State of the Blog Address – December 2014

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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