Salisbury News Surpasses 33,000,000 Hits In 2015

Happy New Year To All Our Viewers

While 2015 has proven to be the best year we have ever seen, there's so much more to do and so much more to come.

2016 will be a very telling year for Salisbury News. In years past we have continued to expand many features but we'd like to do more. We have always been a free service to the community and will continue to do so.

However, it costs money to do what we do, let alone all the time it takes to read/moderated/reject more then 1,000,000 comments. We've published more then 140,000 articles in our time and viewers have asked us to provide even more features.

Some have asked that we bring a daily news video and some have asked that we consider doing an on line radio show. We're considering both.

However, to do so, this will take even more of our time and certainly more expenses. We have moderators who spend so much time, (7 days a week) going through comments. We've grown to delivering news and information 24 hours a day and yes, we have even been moderating comments 24 hours a day as well. 

It's time we do something different. This year we're going to add a Pay Pal button to Salisbury News that will allow each and every one of you to consider making a DONATION to our cause. We need to start paying these hard working people. 

In 2016 we will for the first time become more aggressive by making contact with businesses to advertise with us, something we've not done in the past. Our ads will remain at only $100.00 a month but you'll clearly be reaching tens of millions of viewers and these businesses will never be able to reach so many viewers every single day for anywhere near that rate anywhere else.

Our ads don't pop up only once in every four visits, like so many other places do. These ads will be on the home page every time you come here and we encourage each and every one of you to consider doing business with the advertisers who not only support what we do, they're smart enough to take advantage of reaching so many millions of people while putting "Good Money After Good Money". 

If we are to deliver a daily news broadcast and also add a radio show, we'll need more support. No one will be shoving funding down your throats, you'll do so at your own will and we thank you for considering doing so. We will also provide a mailing address for those of you who would rather send a check.

On top of the funding that we hope to build, we also want to continue passing on good will by "Paying It Forward" and giving back even more to our communities. 

I will say this Ladies & Gentlemen, we've worked extremely hard for the past 11 years. If we cannot raise funds to keep things going, I will shut down Salisbury News. That is not a threat, it just makes sense. We have dedicated ourselves for a very long time and in order to continue bringing you a daily service, the only way we can expand and cover more local news and information is by bringing on some new people. 

No, we do not want to become the size of the old Daily Times or hire anywhere near as many people as the rest of the local MSM. We've proven over all these years that we can not only cover MORE stories on a daily basis, we can also deliver you local news and information well before these other news sources who charge $300.00 a day for the very same ad we only charge $100.00 a month for. 

We'll be able to do so by adding more advertisers AND continued donations from our daily viewers. I believe we've earned let's say a small donation each year from our viewers, don't you? 

So help join us to make 2016 the best year we've ever had, again. You deliver and we will deliver, you have my word on that. 

If you are wondering why or how we have achieved so much traffic, believe it or not, a lot of it has to do with your help. We receive incredible tips daily. We receive photos and news tips like no one else. We also have a group of people who tip us off daily on news stories they feel are important to our way of life. We can't thank all of you enough for your continued support. 

If you see a stories you feel we should publish please send them to us and we will consider them for publication. 

How about all of the success stories with reuniting animals with their families. Think about this Ladies & Gentlemen. Animals are usually reunited in about 20 minutes after we publish them. Think about just how many people are on Salisbury News on a regular basis to realize their pet has been found and or even lost. Heck, we even reunited a Goat this year, go figure. Isn't it interesting how all of the television news stations are now following in our footsteps with animals now.

As I can recall, this year we only had one dog that didn't get reunited, (that we know of) and was taken to the Humane Society. How comforting is it to know that IF your animal gets loose you can pretty much bank on the fact that you will find it right here on Salisbury News. Yeah, that's pretty cool. Trust me, it's one of our favorite features.

Yes, we've had an incredible year and we would like to keep it going. Our ads have no strings attached. We want to earn your business and not stick you to lengthy contracts. If you are not happy with the results you can drop your ad immediately. Compare our traffic and our rates to ANYONE else. Just know you will always be on the home page and not buried on a discounted page no one ever goes to, like Delmarva Life. 

One other thing we did that no one else did is to report crime, most wanted and even crime watchers. NOW, WBOC has their "Most Wanted Monday". WMDT now has their "Fugitive Friday". Our pressure forced the rest of the media to finally start EXPOSING just how bad crime is here on the Shore. 

Finally, if you haven't followed the trend of how people are now watching television, people are getting ticked off at the car dealers screaming and yelling at you in commercials. People are sick of all the pharmaceutical ads, or should I say infomercials. The new generation of viewers are turning to alternative ways to watch TV. You have Netflix, Amazon Prime and so many others out there that are now commercial free. This is going to bring an end to WBOC, WRDE and WMDT. You mark my words, Salisbury News is light years ahead of the competition and they know it. Heck, now that we've announced our traffic, you better believe they're squirming because so many have stopped buying the paper or watch the local news any more. 

So help us to grow even further. Support what we're doing. No one is trying to get rich from our viewers and that's what makes what we do so cool. You know those people out there that say they never go to Salisbury News, HELLOOOO! We didn't surpass 33,000,000 hits because we're lying. We did so because of dedication, word of mouth and commitment. So the next time someone says they don't come here just look at them and say, uh huh, sure you don't.  

Thanks for a great year Folks.