Bloggiesta Spring 2014 w/ updates

Hello Readers: the next few days are going to be awesome!

Last week was so stressful at work, I worked 12 hour days at work for a conference and my blogging duties fell very short of the norm. SO... The 27th through the 30th will be Bloggiesta! An event dedicated to making your blog a better place and doing all the things you normally fall short on.

For me that is more things than I like to admit but here is my to-do list:

• Update my "Reviews by Author" tab - Done!
  
• Update my "Giveaways" tab or remove it- Done! removed it, I use my sidebar for giveaways more anyway.
• Comment on more blogs, get involved in the blogging community
• 3/27 - Commented on  30 blogs and posts.
• 3/28 - Commented on 5 blogs and posts. - it was a busy work day :/
• 3/29 - Commented on 26 blogs and posts.
• 2/30 - Commented on 15 blogs and posts.

• Write some reviews! - need to review some comics - Done!

• Do a few mini challenges - Done! I am still going to do more if I can though! So much knowledge and advice, I love it.
 

• 3/27 Social Media! - 
• Linked my blog to Google+
• Played with Lists on Twitter - I love this idea but feel that they need a better way to add people to lists in bulk. It is a little tedious.

• 3/28 Blog Improvement! -
• Played with PicMonkey - what an awesome program. I need to actually edit some pictures more before posting though.
• About Me Pages - after stalking many of your "about me" pages I tweaked my update from Tuesday a little. - always a work in progress tho 

• 3/29 Getting Organized! - 
• Evernote - not like I need more lists in my life but I am going to try this out! 

• 3/30 Challenges! - 
• FTC - I participated in Jessica's challenge and took a look at some of my posts to make sure I am compliant. 
• Netgalley - my tip for myself - don't request any more books until I read the ones I have -- So difficult though :/

• Back up my blog 
• Update my Review Policy - add about in there - Done!
• Participate in a Twitter Chat - #bloggiesta - Done!
• Organization and Time Management: Saturday March 29 @ 11 a.m. Eastern- I learned so much about how other bloggers organize and share their posts. My greatest take away was from Shannon (@backtoblk), she uses a white/wipe board calendar for her bloggy stuff, I need to get me one of those!

Added Tasks:

• Prepare for The Book Monster's readathon.
• gather books and my notebook, schedule out time frame to finish things

•  Plan some blog posts.

Done and Done! I am so happy to have been a part of Spring 2014 Bloggiesta this year. It has improved so many things on my blog and got me to think about blogging in a refreshed way. Thank you to everyone for helping/stopping by and commenting/ reading the blog/ and overall just being awesome! Cannot wait until the next event!

Are you a blogger who needs to do some blog maintenance and needs a fun way to do it? Go sign up and join us!