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Unique monthly visitors

47,187
Average page views

405,920
Average visits

98,425
E-newsletter

  • Yes, a single newsletter
E-newsletter subscribers

3,064
Facebook followers

14,351
Twitter followers

6,817
Instagram followers

1,246
You Tube

94
Revenue

  • $101,000 - $250,000
Primary revenue source(s)

  • Local advertising (including web and e-newsletter ads)
  • National advertising
Ad products

  • Traditional Web display advertising sold directly by your organization
  • Contextual advertising delivered based on the user or the content (such as Adsense or Outbrain)
  • Sponsored content or native advertising
Paywall

  • No
Distribution

  • Direct to web/mobile
Total personnel/contributor FTE

3
Date of most recent publisher update

05/21/2019
Last Publisher Update

  • 2019-05-21 16:57:08 UTC
The B-Town (Burien) Blog
Washington
The B-Town Blog

The B-Town Blog in Burian, just south of Seattle, Washington, covers local news, arts, politics, events and more, using rich multimedia including video, photos and more. IT is part of a network of 7 local blogs, including iLoveKent.net, The SeaTac Blog, White Center Blog, Waterland Blog (Des Moines WA), Normandy Park Blog and Tukwila Blog. Revenue: Advertising.

Who is in charge?

Scott Schaefer

Job title

Founder/Publisher/Editor

City

Burien

State

WA

Zip code

98166

Year launched

2007

Tax status

  • LLC

Geographic scope

  • Small city or town

Population of coverage area

51,000

Scope of coverage

  • General news or a number of topics that are not necessarily closely related to each other

Primary focus

  • Current news and events

Topics of coverage

  • Business in coverage area
  • Crime & justice
  • Education & schools
  • Events in coverage area
  • Politics

Watchdog journalism?

  • Yes, occasional

Facebook link

http://www.facebook.com/btownblog

Site Twitter handle

btownblog

Effective engagement practice

After a story is posted, we immediately cross-post it to our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/btownblog/), which continues to be our #1 referral of Readers.

Revenue challenges

We need more Sales People!

In the news

https://www.seattlebusinessmag.com/business-operations/south-king-media-keeping-local-journalism-alive-and-relevant