Goals as a Blogger

Jim Walton tagged me to share goals I've set to gain success as a blogger. Since I was with family over Easter his challenge simmered on the backburner of my mind. Simmering helped enhance flavors in the pot. Here's the acrostic that resulted...

B uild Community - I hope to find about 50 new blogs with creative and challenging content. To build community I will link to these newbies to show that I value not only their content, but also the presentation. Ellen Weber, Liz Strauss, Mike Wagner, Chris Cree Anna Farmery and Mike Sansone did that for me so my goal is to do that for others, too. The image at the left depicts community as foundational to success in blogging.

L ink to folks, who take time to comment, in a biweekly post. These links show appreciation for others who add to ideas and research!

O pen to ideas and additional research. I want to learn new skills and approaches to increase my acumen as a writer, community builder, researcher and techie.

G row as a techie. I admit this is not my strength, but the good news is that by practice I can grow more dendrite brain cells as I stretch to learn "How to..." For instance, I want to improve by including Videos and Podcasts.

G ain in ranking. My Google ranking is currently "4." And that shows an increase from the beginning of 2007. Thanks to Mack Collier who started the Z-list meme and others who value what I share and provided links to my blog. To raise my rating also means that I must continue to provide good quality content. A great benchmark to work toward is a "6" by next January. Think I can do it?

E nergize readers and myself through thoughtful content and questions. To do that requires staying current with discoveries about the brain and new ideas presented in the arts. I want readers to leave with practical takeaways that make a difference at work.

R evitalize blogroll. I will begin a subscription to create a more meaningful Blogroll so I can recognize more community members. The current one limits my capability to organize by categories and really expand recognition of others. So I'll update. Quite frankly, Jim, you caught me standing still in this area.

Reflection helped me sort through priorites and examine gaps closely. Now I have clear targets to shoot for!

If it's just about me, Jim, this blog would not amount to too much. It is more about good content, and continually learning how to present it in a way that invites readers to share their wisdom, too. And, most of all, to value their wisdom! I'm humbled that you consider me successful. I write to inspire others to tap the rich resources of their brains! And to help them get more of their multiple intelligences up and running in new frameworks.

In addition to me, Jim tagged Old Dude, and Theo Johnston. I will tag SalondeMaria, Marc Rapp at Uniquely the Epitome, Keystrokes Lisa Gates at Scaffolding for Writers and Steli Efti at SuperCool School.