This is the end – the end of the beginning, I mean. Today is the end of the 30 Day Blog Challenge I have been on (not today, really, and I have not completed every module on the challenge but did go through all of them, honest). So, here are a few answers about the why, how, what of this challenge.
I have been blogging for years now (since 2010, in fact) and had been on blogger forever. It worked pretty well for me, ease of use, convenience, with many tools I could easily use along with my blogspot website that made me, well, pretty lazy, if I have to admit it, to move from that position of comfort. I was blogging just for the joy of it, and no other reason. And I am not saying that is wrong at all – it is what I did and still do – blog for the joy of it. I loved the look and feel of my blogspot blog but knew I needed to get my own website sooner or later.
But now I also know that if I apply myself (a little bit more than I am doing currently), I can grow my blog
- to something more,
- to something where I can derive a passive income at least,
- and more importantly, to something where my readers leave with a smile on their faces and with something that helps them somehow.
When my thoughts were taking this turn, along came a time, a few weeks ago, when I was looking for something different, and had more time on my hands suddenly. Somehow (well, maybe because of my google searches), a post appeared on my Facebook feed about the 30 Day Blog Challenge, and after looking into it, I decided to take the plunge and do the challenge.
This challenge takes you from the very beginning – the web-hosting and creating and starting a new blog, to themes, blog post ideas, building an audience, creating emails, ideas for how to make an income from blogging, and more. With a step-by-step guide using daily video lessons (about an average of 8 minutes each), and other accompanying resources and guides on how-tos, templates, etc, this challenge did make my journey from my blogspot blog to where I am today easier.
Will I be making money and posting income reports in the future? Will I be that top-rated website in my niche (duh, I don’t have one niche, like my tagline says, I am a blog(ful) of niches)? Well, that depends completely on me, right? But, before I forget, the most important point, this 30 Day Blog Challenge (course/guide to setup your blog and more) is completely FREE!! And I should also point out that this is not a sponsored post in anyway but my way of saying thanks to this resource that got me off my lazy-couch and onto a learning journey. I have learned so many things over the course of the past month and more, not only from this challenge/course, but because I decided to start this new venture of mine (courtesy – this challenge!!), and so because of this challenge.
So, thank you to all of you at the 30 Day Blog Challenge..
From here – my blogspot site where I used a downloaded theme (which was beautiful and I still have by the way!)
to here – my very own domain/my very own website where I created the header for it!!
Nice way to pay it forward!
Hi
I saw you tweet about blog and I thought I’d checkout your website. Looks like LadyInRead has come a long way. Keep up the good work.
Do checkout my blog http://www.senseiteve.com too.
Congrats on making it through the 30 Day Blog Challenge. As a fellow blogger, I wish you all the success in the future.
I remember your blogspot one, congrats on taking the 30 day blog challenge and starting your very own domain!
Nice way to find motivation. I will be checking out the 30 day challenge. I just reentered the blogging world on 11/13 and I am always looking for ways to grow.
good luck to you on your blogging…
Congratulations on starting your blog! I just started a few months ago. I wish you the best of luck on your blogging journey!
thank you Hailee.. will check out ur blog and wishing you luck too
Congratulations for completing the 30 day challenge. How did you find the experience? Was it difficult? I am thinking of doing the same, but my only issue would probably be lack of time.
Annemarie, was not difficult .. the first step was to sign up for a webhost.. and i took my time to work on the 30 days.. also some of the modules were not fully applicable to me..will try to answer any questions i can or you can always ask the people at the challenge – they respond pretty fast
Congratulations on starting your blog and motivating yourself by taking 30-day blog challenge. All the very best for your blogging venture.
thank you Anjana…
Thank you for sharing your experiences with the 30 Day Blog Challenge. I am definitely going to look into it! Congrats on starting another blog, this time with your own domain/website. You will rock it!
thank you!! aarika.. hoping can get to where I want to really in the near future
WHat an amazing and motivation post! Awesome work!
thank you!
I hope the 30 day challenge goes well for you! Enjoy it.
i am done with the challenge 🙂 though there are parts i will be reviewing still
Really good tips. I wish I knew some of them when I started blogging. Anyway I added them to favourites. I am really thinking now of self hosting. It scares me I think 😉
me too, still keep thinking about that moment when i clicked ok for my own domain.. 🙂 and now hope i can do the best of it..