Blogging Goals June 2013

Hi everyone! I finally settled on my goals for this month and what I want to accomplish. I may have set the bar very high for myself, but hopefully I can accomplish most, if not all of these. Some of these are the same goals I had for myself last month, but they are things I want to continue doing. So let's see what I've set myself up for, shall we?! :)

My cat Tenouki, probably not setting any goals -
unless it's to get fur all over my journal ;)

Goal #1: Put together a media kit for this blog. I first read about a media kit over at Lacquerheads of Oz, and I think it will be a good thing to have on hand. Also, I'd like to start approaching more mainstream brands - mainly so that I can continue to review these polishes without draining my bank account - and a media kit might give me an edge in that respect. We'll see! ;)

Goal #2: Continue to do one collections review a week. I've got two already completed and so I just need to photograph two more! I feel confident that I can achieve this one!

Goal #3: Post two video tutorials this month. I thought about one a week but they are an awful lot of work. But I do enjoy doing them so I want to keep up the momentum. Let me know if there's anything you'd like to see a video tutorial of. Maybe a nail art design I did in the past, how I paint my nails, nail care, etc.

Goal #4: Continue to post six times per week. I think this was part of the reason this blog did so well last month in terms of traffic and pageviews. It makes sense, more posts means more blog traffic. But it was also good for getting through all the things I wanted to post.

Goal #5: Reach 30,000 pageviews for the month of June. Well I don't really have control over this one, but there's things I can do that will increase the likelihood of it happening. And how you ask? First, I can continue to post interesting content on a regular basis. And second, by sharing my posts with makers and retailers, something I don't do often enough. And then there's always my 500 Facebook likes contest, that shouldn't hurt! ;)

Tenouki: "Hey, stop taking pictures and pet me already!"

Goal #6: Research options for blog redesign. I need a makeover, need I say more? I don't really have much by way of design skills so I want to explore all my options from custom designs to good sources for free templates, and everything in between.

Goal #7: New rules - you buy it you swatch it. No-buys don't work for me. I'll give you a scenario, and you tell me if it's familiar. You are going to go on one of those "no-buys" that everyone seems to be doing. Knowing that there will be a dry spell, you either splurge on purchases before the no-buy, or you go crazy buying polish after the no-buy is complete. Instead I'm implementing a new rule. Everything I buy needs to be swatched, and no more buying until I've swatched my last purchase. If this works out expect to see lots of random swatch spam posts. I think it will be good though, a lot of my purchases do not end up on the blog.

So that's it for the goals. Ambitious, maybe? I definitely have my work cut out for me this month.

Do you set goals for yourself or for your blog? If so, I'd love to hear what kinds of goals you set. :)