Last week concluded the 28-Day Blog Challenge hosted by Katy Widrick. It was a busy month for my blog:
If you don’t know from participating, this challenge was completely free, and I learned so much. Thank you to Katy and everyone who joined in to share knowledge, advice and feedback. I will definitely participate in another blog challenge – which I hope to see (hint, hint)! 🙂 If you weren’t a part of this #28DBC, make sure you get in on the next one.
On the first day, I set some goals for my blog during this challenge and got many of them accomplished:
Add an ‘About Me’ box to my sidebarFinally!Update my headerLove my new header!- Organize my Google Reader (or alternative)
Comment more regularly on blogs I follow (and discover some new blogs)I discovered several new blogs thanks to this challenge.Fix the comment link on my blog to make it easier to findIt’s now at the bottom.- Make it easier to pin images from my site to Pinterest
Plus, some exciting additional changes:
- I updated my Remember page
- Had my blog header re-designed by Rita at Blog Genie (love her!) and also changed the columns on my blog
- Published my blog to Kindle
- Updated my Facebook Page and cover photo
- Started replying to every comment left on my blog
- Transferred my domain name and email to DreamHost (love them!) so all of my blog services are now in one place
And…
- I am staying up to date with blogs I follow by commenting on a more regular basis
My favorite change? My new header!
I am still struggling with my Google Reader (I don’t really like it and I think it is overwhelming to manage). What do you use?
I am still looking for a Pin-It Plug-In that allows readers to easily pin images to Pinterest. The ones I tried seem to not work on my blog. Have you found one you like and wouldn’t mind sharing?
Did you participate in the #28DBC? What did you learn?