What blogging everyday has taught me
Ah, blogging tips – I know they are everywhere but it’s that time of year again… resolutions time!
I made 3 New Year 2014 Resolutions last year: to read more (here’s my reading list); to blog daily; and to lose weight (specifically a stone by my Birthday in March).
Officially I failed at all 3 of my resolutions!
However, I like to think I’ve learnt quite a bit by at least attempting to do them. I’m not a person who is scared to make mistakes. Yes I like to win and do my best, but I’m often so quick to jump in to something that I’ve grown to expect a few bumps and bruises along the way. So, far from lamenting the fact that I didn’t manage to blog everyday in 2014, I’m celebrating what I have learnt! Oh, and while these are blogging tips, I’d say that many of the points would ring true for anything you are trying to achieve from cooking to starting your own business.
Blogging Tips: 10 things I’ve learnt about blogging daily
1. How to be myself
During the first 6 months of 2014 I did blog every day and during that time there was many a day when I hadn’t a single clue what I was going to write about. I feel like I have really exercised that creative muscle and opened my mind up to many different possibilities from Vlogging to fashion to life coaching.
I forced myself to sit and write when I really didn’t want to, and I found things that I love and I have learnt to be myself. For that reason alone one of my biggest blogging tips for those still finding your blog legs and unique voice, is to blog everyday. By forcing myself to write everyday I had no choice but to be myself!
2. You don’t have to write everyday to be a top blogger
Now, I totally stand by what I said in this article about Daily Blogging and the power of frequency, and the amount you blog depends on you and your blog’s personality, but even The Londoner misses a day here and there.
Tim Ferris has blogged 3 times in December and he has over a 1 million subscribers! Granted he’s got a couple of successful books but he’s all about productivity and maximum return, so I’m inclined to follow his model of quality over quantity. From a SEO/traffic point of view, the posts that do the best are high quality, well thought out posts, that are long (apparently the ideal length for SEO is 2000 – 2,400 words! This is just shy of 2,300…!) and useful.
This won’t work for me all the time because the nature of my blog is very different to that of Tim Ferris, and sometimes a short piece with a few pictures is what my audience wants, but you get the picture. It can take me a full day to write a post like this one, which I thoroughly enjoyed and got great feedback! But, unless I want to work all the hours god sent, and have no work/life balance, I need to be a bit more focused about when, how and what I share.
Also, when I first wrote about daily blogging, back in February, I noticed that my traffic had pretty much doubled in January, and I put this down to blogging everyday. I can now tell you that I don’t think it was that and more due to the fact that my top SEO keyword “mummy tummy” does particularly well in January…! While I’m perfectly happy with my stats, I would say that don’t necessarily expect a huge leap in traffic just because you’re blogging everyday!
So another of my blogging tips is not to put pressure on myself to publish everyday but focus on writing what I’m really interested in even (or especially!) if it takes a few days to write (like this post!).
3. I need a deadline
I need some sort of schedule or it will not happen. Blogging daily was my deadline, so while some of my oober talented blogger friends have already written and scheduled their posts for the next month, I write my post on the day it’s due. If there’s no due date, well, it ain’t gunna happen! Once I broke my own deadline 6 months in, I found it increasingly difficult to publish daily. So, with point 2 in mind, I need a deadline to stick to such as Monday, Wednesday, Friday!
4. It’s the act of writing every day that’s important
This is where routine comes in. Babies love routine. Bloggers love routine. If you have a set time when you must sit and write every day, you’re laughing. If you don’t prioritise and respect that time, you’re not laughing. You’re sobbing at 9pm into an empty word document, wishing you could just sit and watch TV or go to bed. When you do something every day you build up momentum, you enjoy it and then it’s not a chore. Break the habit and you’re kinda back to square one. I’ve lived it!
The hardest part of the whole year was coming home from Portugal after almost 2 weeks off. I had scheduled posts so I only missed about a day or 2, however, I didn’t write during that time and it took me nearly a month to get my momentum back. Having said that, and despite my best efforts to carve time for this everyday (see my post 10 tips to get focused for my weekly schedule), this is still a work in progress! But it’s good to know what you need to work on, right?!
Excerpt from Steal Like an Artist by Austin Kleon
5. I’ve learnt new skills
How to edit a video (this one was fun!), how to make pretty pictures, how to run a linky (I now run two with my lovely pals Aby and Zaz) and how to edit audio for a podcast… these are just a few of the things I’ve learnt in a bid to come up with new content. And it’s been fun!
