2021 Challenges
My June Update
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Despite being ill for a large part of June it was actually a really successful month.
My eldest passed his middle school exams and collected his qualification (proud mummy moment!) and so that was a huge milestone this month.
At the beginning of the month I had set myself some goals that I wanted to achieve.
1. To set a new PB for view to my blog.
In May I reached a new PB of 32089 view in the one month. I wanted to see if I could do even better... and I did! In June I reached 32247 views 🥳🥳
2. I wanted to reach 500 subscribers on my YouTube channel.
I've been doing YouTube, or more specifically BookTube, for years but never really took it seriously until recently. My big goal is to reach 1000 subscribers by the end of the year and so I needed to reach 500 by the end of June to be on track... and I did! My current total is 502 🥳🥳
Needless to say, I'm thrilled with the results.
For those of you that prefer, here's my video update for June:
Where I was featured in June
I'm continuing to work on my external links (the Blog Audit Challenge focus for May).
During June I was featured in this post about What makes the difference between posts bloggers share widely and those that get the minimal effort.
I would love to do more of these so if you want to host me on your book blog please get in touch.
The Blog Audit Challenge 2021
The June Challenges were focused on SEO. This is one of my favourite topics and so I'm constantly going through older posts and updating them to improve SEO.
As I've been blogging for so long this is an ongoing task. I have made more progress with it over June though.
The Social Media Audit Challenge
For this challenge I'm concentrating on social media. For the June challenges the focus was on Facebook.
I've been making more effort with my Facebook page and making sure I schedule some content to post throughout the week.
I have noticed that my distribution score has increase on recent posts. I also noticed that the posts where I included a graphic showing a quote to accompany the post tended to do better in terms of number of people reached and distribution score. I definitely need to work more on this area though. I will be continuing to experiment with content types on my Facebook page and also plan to try posting at different times of the day too to see what effect it has.
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The Clock Reading Challenge
I created the Clock Reading Challenge as I thought it would be fun and not too difficult to complete.
I decided to stray from the number order this month as I really wanted to read Girl, 11. I'm so glad I did as it turned out to be an awesome 5 star read.
Books read this month:
The A to Z Reading Challenge
Next up is the A to Z Reading Challenge.
Books read this month:
Other books read:
The Art of Blog Writing by Eleanor Jones - Gumroad
Currently reading:
British Greats (currently at page 80/264).
Mind Games (Kaely Quinn Profiler #1) by Nancy Mehl (currently at 60%)
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How did you do with your June Challenges? Are you taking part in the Blog Audit Challenge or the Social Media Audit Challenge this year? Have you read any of these books? Join the conversation in the comments section.
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14 comments
Those challenges are so fun! I want to see how far I have gotten with the A to Z so far this year!
ReplyDeleteI've been doing the A To Z Reading Challenge every year and have yet to complete it 🤦🏻♀️ I always get sidetracked and end up missing letters. I'm doing well so far this year though and I'm determined to finish it.
DeleteYou can join in the challenges at any time so see where you're at and then catch up if necessary. There's plenty of time still 😉
I always start these off and seem to forget and fall off mid way
ReplyDeleteA lot of people do that with challenges. It's easy to slow down in the summer months. Still plenty of time to catch up though 😉
DeleteOh wow, you did a great job! Congrats on your Youtube subscribers. This year I've really tried to focus more on Instagram and gaining more followers and engagement there.
ReplyDeleteLauren
www.shootingstarsmag.net
Thanks. I'm really pleased with my results so far this year. It's hard to grow subscribers on YouTube. Still hoping to reach 1k by the end of the year though as would love to monetise my channel.
DeleteInstagram is still a bit of a mystery to me but I'm working on learning more about it. Good luck reaching your goals on there.
I love all the challenges you participate in! Some are for blogging, others are personal, and others still are for reading. It's awesome to push yourself to meet those goals and I'm seriously inspired by you!
ReplyDeleteAww thanks 😊 I love challenges as find they help keep me focused.
DeleteOne day I hope to slow down enough to enjoy joining at least a couple of these challenges.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome to join in anytime Robin. Given the amount you read you've probably finished the Clock Reading Challenge and the A to Z Reading Challenge already even without being an official participant 🤣
DeleteYou are kicking butt on all of your challenges! Jo, you continue to inspire me.
ReplyDeleteAww thanks Kate. So far I'm pretty pleased with my progress with my various challenges. Hoping to complete them all by the end of the year.
DeleteLooks like you're making some amazing progress with your challenges!!
ReplyDelete-Megan @ Bookstacks & Golden Moms
Thanks Megan. I keep forgetting to update my A to Z Reading Challenge progress on your site though 🤦🏻♀️
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