With the new year upon us I posted a list of personal goals yesterday here on The Daily Walk. Today I will be going over a list of goals that I have set up for the year for my blog.
I feel that setting yearly goals should not just be for personal goals like I posted yesterday, but as a blogger they can be great as well. Getting them down here in a post will sort of hold me accountable for them, and drive me to accomplish them.
So here are the goals that I have for 2011 here on the blog:
- Focus content – center my focus of where I want the blog to go.
- Create better content – Strive to create better comment on a consistent basis.
- Site Redesign – Change some things up here and there on the site. One thing in particular is create a better header.
- Social Media – Do a better job of utilizing social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook. This will hopefully gain more followers and drive more traffic to the site.
- Increase Unique Visitors – Try to get up to the 250 unique visitors a day mark.
- Double Pageviews from 2010
- Double RSS and Email Subscribers
- Sale an add spot – This would be huge. If anyone is looking to advertise feel free to contact me.
- Get a Check from Google Adsense – Get my first Adsense check. $100 would make me smile!
- Get a Blogging Buddy or Buddies
- Do a better job of keyword research and learn more about Search Engine Optimization.
- Minimize Plugins on the Site - Try to get it down to as few as possible and still have the site function the way I would like it too.
- Get More Comments – Get more commenting on the site and community conversations going.
- Comment on Other Posts – Try to comment on at least three other blogs a day.
- Blog at least 6 to 7 times per week.
- Try a video post or two. Who knows!
- Have at least three giveaways.
- Do a better job or planning and scheduling posts.
- Continue to have Friday Featured Guests throughout the year.
- Have two good series of posts.
- Make at least $250 through the blog.
So there they are. My list of blogging goals for this year. There are a lot to do, but I think that they are all attainable with some work.
If you are a blogger, have you set any blogging goals for the upcoming year?
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Wow! That is a challenging list! Godspeed.
Can I just say “Ditto” and copy most of them? I incorporated some blogging stuff into my 2011 goals too.
Sure thing. Good luck on yours as well.
Adam,
I’m always looking for blogging buddies. Since I’m already reading your site, I’d love to be one of yours.
I’m finding people comment when others have already commented, so I comment on my blogging buddy sites and they do the same for me.
Let me know if you want to do a guest post on my site. I’m open to all my blogging buddies.
Sure thing Trev. Just shoot me an email sometime. You now have one more blogging buddy.
OMG. i LOVE THIS!
It is going to push me. Do-able though! Right,,,,?