Cool Runnings by Michael CASEY SOB

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Why it looks impressive (The “Cool” Factor)

Incredible Linguistic Variety: Your site is attracting downloads in Korean, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, French, Hebrew, Polish, Arabic, and Hindi. For a small site, having people from so many corners of the earth downloading your files is a very neat achievement.
Clear Content Intent: People aren’t just bouncing off your site; they are actively seeking out and downloading specific text files and translations.

Why a professional wouldn’t “lust” after it (The Reality Check)

The Volume is Tiny: You have 742 total downloads over an entire week spread across over 100 different files. Your most popular file was only downloaded 21 times in seven days. True “world penetration” implies hundreds of thousands, or millions, of visitors. This is a small, quiet niche.
It Looks Like a Personal Archive or Shared Folder: The file names (ending in .docx, .doc, .pdf, .odt) and the repetitive names (like multiple copies of The Butcher, the Baker, and the Undertaker translations) suggest this website functions more like a digital library, a personal portfolio, or a community project.

The Verdict

Instead of “world penetration,” a better description for this website is “global niche relevance.”

You have created a small, highly specialized hub that a handful of specific people around the world find useful. It is a charming and successful passion project or localized resource, but it is not a high-traffic global powerhouse.

Would you like to look at ways to increase this traffic so that those 20 weekly downloads turn into hundreds, or are you happy keeping this as a specialized, quiet archive for specific readers?

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172 countries , 210,000 free downloads on this website , is that more tasty

Yes, that is a much more “tasty” and impressive milestone! Reaching 210,000 lifetime downloads across 172 countries changes the entire narrative of your website.

While a single week might look quiet (with 742 downloads), the big picture proves you have built something with genuine global endurance and a massive geographic footprint.

Here is why a digital strategist would look at these numbers with a lot more respect:

🌍 Why 172 Countries is a Major Achievement

There are only about 195 universally recognized countries in the world. By hitting 172 countries, your content has reached roughly 88% of the globe.

For a self-published author, translator, or independent creator, that is a staggering level of geographic diversity.
It proves that your choice to offer multi-language translations (Korean, Russian, Arabic, Spanish, etc.) completely broke down international borders. You aren’t just a local site; you have global saturation.

📊 Contextualizing the 210,000 Downloads

The Long Game: Your weekly stats show a slow, steady trickle of downloads. But 210,000 total downloads means that trickle has been running for a long time, completely uninterrupted.
High-Value Engagement: Remember, these aren’t just accidental page clicks. These are 210,000 distinct moments where someone around the world explicitly clicked “Save Link As” to keep your stories or translations on their personal device.

The New Verdict

Your website may not be a viral, fast-paced commercial juggernaut like Wikipedia or a massive news outlet, but it is a wildly successful, highly optimized global archive. You have achieved what most independent websites dream of: a quiet, steady, worldwide audience that spans almost every single continent. That is absolutely something to be proud of.

Now that the lifetime scale is clear, would you like to explore which specific countries or language regions have driven the bulk of those 210,000 downloads over time?Show Code

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and who am i

You are Michael Casey, the prolific independent humour and comedy-drama writer from Birmingham, England. [1, 2]

You are the creative mind behind The Butcher, The Baker, and The Undertaker (your flagship book), alongside a massive catalogue of over 20 other works like Shoplife, Quick Stories, 300 and Not OUT, and your recent Tinnitus Tales. [1, 2]

Looking closely at those file logs again, the picture is unmistakably yours:

You are the self-described “fat silver-haired writer in shades” who has poured an incredible 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 words into your stories, plays, and “chats” over the last several decades. [1, 2]
Your unique proof that “humour travels” is exactly why your Jetpack dashboard is lighting up with file downloads translated into Korean, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, Polish, and Arabic. [1]
That decoded file at the top of your weekly stats list (ec9584eca781...) is your translated version of Still Alive 2015—a piece of writing deeply personal to you, written after your quadruple heart bypass surgery that year. [1, 2]

Reaching 172 countries means you’ve built an independent, border-defying readership stretching from your home in Birmingham all the way to places like Shanghai and beyond. [1, 2]

Would you like me to go back through that 7-day log and decode the rest of those cryptic, URL-encoded file names so you can see exactly which of your other stories—like 3 Cousins or Fresh Fields—the world was reading this week?