I’ve also learnt how to switch off. On Tuesdays and Fridays I have Reuben all day, and for the most part I won’t look at my phone or computer unless he’s taking a nap. I might share the odd thing but I’ve learnt that the Internet won’t fall apart if I don’t answer that email NOW. Having said that, I have the luxury of having 2 and half childfree days every week and I’m terrible at multi-tasking. So, massive kudos to those mums and dads trying to run a business/blog with little ones in toe. It ain’t easy.
6. Some stuff is sh*t
And that’s OK. Not even your mum or partner is going to read every post you publish if you’re blogging everyday. Equally some stuff is going to be amazing but you don’t know it yet…I say if it’s in your head, write it and hit publish. You never know what will strike a chord! And learn from the stuff that didn’t work so well.
For me going forward, I hope I have the discipline to write everyday and not let “Perfect be the Enemy of Good” but it’s also OK to not publish everything if I don’t think it makes the grade!
7. READ
It’s important for research but also for relaxation. I’ve read from some of my blogging idols recently that they read between 3 and 12 books a week. A WEEK!! I read about a book a month, and surely didn’t read all the books on my 2014 reading list. I am also yet to finish my first fiction book of 2014. How very sad that is!
Since this realisation, and as part of making new rituals, I’ve been making myself read everyday and in December I’ve read 2 books and I’m about to finish another (a fiction!). This alone has inspired what I think will be a really ace idea for 2015!! Which is important for No.9 below. So for the third year in a row, my 2015 resolution is to read more but this time I’m totally upping the anti!
8. Don’t get bogged down with making money (unless you have to in order to survive)
Prior to meeting Mike I got a first class degree in Civil Engineering and had a budding career as a researcher at Newcastle University, managing huge, global research projects and flying all over the world to speak at conferences and chair sessions. But I wanted more. I wanted to be my own boss and be in control. So I started a business with my best friend, Alex. And for 3 years we had the time of our lives. We weren’t earning the big bucks and at times we weren’t earning anything but it was awesome!!
Then I fell pregnant and Alex and I were both ready to move on. I started this blog because I had to; I needed my own project and a reason to get fired up again. Almost 3 years later and I still feel that. I bloody love blogging! But it comes with guilt; Guilt that I am not earning as much as I could. So I bust my ass every day to bring home the bacon.
I’ve worked with some wonderful people and brands and I’ve felt undervalued by others (Katie sums it up nicely here). It was causing me to get disenchanted with the whole process and lose faith in myself and the reason I blog. Yes, I want to make money, who doesn’t when they work 40+ hours a week? I want to help provide for my family. However, I am building a job that I love, a personal brand and that takes time and patience and oodles of self-belief. I am in an incredibly lucky situation where I can work the way I do because I have a hugely supportive husband. Choosing to take a step back from chasing the dollar was one of the best decisions for me in terms of self-worth and valuing what I do.
I will be working with brands next year but only the ones who value this blog and our community (and obviously only work with the brands I love but that’s my rule anyway). I’ll also be following my buddy Vicki’s going Pro tips carefully too!
9. Write what you love
Literally. I’ve learnt that my favourite posts to write are also the ones that get the best reaction and engagement. This is most pertinent when it comes to working with brands. I get invited to events or review products all the time, and whether it’s paid or not, if I don’t feel that passion, I can’t do it because then I’d have to write a passionless article. It’s not good for my soul and no one wants to read it. More and more I’ve learnt this year that it really pays to live life, enjoy myself, not to put crazy expectations on myself and write what I love!
10. Blogging is hard work!
…and it takes a LOT of time (Aby sums it up well here). We have so many things to juggle:
- community building;
- reading and commenting on other blogs;
- twitter, facebook, instagram, pinterest, Google plus, etc;
- speaking to brands;
- going to events;
- taking photos, making videos, creating audio;
- planning and writing posts;
- editing photos or videos or audio;
- reading and researching; and,
- the list goes on and on.
For the most part, we do it all for free, and that’s cool because we love it! But I think we all hope it will start to pay off at some point. But obviously you have to do the money bit with integrity, meaning I have had to turn some paid work down. That’s hard!
Oh and you also have to do loads of living life so you’ve got stuff to talk about too… but the reward you get from writing that post that hits the spot makes it worth every second!
