Introducing Liberty Blitzkrieg Contributors

Liberty Blitzkrieg was launched two and a half years ago on April 19th, 2012, the day after the 237th anniversary of Paul Revere’s ride. It has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life, and if not for the tremendous support of my faithful readers, would not have been possible. The interest my work has generated, the thoughtful email messages of encouragement, the passionate comments, and of course the generous and entirely voluntary Bitcoin donations has touched me and inspired me to improve my writing and content generation every single day.

When I first started out, I figured maybe a few hundred people would come and visit per day. As 2014 comes to a close, those expectations have been exceeded greatly, with Liberty Blitzkrieg averaging 65,000 unique visitors and 123,000 page views per month so far this year. What can I say except: Thank You!

My philosophy on writing has always been, and continues to be, that I’d prefer to write one or two powerful and incisive posts per day, rather than five or six watered down articles. As such, I feel my current capacity for daily content is more or less maxed out. This leaves me with a great deal of topics left unaddressed, partly due to personal time constraints, but also because I lack the expertise and interest to cover certain subjects. Enter Contributors.

After a lot of thought, I’ve decided to shift the direction of the website ever so slightly. While the vast majority of content will continue to be created by me for the foreseeable future, I’ve had the great opportunity to befriend many extremely talented and passionate thinkers who share my passion for freedom, decentralization and the wonders of life. Some of them also happen to be very good writers with a lot of valuable information to share. With the launch of Contributors, I hope to allow my readers to benefit from them in the same way I have.

The changes to the site will be very minor. The main difference you will notice design-wise is a Contributor section on the top right sidebar, where you will see the regular contributors listed as well as a link to their latest post. Each Contributor will also have his or her own bio page. See screenshot:

Given my obsession with quality of content, I will be rolling out Contributors slowly. I don’t have a specific target number of Contributors in mind, but I will probably want to keep it relatively low at first as I figure out the ideal size and select the best writers I can on a range of topics. Being a Liberty Blitzkrieg Contributor is not a job, so as people transition from one career to another, I anticipate a variety of different Contributors will come and go over time. This is how I want it. I want this section to consist of dynamic and varied content. I want it to be a forum where I can share the work of people I respect and value, and also to potentially discover new, young and interesting talent who have yet to develop a following.

I will be following up this post with a piece introducing you to Liberty Blitzkrieg’s first Contributor, Dan Ameduri, aka “The Dissident Dad.” I know you’ll love his unique perspective as much as I do.

I hope you are as excited as I am about the project and I’d love to hear feedback!

In Liberty,
Michael Krieger

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