I am very fortunate to be married to a talented artist. I mean, I’ve seen some stunning work – both digital and hand-drawn – flow from my Sweetie’s fingertips. Which is why, with any luck, this weekend I’m going to get off my ass and incorporate some of those images into my blog. I had a whole ton of ideas last night. Well, maybe not that many, but a few.
I’m thinking…new layout (duh). New header graphics. And a contest to try and get some of you to get me more followers ^_^ I don’t have anything like ARC’s to give away (well,I suppose I have one in PDF form, but that’s not quite the same), but I do have other stuff (gift cards, stationary, and all sorts of we’ll see).
So here’s to hoping I can figure all of that out…oh, and still get some writing and some work done 😀
Good luck with the changes. I’ve found the best way to get new followers on a blog is actually to take part in blogfests. Almost every time I gain at least a couple, if not more. The other I’m finding father helpful is the blog hop. Here is a page where someone is running blog hops, http://writershelpers.blogspot.com/
I love giveaways, but it’s not always easy to have people enter. I have done 2, one with each of my blogs, after having 50 followers and not many people entered. I hope to try again maybe at 150 but it’s hard to tell if it will be a success.
Thank you for the advice – I’m still trying to figure this out and what you’re saying makes a lot of sense 😀 I’ll check out the link and see if I can find some blogfests, too.
Yes, blogfests are definitely something to participate in–I’ve only done like 3 or so but the majority of my followers have come through those. And I can’t wait to see what you can do with this space, Ari! =D
Another thing is to definitely comment on different blogs–I’ve got a couple that I comment on regularly that I can *seriously* recommend. ^_^
*HUGS*
Send me all your recommondations – I would LOVE to have more blogs to follow (she says innocently ;-))