During my #write31days challenge I laid out some goals for my blog. One of those goals was to have a monthly update on the state of the blog. I think it’s important to do for two reasons. First, I love finding blogs that share information about their stats and monetizing. It’s hard to figure out as a fledgling blogger where you should be and how many followers you should have and how much money you should be making. And, second, I like the accountability it gives me for reaching goals that I set out.
Goal #1
Create a schedule of posts
Result – Not Achieved – I thought about this, but I never actually sat down and wrote something down. This will be on the list of goals for November.
Goal #2
Increase social media presence/followers
Pinterest – Increase from 376 followers to 400 by 10/31
Result: Achieved! 406 followers at the end of October. I’m very excited about this. I am way to into my Pinterest stats
Twitter – I’ve just begun the whole Twitter experience. I’m way behind the times on this, I know. I have 23 followers right now, I’d like to be at 35 by 10/31
Result: Not Achieved – I got close, 33 followers. I need to work on this.
Bloglovin – WordPress followers – I have 23 blog followers. I definitely want to increase this. I’m not sure how to accomplish this, but I’ll be doing some research on this. I’ll be happy to add one new follower by 10/31.
Result – Achieved! – I added one WordPress follower, for a total of 24 followers.
Goal #3
Implement new potential revenue streams – I use adsense now and I earn an average of 37 cents a day. I’d like to ad one additional ad network by 10/31 and sign up with one new sponsored post site (I’ve signed up with Izea, but no luck yet).
Result – Not achieved. I think the #write31days zapped all of my time and energy for blogging in October. This will carry over to November. That means for now, my only little revenue stream is from Adsense:
- Adsense October – $8.58
Goal#4
Take better pictures – I’ve got a great camera, I really need to learn how to use it. I’d like to set aside 30 minutes each week to practice and/or study tutorials for DSLR pics through 10/31.
Result – Achieved – I don’t know if I did a full 30 minutes each week, but I did work on creating and editing pics all month.
Goal #5
Network a Little – I’m REALLY introverted, even in this basically anonymous on-line world I’ve created for myself, but I do love getting and giving comments on things I really like and I want to do more of that. I will comment at least once daily on another blog that I love.
Result – Not Achieved – This needs work. I don’t see instant gratification on this one, but I know it’s important. And the small relationships I do have with a couple of fellow bloggers are a lot of fun!
Goal #6
Improve the look of the blog – One thing I’m not happy with is the font of the blog. I’ve fallen in love with Geo Sans Light and I want to figure out how to use something similar in all of the text of the blog – due 10/31.
Result – Not Achieved – Basically, I just never got to this this month.
November Goals
Goal #1
Create a schedule of posts – I have sort of a rotation of topics I like to cover, but it would make life easier if I could plan ahead and have an idea of what I was doing on a given day. Due 12/1
Goal #2
Increase social media presence/followers
- Pinterest – 450 Followers – Due 12/1
- Twitter – 45 Followers – Due 12/1
- Bloglovin & WordPress – 25 Followers – Due 12/1
Goal #3
Implement new potential revenue streams
Goal #4
Network with other bloggers – 5 comments/week and research Blog groups – Due 12/1
Goal #5
Update the font of the blog – Due 12/1
Goal #6
Increase page views. – October total – 5,315 views – November Goal – 6,000 views – Due 12/1
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