As many of us typically look back and reflect on the events of the last twelve months, the staff of ABL Advisor takes this occasion to do the same. We thought it would be interesting to take a look at which of our articles from 2014 that captured our readers’ interest the most. In that light, we reviewed this year’s content and website metrics to determine which three blogs received the greatest number of "clicks” from our readers. Here's what we found out...

Top Three Blogs for 2014

Alexander A. Calderone Atlantic City’s Downfall: Lessons Learned the "Hard Way" Lately the headlines in the casino business no longer revolve around big wins, but devastating losses. Alex Calderone notes sometimes what happens in Vegas only happens in Vegas. Read Full Blog September 16, 2014

Kathleen Z. Lepak Training the Next Generation: ABL New Business Development The average age of talented business development teams in ABL businesses continues to increase. Cultivating the next generation of ABL sales stars is clearly a long-term project. Read Full Blog January 27, 2014

Scott Sandel Is Your Borrower’s EBITDA Accurate? Attention asset-based lenders: how are you validating EBITDA for your middle-market borrowers? Some lenders have found that an “Earnings Validation Report” is a reliable approach. Read Full Blog October 22, 2014

In closing, we would like to underscore that the staff of ABL Advisor continously seeks to provide top-level content to its readers and from our perspective, each of our blogs this year were not only well written, but relevant to the industry. The title, The Best of 2014, only refers to our readers' preferences and in no way takes away from the rest of our blog content. As such, we express our deep gratitute to each of the writers who contributed to ABL Advisor this year.

One final thought...we thank our readers and advertisers as well and wish the very best in 2015!