1 January, 2014 Bunny 25 Comments 1 category

newyearschallenge_bannerBook Blogger New Year’s Resolution Challenge is hosted by PARAJUNKEE.COM

I can’t believe 2014 is here! As 2013 winded down, and my “every day” life began to settle, I started thinking about where I wanted to go with WeAreWordNerds this year.  2013 was a fantastic year for us, I mean: we hit over 1 million visitors, we made some wonderful contacts at most of the major publishing houses & managed to get ourselves on some permanent “blogger” mail lists, we officially changed domain names, and we have had an amazing amount of support from the book loving community (both readers & publicity departments)!  Where do you go from that, you know?

I am so excited for 2014, and hope this year takes our site to that “next step” in blogging. What ever that step happens to be!

Todays challenge post: BOOK BLOGGING RESOLUTIONS

The difference between a resolution & a goal?  A goal is just a “good intention”.  Its something you hope you’ll do, but there is no commitment or plan.  It is more of a “if I get around to it” it will be great, type deal. A resolution, on the other hand, is something you are GOING TO DO, regardless. It will be done. So here are my resolutions for 2014!

  • I will be proactive in bumping up the interaction on the site.
    I don’t know why my posts really hardly ever get comments.  I get tons of conversation ABOUT my posts over on twitter, fb, and instagram. So why no comments on the site itself?  I’m going to look into this and do what I can to build the “community” feel of the site.
  • I will find and interact actively on new blogs of interest.
    This will help me be “in the know” on what books are trending, as well as give ME new friends and interaction with other book lovers.  I feel like with my divorce and my cut back of the internets, Im really out of “touch” with the book community right now.  Do you have a book blog? Let me know, down in the comments!
  • I will publish more discussion type posts.
    With everything that happened this year, my blog posts have become more of “Book of the Day” posts and thats it.  This year, I will get back to posting, and adding a lot more discussion type posts.  This also will help with my #1 resolution of more interaction on the site!
  • I will be more proactive with my youtube channel.
    I know, I know. I keep blaming everything on the divorce, but its true. Putting my face on to do booktube videos is the last thing I have felt like doing lately. This divorce has stressed me out to the max and I just haven’t felt like “playing happy” for the camera, if that makes sense.  My divorce is almost over though, so I will be back to doing videos again soon.  The question is will I be doing them on my BunnyCates channel or over on the new WeAreWordNerds channel.  Probably, both. 🙂
  • I will participate in at least 6 blog tours, this year.
    I have always turned down blog tour spots, because those are posts I don’t even READ on other peoples blogs. However, it dawned on me that tours are a great way to share info about a book & usually have a giveaway associated with them. They are beneficial and FUN to the people that LIKE those posts.  So, I will do more blog tours in 2014. And I will do it, for YOU. 😉
  • I will put an effort into promoting AUTHORS and not just books, this year.
    I’ve never really put a big focus on the author because I care about the ‘story’ not who wrote it, you know? But, truth is, I have met some amazing authors and publicists this year. I want to shine a little light on them, because without THEM – I would have no books to enjoy!
  • GRATITUDE.
    I know I say thank you to you guys, my readers, all the time for supporting me/my site. But I want to focus on it this year. Remind myself how lucky I am to be a part of the book community.  Im not sure how, but I want to make sure that ALL of my blog readers & the publicist/authors I work with – know how much I appreciate them.  Without you guys, there wouldn’t be a “WeAreWordNerds”, ya know?

That’s it for me. How about you? What are your resolutions for this year?  If you do this challenge make sure to swing by PARAJUNKEE.COM and link up your post on her linky thingy.  Let me know down in the comments, too, so I can check it out!

Thanks for stopping by guys.
xx

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25 Replies to “Book Blogger New Year’s Challenge (2014)–Day 1: BLOGGER RESOLUTIONS”

    1. My year has been so hit or miss, I feel like I am “re-establishing” too. *sigh* Welcome back to the community to you! (and thanks for commenting!)

  2. I love your resolutions! I was a horrible blogger in 2013 and pretty much stopped commenting, which leaves my own blog lonesome for interactions. Hopefully this challenge will put us all on the right track! Looking forward to your discussion posts, something I need to get to in 2014 as well!

    Happy New Year!