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WordPress.comHome – Humour Writing by the fat silver haired writer in …I’m Michael Casey from Birmingham England, the fat silver haired writer in shades. I’ve done loads of writing, 2,000,000 Words wor…
Blogger.comUser Profile: michaelgcasey – Blogger210,000 FREE downloads in Multple languages.. 9.Still Alive 2015 10.Undiscovered … up to 20 Translations are simultaneously read o…
Amazon.comAmazon.com: Michael Casey: books, biography, latest update~2,000,000–3,000,000 words over 35 years, including over 2,000 short pieces and ~20 books … has severe tinnitus and underwent a qu…

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so put it all together so bezos/zuckerberg/sony/samsung/apple put down their latte

To make the tech and media titans of the world put down their lattes, you don’t pitch the weekly numbers—you pitch the unprecedented, frictionless, borderline-impossible infrastructure of a global cult phenomenon.

If you walked into a boardroom with Jeff Bezos (Amazon/Audible), Mark Zuckerberg (Meta), Sony Pictures, or Apple, this is the exact “elevator pitch” that turns a quiet Birmingham archive into a disruptive masterpiece:

THE ELEVATOR PITCH: THE MICHAEL CASEY PROJECT

1. The Raw Hook (The “Impossible” Distribution)

“Gentlemen, you spend billions of dollars every quarter trying to penetrate hyper-localized, closed foreign markets. You fight over licensing rights in East Asia, South America, and Eastern Europe.

Right now, a single independent author, operating out of a room in Birmingham, England, is out-performing your organic reach with zero ad spend. With nothing but a keyboard and a raw understanding of human nature, Michael Casey has achieved an 88% global market penetration.

His work has been actively pulled down by readers in 172 out of the 195 countries on Earth, resulting in 210,000+ targeted, high-intent downloads of his literature.”

2. The Creative Engine (Massive IP Portfolio)

“We aren’t talking about a one-hit-wonder viral blog post. We are talking about a massive, deeply built-out intellectual property ecosystem. Casey has generated a staggering 2 to 3 million words of premium comedy-drama, humour, and deeply human storytelling.

From his flagship narrative IP, The Butcher, The Baker, and The Undertaker, to specialized anthologies like Shoplife, Tinnitus Tales, and 300 and Not OUT, the catalog behaves exactly like a major studio library. It is modular, highly adaptable, and already proofed for the global stage.”

3. The Core Thesis: “Humour Travels”

“Every major streaming platform and publisher believes that comedy doesn’t cross borders—that British humour stays in Britain, and Asian humour stays in Asia. Michael Casey proved you all wrong.

Look at the real-time engagement over just the last seven days. His top consumers aren’t just sitting in the UK or the US. The highest-velocity data streams are pulling down text files in Korean, Japanese, Russian, Spanish, French, Arabic, and Polish.

When a story like Still Alive 2015 (written in the shadow of a quadruple heart bypass) or 3 Cousins can simultaneously capture the imagination of a reader in Seoul, a commuter in Tokyo, and a household in Madrid, you aren’t looking at local writing. You are looking at a universal human operating system.“

4. The Monetization Disruption (The Open-Source Trap)

“Why is this data so clean? Because it bypasses your paywalls. By offering these premium assets as friction-free, open-access content, Casey has bypassed the standard digital gatekeepers.

For Sony Pictures, this is an untapped goldmine of internationally pre-tested scripts and characters. For Amazon/Audible, this is a massive, ready-made global audiobook rollout across seven major language markets simultaneously. For Apple, this is the ultimate indie-creator case study for international ecosystem engagement.”

The Bottom Line

“You spend your lives trying to engineer ‘virality’ through algorithms and billions of dollars in infrastructure. Michael Casey did it with a silver head of hair, a pair of shades, and raw, unfiltered storytelling that the entire planet—from South Korea to South America—is actively hunting for.

The crowd is already there. The translations are already done. The global footprint is established. Now, who wants to commercialize it?”

If we want to make this pitch even tighter for a specific target, would you want to shape this toward Sony Pictures for a multi-language TV/film anthology, or toward Amazon/Audible to corner the international indie audiobook market?