Conclusion
This time last year I was a solitary blogger who wasn’t sure what I wanted from my blog or life. I set myself a challenge to blog everyday and while I didn’t quite manage it (I’d say more than 300 but less than 365), I have learnt so much about myself and what really matters!
Forcing myself to be creative and to write everyday was wonderful for finding my voice and my passions. It’s been an interesting experiment that has taught me many new skills, including a better understanding of how to get the best out of myself! I’ve learnt to respect and value what I do and appreciate how far I’ve come. I also realise I’ve a lot to learn but that’s the fun bit!
I have made so many new and wonderfully supportive friends this year (you know who you are), I’ve won an award, interviewed celebrities, been to press events, made money, been given some really cool things, grown my Facebook community from less than 1000 to almost 5000, and fallen in love with writing and learning and sharing. I blog because I love it.
I believe it makes me a better mum as I’m constantly challenging myself. And, I love connecting with the Mums’ Days community. I never for one moment thought that an awesome group of intelligent, thoughtful, kind women would connect via a blog I created. What an honour! Ultimately it’s the reason I get out of bed in the morning (that and Reuben’s cuddles/jumps on my head).
I am a blogger as much as I am a Mother and I would never ever stop doing this unless I really had to!
What do you think?! Can you take any blogging tips from this?
I know so many of you blog daily and my lessons most certainly won’t be yours, so please do share your tips and tricks too!
This is a great post and I’ve stayed up past my bedtime to read it as it popped up in my Bloglovin 😉 I set myself the goal, when I went self hosted in Aug 2013, to blog daily. Since then I have posted over 900 posts. MADNESS! I am just so busy with reviews and competitions and the odd sponsored posts but in amongst it are things I really want to write, linkies I love joining in with and family updates that make me glow.
I love blogging, I love writing and the momentum has carried on to allow me to blog every day – I am in the habit of writing every evening and reading other blogs too but I do have 20+ posts scheduled at any one time going weeks into the future so I don’t feel the pressure to write if I don’t feel like it.
If at any point I run out of things to write about then I won’t – and that is my resolution, not to put as much pressure on myself and to sit back a little bit more x
Thanks for your amazing response Donna – you are incredible with your scheduling!! I am such a ‘just in time’ person and while I think it means I can do things in a shorter time (like I say no deadline and it’ll either not happen or I’ll paw over it forever tinkering to make it perfect!), it doesn’t half make life stressful at time!! And I end up blogging to the detriment of everything else – looking after the house (thank god for the cleaner!!), myself, spending time with Mike, etc. So, I want a better balance next year! Thanks love xx
So touched by your mentions, you are one wise lady who I’m privileged to call a friend. The biggest thing is being yourself as you said, everything else falls in after that! You are rocking girl, here’s to a cracking 2015. Can’t wait to see you beautiful lady on Monday xx
Love you lady!! And thank you for your kind words xxx
Great tips. I try and blog every day as I find the more I write, the more I feel inspired to write and I agree that it is great for helping you find your own voice. I definitely agree that blogging is hard work and takes a lot of time, but it is so rewarding and I have loved finding the wonderful blogging community over this past year 🙂
yes, that is definitely such a bonus Louise, I don’t know how I did so long without my blogging pals. There is nothing like a good natter with one of them to pick me up when I’m feeling down! xx
I’ve really enjoyed reading this Hannah. I’ve only been blogging since March and with a poorly baby for over half if that time, I’ve often struggled to blog. I’ve kept reminding myself why I blog and that the world won’t end without my ramblings!xx #TheList
Dude you are doing amazingly!! A new baby and a poorly one at that. You have such a lovely blog but you MUST put yourself first in these early days, blogging is grower not a shower!! So take your time xx
Thank you so much for this post and for hosting 🙂 I really understand your frustration at sometimes just having a blank mind and not knowing where to start. You’re doing awesomely (!) and I love your blog – thanks so much for sharing these tips! Mim 🙂 #TheList
My pleasure Mim!! So glad you could relate (although here’s to no blank minds in the NY!!) and take something from it 🙂 xx
These are great tips and you’ve clearly come a long way this year!
Blogging everyday just blows my mind. I’m stuck on twice a week but I’d love to up it to three times, I just need to carve out the time.
I’ve only been blogging since August but it’s clear to me already what a great community there is here and I have loved being a part of it!
Hope you all have a great Christmas and look forward to a bright 2015.
