Unbeknownst to me, April 16th was Reader Appreciation Day. Last year we held something rather similar, which was Reader Appreciation Week (this year’s has yet to be scheduled).

I’d like to highlight several of the posts I found around this Blogger Reader Appreciation Day (
BRAD?) as an example of reader appreciation.

Readers Provide a Connection

Lori Hahn expresses her reasons for celebrating reader appreciation day.

Somehow, with some of you, I’ve felt as though I’ve become part of your lives in some small way. I revel in your own triumphs and successes and bemoan your upsets and setbacks. I know a piece of you and don’t even know the names of my next door neighbors. It’s not that I don’t want to know my neighbors – okay, I really don’t want to know my neighbors, have you met them? I like spending my time with people who connect with me like I connect with them.

Appreciate Through a Video

Christine Swint shares a video blog of her reader appreciation.

Readers Provide That Foundation…

Shakadoo gets why readers matter:

A lot of bloggers would blog for free (and most of us do blog for free), but without people reading it then the whole process and point of blogging is meaningless.

Appreciate Through Prizes and Gratitude

Long Relationships announces some prizes that were given away for their celebration of Reader Appreciation Day.

Spirituality Guide shows an example of gratitude towards readers:

I am a big fan of gratitude and I think it is something many of us don’t have enough of and a state of being many of us don’t spend enough time in. It is truly amazing how much gratitude, even in the simple gesture of saying ‘thank you’, can make another person’s day that much better.

Reader Appreciation Day Conclusion

I think it’s fantastic that a group of bloggers took it upon themselves to appreciate readers. And quite likely, it was independent of this project, which is even a better sign that all is not lost in the blogosphere.

As for our own Reader Appreciation Week… any suggestions on a date?

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