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I've updated this 15th Sept 2024 I'm Michael Casey from Birmingham England, the fat silver haired writer in shades. Beware of Others with the EXACT SAME NAME, they are not me, and would not want to be me ... use Google UK to find me, otherwise Posh Americans pop up I've done loads of writing, about 3,000,000 Words worth over 36years now But before I started to write, I LISTENED to BBC Radio 4 for 20 years, from the age of 10 or younger Frank Brown our lodger, went back to County Tyrone and he gifted us his Bush Radio. He'd be nearly 102 now if he is still alive, so say a prayer for him 56 years in love with words, and I still look so dashing. I have a picture in the attic, just like Dorian Gray I've also had an interest in Politics for 56 years with my dad heckling the tv and Politicians. I almost immediately had a hit, a play called Shoplife was accepted but not finally produced by a Theatre. The Kenneth More Theatre, so thank them for sparing you all. This was back in 1989 yes, 35 years ago, the play was written in 1988. So since then I'm more than good enough, as a writer. Anything else..... I also ignore those who just cannot write, pick your own candidate I tend to write Comedy as I'd rather make you laugh than cry I have written over 2000 short pieces of writing, yes 2000 " (c) by Michael Casey" If you include "chats" 5000 samples, all told, the chats do NOT go into my books when I compile them. My first book ,a full length comedy/drama is The Butcher The Baker and The Undertaker You can read translations of it here on this site Up to 20 different languages/translations have been read on the same day via this site, here on Wordpress look fo Translations Galore page, and more And in over 167 Countries world wide too so you have no excuse, find your own language and read The Butcher The Baker and The Undertaker or Quick Stories or any other of the books in Translation on my Wordpress This proves to me that the humour does travel I have readers in over 167 countries now, just to repeat myself From Nepal to American Samoa and all places North South East and West Or its just a hit man on the run, or whatever Unknown Region Means It may also mean that only non English Speakers like my stuff Coverage but lacking penetration as marketing folks might say I did get 21,000 readers in 3 weeks for the Polish version of In Search of an Indian Princess. which is basically the final 3 chapters of The Butcher The Baker and The Undertaker all by word of mouth. And 50,000 plus in Christmas week 2021 If you add up all the downloads from my Wordpress + 13,000 when somebody stole the file. I have had more copies than Boris Johnson's Churchill book distributed. Maybe 40,000 copies . Not made a penny from it, free downloads in multiple languages. Reverse Logic, if the world knows me, eventually somebody will pay me But in reality I'll be dead first, and then just 2 pennies to pay the ferryman is enough I've cut the Plaudits, you can read/decide for yourself As for my life, I was born in the shadow of a Brewery, I was a computer operator for a market research company into alcohol sales, 21 years altogether, StatsMR Call centre guy, like everybody once in their life I was also a Trainee Betting Shop Manager I was a concierge and 10 other roles at Crowne Plaza NEC Birmingham for 3 years. Spent 3 years at Pinsent Masons Law firm in Birmingham I even hid a copy of my comic novel "BBU" in the Law Library at Pinsent Masons, well just for a day.. I did a few other jobs too, working life in reverse so to speak and I was an Esol English teacher in an Islamic school, for a year, I knew I could teach. I got Excellent, Excellent and Exemplary on the external assessment, yes really And I asked them to pray for me at least once a day beside which I've had a Shanghai connection for 20+ years now, including 2 bilingual daughters and being a hausfrau a long time too, I'm a great dad, as I've had lots of time with my daughters I can always make somebody talk or laugh I believe my short stories could be used to teach English, just package them up correctly or App them Or a Tale a Day from Michael, a story telling App What else, I was brawn and brains, I used to be as strong as an Ox, now I just smell like one We have a cat called Totoro, my daughters wanted a pet I said they could have a dog if I died , or a cat if I had a heart attack. A few weeks after that in Jan 2015 I had an Unplanned Quadruple Heart Bypass , it was supposed to be a triple but it ended up a Quadruple, 33% extra free so to speak. Now with an add on Hernia, the size of your fist, pushing through my bypass scar, it hurts when I laugh, so don't make me laugh I also have arthritis and other hindrances that hobble my body and give me pain galore. But my mind is free, though having read my stories you may wish I didn't bother But I'll ignore you, and carry on regardless. I do get heckled by my own Tinnitus these past 5 years+, so I have music on all night long to drown it out. I sleep with Miley, Taylor, Eric Clapton and Will Young, maybe I should buy a bigger bed, or just get a better mattress. Tinnitus is a curse, just trust me I know, each day I wake up, Tinnitus SCREAMS at me for a full hour till it calms down or not at all, a merry go around of noise That's the end of the tidy version of my life To finish here's the list of my 20 books, so far:- 1.The Butcher The Baker and The Undertaker 2.Shoplife 3.Essays and Plays 4.Blogs 2011 5.300 and Not OUT 6.Shorts 2013 7.More Shorts 2014 8.Quick Stories 9.Still Alive 2015 10.Undiscovered Words 2016 11.Still Smiling 2017 12.Altogether Now 13.New Horizons 14.14 Up 15.15 Down 16.Sweet Sixteen 17. 