In 2008, I’m looking to:
1. Blog more because you have to feed the beast…and how else can you keep up with people such as Mathew Ingram, Om Malik, TechCrunch, Robert Scoble, Mashable, ReadWriteWeb, etc.?
2. Blog less, and focus on quality as opposed to quantity, and unique thoughts/ideas rather than jumping on the blogging bandwagon every time news breaks.
3. Be less obsessed with statistics because it’s not how many readers you have but the audience you want to reach, the conversations you want to encourage, the brand you want to build, etc.
4. Be even more obsessed with statistics because more is always better, right? Goals for 2008: 2,500 RSS readers, a lot more comments and a promotion within the Techmeme ecosystem.
5. Learn even more about how Wordpress works, including design and SEO.
6. Stop spending so much time learning about Wordpress, and stop fooling around with every single plug-in that looks quasi-interesting.
7. Spend less time on Techmeme.
8. Reduce the number of RSS feeds to focus on reading a small group of blogs.
9. Add more blogs to Google Reader, especially those not focused on technology.
10. Try to attract advertising other than AdSense.
11. Stop worrying about making money from blogging because it’s really not about the money.
Have a Happy (and safe!) New Year’s!
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Heh. ‘Tis true. Happy 2008 Mark!
To you as well, Pete!
Hey Mark,
Obviously, you’ve made some blatant contradictions, but one in particular interests me. If you plan on earning “a promotion within the Techmeme ecosystem”, then you’re going to have to keep “jumping on the blogging bandwagon every time news breaks”. I find that that is the only way to gain entry within the lucrative ecosystem. Thoughts?
Cheers,
Aidan
http://www.MappingTheWeb.com
I’m not entirely sure how Techmeme works but there’s a group of bloggers who have been identified as being part of the ecosystem. Within the ecosystem, there seem to be several tiers, so TechCrunch, for example, would be a member of the super group. My sense is groups are created manually and through an algorithm. The way to get into the Techmeme ecosystem is getting links by bloggers within these groups. Scoble did a video a month or so ago that does a pretty good stab at explaining how Techmeme works.
Love it, Mark. I have just been added as another voice to my company’s blog (have not published anything yet…) and so I read this post with great interest. I am going to pin it to my cube, as words from the (very) wise.
G
Good to hear you’re joining the blogosphere! Not sure my resolutions can be followed to a tee given I’m clearly a bit conflicted but if they provide some inspiration, that’s only a good thing.
Mark
Genius! Probably the best post on resolutions for 08.