My Bloggiesta Plan

I’m so excited for the first-ever week-long Bloggiesta! Bloggiesta is a fun working party to make our blogs all nice and spiffy — spring-cleaning for the website.

In case you didn’t see it earlier, I’m running a mini-challenge for this Bloggiesta about Making Memes. Check it out! I have a very low-commitment level to join, so if you’ve ever wanted to have a good think about whether or not you want to host a meme, this is the perfect opportunity!

The Bloggiesta folks organized the Twitter chats for each day by a theme, so I’m going to follow the same themes to organize my goals this week.

Here’s the plan:

Sunday — Preparation. This is my standard list of what I do at the beginning of Bloggiesta.

~~Back up with FileZilla~~
~~Back up with WordPress tool~~
~~Install WordPress updates~~
~~Test my website load time with Pingdom Tools as recommended by The Redhead Riter~~
~~Run the security scan at Sucuri as recommended by Sophisticated Dorkiness~~

Monday — PEOPLE.

~~Comment on Bloggiesta sign-up posts~~
~~Complete a people-oriented mini-challenge~~ Estella’s Revenge feed reader challenge
~~Look into nReply and other comment notifiers to put on my blog~~ On hold while I decide about JetPack which might do the job for me
~~Think about how to establish a habit of replying to all comments on my blog~~
~~Look into Feedly~~
~~Think about how to establish a habit of reading blogs more regularly~~
~~3pm Central Time: participate in Twitter chat on Comments and Followers~~

Tuesday — E-PRESENCE.

~~Complete a social media mini-challenge~~ Suey’s Twitter Chat Tutorial
Catch up on Google Plus.
Think about how to establish a habit of using Google Plus more
~~Clean up all emails that are related to my blog~~
Reorganize my Pinterest boards
~~Think about how to make better use of Pinterest~~ Lindsay’s Pin Your Author Interviews
~~Clean up my Twitter follows~~
~~6pm Central Time: participate in Twitter chat on Social Media~~

Wednesday — DISPLAY.

Complete a display-oriented mini-challenge
Clean up my Categories
Update the Health Books page
Set up a Books Read page
~~11am Central Time: participate in Twitter chat on layout~~

Thursday — REVIEWS.

Complete a mini-challenge about blog posts
Write all out-standing reviews
Draft other future posts
(no Twitter chat for me on Thursday because I’ll be learning about Witnessing Whiteness at a community meeting)

Friday — ORGANIZE.

~~Complete an organization mini-challenge~~ Two, actually: a Treasure Trove of Post Ideas offered by Ms. Bookish and the mini-challenge on Trello by Kassiah at Pretty Sassy Cool
Finish the Books Read page if I didn’t get it done on Wednesday
Work on new habits for G+, Pinterest, email, and blog-reading
8pm Central Time: participate in Twitter chat on organization

Saturday — BOOKS and READING.

Complete a mini-challenge about books and reading
Consider how I’m doing on my 2015 challenges and plan to make progress
~~Read something~~ Fairest by Marissa Meyer
(No Twitter chat for me on Saturday because I’ll be attending a family gathering, an early Easter celebration to accommodate a college student on spring break)

Sunday — FEEDBACK and FREE FOR ALL.

Complete a mini-challenge that looks like fun
Investigate plug-ins that might help my site’s speed, security, or SEO
~~2pm Central Time: participate in “free for all” Twitter chat~~

If I get even half of all that done, it will be a very good week! Are you joining the Bloggiesta party?

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My Bloggiesta Plan — 27 Comments

Deb Nance at Readerbuzz on March 22, 2015 at 10:28 am said:

Wow. You are going big with Bloggiesta. Good luck! Hope to see you around next week.

readerbuzz.blogspot.com

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Melissa F. on March 22, 2015 at 11:24 am said:

Holy cow. Those are some ambitious Bloggiesta goals! I love the themes for each day, and may need to borrow those (with credit given, of course) and some of your to-do’s, as many are on my list as well.

Have fun Bloggiesta-ing!

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Vasilly on March 22, 2015 at 11:32 am said:

Whew! What a list! Good luck on your goals.

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Andi Miller (@estellasrevenge) on March 22, 2015 at 11:33 am said:

This is an AMAZING plan!!!!

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Suzanne Yester on March 22, 2015 at 11:47 am said:

Sounds exhausting and exhilarating! It’s always fun to dedicate some time to ones blog and Bloggiesta reminds us to do it. Enjoy and good luck on meeting your goals!

