Grow Your Blog: Halfway There

I'm happy to report that I'm in week 7 of my 12 week Blog Mentoring Program with One Artsy Mama. Everything has been going great so far! Thanks to Amy's advice and guidelines, my monthly stats have doubled in the last six weeks. I couldn't be happier!

We've looked at a number of topics. My favorite, so far, was cleaning up your blog. I learned about which features were important to keep on your blog and what to add/take away. One of the topics I'm most excited about is learning about sponsors, affiliates, and advertising. I know absolutely nothing about them and I know Amy will be a great teacher (she has a really good teaching style that's really easy to understand).

Amy helped us lay out short term and long term goals. One of my short term goals was to get 25 likes on my Facebook page which I met and now I'm hoping to reach 100 followers (through a combination of GFC, Blog Lovin', and Linky Followers). I'm only 8 away so that's my goal for March!

My favorite thing about this course has not only been the help from Amy, but the feedback of the other participants. We all want each other to succeed and it's been wonderful to get their opinions on everything! There were so many things that I just had no clue where to start and everyone has been there to assist me.

I hope you'll take the time to visit the other participants in the series:

Mentor:
Amy at One Artsy Mama

Participants:
Christina at The Scrappy Housewife
Eva at Tales of the Scotts
Tawna at Hooked with Love
Lesa at Moms Bulletin Board
Andrea at DreAm**heArt**sMart**ArT
Emily at A Tossed Salad Life
DeDe at Designed Decor
Sarah at Sarah SaturDIY
Nancy at Small Things 
Jenny at Ignite Learning LLC
Sarah at bentoriffic
Susan at Organized 31
Lynn at How the Sun Rose
Megan at Crafty Meggy
Kallee at Creative Southern Home
Tamara at Etcetorize
Deb and Capi at ChosenSisters

Advertising, Features, and Guest Posts oh my!

Craft A Spell is now accepting applications for guest posts, sponsors, advertisements, giveaways, and product reviews. Please visit my new page called Advertise & Get Featured for more information.

I would like to give a huge shout out to the wonderful Amy from One Artsy Mama for helping me understand all of this. Her Grow Your Blog mentoring series has been an amazing help and it's only just begun! I can't wait to learn more things!




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