Yesterday was an exciting day for my little corner of the webisphere. "Start Acting My Age" reached 5000 views! I have watched my readership steadily growing, which makes me very happy and increases my motivation to continue to produce quality blog posts.
In honor of this milestone (and a lack of a sub job today), I decided it was time for a blog overhaul. And when I say overhaul, I mean OVERHAUL! I spent a LOT of time searching around the internet today, figuring out how to do fancy~smancy things with html codes and all that crap. I am not a technical personal when it comes to html and coding and things like that, so I'm pretty proud of what I've come up with.
What do you think? I think it looks a lot more professional and interesting. I got rid of my pages bar across the top and now have links on the right hand side. I also made it easier for you to follow me on Facebook, Pinterest, and RSS Feed. I'm still working out some kinks, so if you find a broken link or come upon a page that you didn't think a link would lead to, let me know!
Also, I started a "Start Acting My Age" facebook page to post blog updates through that. A lot of my readers rely on Facebook to know when I've updated my blog, but a lot of my Facebook friends don't give a $#!^ about my blog. If you would like to receive updates on new postings, be sure to click the Facebook circle in the top right-hand corner.
While you're at it, you could also click "Join This Site" on the right as well. Here's why:
The next step for my blog is SPONSORSHIP. This means I can actually make MONEY off of my blog. Other bloggers will send me their "buttons" and I will have a column of advertisements. A lot of bloggers look at how many followers you have on Google Friend Connect, so if you click "Join This Site", other bloggers can see how many people follow my blog, thus increasing their viewership as well.
I am hoping to start advertising on other blogs in the next few weeks to increase my traffic as well. Good things are happening over here!
Last but not least, THANK YOU for reading my blog and showing interest in my adventures of crafting, wedding planning, and sharing my daily life. I love blogging but I wouldn't do it without my loyal readers. So... THANK YOU!
Showing posts with label Goals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Goals. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Happy New Year!
Happy new year! I hope you all had a great celebratory new year with friends and family. We had some friends and family over to out apartment and had a lot of fun. I don't usually get too sentimental looking back on the year around new year's, but 2011 was a great year for me so I thought I'd rewind the highlights.
In 2011 I...
*Finished off a fantastic senior year with some of my best friends
*Graduated from college
*Moved to a new city
*Worked my first real full-time job nannying for an amazing family
*Found my passion in the teaching world working with at-risk children
*Moved in with my boyfriend
*Got engaged to my best friend
*Received my teacher's license
*Watched one of my best friends become a Mrs.
*Started my blog
*Developed my talents in the handmade world
*Saw two of my favorite bands, front row
*Spent lots of quality time with loved ones
*I never make resolutions, always goals, and these goals are always elaborately designed (I'm talking a step-by-step typed out outline to complete them). However, it always seems by February school and life take over and I lose focus. This year, I will make a few goals for myself, but mainly reminders for a happy life.
In 2012, I hope to...
*Get a full-time teaching job
*all and visit my close friends more often
*Find an organization to volunteer for in my new city
*Save more money
*Be the best maid of honor in the history of maid's
*Cook for my fiancé more (when I say more I mean period.)
*Go to boot camp for days per week
*Run another race
*Find new music I love
*Read more books
*Call my siblings more
*Maintain positive thoughts and be appreciative daily
I started my blog this summer as a personal blog to keep my family and friends updated and share my daily musings. The feedback I received was more than i ever expected or hoped for. It's something I love doing, and something I find worthy of my time. If I am going to put time into it, I want to put genuine thought and effort into developing my blog.
2012 Blog Goals
*Update my blog 5 times per week
*Make one craft for my blog each week
*Become a sponsor on other blogs to increase my viewership
*Monetize my blog
*Develop weekly features
*Host guest posting
*Be consistent
Happy 2012 :)
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