So just 30 days ago, I elected to start the Ultimate Blog Challenge and do a blog a day for 30 days.
Would I do it again? – yes, but only if I have a game plan as I did for this month
Was it worth it? – a definite yes !!
Am I doing it again next month? – a definite no !!!
A Big Thanks to Michele Scism and Michelle Scaffer for coming up with the concept.
In summary, here’s an index of what I’ve posted.
Day 1 : How to experience Moments of Light
Day 2 : Inspiration in Business
Day 3 : The anatomy of a click through
Day 4 : Whole Mind Not-Thinking
Day 5 : What is Love?
Day 6 : Be an Agent of the Infinite
Day 7 : What do you know?
Day 8 : iPadivity
Day 9 : Making Time
Day 10 : eReading
Day 11 : eWriting
Day 12 : ePublishing
Day 13 : Getting in the Zone
Day 14 : The Golden Age of Self-publishing
Day 15 : Whole Brain Thinking
Day 16 : How to Have A Great Week : part #001
Day 17 : How to Have A Great Week : part #002
Day 18 : The Inspirational Breath
Day 19 : Cross Crawling
Day 20 : Mapping your Mind
Day 21 : Food for Thought
Day 22 : Which side are you on?
Day 23 : Something for the Weekend #001
Day 24 : Something for the Weekend #002
Day 25 : Something for the Weekend #003
Day 26 : Fear of Ridicule
Day 27 : Fear of Failure
Day 28 : Fear of the Unknown
Day 29 : Fear of Success
Today – this index … Phew !!!
Daily blogging is a huge commitment and well done you on the solid month of blogging. At the beginning of the year, I took on a challenge to blog every day for 365 days in celebration of my 50th Birthday year. http://1961girl.wordpress.com/
After nearly 60 daily posts, I finally threw in the towel by the end of Feb as the blogging process had begun to take over my life…and I had a new business to get off the ground!
Did I regret taking on the challenge and did I feel a failure for not completing the task?
No way.
I learnt vast amounts about how to work with WordPress software – invaluable now my new website has been built on a WordPress platform.
I learnt how to build up a loyal band of followers.
I’ve made many wonderful and supportive ‘blogging buddies’ who still keep in touch.
I’ve learnt about the discipline of writing…and what ‘writers block’ really means!
I got a real ‘buzz’ from teaching myself ‘how to do it’, as I knew nothing about how to create a blog, or write a post before throwing myself in at the deep end!
And the icing on the cake – after just a month of blogging – was having my blog featured on the ‘Freshly Pressed’ WordPress site resulting in over 3,500 hits in less than 24 hours – truly amazing – and what a cause for celebration!
And even though I’ve only written one post on my personal blog in the last few months, I still receive loads of comments (over 1,000 to date) and hits are now up to 10,000. Quite incredible and I am still amazed – and humbled – at the success I’ve enjoyed.
Now all I have to do is repeat this success with the blog on my new website…which is proving to be more challenging as I am beginning to think that in general, people prefer to follow ‘personal’ blogs as opposed to blogs contained within a website. I’m sure that Tom will have some advice on this topic.
I look forward to reading of others experiences.
Best wishes,
Julie Bryant – The Naked Dragon!
http://nakeddragon.co.uk/
Wow Julie – your 365 days puts my 30 days into context – well done you. Could that blog be built into a book?