I had so much fun in December! I made a DIY Marbled clay dish and a Felt Ball Necklace and an Ice Cream Cake and an ornament wreath and a bunch of wheat free yumminess! Let’s see how well I did on my monthly goals amidst all of this fun and holiday revelry.
December Goals:
Goal #1
Increase social media presence/followers
- Pinterest – 500 Followers – Not achieved, but I’m getting there! 483 on 12/31
- Twitter – 50 Followers –Achieved! 51 on 12/31
- Bloglovin & WordPress – 26 Followers – Achieved and exceeded! 28 followers as of 12/31
Goal #2
Network with other bloggers – 5 comments/week and research Blog groups. Implement a method of tracking this. – Did not achieve. At all. Did not even think about.
Goal #3
Increase page views – November – 5,661 – Goal for December – 6,000 Due 12/31 – Did not achieve. In fact, views were done. 5,542 for December
Goal #4
Update the font of the blog – Due 12/31 – Did not achieve. Taking this off the list. I think this is going to involve a bigger overhaul than I am ready to do right now.
What’s most exciting about December is that I actually made some honest to goodness money! Not a lot of money, but enough to cover the cost of the hosting service for a month. Here’s the break down:
PayU2Blog: $20.00 Total of $20.00 for 2014
AdSense: $10.74 *up $1.31 from previous month. Total of $38.99 for 2014
I know it’s not a ton of money. But it’s a start. I’ve been blogging since January of 2014 and I monetized in August of this year. I’m happy to take it slow for now.
On to January’s goals:
December Goals:
Goal #1
Increase social media presence/followers
- Pinterest – 525 Followers – Due 01/31
- Twitter – 60 Followers –Due 01/31
- Bloglovin & WordPress – 30 Followers – Due 01/31
Goal #2
Network with other bloggers – 5 comments/week and research Blog groups. Implement a method of tracking this.
Goal #3
Increase page views – December – 5,542 – Goal for January – 6,000 – Due 01/31
Goal #4
Stick to the posting schedule. At least a little! – Due 01/31
Goal #5
Do more research and pre-planning for posts. Due 01/31
Goal #6
Photo shoot practice 2x per month Due 01/31
I might be overreaching with 6 goals this month. I’ll let you know how I did!
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