What are Your Blogging Goals?

[Miss GOP]

I don't know if this is the teacher in me or maybe some other quirk (re: flaw), but I love to make lists and establish goals all the time. For example, I make to-do lists nearly every day to make sure I complete all of my "errands" or obligations.

 

When it comes to my blog, I think it is time to also make some goals. I'm working on developing a list of how many followers I want to have in the next month, as well as how many readers I have to subscribe by email and Twitter. Lastly, I want to make a plan for writing guest posts and creating an ebook. That sounds like a lot suddenly!

 

Either way, I'm wondering if you have your own blogging goals? Is there a certain number of followers you'd like to have or something like that?

 

Thanks!

 

-Miss GOP

www.thewritingapprentice.com

 

[K. E. Argonza]

I don't know if I have specific goals.

I do want 500-1000 followers by this time next year, but I also know that I would prefer 200 very dedicated followers with good minds that truly understand my writing and support my work, than 1000 fair weather readers who only comment on my blog so that I comment back. So I have a hard time committing this goal to paper, because I can tell when my reader quality is good because the quality of the participation is good.

As far as subscribers, I'm at 250 now, and I'd like 1000 next year, but I run into the same issue as the followers - I like quality, and that's hard to turn into a "To do" list, because it's based on feeling.

Alexa Rank, I want to get under 100,000. I'm at 270 now, and I was at about 370 last month. I don't think it's an unreasonable goal in a year, so that one I do have written down somewhere.

Otherwise, no. I want my blog and readership to develop as organically as possible. It feels more "indie" and less salesmanly that way. To put it more accurately, I have "hopes" more than "goals".

[Miss GOP]

Thanks! My husband doesn't like that I call myself "Miss," but I think it has a better ring to it. =)

[Richard Lee Byers]

I know why I blog: to get more people to buy my books. But it's really hard to know to what extent my blog is luring in new customers or if it's even helping at all. I wish I could figure out how to assess whether the blog is useful, but since I can't, I simply operate on the principle that if other writers have blogs, you don't want to be the one guy who's trying to survive in the business without one.

[Kelli Wheelwright]

My biggest goal is to create an interactive site where parents and kids can come to get great recommendations for their next big adventure in reading!

 

I hope my site can be a tool for parents to connect with what their kids are reading and a resource for kids to find great books that suit them well.

 

Anyone want to join in my cause? I am happy to have guest posts from you OR your children- either as a one time thing or a regular! Our site will be undergoing a full overhaul soon to reflect our goals and give a more professional look, but for now, join us and help us build it up!

 

KW

http://www.ekfamilybooks.blogspot.com

 

[Aron White]

Book and story promotion is important, but my first goal is to create posts that matter to me and more importantly to my target audience in terms of content.  I've found that when I first created a blog, I tended to post about topics that mattered most to other writers, but our readers aren't always interested in that so I'm working on diversifying.  For example, Comic-Con is taking place this week in San Diego, so I wrote about that and geek culture in general.

 

http://www.aronwhite.com

[Nina D'Angelo]

I'd like to write my blog on a regular basis as I go through the journey of writing my first novel. I'd also like to bring in more readers to my blog through twitter/my facebook page and hopefully through here.

[Carrie Roberts]

I want to meet other readers and discuss books.  I'm a brand new book blogger, so I have a long way to go.  I don't want followers for the sake of numbers, but would like to find some like-minded readers.  And like RYCJ stated, I want to have fun.  I see so many bloggers get stressed because they feel they have to post all the time.  If it's your business, then perhaps, but this is a hobby for me, and I want to enjoy it.

 

--Carrie  http://readingwritinglife.blogspot.com

[Jerod Killick]

I am very passionate about my book topic.  www.jerodkillick.com .  I think that my blog has increased awareness for my novel.  It is not all about sales to me.  I want the topic to be heard.

 

Sincerely,

Jerod

[Hannah]

I suppose I do have a few goals, but none involve followers. Though I love getting high viewing stats, and new followers make me happy, so long as there are people reading what I have to say, enjoying it, and hopefully commenting, I'm happy. My main goal is to share.

Now see, at the moment I do the Friday blog hops, sometimes I do my friend's "First Impression Friday" meme if I can think of anything to say, I do On My Wishlist and I do In My Mailbox. That's enough memes. And I'm a very slow reader so there'll be one review a week, sometimes there might not even be a review so, seeing as I can't find anybody willing to help me out by just writing a few reviews or something, which is fair enough if they're busy or not interested of course, I've had to think of things to fill the space.

I say fill the space because Monday-Thursday there's a big gap of unguaranteed content, which I don't like, I like there to be posts inbetween, so one on a Tuesday or Wednesday would be fine. However, memes and reviews doesn't make for a book blog I can be proud of. It works for others, not for me.

I can't really afford to do giveaways, though I'm doing a pre-loved style giveaway for the UK and EU summer hop, so I sat down and thought, "What can I do that will be interesting for other people and still within my own style?" And I made a list, I jotted down notes, and now I have an idea. They're all temporary ideas, but they're something.

My goals currently are to keep networking and making friends because that is the most enjoyable part of blogging. I plan to do a re-read, a 2 week long steampunk feature, and a series about budget booking. I also have a giveaway post to write and a review, those are for next week. I do also aim to read through my reader and leave comments but I'm not often very good at keeping up.

[Libby Heily]

I'm a huge list maker too.  My blogging goals are varied.  Mostly, I want to introduce myself to readers.  I have about 120 followers but no idea how many readers are in there.  Since I can't quantify that, I go for hits a day, comments and new followers.

[Terry Callister]

Hello

My blog http://booksandnovelstoread.blogspot.com has the single goal of selling as many self-published books by as many self-published authors as possible. It is free, all you have to do is send me an email with your book's details and I will upload it to my website www.booksandnovelstoread.com . As well as books for sale there are author interviews, book reviews. The website was only started in April this year and is already proving to be a success. I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Regards - Terry

[Fuentes]

Hi Rebekka,
I reconize myself in your description of why I've decided to start a blog.
Lucie
http://newbooksonmyselves.blogspot.com/