.com/Chi_Pets.
Twitter: ChiPets started the year with 480 friends on Twitter and ended the year with over 501! Thank you to those of you who chose to join our adventures on Twitter! If you haven’t joined us there yet, you can Follow us at Twitter.com/ChiPetsBlog.
Income & Expense Stats for 2020:
Would you be interested in learning how to monetize a blog? Well, when we first started this website, it was (you guessed it) for the love of Chihuahuas! But, running a website and providing proper care for our little Chis costs. That’s why we decided to monetize.
However, in the process of trying to learn how to make money from a pet blog, we found there wasn’t a lot of clear information out there. On the other hand, there is a ton of info if you want to start a mom-blog or food-blog.
Anyway, that is why we decided in our annual review to go ahead and share our income and expenses with you!
For 2020, the ChiPets’ website and social media earned a total of $500.91. This was 100% from affiliate sales. We did not do any paid sponsorships or other forms of income streams (such as advertisements or product sales) for 2020. We earn our affiliate income from (the following is an affiliate link): Amazon.
Now, unfortunately, our expenses far exceeded our income. Pet food and supplies for Polly and Porky, pet insurance for Polly and Porky, website hosting, agility trial entry fees for Porky, and so on. Polly and Porky’s food, alone, cost $431.88 for the year! So, because our expenses were much higher than our income, we did not itemize them for 2020. In the future, should the income grow to exceed our expenses, we will start to itemize that for you also!
If you are interested in starting a pet blog or social media channel, be sure to let us know! We would be happy to add more to our website to help you in your journey. Please email us today.
2020 was a great year for ChiPets, thanks to all of you.
This has been the best journey and we can’t wait for all that is to come! It is so encouraging and exciting to think about how much has changed from a year ago–and how much we could be surprised by the time the next year rolls around.
Lastly, we would so appreciate if you would fill out this short ten-question survey. We hope to make ChiPets even better in 2021, and your help and input makes that possible!
CLICK HERE TO TAKE THE SURVEY. NOTE: if you can’t access the survey, we still want to hear from you! Please email us today.