My Technology Addictions

OK so now I have finally got around to writing up about my results from being involved in Darren Rowse’s the 31 Days to a Better Blog project or challenge when it includes 1kg chocolate for the winner.

Day 1: Email a New Reader

The first assignment in the 31 Day Challenge is to email a new reader This is such a simple idea and one that I have not routinely done. I have at different times left a comment in reply or visited their website if this  information was  supplied. It is always a thrill when someone takes the time to leave a comment and seems logical to reply and thank them but was not something I thought to implement as a “must do”. This is what is so good about Darren’s tips they are logical things to do or implement that will enhance and polish our blogs and bring them up to the next level.

So I have emailed everyone who has left a comment on my blog since we started this project and nearly everyone has replied back. It has opened up a whole new world to me and made the visitors to the blog feel more “real”. So if you comment on my blog I will reply.  Darren says “that the chances of the readers that you email coming back to your blog again increases significantly”. This I have found to be very true.

Please keep coming back , leave a comment and I will see you soon.

Life is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you’re going to get.  Forrest Gump in “Forrest Gump” (1994)

The quote from the Forrest Gump movie is how I felt yesterday after the response Sue and I received with our 31 Days to Building a Better Blog Challenge especially when the creator of this series of daily blogging tips Darren Rowse  wrote that the 31 Days Project Get Seriously Sweet this is about how I  added a wager to the challenge that the loser has to buy 1kg of chocolate for the winner. Mention chocolate and everyone’s ears prick up. It is certainly a universally loved food. Yes it is a food some even state that because it comes Cocoa Bean that it is a vegetable.

So we have had a few people come on board to be part of the 31 Days to Building a Better Blog with the added Chocolate Challenge.

Michelle Martin Alex Miller Kate Quinn Sue Waters Laura Whitehead

So now I had better get into gear and start posting or I will be the one who has to buy the kilo of chocolate.

But before I go a big thanks you to everyone who has been coming through to have a read of my blog. It is great to see so many people from different places all over the world stopping by, and please feel free to leave a comment even if it is just Hi.

Images – left to right

Choc Baskets

Chocolate Swirl Flickr

Box of Chocolates