One of the next big steps I’ve decided to take with my blog is to make a concerted effort to bring visitors to my site that don’t know me in the real world. In my latest attempt to drive traffic to my website I’ve added the Facebook application called Blog Networks and created a network page for my blog. People who use the application become “fans” of the blogs they like most. Based on the sites these users pick (and some keywords that I’ve provided) the application recommends other sites to them that they might also like.
If you’re a reader of my content — whether it be through visiting my site, through RSS or via Facebook notes — come show your interest in my writing by joining my blog network. After that, if you’d like to be a big help, become fans of other blogs you like so the application will have some cross-referencing data to work with.
This may never happen again, so I needed to write about it while I have the chance. Back in May both of the roommates I’d had for the previous eight months left, one because he got married and the other because he was going to be working in Tennessee for a few months. Before leaving, they each found a guy to sublease for them. Since these new guys moved in with me they’ve both become bloggers! (They’re also both using WordPress.) So, in an attempt to drive a little traffic to their new sites I thought I’d tell you a little about their blogs.
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I only blogged once in May (and, technically, I wrote that post in April). That’s a record low for any month since I started blogging over four years ago. Honestly, though, I’m not at all upset about it. The spring semester was one of the most intense four month periods of my life. As such, I spent the month of May recharging my batteries.
In an attempt to spice things up a bit I took a break from many of my regular activities and commitments and began some new ones. I started sleeping in, which for me means waking up between 7:00 and 8:00 AM instead of 5:30 AM. I stopped running to rest my bum foot and started weight training with my friend James. I’ve been cooking more and eating out much less. I spent less time one-on-one with students and instead put a lot of energy into leading a Bible study on 2 Timothy. But most significantly, I barely did any writing in any form all month. I’m hoping the result will be a freshness in my blogging and journaling that I think it disparately needs.
I have a few topics that I’m really looking forward to writing about here over the next couple of weeks. Keep checking back for updates.