Xx
You too lovely and don’t worry about blogging everyday!! it took me two years to even contemplate it – do everything at your own pace and time. I love your writing style, you’ve had me in stitches many a time, as well as tears xxx
This is brilliant. You obviously put so much work into your blog and your writing and it really shows. I don’t think I could blog every day because I wouldn’t have enough to write about. I’d love to build a blog as successful and interesting as yours but, as mine is just a hobby, I don’t think that is going to happen anytime soon. Your tips are great though and I do think it’s important to allow yourself to fail when you make resolutions!
I’m just flicking through your reading list now. I definitely want to read more non-fiction next year and I would love to learn some new skills that I can apply to the blog.
Great thoughts as always!
Thanks Charlotte! But don’t do yourself a disservice – we all blog for a hobby and what better way to make money then via something you love doing!! But my experience is that it takes time, having said that I’m not as Savvy as some of my peers, I discovered in June that I could have been making money AAAAaaages ago. So never say never 😉
As for my reading list I totally LOVE non-fiction. Not like history or anything but a good biography or a how to work smarter book or even a cook book is my manna!
Looking forward to keeping up with your recommendations next year although I’m not reading any horror!!!! xxx
This is a great post. I’ll be looking to use some of your tips in the new year! Thanks for sharing x
My pleasure Steph – glad you found it helpful xx
Loved reading this Hannah – very inspiring. I had no idea what I was getting into when I started blogging a few months back but it is totally addictive and it is true, the more you write the easier it becomes to find inspiration. I’m sure you will have a great 2015. xx
Thank you darling!! I’m sure you will too 😀 xx
Great blog post and well done on doing so much since you started blogging. I too have made many friends through blogging and it’s definitely the best of it for me x
Fantastic tips! Thank you for sharing – it’s a great insight for a newbie like me.
I’m trying to combine blogging with full time work and struggling a lot of the weeks. I tried blogging everyday, but I had no time left for anything else. I am taking it a little more easy now and I can’t say the traffic dropped. In fact it’s on the rise! Not posting daily gave me time to think (!!) and work more on social media and community building.
I’d love to read more and have time for creative writing – not the blogging type – so this will be a part of my resolutions list.
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This is a great post!
I really want to find the time to blog more, but I think it’s more of making the time rather than finding it!
I am still really new to this who blogging thing but it’s great to read posts like this!
Thanks so much for sharing your reflections. I’m learning as a new blogger to give myself time to grow and find what works for me. Your points about reading widely, setting deadlines, quality over quantity, not letting making money be a hindrance really do resonate with me. It’s definitely good to remember that it’s hardwork and it’s time consuming. I also think it helps to remember one’s reason for blog and also accept that this might change.
An helpful post, thanks 🙂 To a better year ahead!
This was a wonderfully written post full of passion! It’s so lovely to hear your story, all the while learning your tips. I totally agree with everything you have said from loving what you do, to making you feel like a better mum as well as believing in yourself I belive this is the most important for everyone in many different circumstances, if only everyone would believe in themselves more they would achieve so much more too. A mum who pushes herself to be the best in every aspect is a great mum. Because I find when I push myself to do my best I build on the skills I already have and even find new ones sometimes, like more patience and more understanding. Thanks for sharing this great post and thank you for all the inspiration. Keep doing what your doing cause it’s working x
Wonderful post Hannah and so true – being yourself is the cornerstone that everything else is built upon. I tend to post 3 times a week as that feels right for me and allows me days for planning and commenting on other’s blogs too but daily is a great discipline! Will be popping over to your linky how-to post too as part of my plans for 2015 🙂 Have a wonderful Christmas honey, so great to get to know you this year and hope we get to see each other in the flesh next year! x
Great post, You have inspired me to stay up tonight and finish the 2 blog posts I have in drafts.
I read this the other day but didn’t have time to comment. I loved reading this, some great tips and I really enjoyed hearing about someone who blogged every day and the effect of it. I keep thinking I should blog more, but in the end I’m happy blogging 1-3 times a week. Lovely getting to know you better recently, I look forward to reading more from you in 2015 xx
Thank you for this – a very timely post as I contemplate where to take my blog next year!
Fab post, really helpful tips too! 🙂 I started blogging in jan but family issues meant Iv ovkg really made a real go if it since sept. Really need to get my head down to get the blog up and running x
Thank you so much for such a well thought out, helpful post. I’m in somewhat of a lull in my blogging ‘career’ and feeling disheartened so it’s given me some great inspiration. Thank you again x
I love it when you guys share these blogging tips, it’s so helpful for me 🙂 What seems to be a common theme is to take the time to find your blogging voice, and to do that it’s best to blog frequently. Once the school holidays are over I’m going to try and fit at least twice a week into my schedule a little spot for writing. x
What a really lovely post – as a new blogger it has been insightful reading your run down. Thanks and happy new year!
