I know it is almost February and some might think it is too late to set new years resolutions. To my defence this is not really a 2017 resolutions post! I want to remember all the tiny blogging milestones and set goals to reach in 2017.
There is something about writing your goals down that makes them seem attainable and realistic.
I’m a fairly new blogger; I started this blog in May 2016 (8 months ago). I went to the blogging world not knowing what to expect. Fortunately it gave me the chance to come across some lovely blogs and blogging communities from all over the world.
Blog achievement
- This stay at home mum living in Kenya managed to publish 40 posts and over 2660 page views. I was also lucky enough to gain 118 followers on my blog.
- My most viewed post is The Forty Days Postpartum Care & Celebrations “Afartan bax” which is about showcasing the Somali culture.
- I was featured on Amaliah.co.uk’s #MotherhoodMoments
- My post Things I’d do differently on my next pregnancy! was featured on GorgeousGeorgesMama
- Dear Internet…Please Stop With The Mummy shaming was one of the top 10 online reads on Life Motherhood & Everything
- I’ve been featured also Mess & Merlot for her blog series “she loves herself”
- Not to mention all the lovely comments that I receive and continue to receive on my posts.
- I tried to revive my twitter account as a tool to connect with other mummy bloggers. I managed in 8 months to gain 188 followers on twitter including you baby me mummy (she’s a big deal).
- I also started a Facebook page for my blog, if you haven’t followed Simply a Mama Facebook page yet please do.
2017 blogging goals
- Consistency- I usually aim to post once or twice a week, I mainly write and edit my blogpost whenever I have free time but in 2017 I want to be more organised.
- Self-hosting- this has been on my mind for a while I hope sometime in 2017 that I will self-host my blog. I’m not very tech savvy, self-hosting comes with a lot of things I’m not familiar with such as DA and Yoast (so fingers crossed!).
- Social media followers- I want to increase my followers in these main platforms Instagram, new Facebook page and twitter. I want about 1k- 2k by the end of 2017 (I hope that is not wishful thinking)
- Simply a Mama followers- I want to hopefully double my blog followers.
- Start a Youtube channel- I’m extremely shy but I want to enter the world of Youtube sometime in 2017.
- Collaborations and guest posts- to be able to be featured in other blogs again in 2017 would be awesome.
- Create a tag/ series- for other bloggers and my readers to be featured on my blog.
I hope that I will be able to achieve all or some of my blogging goals in 2017.
What are some of your blogging goals in 2017?
Any tips and tricks of how I can achieve my 2017 blogging goals are welcome
Help me get one step closer to my goals by following me on Social media
Thanks for stopping by,
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Mrs Jibril 
Congrats on your achievements! I am very new to blogging as well! I just hope to gain followers this year!!
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I hope you reach your goal in 2017. thanks for commenting,I will check out your blog xx
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Well done on your achievements! You’ve done really well and I’m absolutely certain you’ll smash each of your goals this year! Gonna follow you on FB now xx #stayclassymama
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aww thank you so much xx
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Great goals and hope you succeed. #coolmumclub
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I hope so too, thanks for visiting my blog xx
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Good luck with your goals, you will smash it! #ablogginggoodtime
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I hope so, thank you so much for being enthusiastic & positive xx
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Congrats sis!! I hope you reach your goals inshallah..
I am new to blogging and my goals are to learn more about it and make my blog better and gain followers inshallah
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In sha Allah you will gain lots of new followers this year.. I’m one of your blog followers already hun.
Thanks a lot of commenting, sending you lots of love from Nairobi to Hargeisa xx
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Thank you dear 😊
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Well done on 2016 and good luck for all your goals in 2017 lovely look forward to how you get on. As for me and blogging goals…I’m just flying by the seat of my pants as usual – gah! Thanks for linking up to #coolmumclub xoxo
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I think you’re doing a fantastic job with your blog and hosting #coolmumclub every week.
