2nd Blogiversary

It’s my 2nd Blogiversary! I can’t believe how time has flown. I’ve met so many amazing people & been able to do some wonderful things, all as a result of my blog. I’ve been interviewed on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire Radio & featured in the BBC’s Disabled Beauty Bloggers article, as well as a similar item on Huffington Post!

This time last year, I set myself some goals for the year ahead, so I thought now would be the ideal time to revisit them to see how I’ve done & set some goals for my 3rd year of blogging!

I didn’t realise just how important it was to set a main or big goal & then set smaller goals with a shorter time frame to help you achieve the big goals until this year. I started tracking my blog & social media stats in September & realised pretty quickly that if I didn’t put some strategies in place, I would never reach some of my goals.

Some of the things I would like to do/achieve are:

• Increase page views
• Improve my photography
• Grow my social media following
• Work with more brands
• Expand my earnings from blog (affiliate links & sponsored content)
• Understand & use Google Analytics better
• Join in more twitter chats
• Have a weeks posts (3) ready to go & scheduled in at all times
• Apply for more campaigns & join more blogger programmes
• Take part in Blogmas

I’ve got some ideas on how I will work towards & achieve some of these, but I’m still formulating others. If you have any tips, please do let me know!

My social media stats as of this time last year:

• Bloglovin’ followers: 282
• YouTube subscribers: 244
• Twitter followers: 1,574
• Instagram followers: 794
• Pinterest followers: 202
• My social media goals for last year:
• Bloglovin’ followers: 700
• YouTube subscribers: 600
• Twitter Followers: 3,200
• Instagram followers: 1,700
• Pinterest followers: 500

My social media stats as of yesterday:

• Bloglovin’ followers: 710 (+418 from last year)
• YouTube subscribers: 402 (+166 from last year) – note, I haven’t filmed at all this year, so I’m really pleased to have got to this number.
• Twitter followers: 4,328 (+2754 from last year)
• Instagram followers: 1717 (+923 from last year)
• Pinterest followers: 1810 (+1608 from last year!)
• Facebook: 204 (new this year)
• Tumble: 22 (new this year)
• Newsletter subscribers: 42 (new this year)

My goals for this time next year:

• Bloglovin’ followers: 1,200 (based on +400 this year, I’d like to be up 500 in the next year)
• Twitter followers: 8,000 (based on my 2,750 rise this past year I’d like to be up 3,700 in the next year)
• Instagram followers: 2,700 (I’ve managed +900 this years, so I’d live to aim for +1000 in the coming year. I need to work on a strategy to make this happen, so if anyone has any ideas, please let me know!)
• Pinterest followers: 3,000 (as I increased by about 1,500 in half a year this seems feasible)
• Facebook: 400
• Tumblr: 200
• Newsletter subscribers: 200

I’d also like to make some goals for page views, seeing as how I want to improve them. I’d like to get to a point where I’m getting no fewer than 100 hits per day. I’m currently averaging at 163, but that’s because on other days I get a lot more views, so it balances out. I’d like to grow on the bigger numbers too, so just kind of shift the hits bracket up a bit. I want to aim for a minimum of 1,000 page views a week, so that I don’t just evenly distribute my views over the week to hit my 100 per day target, if that makes sense? If you have any tips for setting goals for page views, please do let me know, as I feel a little lost.

Do you find setting yearly goals & then breaking them down by month helpful? What are your blogging goals & how are you going to achieve them?

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