Last time Connie Ragen Green hosted a 30-day blog challenge, I came in sort of late — and wasn’t really prepared as well as I wanted to be. I did manage to get 15 posts done, though, which was quite a bit more blogging than I’d done in a while. I learned a lot, and when she and Jeannette Cates announced they would be doing another 30 Day Blog Challenge for the month of June, I decided to give it another go — and this time, to actually do 30 posts in 30 days.
I’m hoping to accomplish the following things during these 30 days:
- energize my readers and inspire them to do more cool things
- get more twitter followers (so I can get past that tough 2000 follower hurdle and grow my twitter account; I only need another 120 or so to get there, so it’s not that big a hurdle now. . . )
- increase my subscriber list for my products and services (and I’ll be blogging more about what they are during this month)
- meet new friends in the 30 day challenge; I already know some of them and I’m excited to meet more
- and oh yeah, have fun!
I hope this is a great month for all of us in the Challenge, and for all my readers.
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I hope this goes well for you, Nancy — I have a couple of blogs and it’s a struggle for me to write, since I don’t have a clue what to write about. Hopefully this challenge will help!
- Lynn
Hi Lynn, Oh boy you are so right about that! Before this challenge even began, I got so many great ideas for blog posts that I’m pretty sure I’ve got the first week covered already. Have you gone through all the suggestions Jeanette gave us? If you can get your readers commenting, you can ask them to tell you what they want you to write about, too — that always helps
I’ll look for your blog over at the challenge.
Thanks for your comments!
Nancy
The Blog Challenge really is a stretch, isn’t it? For me the big benefit was as Connie predicted…establishing the habit of writing every day.
~Janet
It’s a good habit to establish, for sure. The other big benefit for me is to meet so many people doing cool things
Well, we will found each other in the challenge. It’s good to see that I’m not the only people with some fear and also with great goals to do at the challenge! I will follow you in twitter, but I can’t found your id!! Mine is at my blog, I will follow back you (o you can send me a DM). Thanks and keep going the posts!!
Hi Gonzalo, Thanks for checking in. My twitter link is at the MOM site in the list, but here it is too:
brightwings
I am trying to get my followers above 2000 so I can follow back — and I will follow you once I reach that goal. Looks like I only have another 90 or so to go
Now I need to go over and check out your blog too!
Wow blogging 30 days in a row. I still can’t bring myself to blog everyday. I spend about 4-6 hours on each post so its pretty impossible. Good luck.
Hi Ralph,
Thanks for stopping by. One thing Jeanette and Connie suggest for the 30 Day Challenge is to write short posts, with 150 words as the minimum. When you’re going for “short” it’s easier to produce good quality posts because you don’t have to spend so much time on each one.
Here’s a suggestion for you: what would happen if you take your post that takes 4-6 hours to write, and reorganize it so that it becomes a 5-part article instead? That way, you could leverage your time.
On the other hand, that wouldn’t work for some articles. It IS a commitment, for sure!
Thanks for the encouragement — and good luck to you too
Nancy