The My Friend Alexa campaign, Season 4, was conducted by Blogchatter in September, 2019. Being a newbie blogger, I have just been trying to find my feet in the blogging world. After a rather slow start, I had participated in Blogchatter’s A to Z Challenge 2019, which was conducted in April this year. For both these challenges, I just about managed to jump in at the nick of time, without really knowing what they were all about. Or rather, I should say, I was kind of lost during A to Z. But I found plenty of blogger friends who helped me sail through and were kind enough to come and read me over and over again.
When Alexa was happening, I was slightly more aware of the protocols, though not in entirety. Nonetheless, once again, many bloggers came to my rescue, as did the Blogchatter team. I don’t think I was looking towards my Alexa ranking, for I am still an amateur learning to swim. But I was surely looking forward to being part of a great community, finding like-minded people, reading them and finding readers for my blog. MY FRIEND ALEXA helped me do all of that…and more.
Here are my takeaways from My Friend Alexa, Season 4
- I found my place in the Blogging Community.
- Blogging during September was certainly more disciplined for me, thanks to My Friend Alexa. At the same time, I learnt to value the importance of a routine in my writing.
- The Friday evening sessions on Facebook were a major takeaway as I became aware of the norms of blogging; learnt valid lessons from experienced bloggers; understood the basics of SEO and garnered important lessons on how to maintain an influential blog.
- I have in my kitty today, some essential blogger friends, whose experience, I am sure will add epochs to my journey.
- For almost three months, I had been wanting to work on a series covering the history of my town, in a not-so historical way. However, something was holding me back. When I chanced upon Alexa, I knew what I wanted to write about, and the campaign provided just the right platform to me.
- Did I find more followers on the blog and on twitter? YES,YES,YES!!!
- At the end of the day, do I know what blog stats mean and how to maintain them? Yes, I do.
- Finally, last evening I did go around to check my Alexa Ranking. And here it is…
Global Rank: 3,96,519
Reach: 4,33,800
Country Rank: 18,510
Change: -27,28,288
You can check your rank here.
- I must add here, that I had no rank to show when I started! The change has been tremendous and all thanks to #MyFriendAlexa and #Blogchatter
- You may read the eight blogs penned by me here or at the Blogchatter linky where you will also find some other amazing blogs.
I do plan to return for Season 5 next year and I hope that new bloggers who wish to join the campaign can find motivation in my reflection post!
Thank you for reading and for being on the blog!
Congratulations for your progress
Keep Growing 🙂