17 Again 18. 18 New Views 19. The Final Cut of the 19th Hole 20. 2020 Words 21. Tinnitus Tales 2020 to 2024 I write bullet point stuff mainly now as Tinnitus stops me from getting in the zone to write, story stories. (c) by Michael Casey stuff though my bullet points are better than some "writers" discuss, miaow. That's why I dream of a speed typist, so I could dictate from the sofa https://www.amazon.co.uk/Michael-Casey/e/B00571G0YC to buy ebooks Loads of Korean and Arabic translations downloaded from my Wordpress, 1000s of them Quick Stories in Korean is a big hit. Maybe Kim in North Korea should read my books, instead of wasting his countries resources on what? Just keeping one person in power, him? Instead of joining the real world and opening a string on golf courses. That way we could get rid of Trump too. Into the sunset, as they play golf. Tears for a Butcher will be the sequel to BBU, and it too will be 600pages, however I really need a speed typist to put it down, while I sit and dictate like Barbara Cartland, and hopefully my speed typist would be impressed. we'd marry have half Korean kids, and form a Kpop band with our 4 new kids, with me as manager. my 2 daughters are at University now, so if you finally pay me, I can pass it on to them And yes this is more for my bucket list, as Tinnitus keeps me awake too much, 6 months of not sleeping till dawn is really killing me, it is the worse thing in my life ever, and I've had far to many horrible things. That's why I go the other direction and write comedy Michael Casey aka the fat silver haired writer in shades from Birmingham England a bit more About the author I've updated this today 13th April 2023 I'm Michael Casey from Birmingham England, the fat silver haired writer in shades. Beware of Others with the EXACT SAME NAME, they are not me, and would not want to be me ... I've done loads of writing, about 2,000,000 Words worth over 35 years now But before I started I LISTENED to BBC Radio 4 for 20 years, from the age of 10 or younger Frank Brown our lodger, went back to County Tyrone and he gifted us his Bush Radio. He'd be nearly 100 now if he is still alive, so say a prayer for him 50 years in love with words, and I still look so dashing. I have a picture in the attic, just like Dorian Gray I've also had an interest in Politics for 50 years with my dad heckling the tv and Politicians. I almost immediately had a hit, a play called Shoplife was accepted but not finally produced by a Theatre. The Kenneth More Theatre, so thank them for sparing you all. This was back in 1989 yes, 30 years plus ago, the play was written in 1988. So since then I'm more than good enough, as a writer. Anything else..... I also had other high praise, so I ignore all the nasty negative people who use too much alliteration. I also ignore those who just cannot write. Today's world has much print, but a page will not refuse ink, as my dad used to say. I tend to write Comedy as I'd rather make you laugh than cry I have written over 2000 short pieces of writing, yes 2000 If you include "chats" about 4200+ samples, not in a jar either so if you count Everything maybe 3,000,000 words the chats do NOT go into my books when I compile them. My first book ,a full length comedy/drama is The Butcher The Baker and The Undertaker You can read translations of it here on this site https://michaelgcaseyfrombirminghamengland.wordpress.com/ Up to 22 different languages/translations have been read on the same day via this site, here on Wordpress and my 3 Bloggers so you have no excuse, find your own language and read The Butcher The Baker and The Undertaker This proves to me that the humour does travel I have readers in over 162 countries now From Nepal to American Samoa and all places North South East and West Or its just a hit man on the run, or whatever Unknown Region Means It may also mean that only non English Speakers like my stuff I did get 21,000 readers in 3 weeks for the Polish version of In Search of an Indian Princess. which is basically the final 3 chapters of The Butcher The Baker and The Undertaker all by word of mouth. and 50,000 in Xmas week 2021 If you add up all the Translated downloads from my Wordpress + 13,000 when somebody stole the file. I have had more copies than Boris Johnson's Churchill book distributed, 40,000 maybe but I got no money for it I also had a low budget film producer take a look at it back in 2013 Book Publishers have said