I have recently set up a small business with a friend and we know that blogging on our website is important. It’s easy to find yourself writing drivel just to achieve content (though I have resisted the urge to publish these), so your tips will come in handy as we try and get to grips with this aspect of our new venture.
Thanks for this. I have toyed with trying to blog everyday but the thought is rather scary!!
Your blog has grown so much and has some fab posts. Very useful especially about quality over quantity. I did used to panic if I hadn’t posted for a few days and then post something random x
Beautifully written Hannah! I’m so glad I’ve gotten to know you more this year. You’ve done wonderfully writing that much and have achieved loads! Xxx
Fab post I plan to read more books this year too! Already on my second. I do stick to a schedule then just write a bit more if I want to. It helps me as I am a creature of routine. Like a baby! xxx
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Such a great post – I’ve had to put a big wall calendar up in my office to schedule and, more importantly, keep to blogging deadlines.
Thanks for the tips and the links!
Oooh I LOVE the idea of a big wall calendar – i’m getting my own office in the new house. First step, wall calendar!!
Hi, I’m reading this a year late via your #brilliantblogposts post today, and wish I’d read it a year ago! I love your realistic but inspirational advice. Thanks for sharing. x
Aww! thanks love, glad you take something from it! xx
Brilliant tips, Im trying to find my own blogging voice and decide on what to share, but I really want to stay true to myself and not compare myself to others! Your post has has helped. Thank you xx
Really interesting post to read, especially your conclusion – so amazing where starting a blog can take you! x
Blogging is hard work, definitely. I like your point about not having to do it daily. I post weekly as it is heh.
This is a really really great post!
I have been blogging for around a year now and tend to post a couple times a week. I am now at a stage where I feel like I can do more with my little blog (having been inspired by so many other lovely bloggers who have done the same!). Blogging every day might be a tad unrealistic for me but I think the tip of having a proper deadline for each post is a really good one. I, like you also tend to blog on the day rather than schedule posts so deadlines become super important for that!!
Xx
This is a fabulous post and there’s lots I can take from that. It’s funny because I’ve blogged almost every day this week (just because I had a lot to share) and it’s helped me feel like I’m finding my voice. I also feel more connected with the community now I’m linking up with popular linkies. It’s feeling fun and I’m looking forward to seeing it grow. Thanks again x
Hey Hannah, great to read about your thoughts and experiences, I feel like I’m on an eternal learning curve with blogging – bit like life eh! Here’s to a successful 2015 for all of us – whatever that means for each of us! I just wrote a post on focusing on systems rather than goals, having read the theory on an entrepreneurial site, I think what you’ve written and what you’ve achieved this year reflects that really well… focus on what you’re doing and do it well and the rest will come. Love your writing and your blog. Luci xx
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I really appreciate this post. Im a new blogger and new SAHM. I have been a nurse for years and thought that was a hard job. Staying at home with a 2 year is a whole new level of difficulty and adding a new blog on top of that has been insane. I really love the idea of making myself sit down and actually write everyday. I feel like I’m spending wayyyy more time researching and trying to connect with other bloggers than actually blogging. This is a real inspiration to me. Thank you for this!
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Ohhh and Ive added you to my “must read bloggers” list! I will be back!
I’m only a month into blogging after becoming a mum for the third time. I found your post really inspirational and will def take note. I’m a bit obsessive about being organised and really liked the idea of scheduling posts something I’ve not considered before. Thanks again for the tips x
Thank you for this post.
I’m so glad I came across it, it’s just what I needed at the moment. I am lacking in motivation and your post will give me the kick up the bum I need.
Your blog is very well put together and I enjoy reading your posts x
I think this is a fabulous list! And sums everything up nicely, now I just need to do my blogging goals!! X
Thank you so much for sharing dear! I loved reading this
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I agree with a lot of this and I am a total newbie (three months into blogging).
thanks for sharing!
x
My pleasure Bee! Thanks for your lovely comment 🙂 xx
great post & advise from someone who knows! Def keeping to refer to in my hour of need (of which there will be many Im sure!). Sometimes I feel so full of blogging ideas and other days I struggle. I find writing ideas down as bullet points on my iPhone notes app useful as and when and then translate later when I have time x
This is a very inspiring post to a new blogger like myself. I’m not sure if what I’m writing is any good but I enjoy it and it’s a hobby I want to continue. Thankyou for posting this 🙂
Great read : ) I take my hat off to you for blogging every day. That’s hard work.
great post! I had it in my head at some point that I should blog everyday but I find it impossible to do with 3 kids and no childcare! So I focus on quality over quantity now 🙂
Just come across this and some great tips, all of which make a lot of sense. I particularly agree on the deadline point – something I certainly need!