Thanks for commenting, can’t wait to see what 2017 has in store
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Good luck with your goals! Going self-hosted is a pain at first, but it’s better in the long run for sure. I’ve founds Twitter to be the easiest channel to grow – FB is nearly impossible! #StayClassyMama
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I agree with you, twitter seems to be much easier to grow than other social media platforms for some reason and all the bloggers there are so lovely.
I already like your Facebook page good luck growing it.
Thanks for commenting xx
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Congratulations! 🎉 Great achievements and best of luck with your goals for 2017 Thank you for linking up to #ablogginggoodtime 🎉
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Thank you so much Catie, I loved being a part of #ablogginggoodtime linky this week xx
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Popping back to say Thank you for linking up to #EatSleepBlogRT 🌟 too.
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It is always a pleasure linking up to #EatSleepBlogRt
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Good luck with your goals! You’re doing great 🙂
#coolmumsclub
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Thank you so much xx
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lovely goals and well done with your achievements 🙂 I’m new blogger as well and I set up my goals for 2017 as well I hope we will reach them without any problems:)
#ablogginggoodtime
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Best of wishes in achieving your blogging goals this year. Thank you for visiting my blog xx
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So many great achievements in 2016. I’m sure you will reach your goals for 2017 x
#Ablogginggoodtime
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Thank you so much Alana, I hope so too xx
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Good luck with your goals! I hope you reach them 🙂 #ablogginggoodtime
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Thank you so much, I hope I reach them too xx
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Great goals and I’m sure you can do them all! #stayclassymama
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Thank you so much Sarah, I need this kind of positive vibes this year, thanks for commenting on my post xx
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Congratulations on your goals and they all sound achievable which is so important. I look forward to following your blog #stayclassymama
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Thank you so much, I tried to be realistic when setting my goals this year so I can hopefully achieve them, have a lovely week ahead Sarah xx
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Some great goals lovely. I really need to work on my Twitter and Facebook following I just don’t know where to begin!!
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I find that Facebook is the hardest and slowest in term of growth. Hopefully it will pick up soon for both of us. Thanks for commenting, wishing you the best in your blogging xx
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Back again for #eatsleepblogrt – you’re gonna smash every one!
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Thanks for being so positive
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Great achievements so far and I love how specific you are on your goals! Would love to see you link this up to my Gratitude and Goals linky 🙂
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Hi Julie, I would love to join your gratitude and goals linky. Thank you so much for the lovely comment xx
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You sound like you are doing so well and enjoying it. I’d say continue to enjoy it and joining in. #ablogginggoodtime
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Thank you so much Helena, it is important for blogging to be enjoyable xx
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Good luck with all your blogging goals and well done on your achievements so far. The goals sound very achievable. There are lots of posts out there to help guide you through self-hosting if you do take the plunge. Social media-wise I’ve found Facebook to be the trickiest to grow so far but fingers crossed you reach your target number of followers this year. I’ve followed you on your social media too! 🙂
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Thank you so much for the support.I hope you manage to grow your facebook page, I returned the favour and like your page xx
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You are doing way better than I ever did at 8 months. Back when I started, I had no idea about reciprocal blog followings, how to use Twitter to grow traffic, connect via linkys and tags, and so on. I have had my current blog since 2014 and got more actively involved around the same time as you last year and I have so much to learn.
I did go self-hosting earlier this year. One of the best decisions I ever made with regard to my blog. Yes, it seems insanely challenging because I am not a techie either but seriously, the customer service with everybody involved is really great. I am really loving the learning process. You won’t regret it. Do it. #globalblogging
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That’s wonderful, I’m really nervous about self hosting but it seems like an important step for any blog. Hopefully when the time is right. Thanks for the lovely and supportive comment xx
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Those are amazing achievements and a great goal list for 2017. I guess consistency is key!!! Well done and thanks for sharing on #globalblogging
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Thank you so much surprisingly I already have 150 likes on my new Facebook page yeeey xx
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wow Mashallah those are some awesome goals. I am going to make my goals too!!!
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I hope we both achieve our life and blogging goals in sha Allah xx
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Thank you for commenting Rishi
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