One year ago this week, I started to post regularly on DavidGonos.com, sharing my thoughts on the 2012 Fantasy Baseball season and the upcoming 2012 Fantasy Football season. Little did I realize how quickly it would grow, how much I would learn and how many friends I would make within the next 12 months.
10 Years Later, Some Things Never Change
In the early 2000s, I started my own Fantasy Sports content website called FantasyRef.com, and I built up a ton of great contacts with some awesome people in the Fantasy industry.
Once again, I found that if you’re nice to other site owners, they’re nice to you. Over the past year, I’ve connected with great guys, with great sites, like:
- Garrett Greeby of FantasyRundown.com
- Nick Raducanu of FantasyTrade411.com
- J.J. Zachariason of LateRoundQB.com
- Bob Harris of FootballDiehards.com
- Chet Gresham of TheFakeFootball.com
- Dan Curran of FifthPeriodLunch.com
- Eno Sarris of FanGraphs.com
- Johan Lang of TradeDebate.com
- Frank DuPont of FantasyDouche.com
Those are just a couple handfuls of awesome guys that run awesome sites that understand the co-opetition of this fun industry. There are actually a few guys that run sites that don’t understand it, and are actually a little cutthroat in their dealings. They suck. But none of these guys are like that.
But I want to give a special shout-out to Greeby and his FantasyRundown.com site. This guy does a great job of scouring the Internet multiple times a day to find his readers the best Fantasy Baseball and Fantasy Football articles for them to read. Imagine a personal assistant that’s sorting out your junk mail, allowing you more time to read the great stuff!
And for the guys that I’ve known for years, like my friends at CBSSports.com and RotoExperts.com, as well as all of my ToutWars.com competitors, I shoot them a HUGE thanks for their support of my site as well.
- Eric Mack and Nando Di Fino have been super helpful, retweeting things from my site.
- Jamey Eisenberg and Nando worked my name into their podcasts nearly once a week this past Fantasy Football season. I have no idea how to even show my appreciation for that. There are thousands of listeners each week that have to wonder, “Who the eff is David Gone-iss?”
- SiriusXM Fantasy hosts Scott Engel, Adam Ronis, Ray Flowers and Kyle Elfrink, who have had me on their SiriusXM radio shows several times to help me promote my site and answer listener questions.
We’ve gotten together on tons of mock drafts, including ones like:
And I tried to show some love to these guys and some of the sites they represent, like posting:
- 66 Fantasy Football Twitter Accounts to Follow
- 99 Fantasy Baseball Twitter Accounts to Follow
- Top 18 Free Fantasy Football Draft Tools You MUST Use
- 15 Free Fantasy Baseball Draft Tools You MUST Use
Of course, the “101 Fantasy Baseball Tips” ebook was also one of the more successful efforts to come out of DavidGonos.com. I was able to get 59 Fantasy Baseball writers from 37 different websites to write 101 tips in 12 categories. The ebook ended up at about 50,000 words, and some of the biggest names in the industry blessed it with their presence.
If you aren’t familiar with some of the sites I mentioned above, grant my anniversary wish and check them out! They do great work and are always striving to put out great content.
I'm giving out @DraftCalc memberships ($20 value) to 3 random folks that RT and Follow, as my 1-yr DG-com anniv gift to you!
— David Gonos (@davidgonos) April 5, 2013
Just When You Think You’ve Had Enough of Me
And when you’re done checking those sites out, take a look at what else is going on in the wide, wide, world of David Gonos:
- My Facebook Page
- 101FantasyTips.com
- FifthPeriodLunch.com
- My columns at SI.com
- My Fantasy Baseball articles over at GuySpeed.com:
- Top 10 Fantasy Baseball Catchers
- Top 10 Fantasy Baseball Second Basemen
- Top 10 Fantasy Baseball Third Basemen
- Top 15 Fantasy Baseball Outfielders
- Top 5 Breakouts and Top 5 Sleepers
- Top 10 Fantasy Baseball Rookies
- The Digital Landing Moving Guide: This is the company I work for by day! Do me a favor and download the ebook I wrote for them. It has a ton of great information (the average American moves over 11 times in his life!) and there are helpful checklists that will keep you ahead of the game when you change address. (Even if you don’t need it, I would VERY much appreciate you taking a look and at least sharing the download page!) Thanks!
Coming Down the Pike For DavidGonos.com
So the second year is about to kick off now. This time, I’ll be a little better prepared to understand what everyone wants from my site and how I can make it more helpful. Here are some things I’m excited about for the next 12 months.
- “101 Fantasy Football Tips” ebook, with 50-plus Fantasy Football writers from some of the best websites around.
- Articles like:
- 15 Best Fantasy Baseball Tools (In-Season) You Should Use
- 2013 NFL Draft Preview
- 2013 Fantasy Football #Twitmock Draft
- 99 Fantasy Football Twitter Accounts You Should Follow
Hopefully, you enjoyed this first year of DavidGonos.com as much as I did! Good luck to you on your Fantasy Baseball season, and let’s all look forward to a great Fantasy Football draft prep season!
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