Yes, the New Year is fast-approaching, and if the world is really going to end on 12/12/12, which I highly doubt, I have about a year to make my little site perfect. I digress. Anyhoo, I’ve seen a lot of people posting their blog resolutions for 2011, and I decided to jump on board and do the same. Hey, we all have room for improvement, right? I just started making a few minor changes per people’s suggestions on my Reader’s Poll including adding a search bar, adding more details about the book, pages, publisher, etc, at the top of the post, but I definitely have more to do.
1. I want to make more interactive discussion posts with my readers to get people more involved. I have a few topics in mind, and I really want to continue making my blog a reflection of my thoughts and ideas. I think memes are great, and I’ll still participate, but I want to make i swim for oceans a little more…in depth, shall we say.
2. Provide a mentor/mentee program, of sorts. I’ve seen this done before, and I think it would have been amazingly helpful when I was first starting out as a wee little blogger. I think it would be awesome to randomly pair the newbie bloggers that sign up with more experienced bloggers so there are open lines of communication for advice and a better way for people to bounce ideas around.
3. I want to do 13 reviews per month. I currently do 12 per month because I read like a speed demon, but I’d like to amp it up a bit. Sometimes I’m lazy and only review a few of the books I actually read because it’s easier. In the same breath, I’d also like to make my reviews a bit more critical of the finer points. Yes, most books I read are pretty good, but I want to make sure I always touch on exactly what is good and what isn’t.
4. Comment on more blogs. I usually comment on a lot every day, and I do my very best to always return comments that are given on my site, but I’ll admit, I could do better. I also want to clean out the blogs I do follow because there are a lot of seriously inactive ones that clutter the ones that are active – that will help me see all of your blogs better!
5. Do more author interviews. This was a common theme in my Reader’s Poll – people wanted to see more author interviews. I’m doing my best to start contacting more authors for interviews and hoping for the best. I love hearing what authors have to say, so it should be fun.
6. Relax. I get very uptight and OCD about how my blog looks and flows. I want to be able to roll with the punches more. I think it will make the whole thing more enjoyable!
What about you? Do you have specific blog resolutions for the coming year? If you’d like to do a post, click here to link your post up with Melissa’s post from My World…In Words and Pages.
