Friday, March 30, 2012

Bloggiesta? (reflective) - gearing up for book blogging challenges ahead

Where did the first quarter of 2012 go?
How can it be time for TWO back-to-back blogging challenges to start already?
Bloggiesta to the rescue! (love that logo)

Time to make sure BooksYALove is ready for the full-speed blogging journey ahead, so I'm doing some Bloggiesta mini-challenges this weekend.

My To-Do List:
1. Set up my first giveaway! Decide whether or not to use Rafflecopter - using Competitive Bibliomaniac's tutorial/mini-challenge here
2. Add pages of titles & review links with big themes (dystopian, romantic, funny, etc) as another way for readers to connect with books - as noted in Charlotte's mini-challenge - some done, more to come!
3. Add policy page about accepting books & formats, contest rules- thanks, Squeaky Books.
4. Prep every post for April with title, tags/labels, cover image & book info - put in queue for proper release day A-Z
5. Write & save tweets for each daily post to add to Bufferapp queue on night before post
6. Start investigating SEO (search engine optimization), with help from Good Books & Good Wine's mini-challenge
7. Make sure it's easy to find my contact information on the blog.

Whew! That's plenty for one weekend, but should help me be ready to roll on the AtoZ Blog Challenge which begins Sunday, April 1st!
Stay tuned...
*kmm

7 comments:

  1. I hope you make great headway on your list. I'm loving seeing how everyone is tweaking their blog this weekend - already I'm getting so many ideas.

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    1. Thanks, Tanya! And the timing of Bloggiesta was so perfect!

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  2. You have some great goals on your to-do list. Now I'm starting to wonder if I bit off more than I can chew! LOL I guess we'll find out! Happy Bloggiesta!

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  3. Just dropping by to see how it's going over here! Have you made progress? I hope so. I see you are making good use of the mini challenges. That's so awesome. They are wonderful aren't they. Well, keep up the work and have fun!

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    1. Suey - Progress made! And more to come - I knew that it would take a while to do some of these things. Thanks to Bloggiesta's co-hosts and mini-challenge hosts for this timely spring-cleaning boost!
      **Katy

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  4. Wish I had done all of that up front.

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    1. Vjicha - I wish I'd done most of these things a while ago, but it's not too late to get the blog into better shape!
      **Katy

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