E is for Effect

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Our team theme this month is “Aspirations: Blogging hopes, dreams, and goals”.

I’ve been blogging for over a decade now, sharing my writing journey, research, and whatever else needed sharing. I’ve tried various formats: Interviews, Guest Posts, Fiction (flash fiction and longer pieces), Research Pieces, Author News, Long Format, Short Format, and things I can’t even remember.

But jumping around had left no effect on my audience. In fact, it had created a divide. Not everyone signed up to my blog to get news or fiction or whatever, and were left disappointed when that day’s post wasn’t what they had signed up for initially.

The goal with blogging had been to build an audience for my fiction. But without a proper strategy, it looked like a scattergun approach without effect on the growth of a fan base whatsoever.

These days, I stick to writing monthly writing posts, folklore and book review posts in April, with occasional bookish posts throughout the year. The effect on my blog’s subscriptions show that this works to further my blogging goals.

What do you do to reach your blogging goals? What is the effect your blog has on you and your readers?

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D is for Dreams #AtoZChallenge

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Our team theme this month is “Aspirations: Blogging hopes, dreams, and goals”.

What do you dream of?

I have always had aspirations (or dreams, if you will). But if you asked what I dreamed my life would be like as a child, it certainly is not how it turned out. Heck, the same thing is true if you asked me just 6 years ago. But what's important are two things:

1) I am happy with how my life is going.

2) I am still dreaming of how I want my life to go and working toward those goals.

So tell us: what do you dream of?

~ Jayden

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Creativity #AtoZchallenge

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Our team theme this month is “Aspirations: Blogging hopes, dreams, and goals”.

(As our Founder, Arlee Bird, is taking some well-earned time off, I'll be creating more posts this month in his stead.) Please do stop by his blog to leave a friendly hello!)

It takes a lot of creativity to maintain a blog. There's coming up with posts that will interest a wide audience, finding ways to respond to comments, and crafting comments on others' blogs. Part of that creativity is thinking about your blogging hopes, dreams, and goals -- and then looking for creative ways to meet them. If you have the goal of being part of a supportive blogging community, 🎉CONGRATULATIONS 🙌 you've found the best blog hop to join! 

Sign up here! https://forms.gle/zPLbRoqj6G9xEijK6  

Hurry, you have to join before April 4 (or wait until 2027 SIGN-UP March 29!)

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