So it’s been about 4 days since our posts on Mashable, TechCrunch, and CNN - and we are still in shock on all the positive feedback that we have been getting and press. With that said, We thought it would be a great idea to dedicate a page to show our appreciation for all the wonderful people that have made this site what is today. You can view all the article that mentioned WWIBM at http://whenwillibemayor.com/press. If you are wrote a story about us - please let us know by sending a tweet to @mayorplease and I’ll add your link the page.

So with all the generous press that we have been receiving, I wanted to share with you how that press as turned this “little website that could” in to a success (at least for me). Personally - I’ve never had any of project go viral like this - so it’s pretty humbling. On Memorial Day Monday (5/31), we had about 500+ registered users. That is pretty amazing considering that we didn’t have any press - and the site was spread by just word of mouth. On the day of the TechCrunch and Mashable article, we jumped form 500 users to 3,000. Yes - 3,000. That’s pretty amazing in a 24 hour period - and I only have you guys to thank. We’ve been growing steadily - and as of this writing we are closing in on 4,000 users. Take a look at the sign-ups per day screenshot below - to see how crazy it has been since the TechCrunch and Mashable article releases.

We also had a crazy 7K unique visitors on that day, generating about 30K page views. Absolutely amazing. One of the cool stats - that we had at least 1 user from every State in the US visit the site in the past 4 days. Below is a screenshot of the top 10 US states that have visited the site:

So in closing - I wanted to thank you all for visiting, signing up, and continuing to support the site. I’ve received some good feedback from a lot of you. I really appreciate it. I am currently working the next version of the site that will feature many of your feature requests - including searching by Venue ID, Monitoring Venues where you are already mayor, and adding a feature to share your progress with your friends. Look for new stuff soon - and thanks again for all your support!

Thanks, Greg

photo credit lemontwist