Yes, the project I tossed out some ideas about last week is finally up! This is the first big community thing I’ve ever hosted, so I’m a little nervous, but I think it will be a lot of fun!
The 2009 Blog Improvement Project is a year-long challenge that will consist of twice-monthly activities to improve your blog. Every first and third Monday of the month I’ll post an activity here at Sophisticated Dorkiness that will related in some way to making your blog better. Each participant should spend the next two weeks focusing on that aspect of their blog. Possible topics include goals setting, writing better content, building community with readers, getting more readers, and blog layout and design.
If you choose to participate in this project, there is no obligation to participate in every challenge, and you can customize each challenge so it makes sense for your particular blog and goals. Think of the design as similar to Weekly Geeks — participate when it makes sense for you. This is a group effort, because getting better is always easier when you have a support system, but the ultimate commitment remains with you — how do you want your blog to be better by the time we get to December 31, 2009?
A word of note — I am not a blogging expert. I’m just a beginning book blogger myself. I read a lot of blogs about blogging and am interested in social media, but I am by no means any better at blogging than anyone else. One of the reasons I am hosting this project is because I want to spend time improving this blog. I believe in support systems, and think this will be a fun way to get better together.
Interested? Go check out all the details about the 2009 Blog Improvement Project by clicking on the link or on the page at the top of my blog. If you want to sign up, please do so at the page, not this post.
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I love this idea… but is 2009 really coming up that quickly???
Kim L: Yes, it is, scary huh?
Sounds like a great idea, Kim! I have a lot of blog improvement resources on my website if anyone wants to use them as helpful references.
I’ll go sign up!
What an immensely interesting idea. Will check out the link at once.
Louise
Are you saying that I’m NOT writing good content, hmmm? (joking) This is a great idea. I’ll think about signing up for it.
Wow, this sounds like a really great challenge and I’d love to participate in it! Thanks for putting it together.