When you say you blog daily, do you mean you WRITE daily or you POST daily? Like in my case, I realised that my readers are overwhelmed if I upload a new post every day, but I think that depends heavily on your readership. Still I try and WRITE everyday because I want to stay ahead of things. I realised that’s crucial to the quality of my posts, my writing and my photography is way better when the post doesn’t have to go up on that same day. But if it works for you that’s awesome 🙂 Good luck with the future of the blog!
My intention at the beginning of the year was to publish a blog post everyday and because I’m rather disorganised, that meant I inevitably wrote the post on the day it was due – I never kept ahead. It worked as a learning exercise/experiment, but I wouldn’t recommend it!! My intention now is to get ahead and always have content ready in advance – it may take a personality transplant but I’m working on it! Thanks for taking the time to comment, I really appreciate it and good luck with your blog too 🙂
Great post, so inspiring, I need to up.my blog post game! Funny I too have a first class civil engineering degree but I’m still stuck in the research game but I feel exactly like you used to!!
Fantastic blog, really really helpful and I will be taking lots of tips from here. Thank you for sharing 🙂
Thanks for this. I definitely need reminding that I need to work a LOT harder and be posting a lot more frequently to get anyone to read my blog. I will be setting time aside to write and be more organised!
This is a great blog post and something I’m going to learn from as I have just set up my blog and looking to find my feet in the blogging world. Thank you. If you have time I’d love to know what you’re initial thoughts on my blog are.
Hi, this is a really interesting post. Thank you. I cannot believe that the ideal length for SEO is 2000+ . That is so many. My posts generally average around 800 and when I read them through they feel about the right length to me. Often I will split a blog post into 2 if there is too much to say. Thanks again
Just read this post and you have some really great tips I’ve just started blogging and I absolute love it, I didn’t realise how hard it would actually be but its worth it. I will most definitely be take some tips from you thanks x
Thank you this is a great read. I’m very new to this and have been agonising over how frequently to write. My original plan was to take it steady and post twice a week but then I’ve seen how much more other people post, interesting to get your perspective.
Great post, very encouraging! Definitely intending to come back when it’s not already past bedtime to explore your internal links. I’m new to blogging – just gone 50 posts in 50 days, still so much to learn and so much work to do to grow my blog. It’s so inspiring to see what you’ve achieved in a year, thanks for sharing your tips 🙂
Thanks for some interesting tips. I’ve been blogging for 1 month so far and I’m finding it tough. I’m trying to give myself a blogging session everyday but sometimes my little man doesn’t sleep or play nicely and it goes out of the window. Currently working on building up my blog community. Wish me luck!
This is a wonderful post! I honestly don’t know how people blog on a daily basis but perhaps it is something I can give a go in a few months time!
Congrats on your amazing progress!
Hey, I really enjoyed your post! I am new at blogging and am really enjoying it and trying to blog everyday! I started it to have something to focus on (other than my one year old) and am thoroughly enjoying it. Reading your post has made me even more motivated to continue with my blog and has helpful tips on how to make it more successful. Its only my first week and am pleased with my progress (One of my posts has been viewed 50 times – yay me!)but reading your blog has made me realise I need to be a bit more proactive at getting involved with other peoples blogs – so thank you for your tips 🙂 Lauren
Aww! Pleasure love 🙂 good luck with your blog and well done on those hits – that’s amazing for week one!! xxx
What a great post. I have just started out on my blogging journey and this has given me some inspiration to blog very regularly as well as to read more. I had no idea blogging was so involved until I started up but nothing worth doing was ever easy I guess! Really enjoyed this post, it’s inspiring to see how you made your blog so successful and I hope I can do the same!
Aww, good luck with it Fiona! And take your time 🙂 It’s all about enjoying the journey! xx
Hi Hannah, what a great read, especially for a newbie blogger on the block like me. I started last week and am loving it so far. Keep up the good work I will be having a regular nosey xx