Comments on: Do You Have Blog Goals?

By: David

David — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:05:11 +0000

Great article. Surprisingly many people don’t bother to think about their goals, let alone write them down or keep track of them.

ThinkSayAct.com is a brand new website that gives you a place to set goals and share them with other members in a community. It also as help info and articles all about setting and achieving goals. Check it out if you want a positive environment in which you can share and discuss your goals.

By: Raj

Raj — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:14:19 +0000

What is our agenda?

To show the world what Christians, Buddhists, Africans, Americans, Indians, Chiense, Arabs, Muslims, Hindus and others are doing rather than what their books say.

We need to make slight changes to high level agreements as a result. It is part of the evolutionay process. It is like biofeedback. It’s the wash. It’s Programming.

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By: Cat Laine

Cat Laine — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 23:46:31 +0000

Traffic goals: 10,000 visitors (to our overall site) by August (we’re at 6K now). 25K by the end of the year, early 2008.
Comment goals: average 1-2 comments each post by early 2008. Need to shift writing style a bit to invite more comments from readers.
Comments on other sites: 1/day.

By: MM del Rosario

MM del Rosario — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:48:36 +0000

Hi Darren,
I only started my blog late last year and I am still finding it hard to write on a daily basis. Gee 20 to 40 post that is amazing. I wish i could do even half of that. . . .

My present goal is to study how I could promote my blog and write more to build my content, SEO.
Your post are very helpful and I have been reading your archives. Thank you very much for sharing.

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By: Stuart

Stuart — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:26:28 +0000

Cheers Darren for answering my question.

I too am a metrics junkie (far, far too much time on my hands) and so it was refreshing to hear your approach to setting goals – especially setting some realistic ones.

When I first started blogging I thought that making your income would be achievable within a year. 18 months later I’m still plodding along and enjoying some success but I still have my full-time job.

My goals are now a little more achievable and they’re not based around an income. Readership, subscribers, comments, SEO and links are what I try and work towards now because I’ve realised that if I do these things well, the income will follow.

Thanks again.

By: Bright Blogger

Bright Blogger — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 03:16:46 +0000

I’ve been blogging for about 2 years now, and my goal is to make about 120/day average in about 5 years.

So far today I’ve made about half of my goal in Adsense revenue alone, so I’m getting there. SEO, dedication, and a little bit of luck have paved the way thus far.

By: JennDZ

JennDZ — Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:20:19 +0000

Wow, that is a lot of blogs to maintain. I have 2 right now, which is great, I think I probably have room for at least 2 more, I am not sure I will be able to get to 20-40 and be able to maintain anything worth reading.

By: widgetologist

widgetologist — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:25:02 +0000

40 posts on 20 blogs?!?
I realize now that i lack self-discipline… :)

But making a living blogging would be a dream job as i picture it, something really worth putting an effort into.

By: Matt Wardman

Matt Wardman — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 16:25:13 +0000

I’ve been going for about a month on the current project. I’m working on non-goals:

* Not to worry in detail at the traffic stats until the end of April.
* Asking people *not* to link in their blogroll for a few weeks, until I have a good base of content (which I am defining as 200 decent posts for now) to keep them coming back.

In the meantime, it’s about enjoying writing and posting a lot in the early days.

Rgds

Matt

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:25:06 +0000

Thank you for the ideas. This really helps blogging.

Amanda

http://thetimemastery.com/blog

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 23:51:51 +0000

20 to 40 posts per day, huh? I do about 4 posts per month. I should be a pro blogger in no time.

By: ploop

ploop — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:05:09 +0000

Great post and some really good comments. I think it’s easy, early on in the life of your blog, to let vanity and goals become confused. The businessman in me says – 1,000 visits a day would be simply incredible, the small chiuld in me could prefer 5 comments as personally they feel more falttering.

That’s why this is a useful post as it help me be more pragmatic

By: kerriella

kerriella — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:28:57 +0000

Wow 20 – 40 posts a DAY! I just started my blog and I am happy to get in 1 post a day. I am very impressed.

By: Marco

Marco — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:26:16 +0000

The most important aspect is to keep your goals achievable, don´t let them frustrate you. It´s better to truncate your big goal into smaller goals. I´ve written an article on this on my blog. Click my name.

By: Security

Security — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 15:19:46 +0000

It must be a good feeling, the very moment one learns that their blog has made its debut into the Technorati Top 100

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:31:54 +0000

One of best things I took from this post is that your initial goals weren’t tied into a lot of different metrics or stats. I think bloggers can fall into the stat trap and become obsessed with their numbers. Numbers are good, but its just a reflection of what you should already know about how your site is doing. I really like how you included a certain level of work in your goals, as well as a dollar amount for income. Its good to be realistic about the work involved. Thanks for a great post.