I would like to extend my sincere gratitude to you, whether you’ve visited www.booleanblackbelt.com just a few times or if you are a regular reader.  If you’ve told someone else about my site or recommended it to others – thank you very much!  

With all of the sourcing, recruiting, and social media blogs out there, I know it’s virtually impossible to keep up with them all, so I appreciate the fact that you’re making a conscious decision to spend time on my site, most likely at the expense of another site (or two). 

I started this blog back in October 2008, and you’re reading the 115th post I’ve published 14 months. This time last year, I had a total of 2200 unique visitors.

As of today (12/22), I’ve had over 50,000 unique visitors from 154 countries, averaging 1400 unique visitors per week, and I have about 1800 readers who’ve signed up for my feed/emails. I have you to thank for that!

I spend an average of about 3 to 4 hours on each post I publish (some take as many as 7 hours!), so the work you see on this site represents at least 400 hours of my personal time that I have dedicated to sharing my thoughts and experience.

I created this site specifically to share knowledge and information with others – so if you know anyone who is interested in learning how to more effectively leverage information systems and social media for sourcing and recruiting, please pay it forward, and don’t keep me a secret.

2010 should be a good year for www.booleanblackbelt.com – I have over 200 drafts of various post ideas built up! However, you won’t see another post from me until the week of January 4th – I’m going to spend quality time with my family and friends – I hope you have the opportunity to do the same.

Thank you, and Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays to everyone!

Although I typically post at least 3 times a week (M/W/F), I’m taking the majority of this week to spend some quality time with my family – I hope you have the opportunity to do the same.

I’d like to use this brief post to sincerely thank each and every visitor to www.booleanblackbelt.com over the past few months – and extra special thanks are in order to everyone who told someone else about the site or recommended it to others.  I really appreciate you helping to spread the word.

Although my first post was in October 2008 and I’ve had no real “official launch” as of yet - I’ve had nearly 2200 unique visitors since I first posted. I could not have accomplished that without the help of a few industry heavyweights (such as Michael Marlatt, Maureen Sharib, Amitai Givertz, and the Recruiting Animal) who noticed my site and offered guidance and opportunities to partner. Thank you!

I have high hopes that 2009 is going to be a great year for www.booleanblackbelt.com - I’ve already worked on 20+ posts designed to share useful knowledge and bring the most value to visitors. Plus  – I have a few surprises in the works that I think will remove the mystery and the challenges of creating Boolean search strings and enable sourcers and recruiters to quickly find top talent – and perhaps blow some minds in the process!

So if you’re interested in learning how to more effectively leverage information systems for sourcing and recruiting – stay tuned, come back often, and please let others who could benefit know about the site.

Happy Holidays!