Noteworthy Blog Posts

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


Noteworthy blog posts bring readers back time and again. Guests are more likely to "favorite" a site and share content on their social media. Readers seek posts that are initially engaging, so don't bury the good stuff. A post might educate, entertain, or grow a community. Having a blog post that is unique, that readers are unlikely to find similar information on dozens of other sites, is especially useful and memorable. Encourage conversation by asking questions, especially open-ended ones that appeal to emotions. Philosophical inquiries tend to keep a reader's attention longer. Be a trustworthy authority in your blogging area to keep people coming back for more.

What was the last blog post you saw that evoked happiness, sadness, surprise, anger, disgust, fear, or contempt in you? 

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Leadership #AtoZChallenge 2026

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

What does it mean to take a leadership role in blogging? 

We keep hearing over and over again that blogging is outdated. That people are migrating to newer, quicker, more streamlined platforms that allow faster posting, more content, and less time spent on reading.

And yet, here we are. Doing a blogging challenge. Not only blogging, but blogging every day in April, and for years and years in-between.

So what makes someone a leader in blogging?

Here are a few of my thoughts:

- Integrity. Being true to your interests, your voice, and your preferences. No giving in to the "more, more, faster, faster!" pressure of social media. Taking the time to post throughtful things.

- Community. Supporting other bloggers, boosting their posts, commenting, connecting. Not only shouting into the void, but listening to others.

- Craft. Posting well written text, well selected pictures, original thoughts. Not giving into copyright infringement or plagiarism for the sake of faster production. Holding others to the same standard and boosting the ones who are posting quality content.

- Sharing. Not hiding everything behind paywalls, not trying to sell something in every single post. Participating in the gift economy by sharing advice, information, curiosities, resources freely online. Making the internet a more open space along with other bloggers.

It's your turn now! What would make someone a leader in the blogging sphere?

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K is for Knowledge

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

Why do you blog?

Personally, I blog to share the knowledge I’ve gained through trial-and-error, researching my favourite topics, and whatever else I think others might be interested in. I keep to writing/publishing advice, folklore, and book reviews.

The knowledge I share is something others find of value (at least, according to my blog’s stats). One of my blogging hopes is that the knowledge I have, however obscure or niche, will find its audience.

Why do you blog? What knowledge do you share with others?

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Blogging Intentions #AtoZchallenge

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

What are your blogging Intentions?

Intentions are everything
Intentions will set you free

- Intentions by Twenty One Pilots

Heart full of equity, you're an asset

Make sure that you don't need no mentions

Yeah, these are my only intentions

Already passed, you don't need no approval

Good everywhere, don't worry 'bout no refusal

Second to none, you got the upper hand now

Don't need a sponsor, nope, you're the brand now

- Justin Bieber - Intentions

• An intention is a mental state in which a person commits themselves to a course of action.
• The underlying goals, purposes, or reasons behind a person's actions, plans, or behaviors.
• The motivation behind a choice.
• Long-term desired results.
• Intention is your internal motive, while impact is how others experience your action.
• A determination to act, not just a passing thought.
• Intentions are conscious, positive, and present-tense declarations that guide your mindset and behaviors, distinct from goal outcomes. They focus on how you want to be or feel daily.

The mistakes with intentions come from them being too vague, and forgetting to review and adjust your intentions regularly. 

Your blogging intentions might be to establish yourself as an authority on a subject, to educate or inform others about something important to you, to attempt to solve a problem by blogging about it, to foster a community and connect with others, or to document your experience. If you keep your posts focused on your intentions, your audience will grow. 

 

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Goals #AtoZChallenge 2026

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

"Goals" might seem like too large a term for this entire year's theme - so let's break it down.

I don't know about you, but I am the kind of person who works best when the tasks are small and easy to tick off a list. So instead of "Do A to Z this year" I'd make a list like:

- Decide on a theme!

- Make an A-Z list!

- Complete a post today!

- Visit 5 other blogs today!

Having smaller goals is half the battle. The other half is rewards. This system got me through writing a dissertation, and you can tweak it for yourself... but basically, with small goals come small rewards. A piece of chocolate? Ten minutes of listening to your favorite music? A trip to buy some fresh fruit? Watching one episode of your favorite show? Whatever it is that rewards you, goes hand in hand well with the goals you set.

Keep blogging! You have already done the first week! Good job!

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Function of your Blog #AtoZchallenge

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

What is the function of your blog? 

What about blogging is most important to you? A place for your voice to be heard, a way to make new friends, a place to share information, debate opinions, or perhaps to establish your authority on a topic? Do you update or post on your blog regularly, and do your followers know when to anticipate such posts? Are your comments fostering conversations? When someone new visits your blog, will they easily be able to find the desired content and engage? 

Direct your blogging focus on efforts that meet your goals. Find your passion, then make your blog's function to define, explore, and share it with the world. 

What is a positive, practical, personal blogging goal you have for this month? 

Remember to take a COPY of the MasterList for your blog hopping use!

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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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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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A is for Aspirations #AtoZChallenge 2026

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SIGN-UP LINK: https://forms.gle/zPLbRoqj6G9xEijK6 (closes April 4!)

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

What are your blogging aspirations? Do you hope to become a blogging leader (what would that look like to you)? Are you striving to cultivate meaningful relationships within the blogging community? Is it about self-growth and self-exploration for you? Could your blog give you a sense of fulfillment and personal pride? Is it about stretching your creativity? 

Knowing the purpose and direction of your blog can keep you motivated. Taking part in this blog hop is a great way to connect with fellow bloggers and to establish a blogging routine. 

Most bloggers in this hop aspire to post around 300 words for each letter. Enough to engage visitors, but not so much as to weigh the "hoppers" down. 

The challenge continues to exist because of bloggers like you. 

Aspirations need action to matter! That's why we ask you to follow us, and to tell others about this hop. There was a time when 1656 blogs joined, and it grew to 2009, but then shrank to 697, and last year we had just under 200 blogs in the hop. 📈📉 Such is the way of the Internet. To keep this hop alive, we need you to tell your blogging friends about it! Please post on your social media, comment and like 👍our posts, and spread the word about the #AtoZChallenge. 😁

We aspire to keep this blogging community active, thriving, inspiring, and supportive of one another. 

 

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Sign-Up 2026 #AtoZchallenge

Please check out the April Blogging from A to Z Challenge
#AtoZChallenge
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2026

Official Challenge Sign-ups : March 23- April 4

https://forms.gle/zPLbRoqj6G9xEijK6 Sign-up Form

It will ask the NAME of your blog, your name, a link to your blog, the category you'll be posting about this April, if you have Adult Content, if visitors have to read all your posts to know what's going on (Continuous story), an option for your prefered pronouns, what year you first did A to Z, if anyone referred you (there's a contest), comment name (to make it easier for fellow bloggers to find you on our Master List to comment back, especially if you don't leave a hyperlink or sign your comments), optional location, and the option of a short summary of your theme- if using one. 

Double-check everything. 

https://tinyurl.com/mu5vjy48 Then visit others all month long!

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

This is an international Blog Hop. Sign-up here. Copy the Master List (it will be complete on April 4, so be sure to update if you make a copy early). Visit other blogs and leave comments there (polite, positive, respectful comments, please). Support each other, intrigue one another, grow this blogging community and keep it strong. 

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