February. I’m glad to see you go. Â Here in Massachusetts we were buried in snow. Â Like 9Â feet of snow and that is not an exaggeration. Roofs collapsed. Â Roof dams became a part of our daily vernacular. Â Giant snow banks caused car accidents (just ask me, I know first hand). Â Every time I see an Instagram post that says “It’s snowing!!!” I want to reach through the phone screen and say, “That is not snow! Â THIS is snow”, in my best Crocodile Dundee impression. It was quite depressing, actually. Â I didn’t have a whole of motivation for blogging, or anything else for that matter. Â (Don’t worry, March has already started out much better! Â I could hear melting happening all day today!). Â So with that disclaimer, here is the State of the Blog for February 2015.
Goal #1
Increase social media presence/followers
- Pinterest – 550 Followers –  Lofty goal in  short month!  Achieved!  552
- Twitter – 70 Followers – Not Achieved – 66
- Bloglovin & WordPress – 34 Followers – Not Achieved – 32
Goal #2
Hold steady with page views. Â This month is three days shorter and while I am close to the same average page views, I’ll be happy if I can stay around 8k page views this month. Achieved! Â 7700 page views in this short month
Goal #3
Work again on the look of the blog. Â I think the header picture needs an update. Â Same pic, just crisper. – Not achieved
Goal #4
Get back to more house posts. Â I love craft stuff, but I don’t want to leave the home decor in the dust. Â Achieved! Â I did a post on a fun update to the bedroom.
Goal #5
Find and start a free photography tutorial. Â (I’m cheating a little on this because I have already found one. Â IÂ just haven’t started it!) Â Not achieved. Â Carrying over to next month!
March Goals:
Goal #1
Increase social media presence/followers
Goal #2
Increase page views. Â 10,000. Â Shoot for the stars, right?
Goal #3
More outfit posts like this one, more “talky” posts like this one and more 5 Fabulous posts like this one.
Goal #4
Work again on the look of the blog. Â I think the header picture needs an update. Â Same pic, just crisper.
Goal #5
Find and start a free photography tutorial. Â (I’m cheating a little on this because I have already found one. Â IÂ just haven’t started it!)
And the best for last, the money:
Adsense: Â $16.85 decrease of $6.55 from previous month – Total for the year: Â $29.95
PayU2Blog – $0 – decrease of $5.00 from previous month – Total for year: Â $5.00
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