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Winter 2014 Mini-Bloggiesta Finish Line

January 31, 2014

 

Last weekend I took part in the mini-Bloggiesta event. It’s a great chance to do some much needed housekeeping and work on ways to make your blog better. Even more fun- there was a twitter chat on Saturday night and I got to spend an hour tweeting with like-minded bloggers, asking questions and getting questions answered. It was a high-speed online cocktail party where, instead of talking I was typing as fast as I could!

The final step to this challenge was to check back in with an update as to how I’d done. Most bloggers accomplished this by Wednesday but, for whatever reason, I lost all the momentum I had and so, today, here are my results. Bottom line? This is a fun way to get things done and bring the focus back onto your blog. I’ll definitely be participating again!

  1. Add reviews to Goodreads and Library Thing
  2. Change or fix one thing on sidebar  Started on this but decided it’s a larger issue and am contemplating a complete blog overhaul
  3. Write reviews for at least two backlogged books Done but I don’t seem to learn from this- already have 4 more reviews to write!
  4. Get caught up on book blogs- with comments! Enjoyed getting back in touch with blogs I enjoy and learning about even more books
  5. Do two mini-challenges  One mini- challenge completed and one in process. Thank you Shannon @RiverCityReading
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  1. Tanya says

    January 31, 2014 at 5:37 am

    I’m glad the twitter chat was so good. I’m sorry i missed it but the time difference it would have been in the middle of the night! It was my first bloggiesta and i can’t wait to do more.

    Reply
  2. Andi (@estellasrevenge) says

    January 31, 2014 at 9:47 am

    You did a great job!!! I wish I’d been able to do more, but I was too far under the weather. 🙁

    Reply
  3. Katie @ Words for Worms says

    January 31, 2014 at 5:25 pm

    Great progress!!! I’m impressed.

    Reply
  4. Monika @ Lovely Bookshelf says

    January 31, 2014 at 9:16 pm

    Good job! And eeeek a blog overhaul? Exciting and overwhelming all together, right? Good luck with it, hope all goes smoothly and you’re thrilled with the result!

    Reply
  5. Rory says

    February 1, 2014 at 1:51 pm

    I’m in need of a blog overhaaul too. It’s getting there, but I’m also thinking about switching the self-hosted too. So then I start to thinking why bother working on my wordpress.com site. And that’s a slippery slope for someone like me (read: anal and picky) to get on…

    Someday I want to do one of these…

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    • Catherine says

      February 1, 2014 at 5:09 pm

      I’m self-hosted and have decided to do things slowly- but consistently. I’m terrified of using a new theme because I don’t understand that much about child themes and so how do I work on something new without crashing the existing site? Bleech.

      Reply

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