Fifth Week Update
It's Lizorae's first fifth week of the month! For every fifth week, I'm going to share what's been going on with my blog and general updates.
This is something I haven't seen any other writing bloggers do, but hey, let's break the system! I think doing these updates will help connecting with you guys because what's this blog for without you?
If you're here just for the writing tips, I get you. But stick around for a bit because I'll get to the best posts so far.
Milestones
On December 2019, I set up Lizorae! I had no idea about branding or how to use social media or what the blogging biz is like. But I soon learnt. I'm still not an expert, but I'm definitely more confident.Since then, I've changed my branding an embarrassing three times. Within three months. And I'm probably going to change it again.
I know it's not really the best way to go, but I'd rather do it know in the beginning than later. If I could go back in time, I'd wait until I've made a concrete branding and then start a blog, but it's important to just do it, right?
to this:
The first one was an improved version of my original design. I make my pins on pixlr.com and the first one used whatever font I found there and liked. A few weeks ago, they had an update and I could upload local fonts. I was able to upload the two fonts in my second pin.
I think it looks so much better. I'm still finding new pin designs I like, but for now, I think this is fine.
My Pinterest impressions with the old design was pretty low, around 30 views. With my updated pin, it boomed to a thousand impressions. I have to take into consideration that I uploaded thirteen pins, improved SEO and did a profile re-do.
But I did some maths. 30 impressions divided by the 12 pins I had at that time equals 2.5. That's only 2 to 3 views on my pins each. Now it's 1000 divided by 13 which equals, rounded down, 76. That's 74 more impressions. It's still small compared to other bloggers, but I think that's okay for now.
Best Posts
These are the best performing pins according to Pinterest.
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| 5 Foreshadowing Tips From Zootopia |
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| Are You Writing's Prey? Sid on Overcoming Fear |
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| Should You Kill Your Bae? Rethinking killing your darling. |
And here's two posts I think you should read. Because I like them.
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| How To Collaborate With Other Authors |
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| Writing A Dynamic Series With The Freja Peachtree Trilogy |
My Plan For Lizorae
I'm sure you're aware that this is a .blogspot site. I'm not a fan of this platform. Blogger has a lot of limitations on what you can do with the design and usability is not great. I'm trying to fix some of the design but for some reason, Blogger isn't cooperating.
Right now, I'm going to just roll with it. For now, I'm just going to establish myself as an author and blogger.
But sometime in the future, I'm going to find a new platform. I think the best is Wordpress.org but if another platform is better, I'm all for it. I'm going to get my own domain name and all the other things I need. It's basically a do-over.
I'm probably going to rebrand again, haha.
With all the quarantining and self-isolating, now you have no excuse for not writing.
Jokes aside, I think we should all be cautious and follow the guidelines. Wash your hands before you eat. Wash your hands after you eat. Watch YouTube videos on how to properly wash your hands. But we don't need to be scared. I'm going to keep washing my hands but I'm also going to trust God for protection.
(And toilet paper.)
About The Virus
The Virus Thing is a big thing right now. It's a serious thing. We should also be serious about it but also take it with a little humour.With all the quarantining and self-isolating, now you have no excuse for not writing.
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Jokes aside, I think we should all be cautious and follow the guidelines. Wash your hands before you eat. Wash your hands after you eat. Watch YouTube videos on how to properly wash your hands. But we don't need to be scared. I'm going to keep washing my hands but I'm also going to trust God for protection.
(And toilet paper.)
Now To You
You guys reading this are what motivates me to keep writing on Lizorae. Without you, I wouldn't be here. So here's what I want to know from you.
Is there anything you want from me?
Is there a topic you'd like me to help you with?
Do you like musicals?
Leave a comment below!
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