What a few weeks. Your neighborhood Dad Blogger became the newest viral sensation. I was a Kardashian (minus 40 billion dollars). I was Barstool Sports when they hit it big. I was everywhere you turned… no, but really.. it was fun while it lasted:
The number of online articles, magazines, newspapers and news outlets that picked up the story was amazing. Some wanted interviews and others just a few quotes about the project, but it was a lot of fun feeling famous for a few minutes! (and let’s face it nothing beats being the #1 best blog on “Stairs”).
Besides having a bunch of great articles written about the project, there were just as many amazing comments on Facebook, Twitter, Reddit and Pinterest:
Going viral isn’t always a good thing… just look at whats happening with… well anyone who does something stupid on Facebook Live or Twitter… but in this case… going viral was pretty cool… it definitely provided me with a way to connect with people all over the world that I would otherwise not have been able to. New Harry Potter fans and a lot of new readers on the blog are a direct result of this project… which is pretty cool!
Some of the Facebook posts had literally hundreds of thousands of interactions:
The “Love What Matters” post and article has had over 10,000 unique interactions
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My original post on my Facebook account (where all the hoopla started) has had over 3,000 likes and shares.
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After the Parents Magazine article, they posted the video review of the project which has had over 120,000 views.
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People from everywhere were commenting on the project. The world was my oyster for about two weeks…
- The shaded areas show where Chronicles of a New Dad was viewed in the few days after the Cupboard Under the Stairs blog was published. (Darker the color the more views there were)
- https://www.fatherly.com/play/father-builds-replica-cupboard-under-stairs-harry-potter/
- https://www.popsugar.com/moms/Dad-Re-creates-Harry-Potter-Cupboard-Under-Stairs-44489977
- https://www.parents.com/toddlers-preschoolers/everything-kids/dad-recreated-the-cupboard-under-the-stairs-from-harry-potter/
- http://www.scarymommy.com/harry-potter-cupboard-under-stairs-reading-nook/
- https://www.babble.com/parenting/peter-fragola-harry-potter-cupboard-under-the-stairs/
- https://www.purewow.com/news/dad-recreates-harry-potter-cupboard-under-the-stairs
- http://www.yuryz.com/youve-got-to-see-this-dads-harry-potter-inspired-cupboard-under-the-stairs/
- https://www.simplemost.com/dad-remakes-harry-potter-cupboard-under-stairs/
- https://www.beano.com/posts/someones-dad-has-given-their-cupboard-under-the-stairs-a-harry-potter-makeover
- https://www.thebump.com/news/dad-builds-harry-potter-cupboard-under-the-stairs
- http://www.cluebees.com/more/just-in/this-father-recreated-the-Harry-Potters-room
- http://diply.com/dad-creates-harry-potter-cupboard?publisher=different-solutions&config=21
- http://helenair.com/lifestyles/simplemost/dad-recreated-harry-potter-s-cupboard-under-the-stairs-for/article_2de9793e-d097-5a08-b5e8-5c9811c4dac1.html
- http://www.morefm.co.nz/home/trending/2018/01/dad-builds-sons-the-perfect-harry-potter-reading-corner-under-th.html
- https://vipleyo.com/america/baby/2018/01/11/this-dads-harry-potter-cupboard-under-the-stairs-is-all-sorts-of-amazing/
- https://www.magicmum.com/dads-recreation-of-harry-potters-room-is-what-dreams-are-made-of/http://www.morefm.co.nz/home/trending/2018/01/dad-builds-sons-the-perfect-harry-potter-reading-corner-under-th.html
- http://harrypotter.trendolizer.com/2018/01/dad-recreated-the-cupboard-under-the-stairs-from-harry-potter-for-his-sons.html
- http://www.kidspot.com.au/parenting/parenthood/dads/dad-builds-a-potteresque-cupboard-under-the-stairs-and-we-want-one/news-story/d5feb87822f3f27eb077b51b46425c93
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