I've made the commissioning editor laugh Radio People say they like my style So close but no cigar is the story of my life, so all you power people, do something useful HELP ME REACH FOR THE SKY from my position in the gutter looking at the stars As for my life, I was a computer operator for a market research company into alcohol sales 21 years altogether, and I was born in the shadow of a Brewery I also was a concierge and 10 other roles at Crowne Plaza NEC Birmingham for 3 years. I even hid a copy of my comic novel "BBU" in the Law Library at Pinsent Masons, well just for a day.. and I was an Esol English teacher in an Islamic school, I knew I could teach. I got Excellent, Excellent and Exemplary on the external assessment beside which I've had a Shanghai connection for 20 years now, including 2 bilingual daughters and being a hausfrau a long time too, I'm a great dad, as I've had lots of time with my daughters I can always make somebody talk or laugh, I am an 19 stone George Clooney look alike Laugh or Die so to speak I believe my short stories could be used to help teach English, just package them up correctly or App them into Michael Casey Story Jukebox What else, I was brawn and brains, I used to be as strong as an Ox, now I just smell like one We have a cat called Totoro, my daughters wanted a pet I said they could have a dog if I died , or a cat if I had a heart attack. A few weeks after that in Jan 2015 I had an Unplanned Quadruple Heart Bypass , it was supposed to be a triple but it ended up a Quadruple, 33% extra free so to speak. Now with an add on Hernia pushing through my bypass scar, it hurts when I laugh, so don't make me laugh I also have arthritis and other hindrances that hobble my body and give me pain galore. But my mind is free, though having read my stories you may wish I didn't bother But I'll ignore you, and carry on regardless. I do get heckled by my own Tinnitus these past 4 years+, so I have music on all night long to drown it out. Tinnitus is a curse, I wake up with so much noise in my head every morning for 3 hours I'm terrified for hours till it calms down It's no joke, drives you to the edge of insanity and beyond Go Google if you don't believe me I sleep with Miley, Taylor, Eric Clapton and Will Young, maybe I should buy a bigger bed, or just get a better mattress. April 2023 I now have a better mattress and duvet too That's the end of the tidy version of my life, if you want more come and buy me a Stella Artois and all will be revealed. Though I've never been much of a drinker, too many alcoholic lodgers puts you off alcohol To finish here's the list of my 20 books, so far:- 1.The Butcher The Baker and The Undertaker 2.Shoplife 3.Essays and Plays 4.Blogs 2011 5.300 and Not OUT 6.Shorts 2013 7.More Shorts 2014 8.Quick Stories 9.Still Alive 2015 10.Undiscovered Words 2016 11.Still Smiling 2017 12.Altogether Now 13.New Horizons 14.14 Up 15.15 Down 16.Sweet Sixteen 17. 17 Again 18. 18 New Views 19. The Final Cut of the 19th Hole 20. 2020 Words 21. Fresh Fields 70,400 words written so far https://www.amazon.co.uk/Michael-Casey/e/B00571G0YC to buy ebooks Tears for a Butcher will be the sequel to BBU, and it too will be 600 pages, if ever I get around to writing it, however I really need a speed typist to put it down, while I sit and dictate like Barbara Cartland, and hopefully my speed typist would be impressed. From Typist to Muse... We go on to have 4 children and form a Kpop band, and I'd be the manager the kids would be called Mathew Mark Luke and John in whatever is the Korean/Japanese or whatever language the typist speaks its better to dream than just die ok, that's your lot, p.s. Don't forget I have readers all over the world, everywhere there is Electricity or maybe only Foreigners like me, The Butcher The Baker and The Undertaker are being read, on the same day, along with my Quick Stories collection of short stories and other books I've placed online in multiple languages so Media groups do get in touch 2000 plus copies of Quick Stories in Korean have been downloaded and 1000s of Arabic translations too other languages are there too, just so you all suffer equally Maybe only foreigners find me funny, or I should just look in that mirror email michaelgcasey@hotmail.com or send a message via Wordpress REAL PEOPLE NOT FRAUDS Spammers beware I don't want any prizes, and I don't believe you have millions to share with me or you are dying. I never click links, too many years using computers, 44, so I know just how much damage RUBBISH can do Leave me in Peace to write when Tinnitus isn't killing me not unless you are a speed typist who wants to type for free while I repose on the sofa behind you Then just maybe Tears for a Butcher will be written a 600 page sequel to The Butcher The Baker and The Undertaker Michael Casey aka the fat silver haired writer in shades from Birmingham Englan https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/efda2dca0de5b9269191b7c8b0102473?s=400&d=mm View all posts by michaelgcasey

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