Tag: blogging

  • Social Media facade

    Social Media facade

    Humor me here as I make up a completely fictional story about a completely fictional person to demonstrate a point: Linda has an etsy shop and makes beautiful purses. She has happy customers and wonderful 5-star reviews on her etsy shop. She also has a blog, a facebook page, and an instagram; on these channels…

  • Trending towards real

    Trending towards real

    My favorite bloggers have, since the beginning, tried to present a balanced picture of life, rather than painting everything with a rosy glow. I’ve tried to do that, too, because we don’t have any rainbow-eating, butterfly-pooping ponies around here. {Anybody get my Horton Hears a Who reference?} Lately, I’m seeing this trend towards “real” in…

  • About my readers + what to expect in 2015

    About my readers + what to expect in 2015

    Shhhhh: Don’t tell the other bloggers, but I have THE best readers. According to this year’s reader survey results, the majority of my readers are, as I expected, near my own age: 56% in the 40-54 range and 37% in the 26-39 range, with a sprinkling of readers in the under 25 and over 55…

  • My personal favorite posts of 2014

    My personal favorite posts of 2014

    In my last post, I shared my top posts from 2014, based on page views and shares. Sometimes the ones that end up most popular take me by surprise, like How to be friends with an Introvert. It was actually one of my personal favorites, but I didn’t expect it to take off like it…

  • Looking Back: Top 10 Posts of 2014

    Looking Back: Top 10 Posts of 2014

    At the close of each year, I always spend time thinking about what went well and what I’d like to change. That goes for my blog, too. Today I’m sharing my top ten most popular posts written in 2014, and enjoying a little look back. Did you have a favorite of my posts? If so,…