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Suey on March 22, 2015 at 3:37 pm said:

Wow! Impressive! And what an awesome idea! I wish you all the luck in the world! 🙂

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Anne on March 22, 2015 at 5:50 pm said:

You are way more organized than I am about the whole Bloggiesta thing. I must rethink my whole plan which was basically to lurk. Ha! Have a good week.
My Weekly Sunday Salon

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Kathryn@Book Date on March 22, 2015 at 6:04 pm said:

Oh my, are you going to do any other work, eat, sleep etc? Fabulous list for anyone to look at and think how they could apply all or some of your ideas.

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Belle Wong on March 22, 2015 at 11:34 pm said:

Wow, Joy, you’re going to be BUSY! It’s a great idea, organizing your Bloggiesta plan according to the chat themes. I’m hoping to make some of the chats, and get to some of the challenges.

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Steph on March 23, 2015 at 10:20 am said:

Wow, I love the daily goals list that is a wonderful idea! I hope you accomplish everything 🙂 Happy Bloggiesta!

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laurelrainsnow on March 23, 2015 at 11:32 am said:

Wow, all of your tasks are very technical and advanced….I am impressed. Have fun! And thanks for visiting my blog.

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Terri @ Alexia's Books and Such... on March 23, 2015 at 2:19 pm said:

Really like how you’ve organized your goals by day and theme! I transferred my Bloglovin’ feed to Feedly and am going to see how I like it once I get used to everything. Was pretty easy to move all of my groups, and I love easy! Google+ has been on my to-do list for awhile, as I’m still not 100% sure how to use it. Maybe this will be the week I finally figure it out! Good luck with all of your goals!

Terri @ Alexia’s Books and Such…

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Michelle@Because Reading on March 23, 2015 at 6:12 pm said:

Great plan! and how awesomely organized you are!!! That’s great!!!
Good Luck! I hope you can finish all your goals.

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Chris Wolak on March 24, 2015 at 7:37 am said:

I so appreciate how organized you are! My organization skills went belly-up the past two years and this is inspiring to me. Have a great week!

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Gaby on March 24, 2015 at 7:39 am said:

Wow, that’s a long list!! Good luck 🙂 I’m going to check out your challenge 🙂

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Chrisbookarama on March 24, 2015 at 3:05 pm said:

Impressive list! And it looks like you already got a lot done!

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Lark @ The Bookwyrm's Hoard on March 24, 2015 at 5:21 pm said:

I love how you broke the days into focal areas – what a great idea! And your list is quite ambitious! I can’t figure out how so many people doing Bloggiesta are able to work so quickly. . .

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stu06bloc9 on March 24, 2015 at 8:56 pm said:

Thank you for visiting my blog and the warm welcome to joining the bloggiesta 🙂 Enjoyed reading your articles, i’ll maybe pop by for a Brit-Isles-Fri contribution if not this week, another time (and now I know what a meme is too – can’t believe how long I’ve been reading that word in blogs and not taking any notice of it or how I didn’t actually know what it meant!)
Best wishes 🙂

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Candy @ So little time... on March 25, 2015 at 12:09 am said:

Wow! You have quite a list, and I love how you broke each day down. I hope you accomplish everything! Happy Bloggiesta!

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Katie @ Doing Dewey on March 25, 2015 at 8:10 am said:

Wow, you are getting a ton done this Bloggiesta! I’m impressed!

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Stephanie @ Love. Life. Read. on March 25, 2015 at 9:18 am said:

Wow! Look at you go! Keep up the AMAZING work. You’re an inspiration. 🙂 I hope I am able to get more work down this later half of the week.

Happy Reading!
Stephanie

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Jenni Elyse (@jenni_elyse) on March 25, 2015 at 12:22 pm said:

Oh wow! Look how much you’ve already accomplished! That’s impressive. I hope the rest of your bloggiesta is as productive as it has been! thanks for stopping by!

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melissa @ 1lbr on March 25, 2015 at 4:02 pm said:

Wow, look at you go! That is ambitious and you are already doing so great. Keep it up!

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Kassiah on March 25, 2015 at 9:29 pm said:

Wow, Joy! I am so impressed with your list. Looks like you’re well on your way to accomplishing your goals this week!

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Laurie C on March 26, 2015 at 6:25 am said:

You are amazingly organized, and getting so much done! I was scheduled to be out every night this week, so I decided not to try to join in on Bloggiesta this time, but have been trying to do some cheerleading here and there. Regarding G+, it looks like the Book Bloggers Do It Better community may end up over on Facebook instead, and that was really the only group that I was active in in G+. I have a G+ circle for Book Bloggers, though, and I think you’re in it!

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Kate @ Nose in a book on March 28, 2015 at 8:36 am said:

Whoah, that’s a long list. I think my total list is the amount you’ve assigned to each day! Good luck with it all. I might have to steal/borrow some ideas from you for next time!

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