Carol and I haven’t spent as much time on Alphablogs as we’d like to. We both have and look after other blogs and lead busy professional and personal lives – but hey, how difficult can it be to write a post a week?
So, motivated by the promise to come up with three timed blogging goals by today, we sat down to talk about that.
“Alphablogs,” Carol said, “is a bit like a house plant that we don’t care for very well.” We also realized that like everyone else, at some level we’re selfish creatures – and Alphablogs is not giving us as much as we’d like.
Since this blog is our own creation, we really needed to remind ourselves that we can do with it whatever we want. I guess sometimes that’s a startling realization.
What, whatever we want?
Yup.
Okay then. What do we want?
We are not marketers. We know something about marketing – actually, quite a bit – but we’re not professional marketers. What we are is two women with lots of passions and interests, and when they are not expressed, we get cranky and lose our oomph.
So the obvious solution is to inject as much as possible of this passion and interest into Alphablogs.
We are both passionate about Web 2.0. About the immense possibilities for connection and creating and nurturing community, about the democracy of open source, about using the word, images and sounds in ways that are not only entertaining but truly meaningful.
Why don’t we write more about that? Because that’s another passion we share – writing. So … let ‘er rip!
We also figured that we truly enjoy having conversations with one another – so why not do that here on Alphablogs? Chances are others will enjoy our conversations, too.
So … these are our goals then:
1. To start a conversation and follow it, with at least one conversation post each a week, for two months, starting today, August 18.
2. To check in again on October 18.
And, since we’re so excited about the “fun” part of this, we both felt we could also do something that doesn’t seem so much fun –
3. For each of us to spend 30 minutes towards one item on our SEO “to do” list, by September 18.
Modest goals? Perhaps. But they are goals, and we’re committed to them. Watch our Alphablogs plant grow!