So Long, Farewell, Auf Weidersein, Adieu...Bonjour, Hola, Hello
Today is the first day of a new year, Two thousand GREAT as a colleague put it this morning.
It's also the first day of Blog 365 AND the last day of Holidailies. I liken in to running a time trial in November, then another in December with Holidailies. Now I'm about to embark on the marathon, 365 (or 6) days of blogging.
At the end of it, I am hoping to be energized, with no one complaining that I should have cut my losses and quit the damn thing in June. Another hope is that I make a bunch of new friends for the effort. There's a dozen or so people that I check in on every day, thanks to the sprints. You can say I'm spoiled by Mandy and Lotus, because they write every day, too.
Now there are another 600 or so people to check out every day. Not that I'll check them all every day, but I'll probably find some new writers (or in one case, sketcher-hi Steven) to add to the 'must read' tab on the toolbar. Over the course of the year, it works out to checking just less than two new blogs per day.
Curious? You should be! Go over to www.blog365.ning.com and see what's going on. If you find me, you'll find my fellow blogger friends on my page.
The big question is how long will it take for me to get to my personal goal of 50 regular hits a day? Once I do, my little corner of the blogosphere will be picking up stakes and paying for a site!
So, goodbye Holidailies. You provided a lot of training for the marathon ahead. You brought me daily readers (hi, strangers-you can comment-I won't bite!) and some great reading. Hello, Blog365. You seem like an old friend (that Ning thing), yet new at the same time.
Onward!
It's also the first day of Blog 365 AND the last day of Holidailies. I liken in to running a time trial in November, then another in December with Holidailies. Now I'm about to embark on the marathon, 365 (or 6) days of blogging.
At the end of it, I am hoping to be energized, with no one complaining that I should have cut my losses and quit the damn thing in June. Another hope is that I make a bunch of new friends for the effort. There's a dozen or so people that I check in on every day, thanks to the sprints. You can say I'm spoiled by Mandy and Lotus, because they write every day, too.
Now there are another 600 or so people to check out every day. Not that I'll check them all every day, but I'll probably find some new writers (or in one case, sketcher-hi Steven) to add to the 'must read' tab on the toolbar. Over the course of the year, it works out to checking just less than two new blogs per day.
Curious? You should be! Go over to www.blog365.ning.com and see what's going on. If you find me, you'll find my fellow blogger friends on my page.
The big question is how long will it take for me to get to my personal goal of 50 regular hits a day? Once I do, my little corner of the blogosphere will be picking up stakes and paying for a site!
So, goodbye Holidailies. You provided a lot of training for the marathon ahead. You brought me daily readers (hi, strangers-you can comment-I won't bite!) and some great reading. Hello, Blog365. You seem like an old friend (that Ning thing), yet new at the same time.
Onward!
Comments
Hey Suzanne, I signed up for the sitemeter thing that you have on your site, and for some reason it tells me I never have anyone at my site...even though there are comments there?? Any thoughts??
It's pretty cool once you do start tracking. You can see who's reading at 3am, who's reading when they say they arent and know when you've got fresh readers. (I do the happy dance for the last one!)
Even better is when you recognize a far flung place show up once, then again a week later, then a couple of days later and before you know it, they're reading every day. Alas, they're scared of me because they DON'T COMMENT!
Thanks for the feedback!! Maybe I'll get to be doing some happy dances too. :)
Good luck on the bloggy blogginess! I'm going to invest in a nice Hemingway-type sweater and a case of speed in order to get through it. Who needs a vice? Me!
How about an IV drip of coffee for the next twelve months. "Amos, why does your mom shake like she's being electrocuted?"
Regular posting is the single most important thing for the success of a blog. So while Blog 365 appears painful it will be well worth the effort. I wouldn't be surprised if you surpass your traffic goal within a month. I am glad you found me and my blog through Blog 365 - I need the moral support!
Thanks for stopping by!