A year in the life
A 12 months in the past today, I challenged myself to jot down at the least one weblog submit a day for a year. Out of those 365 days, there was just in the future that went submit-much less. I ended up writing 537 posts inside the final 12 months and that far exceeds what I thought I was able to, although I missed an afternoon. I did it for the workout of writing every day but on the equal time, I desired to see what might manifest if I truly threw myself into this medium.
I've made a couple hundred bucks (way to my sponsors!), met and befriended an entire network of people who've grown up round this element, I've had excellent interviews with human beings I respect, I've been flown throughout the u . S . A . To visit conferences at businesses like Google and GE (Google! I can nevertheless slightly agree with that one), I've had posts translated into Italian and Polish and run in European net websites, I correspond often with human beings round the sector, I've landed a couple of freelance writing gigs (extra please!), I've been reprinted in primary newspapers, I've picked up a few layout customers, I've suggested various of new bloggers; and most importantly, I can look back over a yr's paintings and be pleased with it.
When I jumped into the blogosphere, my plan was to prepare an online resource for my design customers. I had no idea that any of the blessings I simply indexed had been feasible. I knew nothing approximately HTML or sitemaps or backlinks. I don't think I'd ever actually study a blog before I started. Pretty rapidly once I committed to every day blogging even though, I noticed that my site visitors commenced to boom. They were some heady days, permit me tell you. I assume I had 500 hits last July and I concept I was the king of the universe. If I do not get that in a day now I suppose a few thing's terribly incorrect.
I've been searching forward to this anniversary and for a long term I viewed it as an end to my commitment to jot down every day. I've toyed with the idea of slicing back to a five day a week gig, and I can also do that a few day. Just not nowadays. Over the course of a 12 months, writing each day has grow to be so ingrained in my agenda, a lot part of me, I'm no longer real inquisitive about going with out it.
I am making a few modifications although. Eventually, there may be going to be a revised layout around here. It's slick and clean and really tons still underneath production. I'm additionally going to begin walking visitor posts once in a while. Franki Durbin's going to take over after I pass on holiday in August for instance. Guests posts are open to anybody who is involved although. Have something to mention? Want to mention it in front of an target market? Let me realize and we're going to paintings something out.
Anyhow, many thanks to all of you for reading my screeds and rants. Keep coming back, there's more a laugh stuff to come.