Let’s talk about blogging. Do you do it? If so, did you plan ahead before launch with a purpose and plan?
WhatIfItDid.com will be celebrating a birthday soon!
January 1, 2008 was the date of the first post here and that means the ole’ gal will be 15 years old in a few short days. I’m not sure how many years that is in blog years, but definitely older than dirt. No matter how you plan ahead to select categories to segment what you’ll be sharing, that changes over time. I’ve closed a few categories and added others over the years to reflect changes in my interests and life.
Blogging is still popular but it’s now called content marketing. Tons of folks make tons of money by garnering hits. They collaborate with experts, sell ads and often times sell their own product or service. I make $0 dollars and do none of that. In addition, I don’t plan to do it either.
What categories get the most hits and have most growth potential?
Interesting to note is that dogs rank much higher than cats insofar as visitor interest. Music blogs top the “best categories” list with food coming in a close 2nd. Lifestyle blogs (I guess that’s what WIID is) is 3rd followed by travel and DIY design. Looks like I’ve got a smorgasbord of them all. 🙂
Let’s go back… but not all the way back…
I looked at WIID’s archived results on the way back machine. Although it was indexed in 2008, the platform was different back then so the site’s feed is shown and not the design. In 2011 it’s a different story — the archives show what the site actually LOOKED like. You remember any of these?
Here’s to 15 more years of content non-marketing for WhatIfItDid!
Blogging is one of my biggest time sinks consisting of not only the time it takes to write each post, but also the time I spend reflecting on what mattered to me over the years. You should try it! I need more reading material. 🙂
TIL (Today I Learned): The Hope Diamond was mailed to the Smithsonian in a $2.33 envelope — normal first class US Mail without delivery confirmation.