On Your Marks

 

The January edition of the Biannual Blogathon Bash has begun!

Wait a minute.  What is that, you may ask?

#blogathon2 is a weekend of whipping you blog into shape so it can go out into the blogosphere better, stronger, faster!  If you don't have the tools, you can find out about them by clicking the button above.  If you don't have the know-how, come meet people who do (and like to share)!

Over the course of 72 hours, hundreds of bloggers will be working on their blogs.  Some posts will undoubtedly be written (that's one of the things on my list), but a lot of things that are less regular to the craft will be seen to as well (IMO, this is where the mini-challenges, etc, come into play).  

For my own personal situation, there is a mini-challenge about page rank, something I do not understand at all.  Now's my chance to learn!

Come take your blog to the next level!

My list of goals for this weekend:

1.  Back up my blog.  DONE! 

2.  Plan and schedule in- and outbound guest posts for the rest of the year.  IN PROCESS. 

3.  Reassess (and reactivate?) my Mental Health Mondays meme. 

4.  Plan some sort of blogging/reading event later in the year. 

5.  Finish an e-book for giveaway. 

6.  Publish 3 book reviews. 

7.  Read that 2nd writing prompts book. 

8.  Finish as many mini-challenges as possible.

The Mini-Challenges:

1.  Creating a pinnable image with PicMonkey.  DONE!

I had done something like this one before, but when I used it as a link up image, the name got cut off at the beginning and end, so I thought I would re-do the image.

2.  5 Tips to Organizing your blogging when you work outside the home (NYA). 

3.  Narrowing your niche. 

4.  Categories and tags. 

5.  Improving your page rank. 

6.  Growing your Instagram following. 

7.  Increasing your Google+ following. 

8.  Growing your Facebook community.

9.  Increasing Productivity. 

10.  15 clever ways to get new blog traffic.

I'll make updates to this list as the goals and challenges go in-process and are completed.

Please leave a comment whether or not you are participating in the bash, so I can visit your blog!  Thanks so much vor visiting my Back Porch! :O)

Two Important Events!

(click the button for all the information on the Blogathon Bash and to sign up!)  The BB takes place this Friday through Sunday (1/24 - 1/26).

Here is a list of things on which I will be working this weekend

1. Back up my blog.
2. Plan and schedule in- and outbound guest posts for the rest of the year.
3. Reassess (and reactivate?) my "Mental Health Mondays" meme.
4. Plan some sort of blogging and/or reading event for later in the year.
5. Finish writing an e-book for giveaway.
6. Read that 2nd writing prompts book.
7. Publish 3 book reviews.
8. Finish as many mini-challenges as possible.

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(as always, click the button for more information and to sign up at the Seasons of Reading blog.)

Goals

1. Read one book that fits into each reading challenge I'm in this year.  (Thank goodness, some books can count for more than one challenge.)
2. Get caught up on my book reviews.
3. Plan a monthly book zine.

I'd love for all y'all to join me in one or both of these events.  If you do, why not leave a comment and let me know, so we can encourage each other during the blogathon and/or readathon?  Sweet!