Because connecting doesn't stop at the "follow" button
{ ++ } With your interest and help, each month I will feature a fellow blogger in Once Upon a Blogger (name help goes out to Suz at A Soul Unsung!) Hopefully this interview feature will be a really fun way of getting to know my followers. I want y'all to know that I adore each and every one of you, and that I really am interested in getting to know y'all. And there are a couple of goals. 1) Maybe you want more exposure for your blog? This is one way. 2) Who doesn't love being featured, and getting to be in the spotlight for a chance? 3) There are more and more GREAT book blogs out there, and none of us can discover them all. 4) There is nothing wrong with self-promotion, when it is done the right/tasteful way - you might as well get the word out about your blog! So I am hoping that I'll find some terrific candidates for this feature in order to spread the word and the love about upcoming bloggers. I can't promise you new followers, but I can promise you a fun interview, and that I will encourage others to come and check out your blog!
{ ++ } The other day, I started thinking about my blog: where it is, where I want to take it. If I gain more followers, then that is amazing. There is nothing that lights up my day like blog comments, people coming by to follow, participating in my giveaways, etc. But I don't want my blog to grow solely through the "follow for a follow" mentality. It's easy enough to click the "follow" button. It's more difficult to keep coming back and staying in touch with that blogger. So I want my blog to be about more than that, to be about this blogging family that I've stumbled into this year. I simply don't have the time to follow everyone who follows my blog; but what I CAN do, is find ways to reach out to y'all. To say "hello," and "thank you."
{ ++ } I want you guys - yes YOU - to be involved. I want to promote a sense of camaraderie between us bloggers. We are the few and the rare who GET one another, so we need to stick together, and to grow closer, starting now. All I ask that you do in order to participate is send me an email at courageousgrace (at) gmail (dot) com, so that I can get an idea of who is interested. I'd like to kick off this feature in January, 2012, so I will be talking more about it before then, but I'll love y'all forever if you help me make this feature a success.
