Birthday Post: 10 Things About Social Impressions
June 12, 2009 9:10 am Social Media
In celebration of my blog’s third birthday, I wanted to share with you details about it.
- I started blogging in June 2006 to learn about online marketing
- My blog started as Introspectus on blogspot! Eeeek! I talked about politics and general affairs once a month. My loyal readers were mom, dad, and my best friend
- I moved my post to Wordpress in October 2007 because Tanner Hobin and Lisa Young made fun of me for using the Blogspot platform
- Twitter and StumbleUpon send the most traffic to my blog
- My most popular post is the one I authored about a restaurateur who threatened a Yelp reviewer. It was submitted to Digg and quickly rose to the front page. Although my site crashed within 15 minutes, the post is still being mentioned in articles and posts, and I still get comments!
- Comments on my blog mean a lot more to me than traffic. I feel like comments tell me what my readers think and provides me with a different POV to my own. My readers who comment tend to be or become loyal readers and I LOVE THAT!
- I am trying my best to find a way to fit blogging into my crazy schedule, as you can tell from my whiny posts about this topic
- I have been sharing videos on my blog, but would love to experiment with v-logging
- Before my next birthday post, I want to have a new blog design. Although I’ve been th.i.s close to having the redesign completed twice, it’s time to actually get ‘er done! Actually, the banner above was created in the first attempt. If you are interested in helping me out, PLEASE let me know!
- I have no immediate plans to put advertising on my blog. I want it to be a place for me to share my thoughts and to document what I’ve learned through personal observations of and discussions about the emerging media world
Happy Birthday, Social Impressions! 
June 12th, 2009 at 10:18 am
congrats… I think I started in fall 2006… I’ve had a few blogs of mostly limited readership… it’s been an interesting journey. Still trying to find a groove I am passionate about and can stick with long term.
June 12th, 2009 at 10:32 am
Congrats on making it so long. I started about a year or so after you. It’s not easy, I’ll go in spurts where I create a post every couple of days, then I’ll go months without another one.
Good work! You put out good stuff, so keep it comin
July 3rd, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I’m just a newbie)) I started blogging in January 2008. Still getting a little traffic, but hopefully it will increase soon.
Congrats on making it so long and good!
July 9th, 2009 at 5:06 am
Congratulations. I hope I can start to develop a real blog readership soon, but right now I am still writing up extra material in advance so I can have a lot of new material when I do.
Keep it up!
July 9th, 2009 at 5:07 am
I hope I can start to develop a real blog readership soon, but right now I am still writing up extra material in advance so I can have a lot of new material when I do.
Keep it up!
December 26th, 2009 at 4:17 am
I think you are correct in that the post is more about being strategic with blogging and less about blogger relations–and have revised. Hm, maybe an example of good blogger relations?