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Ken Pierce Media WordPress Reaches 6,666th Published Post (7/31/2025)

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Greetings and Felicitations my Friends, I’m taking a moment or three out of your busy day to share what I feel is another one of those website posting milestones. Since time moves so swiftly in our day you might not recall this bit of information but it was back in November of 2023 when the Ken Pierce Media website reached its own 6000th Post. Now, almost two years later, the site has pressed publish on the 6666th Post. It not only felt very Iron Maiden to me but also quite Metal and since I had posted an announcement when it reached the 5555th Post, I felt that following suit would be a fun idea and lets me talk to you on a one to one basis. To be honest, it’s great to hit this kind of a publishing achievement right after the websites 5th Anniversary and if you didn’t see my lengthy missive on the site birthday from June please click HERE. I’ll admit that this years anniversary post is a little bit of a read but that’s because I wanted to take you through every step of the process in its creative journey but now let’s get back into some of the fun behind reaching post #6666.

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Ken Pierce Media Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary (2020-2025)

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Greetings my amazing friends in our readership audience and also hello to those new to the brand who’ve just happened by. It’s time for me to take a pause from the regular proceedings that we’re serving up to let you know that we have reached another website birthday. Yes, today marks the fifth anniversary of the Ken Pierce Media branding and it’s pretty cool to be sharing that as an announcement. You see, this was never really supposed to be what it has ended up being and more changes than can easily be quantified have taken place since launch and here we are. For this fifth website anniversary I’m going to take you through all of the building blocks to allow for an easier digestion of our history. I wanted to present this a little differently this time around and the revisiting helps me remember how much has changed from the original plan. Let’s get this recap rolling from the beginning which was a very simple bare bones Blogspot account.

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When this idea came to my mind, I had felt that I could make a little extra money by guiding people out of the Blogger platform and onto something more malleable and functional like WordPress or Square Space. As most creative types know, Blogspot is not really considered to be the most powerful of options to do any kind of blogging or even establishing ones brand in a professional manner. A lot of people use it but there are more negatives than positives on this choice. The initial goal was to use Blogger as the scratch pad but after some consideration I felt that by posting to it I’d get more adept at it and be able too successfully guide potential clients away from it. This part of the puzzle still runs and today holds more than 2K links to stories on PiercingMetal, The Chronicles of Piercing Ken and even on the Official KPM WordPress. There’s been some thought about sunsetting this part once it reaches 3K posts but I am still pretty far away from that. The next part of the branding that would to come to be was via the Tumblr account.
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Ken Pierce Media Posts 1050th Clip on TikTok

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So here we are again my friends and I am hoping that this finds you well. I’m back to share a little update about the KPM Adventures in TikTok as another “50” post plateau on the platform has been reached. It’s been just shy of two months since we last discussed this stuff and considering all of the videos that are using space on my mobile this one should have come faster but I was too busy and lost track of my time. I had planned on adding more than a single post per day here but again I slacked and this is not good at all. The main reason is that I will be needing the space on the mobile for some of the upcoming conventions and art fairs since I tend to load up the images from those events. That brings me to this latest milestone which is art in nature. Down on the Highline structure stands a gigantic pigeon statue called “Dinosaur” an while I said “Highline Ballroom” I was nowhere near the now rebranded club. That morning it was chilly and pouring rain and I am really just talking off the top of my head but without any further adieu, behold TikTok #1050.

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While off to another adventure I stopped by The High Line to see “Dinosaur” the giant pigeon statue by Ivan Argote. It’s awesome #fyp #foryoupage #thehighline #dinosaur #giantpigeon #ivanargote #publicart #piercingken

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Ken Pierce Media Posts 1000th Clip on TikTok

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Well how about that my friends out there in TikTok land. It seems as though I’m back once again with another step up on the platform and for those who’ve just joined us over here, I am talking about reaching another increment of “50” videos on the TikTok Social Media network. Now to be honest, this is a big one as we have just posted the “1000th” video to our feed and historically speaking have been using this since September of 2022. I created an account on the network at the beginning of 2021 but at that time was just using it to like any of the posts that my friends were doing. I will admit that I went into this quite reluctantly as I didn’t see my brands being something that was Tokworthy. I changed my mind after some discussion with like-minded peers and my having the account under Ken Pierce Media let’s me have a little more creative freedom. So as many of the PiercingMetal readers know, we are always excited when it comes to the band KISS and having these topical items about the band marking our 1000th Video on TikTok was awesome.

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Here’s a look at some KISS collection content to come. I’ve secured all of the current “Off The Soundboard” Love CD’s and the famed “End Of The Road” Final Show Parting Gift #fyp #foryoupage #kiss #hotttestbandintheworld #offthesoundboard #endoftheroad #piercingmetal

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Today: Toy Fair 2025 Takes Over @ Jacob Javits Center

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Once again, it has been a little bit of time since the banner for the Toy Association’s annual “Toy Fair” has hung proudly in the Javits Center. Now I can tell you that a lot has happened since the event in 2023 which was held in the Fall of that year. During the show, they announced that it would be leaving New York City and take place in New Orleans after this one that will begin today at the Javits Center. Fortunately, the decision was reversed and shows for 2025, 2026 and 2027 were locked in and would again be taking place in the winter months. As you know, the general public will not be able to participate in this one and that will find me once again doing double-duty for the PiercingMetal website and “The Chronicles of Piercing Ken” for good measure. Most of you know that with anything that goes online with the two creative angles that another post gets added to the executive branch of my Ken Pierce Media site because that really lets me tie everything together. When I attended that 2023 trade show I felt it was pretty close to being the same as I remembered in the Before Times and this year I am hoping that it has gotten even bigger and better. This years trade show will amount to my 12th Toy Fair and I am really looking forward to seeing the reps that I only get to see IRL when this show comes along. So what is the plan you might ask…
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