a contest! a xontest!

you’re prolly not the nerd i am, but i’m all over the blogging blogs - tips, trick, themes, plugins, SEO, adsense, etc etc - i find it stimulating to think (and not do anything with) this information. i guess deep deep down there’s a techy in there, one even (gasp, stargirl), also excited about the opening of the new apple store. so anyways, darren rowse is having a group writing contest and i figured i’d toss in my entry since the prize is pretty sweet (a free theme regularly licensing for one hundred dollas), and it will coincide with my planned launch of the new blog in january.

so, i should get to this goal-setting business - and keep in mind, it’s in reference to the new blog, but i’m keeping that url under wraps still, so you’ll get an idea of the content based on the following…

2008 Blogging Goals:

• launch in the first week of january
• create and maintain a daily posting schedule
• review at least one book monthly
• monetize once readership is above 15,000 pageviews per month
• in the first month, earn at least 5,000 pageviews and 30 comments
• have at least one DIGGable (etc) post per month
• make it on the DIGG front page at least once
• by march, integrate weekly guest poster(s) and ‘feature people on the street’ items
• integrate ED Talk recovery journal into new blog after one month
• by july, be earning enough revenue to replace current admin work, should i choose to quit (it’s very low, it’s achievable)
• learn to customize (and maybe even build!) a theme by year’s end
• be ranked on technorati under 50,000; alexa rank, under 2M
• i’d also like to have a google page rank of 4 (or higher)
• the main goals, of course, are to make fun of myself, lead by example and build a supportive community of readers.