The Ultimate Blog Challenge Was A Big Success.

If you have not heard of the Ultimate Blog Challenge, you should.  One of my goals this year was to write a blog post each day in January.  I have succeeded in doing that and actually am still writing one a day. I knew in order to succeed in accomplishing my goal, I needed to be accountable.  I had never heard of the Ultimate Blog Challenge before until a friend of mine posted on Facebook about this challenge and thought I would check it out.  This was the best thing I could of done this year. Not only was this the best move for me, but I have been able to read and comment on other blogs.  Over these past 33 days, I have read some amazing blog posts and saw creativity in the themes people were using.  I have never received a comment on my blog until joining this challenge.  You will never know how much it meant to me to read my first comment. I know having a blog is one of the tools you need to market your business.  It is not one of my strengths.  I have been building my business using Facebook and other social media platforms for the last year and a half.  My blog is still a work in progress and I know it looks like a 5 year old put it together compared to the blog themes other people are using.  A friend and business partner of mine is currently putting together a theme to rebuild my blog for me so it doesn't look like a puzzle. I was a little disappointed that the challenge was going to end the last day of January but I am glad that other bloggers wanted to continue.  So because of that, I am staying focused, posting everyday, and making comments.  Even though I know that commenting on people's posts is an important task, but I just did not have the courage or the know how on what I should be doing. I am so focused on where my business is going this year.  Not only am I getting people to my blog, whether it is to make a comment or just visiting to receive the free offers, but am building my fan base on Facebook as well. Another goal of mine was to be a guest blogger.  My blog post is going to be displayed on Aletha McManama's blog this week, here is the link. http://alethadmcmanama.com.   I wrote an article on using Tumblr as a social media platform.  I hope you get a chance to check it out. I also have two more goals that I wanted to accomplish in the first few months of this year.  One was do build a children's Facebook Page which I have done.  Check it out here:  http://facebook.com/thenorthpoleelves.com  There will be a website built in the next couple of months with a product line. The other goal was to build a social media membership site.  I have built it and now uploading the training videos.  I still have some more to create but am proud of what I have accomplished.  The membership site was not as bad as I thought.  I am not a techie person but it has been fun building it. Now that I have gone on about my goals and challenges, I would love to hear what your goals were for this year.  Please leave your comments in the boxes below. To Your Success, Anita Levesque http://facebook.com/anitawaltonlevesque 207-694-0314