Now let’s talk about some flops or dumb mistakes I made.
*NOTE ~ this little pixie girl is NOT a mistake*
but this entire ad that I did was a dumb idea!!!
1. Let’s face it…there are waaaaay too many ads with little girls in their tutus!!! They are a dime a dozen. This ad that I did for an online kids magazine BLENDED IN!
>>>lesson learned: make your ads different. simple. stand out & grab attention.<<<
2. The end of October, I opened up my sidebar to sponsors for the first time. This was not a mistake. In fact, that part right there was a huge success for me. What I didn’t count on was how many people would want an ad spot. Almost the entire month of November’s posts were nothing but ads for sponsors. This blog lost direction for the entire month of November. Because after all…doing sponsor ad posts will create buzz for the sponsor, but will not bring in new readers.
>>>lesson learned: there needs to be a balance when having sponsors. Sponsor posts=yes. But don’t lose focus of you & why you started blogging.<<<
3. I am terrible at commenting on other blogs! I didn’t used to be like this…but towards the end of last year, I rarely did. I miss commenting.
>>>lesson learned: do unto others as you would have done to you!<<<
4. Not going with my gut feeling. Don’t you follow your gut most of the time? I started questioning everything
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