Blog

by

Blog Goal Achievements

Here’s a summary of milestone achievements for the Blog Goals that I established during the Blogging 201 workshop on Branding and Growth.

1. I have reached my milestone targets to expand readers and traffic on the following dates. I show the current statistics (on Nov 6), as well as the starting base count (on Oct 21), along with the percentage growth over those 15 days.

Milestone Goal Current Base Growth %
Oct 22 100 Likes 200 50+ 400
Oct 27 100 Posts 136 78 174
Oct 31 50 Followers 59 26 227
Nov 2 1,000 Views 1,170 603 194
Nov 5 100 Comments 101 58 174

2. Also, I have successfully extending blog access into Facebook and Twitter social networks. In fact, I now have 3 Facebook followers and my Twitter posts have even been favorited and retweeted by several music artists.  Furthermore, I have extended my readers more with members of my Photography 101 course, as well as my participation in National Blog Posting Month (NatBloPoMo) during November where I have received multiple referrers to my blog.

3. Finally, I have enhanced my web site by integrating many new features to improve access to my archives based on monthly statistics analysis, as well as reviewing likes and comments. In additional to Music, I extended my web site with posts about other topics such as Travel, Photos, Writing, and even Recipes.

Thank you for helping me reach my goals.

by

100 Comments

I reached my final Blogging 201 goal of 100 Comments on my web site.

My other blog goals were 100 Posts, 100 Likes, 50 Followers, and 1,000 Views, which I have also achieved.  I had set ambitious targets to be completed by the end of Blogging 201 on Oct 31, so I was only 5 days over that.   Not bad, considering that I just started my blog on Sep 17. I summarized my milestone achievements in Blog Goal Achievements, and updated my original Blog Goals post to indicate that they had been reached.

I appreciate all your comments, and I have thoroughly enjoyed meeting so many new friends.  Thanks for reading, listening, and watching my blog.

 

200 Likes
by

200 Likes

Good news. WordPress says that today I now have 200 Likes on my web site. Also I received the most Likes in a day (14) so far.

Thanks for letting me know what you like. This will also be helpful when I conduct my new statistics analysis.

by

1,000 Views

Fantastic! I have reached another milestone in the growth of my blog since I now have over 1,000 views on WordPress.

1,000 Views

I had set this target for Oct 31st, so I was only a few days short on getting there (and I still consider that good).

I had already reached my other goals of 100 posts, 100 likes, and 50 followers.  Now I only have one remaining; I currently have 85 comments (target 100 – only 15 more), so I’m very close to making all my ambitious goals.

Thanks for following my blog, reading, and listening.

50 Followers
by

50 Followers

Wonderful! I have reached another milestone in the growth of my blog since I now have 50 followers on WordPress. I also have 54 followers who receive updates with Email, as well as 3 via Facebook and even 1 from Twitter.

While reviewing progress for my remaining goals, I currently have 935 views (target 1000 – just 65 more), and 81 comments (target 100 – only 19 more), so I’m very close to making my ambitious goals by the end of today.  I think I can make it (maybe with a little help from my friends).

Thanks for following my blog, reading, and listening.

100 Posts
by

100 Posts

 

100 PostsWow! I have reached another Blogging 201 milestone toward the October 31st targets set for my Blog Goals. I have now written 100 posts for my blog.

I am closing in on my remaining goals.  I now have 44 followers, with only 6 more to go.  There have been 850 views, and I should reach 1000 over the next several days.  I have received 68 comments, so reaching 100 might be a little stretch.

Also, I have written 47 pages, but that doesn’t seem to measured by WordPress.  Since my archives are growing, I have spent a lot of time this past week adding additional features and capabilities to provide better access to my posts and pages.

I appreciate the response to my blog over the past month since I started it.  I have met many new friends and found many interesting blogs that I enjoy.  Thanks for reading and listening.

by

Most Likes in One Day

WordPress informed me yesterday that I now achieved another personal record with 12 Likes in one day on my web site. Looks like I might be on-track for my ambitious goals.

Most Likes in One Day

Thanks for letting me know what you like. This will also be helpful when I conduct my next blog statistics analysis.

by

Assignments

I added an Assignments sub-menu under the Blog menu.  These represent the top 10 Blogging University workshop assignment articles viewed most on my blog as of October 24, 2014.

These are the blog posts which I have written for Blogging University workshop assignments. They are included on the main Blog menu tab above, which shows all of them in reverse chronological order.  Also there are sub-menus for just those associated with Blogging 101 and Blogging 201.

Some results are fairly understandable and would be expected. However, there were some surprises with this analysis and associated insights.  I have included some observations based on reviewing the results, and I have already started making changes.

Enjoy reading my responses to the assignments from the workshops, and see which ones that other readers like the most. I will update the Assignments hit results weekly.

by

Page Summary

I added an Page Summary sub-menu under the Blog menu, which highlights the best custom pages viewed on my blog as of October 24, 2014.

These are the custom pages which I have created to enhance the usability of my web site and improve access to my archives.

Some results are fairly understandable and would be expected. However, there were many surprises with this analysis and associated insights.

I have included some observations based on reviewing the results, and I have already started making changes.

I will update the Page Summary hit results weekly.

by

Recipes

I have added a new “Recipes” menu tab between “Writing” and “About”.  Currently, it only include a single recipe for “Muscato D’Arancia Cake“, which was provided by the Executive Chef at Flat Creek Estate as dessert for our dinner at “Grape Jam” wine & music festival.