Hello my beautiful greeny apples,
Today makes it 2 years that i started this blog and i can’t believe how much growth i have made within these two years.
Firstly, I thank Almighty God for giving me grace and opportunity called Life. It’s a great privilege to see each new day and also make something you love out of it.
Secondly, i want to say a very big thank you to everyone that has supported me from day 1. I know anytime i published a post, there are some of you that just don’t miss reading, commenting and liking. I’m so grateful and can’t thank you all enough.
CHALLENGES
I don’t think there is anything that doesn’t have it’s own challenge. One of the most challenging things i encounter at the beginning of my blogging journey was getting to build this blog to something i could be proud of. Another thing is now being a mother. It has it’s spec and also disadvantages but in all, I’m happy that i was able to handle all challenges in my own way.
MISTAKES
Yes, i made a whole lot of mistakes and I still do but at least i can detect immediately and make corrections.
Some of the mistakes i made are;
- Comparing my blog to other blogs that has been on this journey for years
- Inconsistency
- Too much at a time (wanting to write all odeas at once). I was writing without a clear strategy and a target audience
- I was afraid to invest money to get what i wanted
- I paid no attention to SEO
- I wasn’t using social media the right well
- I ignored the importance of Pinterest
- And so many other mistakes that I’m glad, i made corrections.
CORRECTIONS
- Spending more time to write my articles before publishing
- Engaging with my audience
- Social media sharing
- Pinterest is good for your blog
- Paying attention to keywords, search and SEO in general
GROWTH
- I’m so happy with my stats. Yes, I’m not where i would love to be with but I’m not where i ised3to be
- I’m no longer worried that only new posts can bring in engagements.
- I have improved in writing, titles, audience engagement and of course, my blogging knowledge generally
- I recently just upgraded my blog to premium plan and it is not as bad as many bloggers have said. Yes there are limitations but now i have knowledge on what it is like to be upgraded.
WHAT I’VE LEARNT IN 2 YEARS OF BLOGGING
- Blogging is fun
- Blogging can be a career
- There is nothing you can’t blog about
- No rules in blogging just guidelines to achieving the best blog
- Anyone can blog
- WordPress is awesome.
Thank you everyone for 2 years πππ
Congratulations to my favorite blogger ππ
Thank you so much riley π
Thank you everyone ππππΎ
How do you use Pinterest? I’m actually curious. I feel like I’ve been sleeping on it.
Pinterest has helped me alot. In a day i have about 200 views from pinterest. Your blog is amazing, you will definitely do better with traffic. Once you have your account all set up, you start creating boards. Boards on pinterest are like categories for your post. It’s easy for readers to just pick the boards they are interested in, starts reading and saving. Once you have created enough boards, you copy the link of your post or when you want to share your post from the wordpress app directly, you will definitely see pinterest amongst all other app. Click on pinterest, choose your image and choose the board you want for the post and publish.
That’s all. Then you start receiving saves, comments, followers and your traffic will increase.
Wow. Thanks a lot. I’m definitely doing this.
You are welcome ππΎ
So it appears I have to grow my followers again from scratch π΄
Lol. Let me tell u a secret π your followers on pinterest doesn’t matter much. I have 28 followers and there is a post on my blog thats has about three thousand saves from pinterest.
Here is the link https://labakeblog.com/2019/04/06/10-beauty-products-that-will-change-your-skin-and-are-pocket-friendly/
Okay you’ve encouraged me. Let me get to work πππ
Yaay πππΎ
What’s your Pinterest. Let me follow you π
Olori labakesblog
Congratulations!
Thank you
Labake congrata on your second year of blogging Journey. Many more success coming your way beautiful πππΎ
Thank you so much bimbo π
Congrats beautiful ππ
Awwwnnn shirley thank you for been one of my number 1 supporters ππ love you babe
ππππ congratulations love
My black beauty. God bless you for all your support. Thank you love πππ
Youβre amazing! Also, such great energy and motivation for people like myself who still donβt quite know how to do this blogging thing. And I relate to the challenges and mistakes you laid out. Still so much to learn! β€οΈ
Awwwwn thank you for your support always π
Congratulations on two years!
Thank you π
Happy blogiversary dear,wishing you many more years….some of your challenges,mistakes are sooo relatable because these are mistakes i made ….still making but catching myself sometimes ….keep it up and thank you
Thank you so much dear π
Congrats on 2 years blogging. I saw your blog link on goodwill. Wow your blog is amazinΔ£. Love from India
Thank you so much priyanka π
Hi, That is really awesome to find your blog. I was really looking for SEO Articles. I am currently on the Premium package at WordPress.com. I want to improve its SEO but I can’t install Plugins. any Good Suggestions for my blog. It is on inspiration and motivation.
https://idealinspiration.blog is the blog link.
Regards
Rising Star
I’m so sorry that I’m just responding to your comment. Somehow your comment was marked as spam by akismet. Really sorry about that.
I actually just upgraded to premium plan as well and I found out the cons are kind of out weighing the pros π just like the plugins installation and some other things. Nevertheless, it’s still a very good upgrade for me.
I have been following your blog for a while on my second blog and your posts are amazing. You are actually doing great. For SEO articles, pinterest is your answer. It’s one of best app for bloggers. For more blogging related posts, kindly search for New Lune on the wordpress search button.
I hope this helps π
Aww, thank you so much dear for your kind response. I hope it will definitely help out me. Thanks again for your time π€ and inspiring words for my blog.
Congratulations
Tnx
Congratulations Rise, I’m proud of you… Keep on shinning on.
Thank you so much