Howdy all!
As I had previously announced many of us have now started in on our 90 Day Blogging Bootcamp affectionately called BlogX!
I’ve already posted the challenge in the Community Forums so you can head there now for those that have already registered and signed up!
For those that are still considering it and haven’t joined us yet here’s a preview of just the “warmup” phase for the 40-60 minute activity for Day #1:
Pre-Blogging Warmup (5 Minutes):
First we will always start with a few activities to get our minds right. You may already have a system in place so feel free to use that but for those that are interested in following along with me and some of the things that I do then go for it!
- Make sure you’ve set aside a good 40-60 minutes for your daily activity! Block it out, schedule it!
- Get your mind right. Make sure that you’re not overly stressed or overly excited. Come to your blog and blog management with a clear head. If you need to break away and “get settled” and come back go do that now.
- Get to your preferred “work environment” (we’ll be changing it up a bit as we go along, but we’ll get there soon) and settle in.
- Get some coffee, water, or whatever else you need.
- Make note of the time of day and why you chose that time. Just be aware as we may change things up a bit later.
- Start the clock. Yes, we’re timing ourselves.
Good? Good.
And for the rest of today’s exercise you’ll have to join us in the forums! We walk through Analytics, a Drafting and Posting activity, sharing and “cooldown.”
Hope to see you there!
Good luck to everyone taking part! I am sure it will be a great experience.
Great exercise, especially for beginners.
I’m happy to see the progress of this blog since the beginning of the year, and congrats on the 100,000 views.
How many *unique visitors* did you have last month?
And when did you start this blog?
(I think some bloggers who are following your advice here may like to use your figures as a goal to shoot for … albeit difficult, a goal nonetheless.)
about 40k. started nearly one year ago.
I’m excited to be a part of this; nothing will help work on being a better blogger than having a community to work through these tasks with.
Wow, this looks like a ton of fun. Unfortunately I’m not blogging now, but I’ll be sure to chime in when I am!
So is it only for people that have a paid subscription to the forums?
yes, only subscriptions.
You are such a tease John, I was somewhat suspecting to see the whole of the first day of BlogX, until I got towards the end of the post and you lead me to the forums.
I’m just a tad hesitant to commit to paying for a blog forum access when I can’t guarantee that blogging is really for me.
yeah, that’s a good point. don’t do it if you’re not a blogger.
Yes, the forum isn’t free but it’s 5$ per month: two big coffes in Poland;) I think it’s worth it. I’ve decided to join from 2nd task – got so much things to do, writting my thesis etc. (and I dont know whether I’d be able to work on it in weekends, are you going to do weekends tasks as well?). I hope it will be a very good experience: knowing John enthusiasm I’m sure that I’ll learn a lot!
glad you’re a part of this!
Looks like this community activity is fun and exciting! I will check first the forums