    1. You can do it! I went through a divorce in 2013 so my year has just been all over the place. Its so hard to focus on keeping up with your tbr when life keeps kicking you in the face, ya know? But I feel like 2014 is going to be amazing, for some reason. So… here we go! hahaha!

      Thanks for stopping by, reading, AND commenting! Heading over to your blog, now.
      Have a great New Year!

  3. Sounds like you have some great resolutions. I think it’s pretty cool that you do youtube. I’ve thought of it but haven’t a clue what I’d do. Have a great new year. Lacie @ Rainy Dayz Reviewz
    Lacie recently posted…2014 Reading ChallengesMy Profile

    1. Youtube is really easy. You just hold up a book and talk to yourself. I mean, come on now. Not like we dont do that already, right?
      lol!

      Thanks for stopping by, reading, AND commenting! Heading over to your blog, now.
      Have a great New Year!

  4. Its always interesting to see why conversation flows in one place but not another isn’t it? You’d think the logical place would be on the blog itself, but that’s rarely the truth of the matter.

    Good luck! Also I don’t know how your bookshelf is now, but hot dang that’s a beautiful set up!
    Lexie C. recently posted…BBCNYE14: Day 1 Blogger ResolutionsMy Profile

    1. Thank you! I love my bookcases! I need to move them, so bad because they are warping my dining room floor but I can’t make myself do it! hahaha! I really can’t figure the whole blog commenting thing out. I have people who will EMAIL ME about something on my blog, but wont comment on the post. haha. And then there is twitter & fb. You’d think it’d be easier to just comment on that post, rather than go look the person up elsewhere – but apparently, no.
      lol.
      Thanks for stopping by, reading, AND commenting! Heading over to your blog, now.
      Have a great New Year!

  5. Your resolutions look great! I think people are a bit hesitant to comment on blogs in general. My non-blogger friends read my blog but never comment for some reason – they always shy away from it. I guess it can seem a bit daunting to comment on a new blog if you’re a non-blogger and not in the habit of it? Social media is a little more comfortable for everyone it seems.

    I don’t ever publish discussion type posts, but maybe that’s something I need to start doing.

    Good luck with your resolutions and happy new year! 🙂
    Farhana recently posted…My Blogger ResolutionsMy Profile

    1. Thanks! Yep, I’ll never understand it. lol
      Thanks for stopping by, reading, AND commenting! Heading over to your blog, now.
      Have a great New Year!

  6. For some reason I have always watched your youtube videos but never visited your blog.

    I know what you mean about comments. I know people are reading my posts but not commenting on them. I need to work on that.

    I am so happy I am now reading your blog

    happy new year

    1. I have complete faith in us! We can totally do THIS!
      Thanks for stopping by, reading, AND commenting! Heading over to your blog, now.
      Have a great New Year!

    1. You’re doing GREAT, Rachel! Keep it up!
      lol.
      Seriously, thanks for stopping by and commenting!! I think your blog is amazing so… yeah.
      *blogger envy* – #JustSaying

  10. Great list of resolutions! It’s interesting that people talk about your posts a lot, but you don’t get a lot of comments. I want to add more discussion posts too. I feel like I get lots of traffic on my giveaway posts, but not on the others and I need to figure out how to increase that!
    Nicole Hewitt recently posted…Book Blogger New Year’s Challenge Day 1My Profile

    1. OH yeah! Giveaways get TONS of traffic but its not organic. They just pop in to enter and pop off. Kind of annoying but, I do the same thing so I can’t complain. LOL

  11. I’m trying to interact more like I did when I first started the blog and was having a ton of fun. I’m hoping to do more videos as well.

  12. Yes, authors need more love. I think I’m going to try to reach out to the ones I adore too. I tend to get anti-social and distant even when I’m secretly madly in love with their books. The best I usually do is send a tweet. But, the awesome authors deserve more…

    Okay, rambling.

    I stopped doing blog tours because I was having trouble keeping up with the time restrictions, but I do love following tours when other people do them. I’m sure you’ll love participating in them this year. 🙂
    Lizzy recently posted…Day 2 — Your Pros and Cons of BloggingMy Profile

    1. haha, I’ve tweeted a few authors about their books. They probably all thought I was crazy. Especially Kami Garcia, poor girl. I was so excited with the Caster Chronicles I kept thanking her for writing it FOR ME. hahahaha

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